30.1192, Calls: Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Lang Doc, Text/Corpus Ling/Kenya

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Subject: 30.1192, Calls: Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Lang Doc, Text/Corpus Ling/Kenya

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Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2019 02:13:22
From: Justine Sikuku [jastinosikuku at yahoo.com]
Subject: Building Capacity in Linguistic Research

 
Full Title: Building Capacity in Linguistic Research 
Short Title: LAEA 

Date: 01-Aug-2019 - 02-Aug-2019
Location: ELDORET, Kenya 
Contact Person: JUSTINE SIKUKU
Meeting Email: laeaconference2019 at gmail.com

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Text/Corpus Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 29-Mar-2019 

Meeting Description:

The purpose of this conference is to build capacity in language and linguistic
research among linguists, graduate students, language activists, language
educators and persons interested in the importance of language, through
training in language and linguistic database skills and raising awareness of
the importance and effectiveness of using language and linguistic databases in
research, not only in the creation of language and linguistic data but also as
a basis for extensive language descriptions and characterization. The
conference provides an opportunity to participants to develop and enhance
their skills in language and Linguistic research. In addition, the conference
is an opportunity for utilization of existing databases in order to enhance
their scope. This conference will hopefully spur the construction of new
databases by established researchers in the region not only to help study
local languages but also to build networks that will harness the diversity
among participants towards building a stronger research family.


Call for Papers:

We invite contributors to submit abstracts for papers which address any of the
following themes:

1. Understanding language and linguistic databases. This will focus on any of
the following:
a) Proposed projects on any aspect of language and linguistics which target
single or multiple languages of the Eastern Africa region that may be
developed into a data base project.
b) Papers on any language/linguistic topic that utilizes data from existing
databases (see attached list of suggested databases) on any language of the
Eastern Africa region.
2. Language and linguistics in Eastern Africa. Abstracts for papers under this
theme will be on;
a) Any language/linguistic topic that includes the analysis of a language or a
group of languages of the Eastern Africa region. The topics may include;
i) The core areas of modern theoretical linguistics such as Phonology,
Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Typology, Sociolinguistics,
Comparative Linguistics, and Discourse Analysis.
ii) Aspects of language endangerment, documentation and revitalization.
iii) Language Planning and Policy
b) Any topic in applied linguistics on issues affecting language/linguistics
in Eastern Africa. The areas may include, but are not limited to; 
i) Forensic linguistics, Literary and Linguistic stylistics, and Language
acquisition.
ii) Language education and second language teaching.
iii) The status of foreign languages such as French and German in the region.
iv) Media and Communication

The abstracts should be written in English, but in exceptional cases French
and Kiswahili will be accepted. The submission deadline for all abstracts is
March 29 and decisions on acceptance will be made no later than April 26.
Abstracts should not exceed 400 words including examples and references and
must be in 11pt type or larger. The abstract should clearly be marked
according to one of the two themes of the conference. Names and affiliations
should be on a separate page. Please submit your abstract electronically to
laeaconference2019 at gmail.com




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