CFP WOCAL7 in Buea, Cameroon

[Nick Thieberger]

Call for papers

The World Congress of African Linguistics will hold from the 20th to
the 24th of August 2012
in the University of Buea, Cameroon. The theme of the congress is,
Language description and
documentation for development, education and the preservation of
cultural heritage in Africa.
Discussions will centre on the following six sub-themes:
1. Language in education
2. Language documentation
3. The social dimensions of language
4. ‘Contact languages’ in the growth and development of African states
5. Intercultural communication
6. Linguistic analyses (phonetics, phonology, morphology, lexicology,
syntax, historical linguistics,
language classification, etc.). These congress themes are described in
a separate document (attached).
Abstracts of about 250-500 words will be received till October 30th,
2011. Each abstract
should be presented in two pages: the first page must contain the
title of the paper, the name of the
author, his/her affiliation and his/her full address (postal address,
telephone number, fax and email)
and the sub-theme within which the author will like to have his/her
paper discussed; the second page
must be left anonymous, with only the title of the paper and the text
of the abstract. Abstracts must be
sent, preferably, as an email attachment to the following Local
Organising Committee (LOC) address:

WOCAL7 Buea
PO Box 63, Buea
Buea, Cameroon

Email: wocalbuea at yahoo.fr

The abstracts will be peer-reviewed anonymously, and decision on their
acceptance announced
by the end of December 2011.
Researchers wishing to organize special workshops are requested to
contact the congress
chairperson (tamanjip at yahoo.fr) with their workshop themes and related
modalities by February 28th
2011 latest.
Details on practical matters such as travel to Cameroon and
accommodation will be
communicated later.
For more, please contact the WOCAL7 Local Organizing Committee at the
above address, or
visit the WOCAL website: http://www.wocal.rutgers.edu/

Prof Pius N Tamanji
Congress Chair