28.1421, Calls: Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Ling & Lit/Ghana

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Subject: 28.1421, Calls: Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Ling & Lit/Ghana

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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:47:25
From: Charlotte Fofo Lomotey [cefolatey at yahoo.com]
Subject: 30th West African Languages Congress and 10th Linguistics Association of Ghana Conference

 
Full Title: 30th West African Languages Congress and 10th Linguistics Association of Ghana Conference 
Short Title: WALC-LAG 

Date: 31-Jul-2017 - 05-Aug-2017
Location: Winneba, Ghana 
Contact Person: Charlotte Fofo Lomotey
Meeting Email: cefolatey at yahoo.com

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Ling & Literature 

Call Deadline: 31-May-2017 

Meeting Description:

Under the auspices of the West African Linguistic Society (WALS), the
University of Education, Winneba in association with the Linguistics
Association of Ghana (LAG) announces that the joint 30th West African
Languages Congress (WALC 2017) and 10th Linguistics Association of Ghana (LAG)
Conference will be held from 31 July-5 August 2017 at the University of
Education, Winneba, Ghana. The conference will focus on all aspects of West
African linguistics (descriptive, theoretical and applied) and Literature

The conference theme is: The role of language in the integration and
development of West Africa

The following distinguished scholars have been confirmed as Plenary speakers. 

- Prof Ron Schaefer, Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville, USA
- Prof. Annie Railand, Director of Research, CNRS, France
- Prof Ken Hiraiwa, Meiji Gakuin University, Japan
 
Other speakers will be announced in due course.


2nd Call for Papers:

The deadline for submissions has been extended to 31 May 2017.

Abstracts are invited on (but not limited to) the sub-themes of the conference
such as:

- Indigenous language and education in West Africa
- Endangered languages in West Africa
- Language typologies in West Africa
- Linguistic human rights in West Africa
- Language and Commerce in West Africa
- Language and politics in West Africa
- Language and communication 
- Language and gender 
- Language and media
- Language and literature
- Language and education
- Language and law
- Language and policies

Papers in core areas of linguistics are also encouraged:

- Phonetics
- Phonology
- Morphology
- Syntax 
- Semantics 
- Pragmatics
- Discourse analysis
- Sociolinguistics
- Corpus Linguistics

Abstracts should not be more than 250 words and can be written in English or
French. Submissions are restricted to one single-authored paper and one
co-authored paper per individual.

Abstracts should be sent to walcuew2017 at gmail.com

The new closing date for submission is 31 May 2017.




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