FEL-XXIII 2019: Foundation for Endangered Languages Conference XXIII:Causes of language endangerment; looking for answers and finding solutions to the global decline in linguistic diversity The University of Sydney Sydney, Australia, December 14-16, 2019 |
Conference website | http://www.ogmios.org/conferences/2019/ |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=felxxiii2019 |
Abstract registration deadline | July 15, 2019 |
Submission deadline | July 15, 2019 |
The Sydney Centre for Language Research at The University of Sydney and the Foundation for Endangered Languages, in this The United Nations Year of Indigenous Languages, cordially invite scholars, community organizations and community members working on the revitalization of endangered languages, their documentation and archiving to join the International Conference on ‘Causes of language endangerment’ that will take place in Sydney, Australia on 14-16 December 2019.
This is ‘FEL XXIII’ the Foundation of Endangered Languages’ 23rd in a series of yearly conferences, for which printed proceedings will be published.
The conference language is English.
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Abstracts describing the causes of language endangerment.
This 3-day event aims to focus on causes of language endangerment and to consider what are the solutions that might mitigate the global reduction in the world’s languages. In the International Year of Indigenous Languages we also ask authors to consider particularly how language endangerment factors impact on Indigenous languages.
The submissions should be in English, no longer than 500 words, must include 3 to 5 keywords and be submitted as a PDF document.
Each presentation will be assigned 30 minutes: we recommend allowing 5 to 10 minutes of this time for questions and discussion.
Accepted authors are expected to submit a paper for the Proceedings in advance of the conference by 30 0ctober 2019.
Committees
Program Committee
- Jakelin Troy
- Christopher Moseley
- Nicholas Ostler
- Mujahid Torwali
Organizing committee
- Jakelin Troy
- Christopher Moseley
- Nicholas Ostler
- Mujahid Torwali
- Steven Krauwer
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to mujahidsym@gmail.com