Conference dates: 27-29 November 2024

Submission deadline: 1 August 2024

Venue: Humanities Graduate Centre, Ground Floor, South West Engineering Building, Braamfontein Campus 

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

Download the workshop programme here: SAMWOP schedule 2024.pdf

SAMWOP is free to attend and open to anyone interested. If you missed registration you can still attend but we will not have lunch for people who did not register ahead of time.

Call for papers:

The University of the Witwatersrand, through its Linguistics Department, is proud to be hosting the 12th Southern African Microlinguistics Workshop (SAMWOP-12) from Wednesday 27th November to Friday 29th November 2024.

Meeting Description:

SAMWOP is an annual event that brings together linguists working in the area of Southern African microlinguistics (broadly defined as linguistics which focuses on the structure of language as opposed to, for example, its sociological or educational role in society). This includes researchers based in Southern Africa working in various areas of theoretical and general linguistics, including phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax, as well as those based elsewhere working on e.g. South African Bantu languages, Afrikaans and Khoisan languages, as well as other African languages, particularly from neighbouring countries.

SAMWOP provides an opportunity for longer presentations and in‐depth discussion, with no parallel sessions and with both 60min and 30min slots available (the latter being earmarked for students). The workshop fosters a friendly and collaborative atmosphere with a flexible setup and room for informal discussion. SAMWOP is an important forum for research and networking, especially for junior researchers and students. There is no conference fee.

Call for papers:

SAMWOP-12 will be a solely in-person workshop. We invite abstracts for long presentations (40-minute talks followed by 20 minutes of discussion) and also for short presentations (20-minute talks followed by 10 minutes of discussion, earmarked for students) on any aspect of the phonetics, phonology, morphology, and/or syntax of one or more southern African language(s).

A special issue of Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus (SPiL Plus) is typically published following each SAMWOP event, and attendees will be encouraged to submit their papers.

Abstract guidelines & submission:

Abstracts should not exceed 500 words (with 2.5cm margins on all sides and a font size of 12pt). This includes data and references. Each author may submit no more than one single-authored and one co-authored abstract, or two co-authored ones. Abstracts must be anonymous. Submissions should be submitted via EasyAbs https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/SAMWOP-12/  by 01 August 2024 at midnight (CAT).

Important dates:

Submission Deadline:  1 August 2024

Notice of acceptance: 30 August 2024

SAMWOP-12: 27-29 November 2024