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.)