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Linguistic rights include, among others, the right to one's own language in legal, administrative and judicial acts, language education, and media in a language understood and freely chosen by those concerned. Linguistic rights in international law are usually dealt in the broader framework of cultural and educational rights.
Conference on Mediterranean and European Linguistic Anthropology (COMELA) Days of Swiss Linguistics (DSL) Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW) International Conference on Sociolinguistics ("ICS") 4th International ESP Conference, Nis, Serbia [1] Linguistic Intersections of Language and Gender Conference, (LILG) [2]
The idea of a Declaration was first proposed in 1984, where a Brazilian by the name of Francisco Gomes de Matos introduced to the International Federation of Modern Language Teachers (FIPLV), a plea for a Universal Declaration of Linguistic Rights. [6] He listed some of the principal linguistic rights, together with their educational implications.
The 18th International Congress of Linguists took place in 2008 in the city of Seoul, South Korea. [11] The Swiss Linguistics Society (SSG) proposed that the 19th congress would be organized in Ferdinand de Saussure’s city Geneva, one century after he died, to commemorate his important contributions to the field of linguistics.
Constitution as adopted on 4 August 1998. [1]Article 14 (1) The official language in the Republic of Albania is Albanian. Article 18 (2) No one may be unjustly discriminated against for reasons such as gender, race, religion, ethnicity, language, political, religious or philosophical beliefs, economic condition, education, social status, or ancestry.
In 1969, the society's name was changed to International Linguistic Association, as an acknowledgment of the fact that its membership now extended far beyond New York City. The ILA holds an annual meeting every April (usually in New York) and sponsors individual talks on six Saturdays during the academic year.
In his 1997 article, Phillipson defined linguistic imperialism as "a theoretical construct, devised to account for linguistic hierarchisation, to address issues of why some languages come to be used more and others less, what structures and ideologies facilitate such processes, and the role of language professionals". [4]
Article 4 specifies that cultural diversity may not infringe upon human rights guaranteed by international law. Article 5 affirms linguistic rights as cultural rights in accordance with International Bill of Human Rights. Article 6 affirms freedom of expression, media pluralism and multilingualism.