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Dialects in Tamil : From early to modern times, as reflected in writing and speech - Programme Schedule
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DAY 1 (Wednesday 23rd August, 2006)
| 9.00-9.45 | Inaugural Session
Welcome of the participants Dr. Jean-Pierre MULLER, Director, French Institute of Pondicherry Dr. K. Ramasamy Professor cum Deputy Director, Head, Center of Excellence for Classical Tamil, CIIL, Mysore Mr. R. Elangaiyan Member, Research Group For Tribal and & Endangered Languages CIIL, Mysore |
| 9.45-10.00 | Tea Break |
| 10.00-13.00 | Plenary Session
Chair: Dr. Iravatham Mahadevan, Chennai Presentations: Dr. François Gros, Ecole Pratique des Hautes- Etudes, Paris “Perspectives on Tamil Dialects :Speech variants and reconstructions” Dr. R Kothanda Raman, Tolkappiar Center for Fundamental Research, Pondicherry “Inscriptional Dialects” Dr. Subbarayalu, Tamil University, Tanjore |
| 13.00-14.00 | Buffet in the garden |
| 14.00-17.30 | Session 1: Defining Dialects, Defining Identities
Chair: Prof. S. V. S. Shanmugam, Annamalai University, Chidambaram Presentations: “Study of Tamil dialects in Tamilnadu so far - A Bird’s eye view” Dr. G. Srinivasa Varma, CIII, Mysore “Survey of Tamil dialects: certain methodological issues” Mr V. Gnanasundaram, Professor Emeritus in Linguistics, Mysore “Methodology proposed for a survey of modern tamil dialects” Mr. R. Elangaiyan, Member, Research Group For Tribal & Endangered Languages, CIIL, Mysore “Dialects as vehicle for construction of identities, regional and social” Dr. T. V. Gopal Iyer, EFEO |
| 16.00-16.15 | Tea Break |
| 16.15-18.30 | Chair:
Dr. R. Kothanda Raman, Tolkappiar Center for Fundamental Research, Pondicherry Presentations: “Ethnization,Social Formation and Dialects in the Tamil Region : An Ethnographic Approach” Dr. Bhakthavatsala Barathi, Pondicherry Institute of linguistics And Culture, Pondicherry “Tamilakam-The land and the people:an ethnic account” Dr. S. Manoharan, Fellow, Centre of Excellence for Classical Tamil, C.I.I.L “Dialects in Practice” Mr. Senthil Babu, IFP, Pondicherry |
| 18.30 | Dinner Cocktail in the garden |
DAY 2 (Thursday 24th August 2006 )
| 09.00-13.00 | Session 2: Dialects, Comparative Perspectives
Chair: Dr. Subbarayalu, Tamil University, Tanjore “Telugu Dialects as Vehicle of Socio-Political Communication” Mr. Jayadheer Thirumala Rao, Director, AP Govt.Oriental Manuscripts Library, Hyderabad “A plea for the documentation of ancient tamil dialects of Karnataka(‘meelkootte’sanketi and ’tigala’tamil dialects)" Prof. R.Perialwar, Thanjavur Tamil University |
| 10.30-10.45 | Tea Break |
| “Literary Uses of Dialects in Malayalam”
Prof. Raghava Varier, University of Calicut, Calicut “Dialect Survey of Malayalam in Retrospect” Prof. Gopinath Nair, ISDL, Trivendrum “Regional Languages/Dialects in Italy: History, Testimony and Dreams” Mr Alberto FormaiPondicherry |
| 13.00-14.00 | Buffet in the garden |
| 14.00-17.30 | Session 3: Dialects, Literature and Reference
Chair: Dr. P. R . Subramanyan, Mozhi Trust, Chennai Presentations: “A Dialect Novel and A dialect Dictionnary” Dr. Madhukesvaran, Chennai “Dialect as a literary language-Experiences” Dr. Perumal Murugan, Namakkal “Writing a Dictionnary:Writing a Novel” Mrs Kanmani Gunasekaran, Vridhachalam “Dialect as a creative language-Contradictions” Mr Sudhakar Ghatak, Neyveli |
| 16.00-16.15 | Tea Break |
| “Dialects and Writers”
Mr Imaiyam, Vridhachalam “Dialects:Literature and Literacy Movement-Experiences” Mr Tamilselvan, Pattamadai “Folklore and Tirunelveli Dialect” Mr V. Manikam Mrs Pama, Madurai |
DAY 3 (Friday 25th August, 2006)
| 09.00-11.00 | Session 4: Dialects, Puducheri Dimension
Chair: Dr Arivu Nambi, Dean, Department of Tamil, Pondicherry University Presentations: “In search of a puducheri dialect…Inscriptions, Diaries, and Literature” Pulavar Venkatesan, Pondicherry “Influence of French Language on Puducheri Tamil” Dr Vengada Soupraya Nayagar, Kanchi Mamunivar Centre for Post Graduate Studies, Pondicherry “Identifying Puducheri Proverbs” Dr. A. Pasupathy, Former Head, Department of Tamil, Tagore Arts College, Pondicherry |
| 10.30-10.45 | Tea Break |
| 10.45-13.00 | Conclusion |
| 13.00-14.00 | Buffet in the garden |
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