Full Title: International Symposium on Place Names 2023: The presence of minority and indigenous languages in urban naming
Short Title: ISPN 2023

Date: 26-Sep-2023 - 29-Sep-2023
Location: Bloemfontein, South Africa
Contact Person: Chrismi Loth
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Web Site: https://www.afrilex.co.za/conferences

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Language Documentation; Lexicography; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): South African Sign Language (sfs)

Call Deadline: 17-Jul-2023

Meeting Description:

The Department of South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies at the University of the Free State (RSA), in partnership with the Joint IGU/ICA Commission on Toponymy, is pleased to announce the next biennial international symposium on place names, in conjunction with a related virtual workshop: THE PRESENCE OF MINORITY AND INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES IN URBAN NAMING.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
- Prof Myriam Vermeerbergen (KU Leuven, Belgium)
- Prof Thapelo J Otlogetswe (University of Botswana, Botswana)

VIRTUAL WORKSHOP
Included in ISPN registration fee.
Geographical names data processing and management: Data processing, database management and production of geographical names information and gazetteers
Presenter: Pier-Giorgio Zaccheddu (Convenor of the Working Group on Geographical Names Data Management of UNGEGN)

LANGUAGE
English, with professional South African Sign Language interpreting available. Please indicate requirement for SASL interpreting with registration.

PUBLICATION
Depending on the number and quality of papers an accredited publication in our regular conference proceedings series will be considered.

VENUE
The symposium will be held face-to-face on the Bloemfontein campus of the University of the Free State (RSA). The workshop will be hosted virtually.

ISPN 2023 is hosted concurrently (but separately) with Afrilex 2023. For information on the latter, please also contact Dr Chrismi Loth at [email protected].

Final Call for Papers:

Collaborative conference: 27th International Conference of the African Association for Lexicography (AFRILEX)
Hosted simultaneously with ISPN 2023

Location: University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
Contact Person: Dr Chrismi Loth
Meeting Email: [email protected]
Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography

The Department of South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies at the University of the Free State (RSA), in partnership with the African Association for Lexicography, is pleased to announce the next international AFRILEX conference in collaboration with ISPN 2023. The theme of the conference is "Lexicography for Inclusion".
We invited abstracts on any aspect of dictionary research, practical lexicography or terminography. Abstracts from disciplines related to practical or theoretical lexicography / terminography are also invited, but they should have a demonstrable lexicographic focus. We also invite proposals for special sessions.

Abstracts must be submitted by 17 July 2023 to [email protected].

Abstracts should be formatted according to the template (see conference page), and should 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.

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.