36.648, Confs: 29th International Conference of the African Association for Lexicography / South Africa

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Subject: 36.648, Confs: 29th International Conference of the African Association for Lexicography / South Africa

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Date: 19-Feb-2025
From: H Steve Ndinga-Koumba-Binza [nkbinza at uwc.ac.za]
Subject: 29th International Conference of the African Association for Lexicography


29th International Conference of the African Association for
Lexicography

Date: 02-Jul-2025 - 05-Jul-2025
Location: University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
Contact: H Steve Ndinga-Koumba-Binza
Contact Email: nkbinza at uwc.ac.za
Meeting URL: https://www.afrilex.co.za/conferences

Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Lexicography;
Text/Corpus Linguistics

You are cordially invited to the 29th International Conference of the
African Association for Lexicography (AFRILEX 2025) to be held at the
University of the Western Cape in Cape Town, South Africa, and jointly
hosted by the Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS)
and the Centre for Multilingualism and Diversities Research (CMDR).
The conference theme is "The Role of Artificial Intelligence and
Digitalisation in the Future of Lexicography".
INVITED
• Abstracts on any aspect of dictionary research, practical
lexicography or terminology.
• Abstracts from disciplines related to practical or theoretical
lexicography/terminology are also invited, but they should have a
demonstrable lexicographic focus.
• Abstracts from computational linguistics, and digital humanities,
again, with a lexicographic focus
• Abstracts not necessarily related to the conference theme but with a
strong lexicography focus
• Proposals for special sessions
• Proposals for workshops
IMPORTANT
• All submissions will be adjudicated.
• The conference language is English.
• Format of the conference: The conference is expected to be held live
(in-person).
DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACT AND PROPOSAL SUBMISSION
Prospective presenters are to submit abstracts or session proposals to
reach AFRILEX before 31 March 2025.
ABSTRACT FORMAT
Abstracts should be formatted according to the template (downloadable
from the conference website). Abstracts must be between 600 and 800
words long for adjudicators to make informed judgements on the central
argument of the paper, especially given that conference proceedings
are not published. Abstracts should contain the following elements: a
central argument, methodology, and some (preliminary) conclusions. All
citations should be accounted for in a list of references. Submissions
that do not comply with these requirements will unfortunately be
rejected.
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
Abstracts should be sent by e-mail to afrilexabstracts at gmail.com
PROCESS AND PROCEDURES
Receipt of abstracts will be acknowledged and feedback will be given
to authors as soon as the abstracts are received back from the
adjudicators. Abstracts of accepted papers will be distributed during
the conference. MS PowerPoint Presentation facilities will be
available. As a backup, presenters are invited to e-mail their
presentation to the organiser ahead of the conference.
PRESENTERS PLEASE NOTE
Presenters of papers and special sessions must register before 4 May
2025.
ABSTRACT PROCESSING COMMITTEE
Prof. Sonja Bosch, Dr Lorna Morris and Mr André du Plessis.



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