The Role of Intercommunication in Athabascan Revitalization
ILCAA, February 16-18, 2004, Room 304
Organizers: Jeff Leer and Tokusu Kurebito
Invited guests:
Dr. Eliza Jones, Koyukuk, Alaska, USA
KOYUKON (Alaskan Athabascan)
Alaska Native Language Center
Linda Harvey, Whitehorse, Yukon Territory, Canada
SOUTHERN TUTCHONE (Yukon Athabascan)
Yukon Native Language Centre
Fibbie Tatti, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada
SOUTHERN SLAVEY (Eastern Athabascan)
Languages Commissioner of NWT
Bruce Starlight, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
TSUUT'INA, also called SARCEE
Tsuut'ina Band
Martha Austin, Shiprock, New Mexico, USA
NAVAJO (Southern Athabascan)
Dine College
Loren Bommelyn, Crescent City, California, USA
TOLOWA (Pacific Coast Athabascan)
Tah-Ah-Dun Magnet School
Commentators:
Mr. Nobukatsu Minoura
Dr. Toshihide Nakayama
Prof. Jeff Leer
Prof. Gary Donovan
Dr. Tokusu Kurebito
Prof. Tasaku Tsunoda
Special guest:
Prof. Eric Hamp [University of Chicago]
| MONDAY 16 February 2004 | |
| 9:30-10:00 |
Introductions: Prof. Jeff Leer Dr. Tokusu Kurebito Prof. Koji Miyazaki Prof. Shigeki Kaji Prof. Makoto Minegishi |
| 10:00-11:00 | Mr. Loren Bommelyn [Revitalization of Tolowa language and culture] Prof. Tasaku Tsunoda [Language revitalization in Australia] |
| 11:00-12:00 | Ms. Linda Harvey [Language Revitalization in the Yukon Territory] Dr. Toshihide Nakayama [Language Revitalization in Nootka] |
| 12:00-13:30 | LUNCH |
| 13:30-16:00 | OPEN DISCUSSION |
| TUESDAY 17 February 2004 | |
| 9:30-10:00 |
Guest speaker: Prof. Eric Hamp [Distant and Immediate Relations, Linguistic and Non-linguistic Statements] |
| 10:00-11:00 | Mr. Bruce Starlight [Language revitalization on the Tsuut'ina Reserve] Prof. Gary Donovan [Strategies for learner-initiated interactions in language acquisition] |
| 11:00-12:00 | Ms. Martha Austin [Child language acquisition in Navajo] Dr. Tokusu Kurebito [Language revitalization in Chukchi] |
| 12:00-13:30 | LUNCH |
| 13:30-16:00 | OPEN DISCUSSION |
| WEDNESDAY 18 February 2004 | |
| 9:30-10:00 |
Ms. Martha Austin [Navajo Code Talkers: a Linguistic View] |
| 10:00-11:00 | Dr. Eliza Jones [Aspectual dimensions of the seriative verb in Koyukon Athabascan] Dr. Nobukatsu Minoura [Wh-questions in some Athabascan languages] |
| 11:00-12:00 | Ms. Fibbie Tatti [Language maintenance and revitalization in the Northwest Territories] Prof. Jeff Leer [Using gesture and sign to teach Athabascan languages] |
| 12:00-13:30 | LUNCH |
| 13:30-16:00 | INFORMAL DISCUSSION |
