Conference Agenda

Session

Language vitality and language value

Time:

Thursday, 18/June/2026:

1:30pm - 3:30pm

Location: TB240

Presentations

1:30pm - 2:00pm

Assessing the Vitality of Arabic in Qatar through Indicators

Michele Gazzola¹, Hadeel Alkhateeb²

¹Ulster University, United Kingdom; ²Qatar University, Qatar

2:00pm - 2:30pm

The inefficiency and injustice of the percentage rule for allocating minority rights

Bengt-Arne Wickström

Andrássy-Universität Budapest, Hungary

2:30pm - 3:00pm

Non-market value in LPP: identification and measurement

François Grin

UNIVERSITÉ DE GENÈVE, Suisse

3:00pm - 3:30pm

An Ancient Language without its Native Speakers: Approaches to Geez Language Policy and Planning in Ethiopia

Alelign Wudie

ADDIS ABABA SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY UNIVERSITY, Ethiopia