NWO-ELP Conference

22 oktober 2010

Conference Theme: Language Documentation and Description in the Netherlands

To round-off the Endangered Languages Programme (ELP), a funding initiative of NWO, a two-day international conference is being organized at Leiden University on 8 and 9 April 2011.

The Netherlands is a leading place where languages with different degrees of vitality from all parts of the world are being documented, described and theorized about. However, this vast resource for the humanities, social and cognitive sciences has never been show-cased in one place before. The aim of this conference is to provide a forum for putting this work on stage in conference presentations and posters.

Call for papers and posters
Linguists from all theoretical persuasions (based in the Netherlands) are invited to submit abstracts for presentations and proposals for poster presentation. Presentations should address language documentation and description and linguistic theory and typology based on empirical data from endangered languages round the globe. Contributions exploring the implications of empirical facts for theoretical models as well as those addressing issues in the theory and practice of documentary linguistics are highly encouraged. Posters should present the projects with special attention to linguistic, cultural and historical features of the languages.

Abstracts for presentations and proposals for posters should be received by 30 November 2010.

Interested? Find more information about how to apply here.

Find more information about the Endangered Languages Programme on the programme website (Dutch only)