Announcements

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS

 

LAG 2020/2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE

 

                              ABSTRACT SUBMISSION DEADLINE

                         Monday, 31^st May 2021

 

Dear LAG member,

 

Abstracts are invited for the 13^th Linguistics Association of Ghana Annual Conference (LAG 2020/2021), scheduled for July 28-30, 2021 to be hosted virtually by the University of Cape Coast, Cape Coast, Ghana.

 

The theme of the conference is Big Data: Language Research and Literary Studies.

 

It is expected that the discussions will focus on the following sub-themes:

 

• Corpus stylistics                                            ·  Corpus linguistics                            
• Big data and oral literature in Africa           .  Forensic Linguistics

 

.    Big data and indigenous languages             .  Language and Religion

.    Language for Specific Purposes                   ·  Language and Literature

• Academic Language and Learning          ·  Language Teaching and Learning
• Effective Language Uses                         ·  Indigenous Language Usage
• Discourse Analysis                                   ·  Language and Politics
• Language and Communication                ·  Language Endangerment
• Cultural Linguistics                                 

Abstracts from core areas of linguistics such as Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Syntax, Semantics, Pragmatics, Applied Linguistics, and Sociolinguistics are also strongly encouraged and expected.

 

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:

 

Prof. Jack Grieve (University of Birmingham, U.K.)

Dr. Alison May (University of Leeds, U.K.)

 

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES:

• Anonymous single-spaced abstracts addressing the theme of the Conference and other areas of Linguistics mentioned above should be sent electronically to: ucc@gmail.com. Members who submitted abstract for LAG 2020 can email the Local Organising Committee (LOC) via the same email to request that their abstract be reviewed for consideration for LAG 2020/2021.
• Author details including names, title of paper, institutional affiliation and e-mail addresses should be sent on a separate sheet to the same address.

 

• Abstracts should be in word format and an additional PDF format should be provided for abstracts containing special characters or figures.

 

• Each paper will be allocated 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion.
• Presenters whose abstracts are accepted will be required to record their presentations and forward them to the LOC a week prior to the conference.

 

 

• Word Limit of Abstract:250 words

REGISTRATION FEES

Membership dues:  Regular Members                       – GhC120.00

                                Students Members                      – GhC60.00

                                International Regular Members  – US$50.00

                                International Student Members   – US$25.00

 

Conference fees:     Regular Members                        – GhC100.00

                                Student Members                         – GhC50.00

                                International Regular Members   – US$20.00

                                International Student Members    – US$10.00

 

Deadline for Abstract Submission:    Monday, 31^st May 2021
Notification of Acceptance:                Sunday, 13^th June 2021

Registration begins:                            Thursday, 1^st July, 2021

Conference dates:                                Wednesday – Friday, 28^th - 30^th July, 2021 

 

Organisers

√ Linguistics Association of Ghana

√ Department of English, University of Cape Coast

√ Department of French, University of Cape Coast

√ Department of Ghanaian Language and Linguistics, University of Cape Coast

 

Local Organising Committee

Prof. Kwabena S. Sarfo-Kantankah

Prof. Joseph B. A. Afful

Dr. Anthony Y. M. De-Souza

Dr. Emmanuel A. Ofori

Dr. Sampson Korsah

Dr. Isaac N. Mwinlaaru

 

CONFERENCE FEES PAYMENT DETAILS

 

 

LAG 2020/2021 VIRTUAL CONFERENCE 

 

Membership Dues & Conference Fees

 

MEMBERSHIP DUES

Regular Members – GhC120.00

Students Members – GhC60.00 

International Regular Members – US$50.00

International Student Members – US$25.00

 

CONFERENCE FEES 

Regular Members – GhC100.00

Student Members – GhC50.00 

International Regular Members – US$20.00

International Student Members – US$10.

 

The account details are as follows:

Local Transfers:

 

Bank: GCB Bank Ltd

Account name: Linguistics Association of Ghana 

Account number:1361130002333

Branch: Kisseiman

 

International Transfers:

 

Bank: GCB Bank Ltd

SWIFT Code: GHCBGHAC

Account name: Linguistics Association of Ghana 

Account number:1361130002333

Branch: Kisseiman

Bank Address: P. O. Box AT 1946, Achimota, Accra, Ghana 

 

Please, fill the payee space with your name so that it reflects in the account.

 

MoMo Payment details:

Name: Linguistics Association of Ghana 

Number: 0244297775

 

Please, use your name as the reference. 

 

Thank you very much.