34.1246, Calls: SPU International Language Conference

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Subject: 34.1246, Calls: SPU International Language Conference

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Date: 17-Apr-2023
From: Frederick Botha [frederick.botha at spu.ac.za]
Subject: SPU International Language Conference


Full Title: SPU International Language Conference

Date: 06-Sep-2023 - 08-Sep-2023
Location: Kimberley, South Africa
Contact Person: Frederick Botha
Meeting Email: langconf at spu.ac.za
Web Site: https://www.spu.ac.za/index.php/call-for-abstracts-for-the-s
pu-international-language-conference/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Ling &
Literature; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): Afrikaans (afr)
                     Sotho, Southern (sot)
                     Tswana (tsn)
                     Xhosa (xho)

Call Deadline: 15-May-2023

Meeting Description:

African Languages in the 21st Century.

Call for Papers:

Sol Plaatje University is pleased to announce that the School of
Humanities will host an International Language Conference from 6-8
September 2023.

The Department of Languages and Communication within the School of
Humanities calls upon all academic scholars and postgraduate students
to submit proposals under the theme: “Servants of Africa – African
Languages in the 21st Century”.

Keynote speakers for this International Conference include, Ms Anzil
Kulsen (Northern Cape Writer), Ms Sindiswa Busuku (Writer, University
of Cape Town), Prof Niklaas Fredericks (Namibia University of Science
and Technology), Dr Eileen Elizabeth Pooe (North-West University) and
Prof Henry Thipa (Nelson Mandela University).

An abstract of 150-250 should be submitted to
abstracts.langconf at spu.ac.za no later than Monday, 15 May 2023.

Proposals must include the title of the paper, keywords, author’s
name/s and title, affiliation/s, and a contact email address.
Reference lists are not required.

Papers may focus on any African language but abstracts and
presentations during the conference must be in one of the official
languages of the Northern Cape where the University is situated, i.e.,
Afrikaans, English, Setswana, and isiXhosa.

Abstracts and presentations in Afrikaans, Setswana, and isiXhosa must
be accompanied by a translated summary in English. Interpreting
services into English will be available for presentations in
Afrikaans, Setswana, and isiXhosa.



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