36.3409, Confs: Sociolinguistics Symposium 26 (South Africa)

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Date: 06-Nov-2025
From: Sithembele Marawu [ss26 at ufh.ac.za]
Subject: Sociolinguistics Symposium 26


Sociolinguistics Symposium 26
Short Title: SS26
Theme: Sociolinguistic consonance and dissonance in the pluriversal
world

Date: 13-Jul-2026 - 15-Jul-2026
Location: East London, South Africa
Meeting URL: https://www.ufh.ac.za/sociolinguistics-symposium-2026

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Forensic Linguistics;
Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Submission Deadline: 15-Dec-2025

The Sociolinguistics Symposium is an initiative of UK-based
sociolinguists who identified the need for a platform where they would
share their research findings and discuss language related issues.
Since its inception in 1976, the symposium has grown to be the largest
conference of sociolinguistics in the world. It typically attracts
between 600 and 1200 delegates. The symposium is held biennially and
has been hosted in various parts of the world.
Significantly, in 2024 the 25th Sociolinguistics Symposium (SS25) was
hosted by Curtin University in Perth, Australia. Delegates presented
papers that espoused the theme of the conference; “Ordinariness +
Innovation”. It was the first time the Sociolinguistics Symposium was
held in Australia. Similarly, this conference would be held for the
first time on African soil. At the University of Fort Hare, delegates
will engage in the interpolation of ideas under the theme;
Sociolinguistic consonance and dissonance in the pluriversal world.
This will offer an unprecedented opportunity to centre African
scholarship, linguistics realities and intellectual contributions
within global sociolinguistics discourse.
On 13 – 16 July 2026, the Sociolinguistics Symposium will be hosted by
the University of Fort Hare in South Africa. During the dark days of
colonialism and apartheid, the University of Fort Hare served as a
beacon of enlightenment for African youth. It produced graduates from
South Africa and as far north as Kenya and Uganda, instilling in them
a sense of equality with the best in the world.  Many went on to
prominent careers in fields as diverse as politics, medicine,
literature, and art. Some politically active alumni like Oliver Tambo,
Nelson Mandela, Govan Mbeki, Robert Sobukwe and Chris Hani in South
Africa, Robert Mugabe and Herbert Chitepo in Zimbabwe, and Elius Mathu
and Charles Njonjo in Kenya, have impacted their nations.



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