2018 – Amsterdam

2018 – Amsterdam


The 16th Annual conference of EFNIL
 10, 11 and 12 October 2018, in Amsterdam

General theme:
Language variation: 
a factor of increasing language complexity and a challenge for language policy within Europe

hosted by
the Nederlandse Taalunie (the Union for the Dutch language) and Instituut voor de Nedelandse Taal (INT; the Institute for the Dutch language)


Programme


14.00 – 16.00: Arrival of delegation members – registration – coffea/tea and lunch

16.00 – 17.30: General Assembly for EFNIL members (Part 1)

19.00: Welcome reception with buffet supper at De Brakke Grond

09.30-10.00: Registration – coffee/tea

10.00 – 11.30 Opening session

Welcome address by Frieda Steurs, Director of INT, and Hans Bennis, Secretary-general of Taalunie

Addresses by:

Barbera Wolfensberger, DG Culture & Media, Ministry of Education, Culture and Science of the Netherlands (speech)

Axel Buyse, Representative of the Flemish Government of Belgium in the Netherlands (speech)

Florika Fink-Hooijer, DG of SCIC, European Commission (speech)

Gerhard Stickel, President of EFNIL: Introduction to the conference (speech)

11.30 – 11.45 Mini break – coffee / tea break

11.45 – 13.15 Thematic session 1

Mareks Kovalevskis: Latvian Language – Riga versus Brussels (article| presentation)

Ari Páll Kristinsson: Standards and Style: on language-internal variation in Modern Icelandic (article | presentation)

Adam Pawłowski: The Linguistic landscape of contemporary Poland: return to the future? (article | presentation)

Moderation: Ina Druviete

13.15 – 14.15 Lunch break

14.15 – 15.45 Thematic session 2

Ranko Bugarski: Past and current developments involving pluricentric Serbo-Croation and its official heirs (abstract)

René de Groot: The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (article | presentation)

Amira-Louise Ouardalitou: Lëtzebuergesch, Français and Deutsch in the Everyday Life of Luxembourg (article | presentation)

Moderation: Sabine Kirchmeier

15.45 – 16.15 Coffee/tea break

16.15 – 17.45 Thematic session 3

Massimiliano Spotti: Is a ‘new speaker for Europe’ a valid answer to present-day globalisation induced language inequality? (article | presentation)

Wendy Ayres-Bennet: Standard languages, norms and variation: new perspectives within a multilingual research project (article | presentation)

Loic Depecker: L’aménagement d’une langue multipolaire : l’exemple du français (The care for a multipolar language: the example of French) (article

Moderation: Johan Van Hoorde

18.45 Gathering at hotel’s information desk

19.00 Boat trio on the canals of Amsterdam (with a drink) 

20.30 Evening dinner at Groene Paleis, Rokin 65, Amsterdam

09.00 – 10.30 Thematic session 4 Language internal variation

Ulrich Ammon: From a Village Outlook to a Global Overview – My life with German Language Variation (presentation)

Jutta Ransmayr: Language-internal multilingualism in Austria (presentation)

Reinhild Vandekerckhove & Hans Bennis: How to deal with language variation in Dutch? Towards a realistic and supportive language policy (presentation)

Moderation: Pirkko Nuolijarvi

10.30 – 11.00 Coffee/tea break

11.00 – 12.30 Thematic session 5 Implications for language policies & practices

Helder De Schutter: Linguistic Justice for Non-Native Speakers of English (presentation)

Sofia Tingsell: Relating to the New. Questions and answers on a multilingual Sweden in the counselling work of the Swedish Language Council (presentation)

Tanneke Schoonheim: Language Variety at the Dutch Language Institute (presentation)

Moderation: John Simpson

12.30 – 13.15 General Assembly for EFNIL members (Part 2 Election of a new Excecutive Committee) followed by coffee/tea and lunch. 

(For delegates who have to leave before the end there will be a packed lunch available.)