32.1058, Calls: Applied Ling, Gen Ling/Kenya

Tue Mar 23 19:11:48 UTC 2021

LINGUIST List: Vol-32-1058. Tue Mar 23 2021. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 32.1058, Calls: Applied Ling, Gen Ling/Kenya

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Date: Tue, 23 Mar 2021 15:11:35
From: JUSTINE SIKUKU [jastinosikuku at yahoo.com]
Subject: Enhancing Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Research on Languages in Eastern Africa

Full Title: Enhancing Collaborative and Interdisciplinary Research on Languages in Eastern Africa 
Short Title: LAEA 2 

Date: 12-Aug-2021 - 13-Aug-2021
Location: Eldoret, Kenya 
Contact Person: Justine SIKUKU
Meeting Email: laeaconference2019 at gmail.com
Web Site: http://www.thelaea.org 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 31-Mar-2021 

Meeting Description:

Research on most languages in Eastern Africa has been minimal, yet these
languages are key in understanding Africa and possibly addressing some of the
complex issues facing not only the Eastern region but also the whole
continent. Sadly, some of these languages face extinction because they are
only spoken by a generation that is already advanced in age. According to
Amadou Hampâté Bâ (1901-1991), a Malian, ‘In Africa, when an old man dies,
a library burns down.” (https://en.unesco.org/courier/2018-2/missive-youth).
However, this problem cannot be left to linguists and language researchers
alone. It requires concerted effort with researchers in all fields interested
in language, in a multi pronged approach of collaboration and
interdisciplinarity. The purpose of this conference is therefore to contribute
in addressing the current problem by building research capacity in Eastern
Africa through strengthening collaborative and interdisciplinary research on
languages in Eastern Africa among linguists, graduate students, language
activists, language educators and persons from all disciplines interested in
the importance of language. This will be done through presentations on
existing and proposed collaborative and interdisciplinary researches in
different parts of the world. The conference provides an opportunity to
participants to develop and enhance their skills in language and
collaborative/interdisciplinary research. This conference will hopefully
encourage more collaborative and interdisciplinary research not only in the
region but also across the continent and the world.

Call for Papers: 

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

1. Enhancing language and linguistic collaborative and interdisciplinary
research. This will focus on the following:
a) Proposed projects on any aspect of language and linguistics which target
groups of language researchers or interdisciplinary researchers on languages
spoken in Eastern Africa.
b) Papers on any language/linguistic topic that show collaboration among
language researchers or interdisciplinary studies on any language spoken in
Eastern Africa.

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 Eastern Africa. The topics may include:
i) The core areas of modern theoretical linguistics such as phonetics,
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, typology,
sociolinguistics, comparative linguistics, and discourse analysis.
ii) Aspects of language endangerment, documentation and revitalization.       

 iii) Linguistic or interdisciplinary research on less known and less studied
languages.
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, German, Chinese,
Portuguese and Korean in the region;                                          

                             iv) Sign language in Eastern Africa;
v) Media and communication; and                
vi) COVID-19 and language.

Abstracts should be written in English. The submission deadline for all
abstracts is March 31, 2021 and decisions on acceptance will be made no later
than April 27, 2021. 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 abstracts via our
website, http://www.thelaea.org.

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