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Endangered Languages Information and Infrastructure Workshop
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Endangered Languages Information and Infrastructure Workshop
International experts in the world's endangered languages will convene in a 3-day workshop to discuss planning for a global endangered language information and infrastructure project. The workshop, funded by the National Science Foundation, will be held at the University of Utah November 12 to 14, 2009.
Some of the presentations by workshop participants on their latest work in endangered language research will be open to the public. For a schedule, click here.
The Endangered Languages Information and Infrastructure workshop is designed as the first step in a larger project, which is intended to produce an authoritative catalogue, database, and updatable website of information on endangered languages and enrich the infrastructure of the discipline by integrating accurate endangered languages information into a network of digital information and research facilities. This workshop has been convened in order to plan the project and to promote productive discussion among major scholars about key questions involved in the collection and dissemination of information about endangered languages.
The workshop is sponsored jointly by the University of Utah, through the Center for American Indian Languages (CAIL), and Eastern Michigan University, through the Institute for Language Information and Technology (home of The LINGUIST List). Funding was provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF).
Learn more about the Workshop HERE
Listen to a feature on the workshop by the CBC program As It Happens with Barbara Budd and Carol Off.
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