24.4130, Calls: Socioling, Translation, Ling & Literature, Discipline of Ling, General Ling/South Africa

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Subject: 24.4130, Calls: Socioling, Translation, Ling & Literature, Discipline of Ling, General Ling/South Africa

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Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 13:14:50
From: Felix Awung [felixa at dut.ac.za]
Subject: DUT International Language Symposium 2014

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Full Title: DUT International Language Symposium 2014 

Date: 05-Mar-2014 - 07-Mar-2014
Location: Durban, South Africa 
Contact Person: Sibusiso Dlamini
Meeting Email: sibusisod at dut.ac.za

Linguistic Field(s): Discipline of Linguistics; General Linguistics; Ling & Literature; Sociolinguistics; Translation 

Call Deadline: 29-Nov-2013 

Meeting Description:

The Durban University of Technology will be hosting an International Language
Symposium from 5-7 march 2014, under the theme: Developing Africa through a
Harvest and Reinvestment of Multilingualism.


Call for Abstracts:

Contributions in the form of papers are invited for the DUT International Language Symposium.

Theme:

Developing Africa through a Harvest and Reinvestment of Multilingualism

Contributions will be particularly welcomed on the following sub-themes:

- Bilingualism, nation building and the role of African indigenous languages
- Harnessing and harvesting African languages through research, teaching and learning
- Exploring and utilising languages spoken in Africa for achieving the millennium development goals (MDGs)
- Access to (language) education – a gender issue?
- The demise of marginalized African languages
- Translation, interpreting and ICT
- Language, media, social media, culture and identity
- Lexicography and terminology development
- Deepening democracy through sign language
- Multilingualism, multiculturalism and globalisation
- Bilingualism and creativity: The linguistic spectacle of African literature
- Language and business
- Linguistics and the imperative of methodological change
- The role of literature in social transformation

Contributions may report on empirical research or address broad conceptual issues. Full papers will be published after a rigorous peer review process.

Notes for Contributors:

Submission deadline for abstracts: 29 November 2013
Presentation time: 20 minutes presentation + 10 minutes discussion
Length of abstract: Maximum of 300 words (Times New Roman, font size 12)

Abstracts should include title, name of presenter/s and institutional affiliation/s, and email address of principal presenter.

Submission Address: 

Please send abstracts electronically to: sibusisod at dut.ac.za

Notification of acceptance: 6 December 2013

Submission deadline for full papers: 11 April 2014 (for publication)

NB: All submissions and presentations should be in English.







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