LINGUIST List 31.603
Tue Feb 11 2020
Confs: Disc Analysis, Gen Ling, Socioling/Nigeria
Editor for this issue: Lauren Perkins <laurenlinguistlist.org>
Date: 04-Feb-2020
From: Jerry Nwankwegu <jerrynwankwegu
gmail.com>
Subject: 3RD EBSULING INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE 2020
E-mail this message to a friend 3RD EBSULING INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE 2020
Short Title: 3RD EBSULING 2020
Date: 14-Jul-2020 - 17-Jul-2020
Location: ABAKALIKI, EBONYI STATE, Nigeria
Contact: Dr Jerry Nwankwegu
Contact Email:
< click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Discourse Analysis; General Linguistics; Sociolinguistics
Meeting Description:
The Linguistics and Languages units, in collaboration with the Igbo Language and Culture Development Institute (ILCDI),Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki, Nigeria presents the 3rd EBSULING International Interdisciplinary Conference.
Theme : LANGUAGE, NATIONAL IDENTITY AND INTEGRATION: THE HATE SPEECH CHALLENGE
Date: 14 - 17 July, 2020
Venue: Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki (Main Campus)
Conference Registration & Fees:
Nigerians N15,500
Nigerian postgraduate students N10,000
Nigerian undergraduate students N5,000
Foreign participants $100
Foreign students $60
Paper Vetting N3,000
Confirmed Speakers:
Keynote: Prof. Francis Egbokhare, University of Ibadan, Nigeria; President, Nigerian Academy of Letters
Lead Papers:
Prof M. C. Onukawa, Abia State University, Uturu, Nigeria
Prof Aliyu Abba Sani, mni, MNAL, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
Prof Austin Stephen Moye, President, University French Teachers Association (UFTAN)
For inquiries, contact:
Dr. Jerry A. Nwankwegu
LOC Chair
+2347039469389
Mr Robert Onu
LOC Secretary
+23408068396927
LOC email address: info.ebsuling2020
gmail.com
Host/Convener:
Dr. Ngozi U. Emeka-Nwobia
Head, Department of Linguistics and Literary Studies, Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki-Nigeria
Co-Host:
Rev.Fr. Prof. Clement I. Osunwokeh
Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities,
Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki-Nigeria
Chief Host:
His Excellency
Elder. Professor. Chigozie N. Ogbu, OFR
Vice Chancellor,
Ebonyi State University, Abakaliki-Nigeria
Special Attraction:
Grant writing workshop for doctoral and postdoctoral students
Date: Monday, 13 July, 2020
Time: 10am - 5pm
Registration: N5,000 (covering cost of workshop materials, meals and refreshment).
Call for Papers:
Abstracts of no more than 250 words, written in English, French or Nigerian languages are invited in, but not limited to, the following thematic areas:
1. Language, national identity and development
2. Linguistic/cultural diversities, national integration and nationalism
3. Hate narratives, economic growth, national development
4. Hate narratives, Nigerian foreign image and international relations
5. Hate body language, hate policies and hate speech
6. Hate speech and freedom of speech
7. Hate speech. hate crime, violence and security challenges
8. Hate speech and social/new media
9. Language, orality and national development
10. Linguistic violence, hate speech and suicidal tendencies
11. Hate speech and literature
12. Hate speech, ethnic media, ethnic profiling, and ethnic slurs
13. Philosophy and psychology of hate speech
14. Religion, spirituality and hate speech
15. Politics, political propaganda and hate speech
16. Racism, ethnicity and hate speech
17. Sexist-based hate speech, gender violence and body shaming
18. The youth, hate speech, radicalization, and rebellion
19. Xenophobia and hate speech
20. All areas of formal, functional and theoretical Linguistics (Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Sociolinguistics, Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Pragmatics, Discourse Analysis, Psycholinguistics, Dialectology, Literary Linguistics, Lexicography, etc)
Abstracts can be submitted through the Easy Abs online submission platform (
http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/ebsuling2020) or to abstract.ebsuling2020
gmail.com. Authors' names, affiliations, emails and official addresses should be written on a separate sheet.
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