Monday, February 23, 2009

Work-shop on LL in minority settings at ICML XII in Tartu (Estonia), May 27-30 2009

Dear all,


apologies for cross-postings - but maybe someone of you is interested :-)


We're very happy to announce that we will be able to carry out a work-shop on LL in minority settings - with contributions reflecting experiences and thoughts about future potentials of the LL method for minority language analysis and language maintenance policies. It will be part of the International Conference on Minority Language XII (ICML-XII) in Tartu (Estonia) on May 27-30 2009.

http://www.icml.ut.ee



Hope to see many of you in the rural Baltic States in beautiful May :-) !!!


Heiko


The following is a short version of the programme:


Linguistic Landscapes from a Minority Language Perspective

Convenors: Heiko F. Marten & Luk Van Mensel; Discussant: Durk Gorter

1. Introduction by Luk Van Mensel and Heiko F. Marten

2. Papers

- “Latgalian is not a Language”. LL in Eastern Latvia and how Centralist Language Attitudes are Reflected in them

Heiko F. Marten, Rēzekne University College, Rēzekne, Latvia

- Linguistic Landscapes in Post-Soviet Estonia

Anastassia Zabrodskaja, Tallinn University, Estonia

- All is quiet on the eastern front? Language Contact and Language Conflict in the Linguistic Landscape of three official German-speaking municipalities in Belgium.

Jeroen Darquennes & Luk Van Mensel, University of Namur, Belgium

- Linguistic Landscapes: Reflecting and Influencing the Politics of Language

Guy Puzey, University of Edinburgh, Scotland

- Using Linguistic Landscape to Examine the Visibility of Sami Languages in the North Calotte

Hanni Salo, Sari Pietikäinen & Sirkka Laihiala-Kankainen, University of Jyväskylä, Finland

In addition, we’ll have a poster by Paolo Coluzzi (Italy/Brunei) on LL in Milan and Udine with a focus on the local minority/regional languages of Western Lombard and Friulian.

3. Round–up Discussion

The Benefits of the LL Research Method for Regional and Minority Languages

Moderators: Durk Gorter, Luk van Mensel and Heiko F. Marten

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