30 Aug 2004

South Asian Languages Analysis (SALA) 24, Nov 2004
Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA.
Self-description: "South Asian Languages Analysis (SALA) 24, State University of New York, Stony Brook, November 19-21, 2004. [...] Email inquiries: SALA24[use"@"]notes.cc.sunysb.edu
The 24th Annual Conference of South Asian Languages Analysis (SALA) will be held 19-21 November, 2004 at the State University of New York, Stony Brook. SALA 24 will be organized by the Center for India Studies, in collaboration with the Linguistics Department and the Department of Asian and Asian American Studies.
The Organizers welcome papers on all aspects of theoretical and applied linguistics in relation to South Asian languages. SALA 24 especially welcomes papers and symposia that address the following special themes:
* Use of South Asian Languages in Commerce, Media, and the Internet; * Endangered South Asian Languages: Role of the State and Society; * Language, Religion, and Identity in South Asia; * Language and Inequality: The Language of Dalit and Feminist Literatures; * Evolving Standards in South Asian Languages; * Theoretical and Applied Linguistic Traditions in South Asia and Contemporary Linguistics; * Multilingualism, Language Mixing, and Convergence in South Asia; * Linguistic Pluralism and Creativity in South Asian Literatures; * Diasporic Creativity in South Asian Languages; * Teaching South Asian Languages as Heritage Languages; * Language in Education in South Asia - Regional and National; * Indian English as a Contact Language; * Conflicts and Courtships between English and South Asian Languages; * Constructs of Critical Linguistics in South Asian Context; * Kannada and Dravidian Linguistics; * Language Technology and South Asian Languages; * Psycholinguistics and the Processing of South Asian Languages.
Abstract Deadline: October 1, 2004."
URL http://www.stonybrook.edu/sala/
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