MABIA2: Workshop on MABIA Languages and Literatures University of Vienna Vieanna, Austria, October 31-November 2, 2017 |
Submission deadline | August 15, 2017 |
The MABIA languages, numbering about 80, are spoken as first languages by more than 30 million people who live mostly in the Savanna grasslands of West Africa, the middle belt between the forest to the South and the Sahara desert to the North in present-day northern Ghana, northern Cote d’Ivoire, northern Togo, northern Benin, northwest Nigeria, Burkina Faso and Mali. The major Mabia languages include (top-20 in order of number of speakers): Moore (nine million), Dagaare (two million), Senari (1.2 million), Gurene (one million), Gurma (one million), Dagbane (900 000), Kabye (900 000), Baatonun (800 000), Mamara (800 000), Lobi (600 000), Konkomba (600 000), Kusaal (500 000), Kasem (400 000), Supyire (400 000), Mampruli (300 000), Moba (300 000), Sisaala (300 000), Koromfe (250 000, Buamu (200 000), and Buli (200 000).
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
- Full papers describing not only aspects of the phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and sociolinguistics of Mabia, but also those that outline, appreciate, and even show how speakers adore the literary aesthetics of Mabia folklore (including folktales, proverbs, dirges, riddles, ideophones, and various kinds of verbal indirection).
- Abstracts are limited to 300 words up to one A4 page, including examples, tables and references, with 1 inch for all margins. Abstracts should be single-spaced and be written in English, French or any African Language. In your abstract, please give 2-3 keywords to identify research topics and do not leave any detailed contact information. Submissions are restricted to one single-authored paper and one co-authored paper per individual.
- Abstracts should be submitted via EasyChair or sent direclty caroline.pajancic@univie.ac.at not later than 15th August 2017.
Organizing committee
- Hasiyatu Abubakari-University of Vienna
- Samuel Atintono-University of Education Wineba, Ghana
- Adams Bodomo-University of Vienna (Chair)
- Samuel Issah-Univerisity of Frankfurt
- Avea Nsoh-University of Education, Ghana
- Abdul-Razack Sulemana-MIT
Publication
MABIA2 proceedings will be published (most likely with CSLI press, Stanford University) as an edited volume on the Mabia languages.
Venue
University of Vienna, Austria.
Contact
hasiyatu.abubakari@univie.ac.at or abdulling14@gmail.com