Ghana: West African Languages Congress 2008

Posted on March 18, 2008.

Activities in Summer 2008 in Ghana

(i)    There will be a Summer School on Documentary Linguistics in West Africa 16^th to 27^th July 2008, preceding the 26^th West African Languages Congress, University of Education at Winneba. A call for applications for participation in the school will be sent out shortly. Registered participation is limited to graduate students and professionals resident in the West African region. The Summer School is supported by the Endangered Languages Programme (ELDP) of the Hans Rausing Endangered Languages Project, (HRELP), SOAS London.

(ii)  The 26^th West African Languages Congress will be held at the University of Education, Winneba from 28^th July till 3^rd August 2008.  I paste the Call for abstracts below.

(iii) The 2008 International Workshop on the Ghana-Togo-Mountain (GTM) Languages

(Sponsored in part by the Endangered languages Programme of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO))

Date:              3-8 August 2008.

Venue:      Bishop Konings Social Centre, Ho, Ghana

Theme:      KA- and NA- GTM Languages Forty Years On

Featured Speakers include:

                   Kevin Ford, Australia

Bernd Heine, University of Cologne

              Mary Esther Kropp Dakubu, University of Ghana, Legon

      Contact:  Felix  Ameka (e-mail: f.k.ameka@let.leidenuniv.nl)

 

The 26th West African Languages Conference and

The First Summer School of Linguistics

University of Education, Winneba, Ghana.

July 16– August 03, 2008.

SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

Due to numerous requests, the deadline for submission of abstracts for the 26^th West African Linguistics Congress (WALC) has been extended to Monday, March 31, 2008. The date for the Summer School has also been modified. Below are the details.

The 26^th West African Linguistics Congress (WALC) will be held on July 28-August 3, 2008 at the University of Education, Winneba Campus, Ghana.

The conference will be preceded by a Summer School to be held from Monday, July 15 to Saturday July 26, 2008.

The conference theme is Language Documentation in Support of West African Languages.

 

The organizers of the conference would like to invite papers that address the conference theme, or any other topic relating to West African Languages and Linguistics.

Topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

·      Endangered Languages

·      Language and Culture

·      Language and Education

·      Language and Technology

·      Language Planning

·      Morphology

·      Phonology

·      Pragmatics

·      Psycholinguistics

·      Semantics

·      Sociolinguistics

·      Syntax

·      Typology

Abstracts may be submitted in either English or French by email (word attachment is preferred) to the following email address: walc2008winneba@yahoo.com. The abstract should not be more than one page of A4 paper in word using 12 pt of Times New Roman font. If you do not have regular access to e-mail, you may submit one copy of your abstract by regular mail on a CD or 3.5 floppy disk (Microsoft Word document only) to the following postal address:

The Chairman

WALC 2008 Local Organizing Committee

Departments of Ghanaian Languages Education

University of Education, Winneba

P. O. Box 25

Winneba

Ghana.

Deadline for submitting abstracts is March 31, 2008.

Notification of acceptance of abstracts will be sent out by Tuesday, April 15, 2008.

 

THE SUMMER SCHOOL OF LINGUISTICS

The Summer School will commence from 15^th to 27^th July, 2008 at the South Campus of the Winneba Campus of the University of Education, Winneba. Interested participants should apply separately for the Summer School.

REGISTRATION

Registration and payment of fees shall be made concurrently at the registration desk from July 28 through July 31, 2008.

Conference Fees:

Participants from outside of Africa: USD 25

Participants from Africa and students: USD 10

Membership fee: USD 10

Excursion and dinner fees will be communicated to participants in due course.

LOCAL Organizing Committee

Emmanuel Nicholas Abakah     Tel.    + 233 244 73 21 72 or +233 208 76 77 83)

Ephraim Avea Nsoh          + 233 207 31 01 93

Samuel Atintono A.          + 233 244 22 56 97

Francisca Adjei          + 233 242 15 11 52

Dominic Amuzu          + 233 244 73 98 42

Philip K. Geraldo   + 233 208 47 11 32

Louisa Koranteng          + 233 244 58 46 79

C. B. Buachie          + 233 208 22 76 38