16th EFNIL Conference, Amsterdam
Programme
The European Federation of National Institutions for Language (EFNIL)
announces the
16th Annual conference of EFNIL
in Amsterdam on 10, 11 and 12 October 2018
hosted by the Nederlandse Taalunie (the Union for the Dutch language) and Instituut voor de Nedelandse Taal (INT; the Institute for the Dutch language)
The theme of the conference will be:
Language variation:
a factor of increasing language complexity and a challenge for language policy within Europe
Wednesday 10 October
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
Thursday 11 October
· 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:
Axel Buyse, Representative of the Flemish Government of Belgium in the Netherlands
Florika Fink-Hooijer, DG of SCIC, European Commission
Gerhard Stickel, President of EFNIL: introduction to the conference
· 11.30 – 11.45 Mini break – coffee / tea break
· 11.45 – 13.15 Thematic session 1
Mareks Kovalevskis: Latvian Language – Riga versus Brussels (presentation)
Ari Páll Kristinsson: Standards and Style: on language-internal variation in Modern Icelandic (presentation)
Adam Pawłowski: The Linguistic landscape of contemporary Poland: return to the future? (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
René de Groot: The European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages (presentation)
Amira-Louise Ouardalitou: Lëtzebuergesch, Français and Deutsch in the Everyday Life of Luxembourg (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? (presentation)
Wendy Ayres-Bennet: Standard languages, norms and variation: new perspectives within a multilingual research project (presentation)
Loic Depecker: L'aménagement d'une langue multipolaire : l'exemple du français (The care for a multipolar language: the example of French)
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
Friday 12 October
· 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 that have to leave before the end there will be a packed lunch available.)
