Venue: Celtic and Scottish Studies, University of Edinburgh

Friday 30^th – Saturday 31^st March 2012

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

Professor Alexandra Jaffe, Professor Alan Davies

This is a one and half day event hosted by Heriot-Watt University and the University of Edinburgh. The aim of the Symposium is to bring together scholars working on “new speakers” of minority languages in different parts of the world where traditional communities of speakers are being eroded. In these contexts, new speakers often emerge as a result of revitalization efforts and more favourable language policies, prompting some individuals to become speakers of the minority language and to invest in its provision for the next generation.

In this Symposium we welcome contributions related to the “new speaker” theme either from a theoretical perspective or/and case studies of new speakers of specific linguistic minorities. These contributions will be included in the programme as individual papers or as part of round table discussions.

Please email your abstracts to Bernadette O’Rourke at b.m.a.o’rourke (arrova) hw.ac.uk by 31 January 2012.

Font:  Joan Pujolar via FòrumSL.