Position
Senior Researcher (2-15hpw)
Department
South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies
Department of SA Sign Language and Deaf Studies
Office
Stef Coetzee Building 212
Editor: International Symposium on Place Names proceedings series
2025. The Presence of Minority and Indigenous Languages in Urban Naming, proceedings of the 7th ISPN 2023. Johannesburg: UJ Press. https://doi.org/10.64449/9781997468639
2022. Standardisation and the Wealth of Place Names: Aspects of a Delicate Relationship, proceedings of the 6th ISPN 2021. Bloemfontein: Sun Media Bloemfontein. https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928424970
2020. Recognition, Regulation, Revitalisation: Place Names and Indigenous Languages, proceedings of the 5th ISPN 2019. Bloemfontein: SunBonani. https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928424697
Manuals and reports
Combrink et al. 2025. Reports for the collaborative research project, Advancing South African Sign Language for 4IR Technological Development Using Place Names. https://ufs.figshare.com/articles/report/Advancing_South_African_Sign_Language_4IR_Technological_Development/28847498
Loth C, Steenkamp J & Du Plessis T. 2013. Manual for Multilingual Signage/Handleiding vir Meertalige Tekens. Bloemfontein: SUN PReSS. https://doi.org/10.18820/9781920382506
Selected publications
Du Plessis T & Loth C. 2025. Transforming the linguistic landscape of South Africa – more of the same? In: D Gorter & J Cenoz (eds). Handbook of Linguistic Landscapes and Multilingualism. New Jersey: Wiley-Blackwell. 355-374.
Sibanda P, Loth C & Siyavoshi S. 2025. Ethical practices for gaining access for research with Deaf communities in South Africa: A case of South African Sign Language. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics 20(4): 222-232. https://doi.org/10.1177/1556264625135347
Loth C. 2022. Die linguistiese landskap/Linguistiese landskapstudies. In: W Carstens & T van Dyk (eds). Toegepaste Afrikaanse Taalkunde. Van Schaik Publishers: Pretoria.
Loth C, Kotzé G & De Lange J. 2022. Finding place names: Improving the digital documentation and accessibility of SASL place names. In: C Loth (ed). Standardisation and the wealth of place names: Aspects of a delicate relationship, conference proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Place Names. Bloemfontein: Sun Media Bloemfontein. 147-165. https://doi.org/10.18820/9781928424970
Loth C. 2019. Language attitudes and communication in the public space: A rural case study in South Africa. Alternation 24: 122-147. https://doi.org/10.29086/2519-5476/2019/sp24.2a6
Supervisor for SSLR 6808 (Hons. Research module)