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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Second Call for contributions to workshop:
<i>Modality in Bantu: Variation & change</i></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>November 6-7 2025</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Mkwawa University of Education (MUCE), Iringa, Tanzania</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">We invite contributions to the upcoming workshop on expressions of
<u>modality in Bantu</u> with a special focus on the role of <u>variation and change</u> in this domain.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">This workshop aims to bring together linguistic scholars from different areas to explore variation and change in the expression of modality in Bantu languages. We welcome
submissions from a wide set of research designs and theoretical and methodological perspectives, provided they address modal expressions in Bantu and any associated variation and change. Submissions that address modality and contact-induced variation and change
are especially encouraged.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Submissions may include but are not limited to the following topics:</span></p>
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Synchronically or diachronically oriented investigations (or a combination of both).</li></ul>
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Studies on any formal categories of modal construction and formal processes of change.<br>
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Analyses of specific functional subcategories of modality or investigations examining the origin and development of a single marker.</li></ul>
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Investigations of either an individual language (variety) or comparative studies at any level (from language-internal repertories or lects, to small set of languages, large-scale family-based studies, or areally confined studies). </li></ul>
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Studies on Bantu modality that explore contact phenomena at any level of analysis and from any part of the Bantu speaking region.</li></ul>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">We also welcome submissions that primarily address evidentiality, mood, aspect, or other closely related concepts, provided they can be shown to interact with modality, e.g.,
by originating from or becoming increasingly associated with a modal function".</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">For the full call including all the necessary practical information, as well as a questionnaire in English and Swahili for eliciting modal expressions, see
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://sites.google.com/view/modality-in-bantu/" target="_blank" id="OWA03c82c20-2169-7cac-5f82-0a5c4d1ebe52" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://sites.google.com/view/modality-in-bantu/" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="0" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">https://sites.google.com/view/modality-in-bantu/</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Presentations will be 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for questions and comments. Each author may participate in a maximum of 2 abstracts.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Interested participants should submit an anonymous abstract + cover letter of no more than 300 words (excluding references) either in English or Swahili to
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:BantuMods@gmail.com" id="OWAdf2289de-cde6-3636-72c8-686e4ab6a08f" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:BantuMods@gmail.com" data-linkindex="1" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">BantuMods@gmail.com</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">The deadline for all abstract submissions is
<u>March 31, 2025.</u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Conference location</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Mkwawa University of Education (MUCE), Iringa, Tanzania</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="https://muce.udsm.ac.tz/" target="_blank" id="OWAc47a5f5a-7dec-7320-d602-506092c5c5a9" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://muce.udsm.ac.tz/" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-linkindex="2" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">Muce |
Mkwawa University College of Education</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 31, 2025</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Notification of acceptance: April 30, 2025</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Conference: November 6-7, 2025</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);"><b>Keynote speakers</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Confirmed: Thera Crane (University of Helsinki), Deo Kawalya (Makerere University)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Rasmus Bernander (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:rasmus.bernander@sprak.gu.se" id="OWA937d1f55-2b32-77e5-3ae7-fbdb13841b13" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:rasmus.bernander@sprak.gu.se" data-linkindex="3" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">rasmus.bernander@sprak.gu.se</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">)<br>
Ponsiano Kanijo (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:ponsiano.kanijo@muce.ac.tz" id="OWA52e1569d-1677-517e-3276-fff9cdbd5fee" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:ponsiano.kanijo@muce.ac.tz" data-linkindex="4" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">ponsiano.kanijo@muce.ac.tz</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">;
</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:kanijo2008@gmail.com" id="OWAece1b874-0005-65b2-d932-bad30ab592e9" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:kanijo2008@gmail.com" data-linkindex="5" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">kanijo2008@gmail.com</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">)<br>
Maud Devos (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:maud.devos@africamuseum.be" id="OWA7bfa6677-3223-6318-5a57-c1102a512436" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:maud.devos@africamuseum.be" data-linkindex="6" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">maud.devos@africamuseum.be</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">)</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">Gilles-Maurice de Schryver (</span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:GillesMaurice.DeSchryver@ugent.be" id="OWA4f373170-555a-5e58-b671-672d378b398d" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:GillesMaurice.DeSchryver@ugent.be" data-linkindex="7" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">GillesMaurice.DeSchryver@ugent.be</a></u></span><span style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36);">)</span></p>
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Dr. Salehe Kaoneka (<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:salehe.salehe@muce.ac.tz" id="OWAfcaf40f1-2a97-bd19-bbc3-61414f8c5c47" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:salehe.salehe@muce.ac.tz" data-linkindex="8" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">salehe.salehe@muce.ac.tz</a></u></span>)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0cm;">
Dr. Ponsiano Kanijo (<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:ponsiano.kanijo@muce.ac.tz" id="OWAd8735afc-5a38-d101-c8d2-e054d2a80828" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:ponsiano.kanijo@muce.ac.tz" data-linkindex="9" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">ponsiano.kanijo@muce.ac.tz</a></u></span>;
<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:kanijo2008@gmail.com" id="OWA4ef3c7d8-4748-a09e-b9cd-ce10abe2ed6b" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:kanijo2008@gmail.com" data-linkindex="10" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">kanijo2008@gmail.com</a></u></span>)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0cm;">
Dr. Gervas Kawonga (<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:gervas.kawonga@muce.ac.tz" id="OWAdd243893-945f-2eec-b98c-1827ebca1165" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:gervas.kawonga@muce.ac.tz" data-linkindex="11" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">gervas.kawonga@muce.ac.tz</a></u></span>)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0cm;">
Dr. Spemba Spemba (<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:spemba.spemba@muce.ac.tz" id="OWA4ee3acad-1c0e-f6e2-9c68-371f21652469" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:spemba.spemba@muce.ac.tz" data-linkindex="12" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">spemba.spemba@muce.ac.tz</a></u></span>)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0cm;">
Dr. Aneth Kasebele (<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:aneth.kasebele@muce.ac.tz" id="OWA730de352-3c19-6ce7-f2b1-5eae34ef50bd" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:aneth.kasebele@muce.ac.tz" data-linkindex="13" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">aneth.kasebele@muce.ac.tz</a></u></span>)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0cm;">
Mr. Mahenda Jagadi (<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:mahenda.jagadi@muce.ac.tz" id="OWA52d8f3d2-1706-d6bf-ec44-2c516671d5a1" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:mahenda.jagadi@muce.ac.tz" data-linkindex="14" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">mahenda.jagadi@muce.ac.tz</a></u></span>)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0cm;">
Mr. Edward Nsolo (<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:edward.nsolo@muce.ac.tz" id="OWAf6297d6c-b871-9a2a-dabd-0bb3ce432526" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:edward.nsolo@muce.ac.tz" data-linkindex="15" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">edward.nsolo@muce.ac.tz</a></u></span>)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0cm;">
Ms. Johari Ikombola (<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:Johari.ikombola@muce.ac.tz" id="OWA3666e9bd-45de-c406-6189-269720ebc357" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:Johari.ikombola@muce.ac.tz" data-linkindex="16" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">Johari.ikombola@muce.ac.tz</a></u></span>)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0cm;">
Mr. Wincheslaus Auson (<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:wincheslaus.auson@muce.ac.tz" id="OWAf610bd00-79ad-fd41-ac83-265697182d81" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:wincheslaus.auson@muce.ac.tz" data-linkindex="17" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">wincheslaus.auson@muce.ac.tz</a></u></span>)</li><li style="font-family: Aptos, sans-serif; font-size: 11pt; color: rgb(36, 36, 36); margin: 0cm;">
Ms. Anselmina Shinyaka (<span style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134);"><u><a href="mailto:anselmina.shinyaka@muce.ac.tz" id="OWA3c21587f-b2c3-c02c-732f-bbdd8cbce69c" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:anselmina.shinyaka@muce.ac.tz" data-linkindex="18" style="color: rgb(70, 120, 134); margin: 0px;">anselmina.shinyaka@muce.ac.tz</a></u></span>)</li></ol>
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