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| Title | Call for Abstracts: Foundation for Endangered Languages XIII: Endangered Languages and History |
| Body | From http://www.ogmios.org/home.htm Organisers: The Foundation for Endangered Languages, in association with the Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan and The Institute of Humanities, Khorog Place: Institute of Humanities, Academy of Sciences of Tajikistan, Khorog Tajikistan Dates: 24-26 September, 2009 Abstract deadline: March 1, 2009 The conference will discuss the complex interaction of Endangered Languages and History and how the study of history can encourage the preservation and promote the revitalisation of endangered languages. The following are some of the aspects of this interface which could be discussed at the conference, certainly not an exclusive list: * The role of endangered languages in the writing of history. Endangered languages as a medium for history writing, a source of historical data, and a basis for the buttressing of the historiography of a nation, region, empire, etc. * Methods and tools used to relate history to endangered languages, including the effects of imperialism and nationalism on their perceived status. The impact of conquest, political annexation, economic ascendency or cultural dominance on languages and their resulting endangerment; conversely, the contributions of endangered languages to the evolution of the language of empire. * Use of endangered languages in the study of literary sources and archaeological findings. Oral history, myth and oral literature as instruments of decipherment of sources. * The use of endangered languages in strengthening historic community identities, at any level from family to nation. Endangered languages as a symbol of homogeneity, an instrument of unity and a vehicle of identity. * What history tells us about the causes and trends of language attrition, including the role of language contact as a result of trade, war, conquest and missionary religion. * How historical studies can contribute to the revitalisation of endangered languages. * A historical perspective on the developing study of language endangerment and endangered languages. Historiography and epistemology of language endangerment. The languages of the conference: English, Russian and Tajik. Abstract and papers will be accepted in any of these languages. View the full call for abstracts at http://www.ogmios.org/conference09/index.htm . |
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