conference on maintenance and loss of minority languages third international conference on maintenance and loss of minority languages koningshof conference center , veldhoven , the netherlands november 26 - november 27 , 1998 programme the conference will consist of three sections . the first section addresses the sociological and social-psychological explanatory context in which language shift processes take place . the second section deals with language attrition from a psycholinguistic perspective , and the third is fully devoted to the building of an integrated explanatory framework for processes of language shift and loss . in memory of willem fase , one of the initiators of the first and second conference on maintenance and loss of minority languages , who died in 1997 , a new forum called the willem fase lecture has been set up . this plenary lecture forum will be granted to a promising scholar , to be selected from the abstracts submitted . thursday , november 26 , 1998 08 . 30-09 . 30 registration at koningshof conference center , veldhoven , the netherlands tea / coffee 09 . 30-10 . 00 conference opening section i : language shift from a sociological and social-psychological perspective 10 . 00-11 . 00 plenary session : lesley milroy 11 . 00-12 . 00 plenary session : richard bourhis 12 . 00-13 . 00 lunch 13 . 00-13 . 45 parallel sessions of free papers 13 . 45-14 . 30 parallel sessions 14 . 30-15 . 15 parallel sessions 15 . 15-16 . 00 tea / coffee section ii : language loss from a psycholinguistic perspective 16 . 00-17 . 00 plenary session : kees de bot 17 . 00-17 . 45 parallel sessions 17 . 45-18 . 30 parallel sessions 19 . 00-20 . 30 dinner friday , november 27 , 1998 section ii continued : language loss from a psycholinguistic perspective 08 . 30-09 . 30 plenary session : joel walters 09 . 30-10 . 15 parallel sessions 10 . 15-10 . 45 tea / coffee 10 . 45-11 . 30 plenary session : willem fase lecture 11 . 30-12 . 30 concluding remarks on section i and ii by joshua fishman 12 . 30-13 . 30 lunch section iii : towards an integrated explanatory framework for processes of language shift and loss 13 . 30-15 . 30 preparatory workshops 15 . 30-16 . 00 tea / coffee 16 . 00-17 . 30 round table chaired by michael clyne general information conference secretariat tilburg university research group on language and minorities c / o heleen strating - keurentjes p . o . box 90153 nl-5000 le tilburg the netherlands tel : + 31 13 4662588 fax : + 31 13 4663110 e - mail : language . loss . 98 @ kub . nl organizing committee - dr . ton ammerlaan , arnhem school of business - madeleine hulsen , university of nijmegen - dr . jetske klatter - folmer , institute for the deaf / tilburg university - heleen strating - keurentjes , tilburg university - piet van avermaet , university of leuven - dr . kutlay yagmur , tilburg university scientific committee - prof . kees de bot , university of nijmegen - prof . michael clyne , monash university , melbourne - prof . joshua fishman , stanford university , california / yeshiva university , new york - prof . koen jaspaert , university of leuven - dr . sjaak kroon , tilburg university location the conference will be held at koningshof conference center , veldhoven , the netherlands . this modern conference center is situated in forested areas , only fifteen minutes from the city of eindhoven and eindhoven airport . all rooms have a shower , toilet , television and telephone . koningshof offers a wide range of indoor and outdoor sports and leisure facilities , including a swimming pool , sauna , fitness club and squash court . registration and fees for registration , all participants ( including authors of submitted abstracts of papers ) are requested to mail the attached registration form before august 1 , 1998 . the registration fees are : dfl 410 conference programme and full board , before july 1 , 1998 . dfl 460 conference programme and full board , after july 1 , 1998 . dfl 235 conference programme , before july 1 , 1998 . dfl 285 conference programme , after july 1 , 1998 . please add an additional dfl 10 to cover international transfer charges if subscribing from abroad . the fee for the programme covers the conference fee , lunches on thursday and friday , tea / coffee during breaks , and the foreseen conference publication . the fee for full board additionally covers a single-room accommodation for one night including breakfast at koningshof conference center on thursday / friday as well as dinner on thursday . you will receive confirmation of registration , and the final programme at the end of august , 1998 . those who arrive earlier or wish to stay longer must take care of further accommodations themselves . they can contact the conference secretariat . payment of fees all payments should reach us either before july 1 , 1998 or ultimately by august 1 , 1998 ( see registration and fees ) . fees should be paid in dutch guilders to : kub / flw , account number 2386602 , mentioning ' code 1 . 8210 . w334 ' . cancellations the conference secretariat should be notified of cancellations in writing . if cancellations are received before august 1 , 1998 all fees , minus a cancellation charge of 25 % will be refunded . if cancelled after august 1 , but before september 1 , 1998 the cancellation charge will be 50 % . no refunds will be made for cancellations received later than september 1 , 1998 . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ registration form third international conference on maintenance and loss of minority languages , koningshof conference center , veldhoven , the netherlands , november 26 - 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