Language, frontier territories and the need for language

International Conference “Language, frontier territories and the need for language: a comparative analysis of the linguistic situation of the Republic of Kareliа (Russian Federation) and of the Basque Country (France).” In the frame of the scientific collaboration between the Faculty of Philology of RUDN University, the CNRS (National Center of Scientific Research, France), the University of Bordeaux 3 and the MSHA (House of the Human Knowledge, Aquitaine), with the support of the Russian Humanistic Scientific Foundation and of the mayor of Bordeaux the conference “Language, frontier territories and the need for language: a comparative analysis of the linguistic situation of the Republic of Kareliа (Russian Federation) and of the Basque Country (France)” will be held. The conference will take place at the House of Human Knowlendge of Aquitaine on 22nd November, 2012. From 9.45 to 10.15 a.m RUDN University's representative Svetlana Moskvicheva will deliver a speech on “The representation of Karelian Language in the mind of its speakers and the need for this language: past and future”.