27.2528, Calls: African Languages, General Ling/Botswana

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LINGUIST List: Vol-27-2528. Wed Jun 08 2016. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 27.2528, Calls: African Languages, General Ling/Botswana

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Date: Wed, 08 Jun 2016 10:27:14
From: Ethelbert Emmanuel Kari [ethelbert.kari at mopipi.ub.bw]
Subject: 4th Department of African Languages and Literature International Conference

Full Title: 4th Department of African Languages and Literature International Conference 
Short Title: 4th ALL Conference 

Date: 14-Jun-2017 - 16-Jun-2017
Location: Gaborone, Botswana 
Contact Person: Ethelbert Emmanuel Kari
Meeting Email: ethelbert.kari at mopipi.ub.bw

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 30-Apr-2017 

Meeting Description:

The conference has two major objectives, namely to discuss African languages
and literatures in the context of sustainable development, which is a primary
preoccupation of most African countries, and to examine African languages,
literatures and cultures in the light of the new socio-political and economic
dynamics of our continent.

For further details, please contact:

Dr. E.E. Kari: Tel.: +267-355-4113 (Office) Email: ethelbert.kari at mopipi.ub.bw
Dr. P.S. Seloma: Tel.: +267-355-2657 (Office) Email: selomap at mopipi.ub.bw
Professor H.M. Batibo: Tel.: +267-355-2638 (O) Email: batibohm at mopipi.ub.bw

Call for Papers:

Conference Theme:
Language, Literature and Culture for Sustainable Development 

Conference Sub-Themes:
The conference welcomes papers on the following sub-themes and/or any other
relevant topics in the areas of language, literature and culture:

Language:

- African languages as tools of sustainable socio-economic development
- Multilingualism and multi-culturalism as resources for development
- African languages in a globalized world
- Language standardization and harmonization nationally and across borders
- Language technology
- Sign language in Africa
- Linguistic description and documentation
- Language policy and planning
- Language contact, domination, maintenance and shift
- Language proficiency in indigenous languages
- Language, education and literacy
- Language use, communication and the media
- Indigenous languages and gender issues
- Translation, interpretation, terminology and lexicography
- Inter-cultural communication, discourse and language use
- Unity in linguistic and cultural diversity

Literature/Culture:

- The role of literature and culture in Africa’s sustainable development
- African literature as a factor in Africa’s innovative ideas
- African literature and literary criticism
- Textual representations of African culture
- Literature, gender and relations of power
- Politics, History and Religion in African Literature
- Media and communication of African culture
- Philosophy and theory in African Literature
- Popular culture in the 21st Century
- African literature and translation
- African written literature in indigenous languages
- Literature, development and economic diversification
- Indigenous Knowledge Systems [I.K.S] and African literature
- The evolution of the African novel
- Research on African folklore
- Emerging internet literatures
- Emerging poetry trends
- African oral literature

Submission of Abstracts:
Abstracts of not more than 300 words should be emailed, not later than 30
April, 2017, to the following email addresses: Professor H.M. Batibo
batibohm at mopipi.ub.bw or Dr. P.S. Seloma selomap at mopipi.ub.bw. Abstracts
should be single-spaced, at least 11-points font, on one page (A4) with 2.54
cm (1 inch) on left and right margins. Apart from the title and abstract text,
authors' names, institutional affiliation, and contact information should not
appear on the abstract page. Such information should be on a separate page. As
soon as an abstract is received, the Organizing Committee will consider its
relevance to the Conference and a decision will be made and communicated to
the author promptly.

Important Dates:
Conference date: 14– 16 June, 2017
Abstract deadline: 30 April, 2017

Registration:
Participants will be required to pay a registration fee of P2000.00 or US $200
or R2300.00 Students will pay P500.00 or US $50 or R650.00. UB Staff are to
pay P1000.00.

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