Summer 2010
Linguistics & Community Members
From Around the World Will Come Together June 21-July 30, 2010
University of Oregon – Eugene, Oregon

From June 21 through July 30, 2010, the Northwest Indian Language Institute and the Department of Linguistics at the University of Oregon will host linguists and community members from around the world for conferences, Symposia, workshops, and courses on language preservation, maintenance, and revitalization, and the linguistic description and documentation that can support these efforts.

Beginning June 21, 2010 a series of intensive courses and workshops offered by both local experts and specialists from around the globe will be offered. The annual NILI Summer Institute will be combined with the second Institute for Field Linguistics and Language Documentation (InField 2010). This two weeks will be filled with two weeks of classes and workshops for community members, language activists and linguists, offering training on a wide range of issues related to language preservation, maintenance and revitalization, linguistic fieldwork and documentation.

Through InField 2010, we will offer one week of supported work in the computer labs (July 5-9), and also one or more 4-week field methods courses (July 5-30).

From June 25-27, 2010, we will host the 17th Stabilizing Indigenous Languages Symposium (SILS), the 45th International Conference on Salish and Neighboring Languages, the Athabascan/Dene Languages Conference, and the Hokan-Penutian Languages Conference.

The co-occurrence of these conferences will allow community members/language activists and linguists to come together to share ideas, learn from each other, and facilitate contacts between academic linguists and communities that speak endangered languages.

Athabascan/Dene Languages Conference
http://www.uaf.edu/anlc/alc/

Hokan-Penutian Languages Conference
http://sites.google.com/site/hokanpenutian2010/home

International Conference on Salish & Neighboring Languages
http://sites.google.com/site/icsnl45/home

For further questions please e-mail NILI at nwili@uoregon.edu.