Undescribed and endagered Languages: the Preservation of Linguistic Diversity (Viterbo, 29 settembre 2005)

Presentazione

International Congress on
"Undescribed & Endangered Languages: the Preservation of Linguistic Diversity"
Università della Tuscia, Viterbo
29 Settembre 2005

Per informazioni:
Prof. Amedeo De Dominicis
Università della Tuscia (Viterbo)
Facoltà di Conservazione dei Beni Culturali - Largo dell'Universita'
I-01100 Viterbo (Italy)
tel.: +39 0761 357048; fax: +39 0761 357170
tel.: +39 06 6629599 (home)
e-mail: dedomini@unitus.it
www: http://www.unitus.it/dedominicis

Agenda

10.00 Welcoming Remarks
10.30 Suzanne Romaine, Planning for survival - some responses to language endagerment
11.15 Ian Maddieson, Endangered Languages, Endangered Sounds

12.00 Cofee break

12.15 Peter Ladefoged, Archiving the sounds of an endangered language
13.00 Maurizio Gnerre, Fading out voices, prosodies and rhythms: a neglected aspect of language endangerment

13.45 Lunch Break

15.45 Roberto Ajello, The importance of having a description of the endangered languages: the case of Gizey (Cameroon)
16.30 Antonino Melis, Ham: une langue et une culture en danger de disparition au Tchad

17.15 Coffee break

17.30 Amedeo De Dominicis, Tonal patterns of Gizey (Cameroon): first descirption and language preservation