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Luca Ciucci
May 7, 2025, 7:42:01 AMMay 7
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Prezad@s colegas,
FCT — Fundação de Ciência de Técnologia
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Gostaria de compartilhar com vocês a programação de um workshop online, organizado pela Universidade do Minho, sobre línguas ameaçadas e minorizadas.
Ist Workshop on Endangered and
Minoritized Languages
Minoritized Languages
Date: 8-9 May, 2025, fully digital
Location: fully digital, hotested at CEHUM/ELACH, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Coordinator: Dr. Eva-Maria Roessler (LTE, CEHUM, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal)
Contact: evamaria...@elach.uminho.pt
Workshop Language: English
Student Support: Gloria Reis de Oliveira (University of Porto), Montserrat Esther Ruiz Bonet (University of Minho), Vitor Pellissari Zardo (University of Porto)
Technical Support: Pedro Rafael Bernardo Medeiros (ELACH; CEHUM, University of Minho)
Access Link to the Event (ZOOM): https://videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/j/92901459101
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The following topics will be addressed in four panels:
- Current tendencies and advances in endangered language documentation
- The study of minoritized languages and their impact on modern linguistic theory
- Languages in contact: The cycle of language endangerment, language loss and (possibly) language emergence
- New methods and technologies in endangered language preservation and revitalization
Keynote Speakers:
- Prof. Dr. Bruna Franchetto (Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Brazil)
- Prof. Dr. Andrew Nevins (University College London, UK; Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- Prof. Dr. Felicity Meakins (University of Queensland, Australia)
- Prof. Dr. Luiz Amaral (University of Massachusetts Amherst, US)
Target Audience:
This workshop is open for everyone (in Portugal/internationally) interested in the issue of language endangerment and language documentation, specifically we invite experienced researchers, early-career scholars involved in research on endangered and minoritized
languages, as well as interested graduate and undergraduate students to participate in the workshop and actively contribute to the discussion sessions after each presentation.
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Research Group on Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics (LTE) – CEHUM/ ELACH
Universidade do Minho
GELAM: Grupo de Estudos de Línguas Ameaçadas e Minorizadas – CEHUM/ ELACH
Universidade do Minho
CEHUM – Centro de Estudos Humanísticos, ELACH, Universidade do Minho
FCT — Fundação de Ciência de Técnologia
Ist Workshop on Endangered and Minoritized Languages
Descrição:
O panorama linguístico mundial está evoluindo rapidamente, com uma tendência preocupante de ameaça, marginalização e perda de línguas. Linguistas estimam que entre 50% e 90% das aproximadamente 7.000 línguas faladas atualmente podem estar gravemente ameaçadas ou totalmente perdidas até o final deste século.
Esta alarmante aceleração da morte de línguas é amplamente atribuída à marginalização cultural, política e econômica, bem como à ascensão da globalização, do imperialismo global e da migração forçada devido a conflitos, guerras e aos impactos das mudanças climáticas.
O desaparecimento de uma língua representa a perda de uma herança cultural e intelectual única, abrangendo conhecimento tradicional, perspectivas históricas e modos de expressão. Além das implicações éticas e culturais, a ameaça à língua tem consequências significativas para nossa compreensão da cognição humana e da diversidade linguística, visto que as línguas são as expressões mais poderosas de um povo, sua cultura e tradições. Cada língua codifica um sistema único de conhecimento, categorização e expressão, e sua perda diminui o escopo do pensamento e da criatividade humanos.
Este workshop digital de dois dias reúne um grupo altamente diverso de especialistas internacionais dedicados à documentação e ao estudo de línguas ameaçadas e minorizadas em todo o mundo. Nosso objetivo é promover um fórum dinâmico em Portugal e além, trocando ideias e discutindo os desafios mais críticos e práticas inovadoras nas áreas da linguística dedicadas à compreensão e ao apoio à diversidade linguística global.
Description:
The world's linguistic landscape is rapidly evolving, with a concerning trend of language endangerment, marginalization, and loss. Linguists estimate that between 50% and 90% of the approximately 7,000 languages currently spoken may be severely endangered or entirely lost by the end of this century.
The world's linguistic landscape is rapidly evolving, with a concerning trend of language endangerment, marginalization, and loss. Linguists estimate that between 50% and 90% of the approximately 7,000 languages currently spoken may be severely endangered or entirely lost by the end of this century.
This alarming acceleration of language death is largely attributed to cultural, political, and economic marginalization, as well as the rise of globalization, global imperialism, and forced migration due to conflict, war, and the impacts of climate change.
The disappearance of a language represents the loss of a unique cultural and intellectual heritage, encompassing traditional knowledge, historical perspectives, and modes of expression. In addition to the ethical and cultural implications, language endangerment
has significant consequences for our understanding of human cognition and linguistic diversity, as languages are the most powerful expressions of a people, their culture, and traditions. Each language encodes a unique system of knowledge, categorization, and
expression, and its loss diminishes the scope of human thought and creativity.
This two-day digital workshop brings together a highly diverse group of international experts dedicated to the documentation and study of endangered and minoritized languages worldwide. We aim to foster a dynamic forum in Portugal and beyond, exchanging ideas
and discussing the most critical challenges and innovative practices in the areas of linguistics dedicated to understanding and supporting global linguistic diversity.
Ist Workshop on Endangered and Minoritized Languages
Date: 8-9 May, 2025, fully digital
Location: CEHUM/ELACH, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal
Workshop Program
Panel 1: May 8th, 2025: 8h30-12h (GMT+1, Lisbon)
Topic: “ Current Tendencies and Advances in Endangered Language Documentation”
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Time
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Name/Affiliation
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Talk
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8h30-9h
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Organizing Committee CEHUM
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Opening Session
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9h-9h30
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Dr. Harald Hammarström
(Upsala University, Sweden)
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The state of endangerment and descrition of the world's languages.
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9h30-10h
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Dr. Luca Ciucci
(University of Passau, Germany) |
Non-verbal predication: A perspective from indigenous languages.
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10-10h30
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Dr. Frank Seifart
(CNRS, SeDyL, Paris, France)
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Mobilizing language documentation for cross-linguistic research: DoReCo
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10h30-
11h
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Dr. Anne Marie Fehn
(University of Porto, Portugal)
+ co-authors
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Birds that herd cattle – bird terminology in the Kalahari Basin linguistic area
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11h-12h
(keynote)
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Dr. Bruna Franchetto
(Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Brazil)
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Brazil: Not one, but many and multiple languages
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Panel 2: May 8th, 2025: 13h-16h30 (GMT+1, Lisbon)
Topic: “The study of minoritized languages and their impact on modern Linguistic Theory”
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Time
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Name/Affiliation
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Talk
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13h-14h
(keynote)
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Dr. Andrew Nevins
(University College London, London, UK & Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
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How Minoritized Languages Reshape Our Understanding of Human Language
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14h-14h30
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Dr. Kristina Riedel
(University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa) |
Contributions from Bantu languages to understanding agreement, syntactic phrasing and argument properties
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14h30-15h
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Dr. Elisabeth Kerr
(Ghent University, Belgium) |
The impact of Bantu languages on generative syntactic theory
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15-15h30
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Dr. Jason Overfelt
(Oakland University, US) |
Factors for hyperactivity in Tigrinya
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15h30-16h
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Dr. Filomena Spatti Sandalo
(University of Campinas, Unicamp, Brazil) |
Inverse alignment, person hierarchy and pro-drop in Kadiwéu (Guaycuruan Language Family)
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16h-16h30
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Dr. Luciana Storto
(Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil). |
Linguistic Theory and the Morphosyntactic Reconstruction of Tupian Languages
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Panel 3: May 9th, 2025: 9h-12h (GMT+1, Lisbon)
Topic: “Languages in contact: The cycle of language endangerment, language loss and (possibly) language emergence
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Time
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Name/Affiliation
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Talk
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9h-10h
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Dr. Felicity Meakins
(University of Queensland; Australia) |
Principled grammatical fragmentation: Rethinking contact-induced change and obsolescence
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10h-10h30
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Dr. Jan David Hauck
(University of Munich, Germany)
& Dr. Eva-Maria Roessler
(University of Minho, Portugal)
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On the Emergence of Guaraché: A new mixed language in Paraguay.
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10h30-11
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Dr. Glauber Romling da Silva
(Federal University of Amapá-UNIFAP, Brazil) |
Kheuól do Uaçá: Language, Identity, and Revitalization in Northern Amazonia
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11-11h30
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Dr. Tjerk Hagemeijer
(University of Lisbon, Portugal) |
The dynamics of language contact, shift, and endangerment in São Tomé and Príncipe
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11h30-12h
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Dr. Hugo Cardoso
(University of Lisbon, Portugal)
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Asian-Portuguese contact languages in their multilingual milieus: Some diachronic observations
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Panel 4: May 9th, 2025: 13h-16h30 (GMT+1, Lisbon)
Topic: New methods and technologies in endangered language preservation and revitalization
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Time
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Name/Affiliation
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Talk
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13h00-14h
(keynote)
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Dr. Luiz Amaral
(University of Massachusetts Amherst, US) |
Reclaiming Domains of Language Use: Language revitalization beyond transmission planning
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14h-14h30
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Dr. Zachary O’Hagan
(California Language Archive, University of California, Berkeley, US) |
The Role of Linguistic Heritage Materials from Berkeley in California and Beyond
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14h30-15h
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Dr. Peter Austin
(SOAS; University of London, UK) |
Potentials and politics in language endangerment and linguistic diversity: some case studies from Australia
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15h-15h30
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Dr. Admire Phiri
(Department of Linguistics and Language Practice at the University of the Free State, South Africa)
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Revitalizing the Tjwao Language: Challenges and Innovations in Documentation and Community-Based Efforts
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15h30-16h
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Dr. Aline Cruz
( Universidade Federal de Goiás, UFG, Brazil)
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Revitalizing Indigenous Languages through Higher Education: The Case of the Takinahakỹ Course for Indigenous Teachers
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16h-16h15
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Organizing Committee
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Closing Remarks, Acknowledgements
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Luca Ciucci
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Chair for Multilingual Computational Linguistics, University of Passau
Adjunct Research Fellow, James Cook University
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