The development of book publishers in Minangkabau (West Sumatera) was derived by the emerge of colonial schools and native schools. The presence of publishers and book industry in West Sumatera had been begun since 19th century and the early 20th century. This conference is open for academic and non-academic speakers, including, government agencies/institutions, NGOs, researchers, and students (Doctorate, Master, and Bachelor Degree) including issues: Language, Linguistics, Applied Linguistics (Translation, Language Teaching, Language Testing, Second Language Acquisition, BIPA), Literature, Music and Performance Studies, Education (Character Building, Literacy), History, Heritage and Archeology, Sociology and Human development (Matrilineal Communities, Migration, Gender and Identity, Religion), Media and Journalism. English Department, Universitas Andalas, in collaboration with University of Social Science and Humanities, Vietnam, University Kebangsaan Malaysia, and University of Malaya, Malaysia, is organizing an international conference to bring together scholars, researchers and students to share their research results and ideas on how social and cultural changes in the world, particularly in Asian Countries, has brought implication on the way human being see the world, their self, and others.
Some restrict it as an exclusively economic phenomenon while others believe it also has social, cultural and political effects. Some see globalization as the ever changing of technology, economy, media, and ideology through the movement of people over cultural and national boundaries.
Thus, to understand globalization one must re-understand the world and how culture, diversity, politics, ethnicity, race, and homogeneity are manifested. Some people see globalization as the homogenization of culture. To respond to the effects of the social change to the language, the Graduate Program in Linguistics, Andalas University (UNAND), in cooperation with the Indonesian Linguistic Society of UNAND branches, implemented the 3rd ISOL with the theme ‘Language in Social Change.' This seminar is aimed to facilited linguists, researcher, scholar, students, policy maker from to discuss the issues of language and social change. All these changes are recorded by or reflected in language. In Indonesia, reform is one of the causes of change in various aspects of social life, including government, politics, economy and culture.
Social change in a society is triggered by various factors. Contacts between cultures or speakers of different language, language policies made by the authorities or government and the advancement of science and technology are among the factors responsible for the change. The pronunciation of a word may change from time to time. In contrast, a lexicon that did not exist before appeared and was widely used in the next period. The lexicon once used in a language may no longer be used in the next few years. It is undeniable that, like human being, language also changes.
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