LINGUIST List 25.2941
Tue
Jul 15 2014
Calls: Language
Documentation, General
Linguistics/Turkey
Editor for this issue:
Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>
Date: 15-Jul-2014
From: Selcuk Issever
<selcuk.issever
gmail.com>
Subject: Linguistic Approaches
to Endangered Languages: Theory and
Description
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Full Title: Linguistic Approaches to Endangered
Languages: Theory and Description
Short Title: LAEL 2015
Date: 28-Jul-2015 - 30-Jul-2015
Location: Istanbul, Turkey
Contact Person: Sumru Ozsoy
Meeting Email:
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Web Site:
http://www.lael.boun.edu.tr/
Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics;
Language Documentation
Call Deadline: 31-Jul-2014
Meeting Description:
Linguistic Approaches to Endangered Languages:
Theory and Description
The Linguistics Association of Turkey (LAT -
Dilbilim Dernegi) and the Department of
Linguistics of Bogazici University will be
organizing a three-day workshop on Linguistic
Approaches to Endangered Languages: Theory and
Description, July 28-30, 2015. The workshop
will be partially supported by CIPL (Comité
International Permanent des Linguistes). The
workshop is aimed at bringing together
linguists working on linguistic analyses of
endangered languages mainly, but not
exclusively, of Eurasia. According to the
Catalogue of Endangered Languages, 43% of
living languages are endangered. These
statistics underline the significance of
linguistic analyses of endangered languages.
While the documentation of these languages is
crucial in preserving them for posterity, it is
undeniable that rigorous analysis of the data
will enhance our understanding of the
properties of human language, thus providing us
with further insight into the nature of the
cognitive functions of the human mind.
Keynote Speakers:
Peter Austin
Piet van Sterkenburg
Venue: Bogazici University, Istanbul
Registration:
All participants are asked to fill out the
registration form on the web site of the
conference.
Registration Fees:
Early Bird by January 31, 2015
Full registration: 150 Euro
Members of the LAT: 100 Euro
Students: 75 Euro
After January 31, 2015
Full registration: 200 Euro
Members of the LAT: 125 Euro
Students: 100 Euro
2nd Call for Papers:
Abstract submissions for paper or poster
presentations on descriptive, typological and
theoretic linguistic analyses of all aspects of
the grammar of endangered languages are
welcome. The paper presentations will be 30
minutes + 10 minutes discussion. The poster
session will be preceded by a special session
in which each poster presenter will be allotted
5 minutes to introduce the topic of his/her
poster. The official language of the conference
is English.
Authors are asked to submit their anonymous
abstracts using our EasyChair site (for more
information please visit the conference web
site at
www.lael.boun.edu.tr).
At maximum two abstracts (one of which must be
co-authored) can be submitted. Abstracts will
be reviewed by an external panel and the
reviewing process will be double-blind.
Abstracts should not be longer than two pages
in length (including tables, examples and
references), in 12-point type, single line
spacing and 2,5 cm. margins.
Important Dates:
Abstract submission: July 31, 2014
Notification of acceptance/rejection: October
31, 2014
Conference: July 28-30, 2015
Contact:
Email: endangeredlang
boun.edu.tr
Web page:
www.lael.boun.edu.tr
Conference Organizers:
A. Sumru Ozsoy
Engin N. Uzun
Deniz Zeyrek Bozsahin
Selcuk Issever
Ozgur Aydin
Umit Deniz Turan
Page Updated: 15-Jul-2014