<div dir="ltr"><div>Dear All: ILA's CfP for 2023 is included below and attached. Please disseminate widely.</div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Jo Anne Kleifgen<br></div><div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div><p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">67th Annual Conference of the International Linguistic Association</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt;color:red">KwaDlangezwa, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 15 - 18 June 2023</span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> <br></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Hosted by the University of Zululand <br></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">CALL FOR PAPERS </span></b><span style="font-size:14.0pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">DEADLINE – February 28, 2023
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<p><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Conference Theme: Rethinking Language and Linguistics for Liberatory Epistemologies and Ontologies
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Renewed calls for the decolonisation of education from the #RhodesMustFall movement of 2015 and beyond have re-directed the attention of scholars and public commentators to the often-problematic roles of dominant
European languages such as English in formal education, especially in formerly colonised countries. The debates, and contestations which that movement has animated over the past few years have invited closer scrutiny of what Pennycook and Makoni (2020) identify
as “the complicities between applied linguistics, colonialism, and capitalism”. This foregrounds the immensely powerful impact – either negative or positive – of language policies and practices across social, cultural, economic, and political domains. In this
regard, the enduring negative legacies of colonial misclassifications and mis-standardisation of indigenous languages continue to pose serious challenges today, to both linguists (applied, socio- and educational linguists) and language teachers in schools
and universities at all levels. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">This means that the need to rethink language and linguistics is urgent especially in terms of how they can contribute positively to ongoing debates on decolonisation of education in the formerly colonised world
and also regarding language minorities in the so-called developed countries. There is an urgent need for alternative codes and an expanded conceptual repertoire to redress historical linguistic misconceptions and to promote language practices that recover
and enhance African and Global South epistemologies and ontologies. This is critical to an understanding of knowledge production as “a territory” (Moetsi, 2016) to which marginalised, formerly colonised, historically disadvantaged, and excluded people have
legitimate claims. New, liberatory approaches to language and linguistics would enhance the life chances of such populations by helping reclaim their “self-worth, power and creativity” in a world that is increasingly hostile to them.
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">This international multidisciplinary conference invites papers that explore such possible approaches from formal linguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics. We look forward to presentations that
move beyond dominant monolingual and metalinguistic assumptions and examine new possibilities in multilingualism, language learning, languages of learning and teaching (LoLT) in education, literacies, and language rights. We are particularly interested in
perspectives from/about the Global South and indigenous communities which complicate and question received ways of thinking about language, literacy, and linguistics. Themes include but are not limited to:
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<p style="margin-bottom:4.2pt"><font size="2"><span>• Multilingualism and heritage language practices in Africa.
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</font><p style="margin-bottom:4.2pt"><font size="2"><span>• The role of language in the decolonisation of the curriculum.
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</font><p style="margin-bottom:4.2pt"><font size="2"><span>• Language and decolonisation of pedagogy.
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</font><p style="margin-bottom:4.2pt"><font size="2"><span>• Digital and computational skills in languages and linguistics.
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</font><p style="margin-bottom:4.2pt"><font size="2"><span>• English as LoLT in (South) Africa.
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</font><p style="margin-bottom:4.2pt"><font size="2"><span>• Standardisation of indigenous languages.
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</font><p style="margin-bottom:4.2pt"><font size="2"><span>• Growing use of English as LoLT in non-English speaking European universities.
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</font><p style="margin-bottom:4.2pt"><font size="2"><span>• The political economy of tests such as IELTS and TOEFL.
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</font><p style="margin-bottom:4.2pt"><font size="2"><span>• Grassroots language and literary studies.
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</font><p style="margin-bottom:4.2pt"><font size="2"><span>• Language acquisition versus language learning.
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</font><p style="margin-bottom:4.2pt"><font size="2"><span>• Local language/linguistic practices in global social media
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</font><p><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><font size="2">• Liberatory/emerging language and linguistic epistemologies/theories
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">In keeping with the ILA tradition, we also invite individual papers or posters on other areas of linguistics. Each presentation should last no more than thirty minutes, including time for questions and discussion.
Proposals also may be submitted for a three-hour workshop for teachers on topics related to the teaching of language, human difference, and social justice.
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<p style="text-align:center" align="center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Guidelines for Proposals<u></u><u></u></span></b></p>
<p><span style="font-size:14.0pt"> </span><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Papers and Posters </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">A paper or poster title and abstract of between 300 and 400 words, excluding references, is required along with a summary abstract for the conference booklet of no more than 150 words. The author's name, institutional
affiliation, mailing address, and phone number must also be included. <br></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Workshops </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">A brief presentation/rationale of about 200 words should argue for the relevance of the theoretical/applied content in language, linguistics or literacy that will be explored and examined during the workshop.
Objectives, a brief description of the activities to be implemented during the session, and a maximum of five reading references should be included in the proposal. A separate brief CV (100 words) of the workshop leader/s indicating relevant workshop/instructional
experience is also required. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">All proposals will be blind reviewed for quality and originality. Submissions should mainly contain new material and must not have been published previously to be considered. All proposals should be submitted
via the official Registration Form: </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:blue"><a href="https://forms.gle/Mui5iPTR9JYmLeNK8" target="_blank">https://forms.gle/Mui5iPTR9JYmLeNK8</a>
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt">by Tuesday, February 28, 2023. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Proposal acceptances will be sent by Monday, March 27, 2023. The author(s) whose proposals have been accepted for the ILA Annual Conference must register by the Saturday, April 15, 2023 pre-registration deadline
in order to be included in the Conference Program. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p style="page-break-before:always"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Conference Registration Information
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">It is necessary to be a member of the ILA to participate in the annual meeting (save for the one-day K-12 Teachers’ Workshop). Reduced membership and conference registration rates are available to students,
retirees, contingent faculty, K-12 teachers, and residents of soft-currency countries. To become a member, please register here:
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><a href="https://ilaword.org/payment-proc/07_membership.aspx" target="_blank">https://ilaword.org/payment-proc/07_membership.aspx</a> <br></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Pre-Registration fees </span>
</b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">(received by April 15, 2023) <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Regular Rate: $100 <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Reduced Rate: $50 <br></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Registration fees </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">(from April 16, 2023)
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Regular Rate: $150 <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Reduced Rate: US $100 </span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:blue"><br></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Conference Venue </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">University of Zululand <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">KwaDlangezwa, <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa (near Richards Bay)
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<p><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Further Information </span></b><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Inquiries may be sent to the Conference Organizers:
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<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt" lang="PT-BR">Professor Mogomme Masoga –
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:blue"><a href="mailto:MasogaM@unizulu.ac.za" target="_blank"><span lang="PT-BR">MasogaM@unizulu.ac.za</span></a></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:blue">
<span lang="PT-BR"></span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt"><br>Professor ZG Buthelezi – </span>
<span style="font-size:11.5pt;color:blue"><a href="mailto:ButheleziZG@unizulu.ac.za" target="_blank">ButheleziZG@unizulu.ac.za</a> <br></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">For further information about the International Linguistic Association, visit
<a href="http://www.ilaword.org" target="_blank">www.ilaword.org</a> </span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Follow us on <b>Facebook </b>(International Linguistic Association) and
<b>Twitter </b>(@interlinguists)! <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt">Please also check out the ILA monthly lecture series on Zoom:
<span style="color:blue"><a href="https://www.ilaword.org/" target="_blank">https://www.ilaword.org/</a></span></span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</div></blockquote></div><div dir="auto"><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"></div></blockquote></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" color="#888888"><font style="font-family:georgia,serif" size="2">Jo Anne Kleifgen, Professor Emerita, Linguistics and Education</font></font><br><font color="#888888"><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><font style="color:rgb(0,0,0)" color="#888888"><font style="font-family:georgia,serif" size="2">Teachers College, Columbia University</font></font><font size="2"><br></font></div><div><i><br></i></div><div><i>Educating Emergent Bilinguals: Policies, Programs, and Practices for English Learners</i>, 2nd Edition<br>Ofelia Garcia and Jo Anne Kleifgen</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></font></div></div></div></div></div>