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XV CONFERENCE OF THE LINGUISTICS ASSOCIATION OF SADC UNIVERSITIES (LASU)

5th – 7th AUGUST 2019, Lusaka, Zambia

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HOST: THE UNIVERSITY OF ZAMBIA, SCHOOL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL SCIENCES IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CONFUCIUS INSTITUTE

CONFERENCE THEME: Digitising Indigenous Languages: Productivity, Accessibility and Mobility in the Global South

In the broader context of digitisation and electronically mediated discourses predicated on globalisation, the question of inclusivity and accessibility re-awakens discussions on digitising indigenous languages especially, in diglossic and multilingual landscapes of Africa. Over the past decades, particularly discussions that have fed into LASU conferences, the role of indigenous languages in development, their production and uptake have remained central. In this 15th LASU conference, the call to digitise indigenous languages is part of a scholarly invitation to (re-)interrogate and (re-)propose ways in which indigenous languages can be part of the global semiotic flows and resources amenable to production, accessibility and mobility beyond the linguistic virtual-scape of the Global South. The apparent permeable boundaries – linguistic and national – force us to place premium on digitising indigenous languages, as it relates to electronic language documentation, description and electronic language production and consumption for preservation and day-to-day use.    

 
SECOND AND FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

Abstracts are invited on a wide range of fields within linguistics on topics linked to the conference theme, although papers on other topics within the following sub-themes are also welcome:


SUB-THEMES
We invite contributions relating to any aspect of the study of language and linguistics from any perspective, including:

  • Language Digitization
  • Language and technology;
  • Formal theoretical linguistics;
  • Linguistic typology;
  • Documentary linguistics and responses to language endangerment;
  • New techniques and opportunities for documenting and describing languages;
  • Historical and comparative linguistics;
  • Language and development;
  • Language and gender;
  • Language and Literature;
  • Dynamics of writing in local languages;
  • Computational linguistics;
  • Language acquisition and learning;
  • Sign languages and cultures;
  • Language pedagogy;
  • Psycholinguistics;
  • Neurolinguistics;
  • Language description and codification (including: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics);
  • Discourse analysis and text linguistics;
  • Tonology;
  • Onomastics;
  • Stylistics;
  • Translation, terminology and lexicography;
  • Language standardization and harmonization nationally and across borders;
  • Sociolinguistics (including: language policy and planning, language development and use, intercultural communication, multilingualism,  multiculturalism and globalization, translanguaging, code-switching/mixing, language contact, language endangerment, language spread, language variation, etc.).



PROPOSALS FOR PAPERS
Presentations will be 20 minutes in length plus 10 minutes for discussion.

SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Abstracts should be submitted as an MSWord file attachment to: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Abstracts should have the following details:

  • Title
  • Surname
  • Full first name(s)
  • Institutional affiliation
  • Email address
  • Telephone and/or fax number(s)
  • Title of proposed presentation
  • Subtheme
  • An abstract of between 150 to 300 words of the paper


Key dates
The deadline for the submission of abstracts: extended to 31st May April 2019
Notification about acceptance of abstracts is progressive
Conference duration: 5th – 7th AUGUST 2019

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Contacts
For conference contributions or any information on other conference-related matters, please contact the following members of the conference Secretariat:

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Dr. Sande Ngalande
Telephone: +260 976134774

Dr. Hambaba Jimaima
Telephone: +260 977668980

Registration fees

International participants: USD200
Local Participants: K1000.00
Students: K500.00

Travel, board and lodging

Participants will be responsible for paying for their own travel, board and lodging. For information on hotels and lodges in Lusaka visit the following link:

https://www.booking.com/city/zm/lusaka-zm.html

NB. Details of accommodation nearest to the University of Zambia will be made available in due course.


Visas

Citizens of most countries outside SADC will require entry visas into Zambia. Participants should contact the nearest Zambian embassy /consulate/high commission in their country or region to enquire if they need a visa or not. Please also check to make sure that you need/do not need a South African Transit visa.

Transport and arrangements

Airport pick up will be available on 4th August 2019. Please provide your itinerary on the Registration Form.

PLEASE NOTE THE FOLLOWING:

The deadline for the submission of abstracts: extended to 31st May 2019