AFRILEX

3^rd International Conference

First Circular
28 January 1998

Organiser: Prof. D.J. Prinsloo

Department of African Languages

University of Pretoria, Pretoria 0002, South Africa.

Tel. (012) 420-2320, Fax (012) 420-3163, Cell phone 083-302-32-31

E-mail prinsloo@libarts.up.ac.za

Dear Member,

In this Circular:

· First Invitation Third International Conference of Afrilex.

· Other concurrent Conferences.

· First Invitation A Training Course for Practising Lexicographers AFRILEX-SALEX'98.

· Invitation to presentations by Prof. Glaser at the National Terminology Services (NTS).

· Reminder* for payment of membership fees for 1998. (* only in the personalised hardcopy version of this circular)

· Call for Papers Third International Conference of Afrilex.

THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF AFRILEX

This Conference is scheduled to take place on 29 – 30 June 1998 on the campus of the Potchefstroom University for Christian Higher Education (PUCHE). A Keynote Paper will be read by Sidney Landau. Details in respect of registration and accommodation will be mailed to members of Afrilex at the end of February 1998.

You are cordially invited to read a paper on any aspect of lexicography.

(See Call for Papers for more information.)

OTHER CONCURRENT CONFERENCES ON THE CAMPUS OF THE PUCHE

African Language Association of Southern Africa (ALASA): 30 June – 1 July 1998

Linguistic Society of Southern Africa (LSSA): 1 – 3 July 1998

Please support the activities of our Sister Organisations. Contact Mr. Gerhard van Huyssteen (0148) 299-1488 for more information.

A TRAINING COURSE FOR PRACTISING LEXICOGRAPHERS AFRILEX-SALEX'98

At the closure of SALEX '97, which was organised by the Dictionary Unit for South African English, a mandate was given to AFRILEX to organise a follow-up course in September 1998. This course is scheduled to take place from 7 to 18 September 1998 at the University of Pretoria. It is envisaged that intensive training in the compilation of bilingual dictionaries will be given during the first week (7 – 11 September 1998) by Sue Atkins and Michael Rundell. The second week (14 – 18 September 1998) will be dedicated to training in dictionary compilation in African languages. The focus will be on problematic aspects of lemmatisation in African languages, on spelling variation, on electronic corpora, on technical terms, etc.

INVITATION TO PRESENTATIONS BY PROF. GLASER AT THE NATIONAL TERMINOLOGY SERVICES OF THE DEPARTMENT OF ARTS, CULTURE, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Presentations to be given 2 – 6 March 1998 at the NTS. Contact Mrs. Judy de Beer or Dr. Mariëtta Alberts (012) 314-6167 for more information.

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Board of Afrilex: M. Alberts (Secretary), H.D. Buttner, A. Carstens, A.R. Chuwa, R.H. Gouws (Chairperson), M.M. Marggraff (Treasurer), B.M. Mini, M.H. Mpungose, A.C. Nkabinde (Vice-Chairperson), D.J. Prinsloo (Organiser), P.M. Silva, G. van Huyssteen, D.J. van Schalkwyk, Editor of Lexikos (Ex officio)

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