Subject: minority languages in contex . diversity & standardisation

minority languages in contex . diversity and standardisation call for papers ( deadline 16th febuary 1998 ) congress to be held in chur , switzerland - 21st - 23rd september 1998 organising committee : anna - alice dazzi - gross , mike makosch , lorenza mondada , jean - fran \ 231ois de pietro themes addressed by the congress the aim of the congress is to stimulate the study and discussion of contextual dimensions within which minority languages are spoken , shared and taught . the congress will provide a forum for the exchange and discussion of descriptive and comparative reports from a variety of regional and national settings including those in switzerland . the contexts within which minority languages evolve can be described from differing points of view along a continuum between two opposing poles . at one end of the continuum lay attempts to achieve stability and homogeneity which are usually articulated through projects aiming at the planning and normalisation of minority languages in order to present these codes as having equal status to adjacent majority languages . at the other end of the continuum we find destabilisation and heterogeneity observable at points of contact and overlap between minority and majority languages and often leading to hybrid forms which challenge traditional notions of linguistic code . these two poles involve a variety of actors and agents of differing social and institutional status , all exercising varying degrees of influence on the language situation in question . the congress will address three thematic areas highlighting the full range of this continuum . 1 : standardisation of minority languages 2 : minority and majority languages : coexistence , relationships and overlap . 3 : minority languages at school scientific and practical organization the thematic development of each day will take place in a series of parallel sessions run by those having responded to the call for papers and whose contribution has been accepted by the scientific committee . two types of session are foreseen : * papers : 20 minutes presentation followed by 20 minutes discussion * workshops : 90 minutes within which data and / or hypotheses can be presented , analysed and discussed in an interactive way responses to the call for papers should be sent to the scientific committee ( c / o l . mondada , romanisches seminar , university of basle , stapfelberg 7 / 9 , ch 4051 basle ) deadlines : response to call for papers : 16th febuary 1998 notification of acceptance by the scientific committee : 31st march 1998 definitive programme to be sent by : 30th june 1998 enrolment fees : speakers : sfr . 50 . - ( including dinner on tuesday evening and the published congress proceedings ) participants : paid by 30 . 4 . 1998 paid after 30 . 4 . 1998 students sfr . 50 . - - sfr . 70 . - vals members sfr . 80 . - - sfr . 110 . - non-members sfr . 100 . - - sfr . 130 . - ( including the published congress proceedings ) dinner on tuesday evening : sfr . 50 . - - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ you can send an abstract or ask further informations to : lorenza mondada , romanisches seminar , university of basle , stapfelberg 7 / 9 , ch 4051 basle , fax 0041-61 - 261 . 61 . 41 , email : mondada @ ubaclu . unibas . ch _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
