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(including call for submissions to workshops)<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Download the 2nd call for papers <\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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African languages for sustainable societies and knowledge creation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Language plays a vital role in our societies that are more and more shaped by communication and information, and Africa is no exception. As languages provide the framework for interpreting the world, African languages can contribute tremendously to our understanding of how people communicate and how language structures this interaction. Only by using African languages in all spheres of social life in African societies does communication become inclusive and information truly accessible to all and lead to reducing inequality and establishing sustainable societies. African linguistics has a key role to play in helping to bring this about.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We invite contributions on all African languages including sign languages; synchronic and diachronic studies, literatures in African languages; all subdisciplines of linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics, discourse analysis, psycholinguistics, language planning and policy, language documentation; and applied and educational linguistics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Program organisation<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We envisage 5 plenary speakers, followed by pitches for posters, and 8-10 parallel sessions. Presentations will be 20 minutes long followed by 5 minutes discussion and 5 minutes for changing rooms. Poster sessions will take place during lunch and coffee\/tea breaks. We select abstracts to accommodate maximally 400 papers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The papers for the General Sessions will be organised as much as possible in logical sessions so as to make all fields of African linguistics visible.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workshops<\/strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The following workshops have been proposed and will take place during WOCAL10:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Title<\/td>EasyChair code<\/td><\/tr>
Centering pragmatic phenomena on the margins in African languages<\/a><\/td>PRAG<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Decomposing tones in African languages<\/a><\/td>TONE<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Metaphor in youth language<\/a><\/td>YOUT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
The causal-noncausal alternation in African languages<\/a><\/td>CAUS<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
The impact of non-Bantu languages on Bantu language variation<\/a><\/td>CONT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
African Sign Languages<\/a><\/td>SILA<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Associated motion in African languages<\/a><\/td>ASMO<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Let\u2019s turn to policy<\/a><\/td>POLI<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
Bantu universals and variation<\/a><\/td>BANT<\/strong><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The full descriptions of the workshops can be found at https:\/\/wocal.net\/2021\/\/workshops\/<\/a>. Researchers who wish to participate in any of these workshops should submit their abstracts through the WOCAL 10 EasyChair link<\/a> and they should indicate the workshop code in the \u201ckeywords\u201d field.  Researchers are encouraged to contact the organisers of the workshops should they have any questions and for further information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are looking into options for on-line streaming and on-line presentations for those who cannot be physically present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference time\/dates<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Conference: June 8, 9, 10, 11 2021<\/strong>
Arrival and registration: June 7<\/strong>
After WOCAL social events: June 12<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Submission deadlines<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Workshop proposal: Due July 30th, 2020<\/strong>
Abstract: Due November 30th, 2020<\/strong>
Notification of acceptance: January 31st, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Registration<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Conference fees (early bird before 1st March 202<\/strong>1). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

General<\/td>160 EUR<\/td>(early bird 140)<\/td><\/tr>
(PhD) Students<\/td>80 EUR<\/td>(early bird 70)<\/td><\/tr>
Participants from economically challenged countries<\/td>80 EUR<\/td>(early bird 70)<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Details for payment will be announced soon on the conference website. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Congress Language<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The Leiden WOCAL10 congress languages are English and French. We will try to arrange interpreters for presentations in International Sign to English and vice-versa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Abstract submission guidelines<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

All abstracts should be submitted via EasyChair https:\/\/easychair.org\/conferences\/?conf=wocal10<\/a>
Individuals can choose to propose abstracts for contributions in one of the following categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n