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<p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Dear all </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
are pleased to invite you to attend a Seminar on <b>Gender</b> <b>and Language
in African Contexts</b> taking place at the University of Dschang, Cameroon, on
Tuesday, 7<sup>th</sup> of April 2009. Similar events have taken place at the
University of Leeds, UK, University of Botswana, and City University, London.
We are pleased that this one will focus especially on Cameroon and West Africa.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
main purpose of the workshop is to provide an opportunity for those researching
and teaching in the area of gender and language, directly or indirectly, to
share their ideas and experiences, and to build up a focus on Africa in the
field of language and gender study. The University of Dschang and other
Cameroonian universities have a number of researchers and scholars working in
the area of gender across disciplines and it will be interesting to (net)work
with them. The seminar is however open to people from all over the world. We
hope to enhance participants' understanding of language and gender issues in
general in terms of language and language use in Cameroon (and West Africa more
generally). We also plan to collect some data for a research project that may
be of interest to us all. Lastly, we hope to stimulate interdisciplinary
work among linguists and other colleagues in the social sciences. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
organizers of the seminar will be Dr Jane Sunderland of Lancaster University
and Dr Lem Lilian Atanga of the University of Dschang. The event is
co-sponsored by Jane (from her National Teaching Fellowship Award) and the
Departments of African Studies and Applied Foreign Languages, Faculty of
Letters and Social Sciences, University of Dschang. Lunch and refreshments will
be provided. There is no registration fee.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>The
following are possible areas to be explored:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>The gender-language relationship</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gender, language and discourse</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gender in different Cameroonian/West African languages </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Language and gender identity</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gender and honorifics/terms of address</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gendered proverbs</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Language, gender and power</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Language, gender and the media</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gender and language change</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gender, language and politics</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>Gender and the language of institutions (e.g. classrooms,
workplaces)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>The language of ceremonies and gender</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoListParagraphCxSpLast style='text-align:justify;text-indent:-21.8pt;
line-height:150%'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'>The discourse of family planning and sex education</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>This
list is far from exhaustive, however, and other topics are possible.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We hope
that the discussions will generate more interesting issues. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>There
will definitely be two plenary sessions. However, we are also interested in
hearing from others who would like to present a paper. Everyone will be
expected to participate even if they don’t present papers. We hope to
generate a lot of discussion as well as provide more formal input.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> Colleagues
outside West Africa are of course also most welcome. We appreciate that you may
not be able to attend but you sure can contribute ideas!!! (please send these
to Lily).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Please
let Lily know if you wish to attend. If you would like to present a paper,
please send a short abstract of no more than 250 words by the 28<sup>th</sup>
of February 2009. Email to </span><a href="mailto:l.l.atanga@googlemail.com"><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>l.l.atanga@googlemail.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> or </span><a
href="mailto:ngwebin@yahoo.com"><span style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>ngwebin@yahoo.com</span></a><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For
other questions about arrangements (for example, about accommodation) please
also contact Lily.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>We
hope to see some of you there.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Best
wishes<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Lily
Atanga and Jane Sunderland</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify;line-height:150%'><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p>
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