seminar conservation endangered languages centre theories language learning university bristol department philosophy announces seminar conservation endangered languages friday april 21st 1995 9 woodland rd bristol bs8 1tb england according reliable estimates half world six thousand languages become extinct next century furthermore two thousand remaining three thousand languages threatened century next uk startling facts recently received media attention stimulated partly publication year atlas world languages edited christopher moseley r e asher routledge rapid decline largely due mixture economic political pressures affecting communities speak minority languages pressures remove new generation motivation communicating traditional language problem languageextinction raises fundamental questions value threatened languages science humankind general principles might justify us striving keep small languages alive reasons preserving archive form seminar aimed primarily academics disciplines philosophy ethics anthropology linguistics sociolinguistics cultural history ecology population biology open interested persons seminar programme registration desk opens 9 30a 1011 mapping future world languages mr christopher moseley co editor atlas world languages 1994 1112 linguistic diversity preserved dr mark pagel dept zoology oxford university 12 1 wants learn native language latin america prof marcelo dascal inst advanced studies hebrew university jerusalem 1 2 lunch 2 3 thinking twice issues welsh second language children 5 ms sian wyn siencyn language consultant author sound europe 3 4 orchestrating language revival mr allan wynne jones european bureau lesser used languages 4 6 round table discussion contributions floor seminar registration form like register one day seminar bristol university enclose cheque amount stated signature name capitals address telephone email accomodation wanted limited amount single bed breakfast accomodation provided near seminar venue cost 22 uk pounds per night standard room 36 uk pounds en suite room bb night thursday 20th april _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ bb night friday 21st april _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ total accomodation _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ registration fee 5 uk pounds total _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ please send form cheque payable university bristol ctll graduate studies centre 7 woodland road bristol bs8 1tb uk information contact seminar organisers dan brickley andrew woodfield email centretll bristol ac uk background article topic also available email accessing ctll world wide web pages using following internet url http www bris ac uk depts philosophy ctll index html