SIL presentations at 44th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics
(September 2014) The 44th annual Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics (CALL) recently convened at Leiden University in the Netherlands. About 100 participants from Africa and around the world came together for the 25-27 August event. Several SIL linguists were among those who presented research.
- Wolfgang Berndt: "Relative Clauses in Jola-Banjal"
- Dan Duke: “Motivated Variation in Gyele”
- Tim Gaved: "Some Auxiliary Verb Constructions in Mankanya"
- Hazel Gray: “Evidence towards the genetic classification of Manda and Matumba (N11)”
- Dr. Mary Pearce: "Saba Verb Forms Revisited"
- Gert de Wit: "Word order and information structure in LIKO (LIKA)"
Participants expressed appreciation for a valuable time of interacting with colleagues at CALL 44. The tone of this annual conference encourages exploration. Students and others new to the field are welcome.
The African continent is home to roughly thirty percent of the world’s living languages. SIL has been involved in research and language development partnerships with communities and educational institutions in Africa since 1961.
CALL participants enjoyed the opportunity to discuss a variety of topics related to African languages;
Dan Duke presents research from Gyele, a language spoken in Cameroon.
Related links
- 44th Colloquium on African Languages and Linguistics
- Languages of Africa in Ethnologue: Languages of the World
- Additional publications related to African languages in the SIL Language & Culture Archives
- Linguistics in SIL
- News article: “SIL presentations at ACAL 45”
- News article: “SIL linguists present research at CALL 2013”
- News article: “Fifty years of language development in Africa”