Seminar on Malayalam Language and Globalization

International seminar on

Malayalam Language and Globalization

organized by

THE DEPARTMENT OF LINGUISTICS, UNIVERSITY OF KERALA,

and

THE SOUTHERN REGIONAL LANGUAGE CENTRE, CIIL, MYSORE
On 25, 26 &27 February, 2008, at Thiruvananthapuram
Big brain storming discourse on the state and status of Malayalam language in a Global perspective .
SWOT analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunities and Threat) of Globalization and language

Impact of Globalization on language is a serious concern of linguistics today. Language is the one that carries Globalization to all over the world. Native speakers of Malayalam language are well exposed to a Global culture even before the advent of Globalization. Malayalam Diaspora spreads around the Globe.The Malayalam language is undergoing a strange metamorphosis as its native speakers have had become too Global. The International Seminar on Malayalam language and Globalization envisages looking into the issues related to the impact of globalization on Malayalam language.

Participants
Academicians, language experts, media persons, linguists, IT professionals, researchers, language teachers, translators, policy makers and migrant malayalees.

Sessions
o Malayalam – present state and status
o Changes and developments in Malayalam
o Malayalam as a medium of education and teaching of Malayalam as a language.
o Malayalam in the Governance and in the E-Governance
o Malayalam as a medium of the media.
o e- Malayalam and Malayalam language technologies
o Translation issues of Malayalam
o Digital issues of Malayalam - fonts and Unicode
o Malayalam grammar, lexicon, language resources
o Dialects of Malayalam / tribal dialects
o Global Malayalam–state and issues Malayalam Diasporas
o New trends in malayalee culture, art and literature.

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