The Linguistics Society of Southern Africa is broadly dedicated to promoting the discipline of Linguistics and to fostering research excellence concerning all the languages of Southern Africa.
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Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics To celebrate the release of Fifty Key Thinkers on Language and Linguistics, Routledge has collected together key articles related to some of these influential figures from across their range of journals. Access to these articles is free throughout March.
- Chomsky’s Theory of Language Acquisition Nigel Love (Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies)
- Necessary Versus Sufficient Conditions for Using New Languages in South African Higher Education: A linguistic approach Rajend Mesthrie (Journal of Multilingual & Multicultural Development) - LSSA Member
SAALA/LSSA/SAALT 2012 Conference: 'Diversity and Complexity'
Second call for papers: Please submit your abstracts by 30 March please! Date change: The conference will commence on Monday, 25 June and not on Sunday, 24 June as previously stated.
The President of the LSSA, Dr Britta Zawada, is pleased to announce the Call for the Prestige Award of the LSSA. The Criteria and Procedures as approved at the 2010 AGM of the LSSA are attached. The closing date for nominations and for the submission of the required supporting documents is 15 May 2012, and the announcement will be made at the joint conference in Bloemfontein in June 2012. Please submit all nominations according to the criteria to Dr Zawada at
and a copy to the secretary of the LSSA at
