The Indigenous Languages Institute 2008
Bayala Ngarala
Speak and listen in Dharug, the Sydney languageAs part of LingFest 2008, the Indigenous Languages Institute will run for 3 days: Tues 8 – Thurs 10 July 2008 at the Koori Centre of the University of Sydney. The Indigenous Languages Institute will be a useful forum for a wide range of people working in the area of the revival and maintenance of Australian Indigenous languages.
The Indigenous Languages Institute will have several focus areas, including:
· language policy and planning
· languages and music
· Aboriginal languages sound systems
· grammatical aspects of Aboriginal languages
· issues of language revival and maintenance.
The audience for the Indigenous Languages Institute will include:
· Indigenous tertiary students in education, languages, linguistics
· Aboriginal community language teachers
· Language and culture centre workers and other community organisations
· Teachers, including languages teachers, Aboriginal teachers and teacher students
· Postgraduates and potential postgraduates in education, languages, linguistics
· Linguists and other interested academics.
Plenary SpeakersStan Grant Snr, Wiradjuri Linguist
Dana Ober, BA, Torres Strait Islander Man, Kala Kawaw Ya linguist
Ron Ignace, Chief of the Skeetchestn Band, Secwepemc Nation, member of the Canadian Task Force on Aboriginal Languages and Cultures
Click here for more information on ILI 2008 speakers.
For further information please contact one of the members of the organising committee
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