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Book New monograph by Johan C Moll on the history of the Unit for Language Facilitation and Empowerment at the University of the Free State (now incorporated with the Department of South African Sign Language and Deaf Studies). The unit played a prominent role in providing the interpreting services at the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It also established interpreting, translation and South African Sign Language as academic disciplines at this university.

Open Access! Download here: https://doi.org/10.64449/9781997468837

 

Book New monograph by Theodorus du Plessis on the emergence of South African Sign Language (SASL) as an official language.

Open Access! Download here: https://doi.org/10.64449/9781997468875

 

 

 


Proceedings Edited by Chrismi-Rinda Loth.

Open Access! Download here: https://ujonlinepress.uj.ac.za/index.php/ujp/catalog/book/436

  • PETER JORDAN
    Problems of commemorative naming in urban areas
  • MABOLEBA KOLOBE, NTSOAKI TERESA MOKALA, NTHATI MOSEBI
    Street names and street naming in Maseru: Navigating the linguistic landscape
  • ERNESTINA MALESHOANE RAPEANE-MATHONSI
    The linguistic landscape of naming practices in a Southern African city: A critical toponymic analysis
  • MATJAŽ GERŠIČ, MOJCA KUMIN HORVAT, PRIMOŽ PIPAN
    Slovenian microtoponyms in the bilingual area in Hungary
  • JANI DE LANGE, ANELE KOTOYI, MAMOTETE MAPESHOANE, THEODORUS DU PLESSIS
    Official language, official names? A case study of SASL place names

 

 

Events

  • On 17 October 2025, Prof Peter Jordan (Research Associate) introduced the definitions of and debates around endonyms and exonyms. In other words, the names used by communities located at the place being referenced, and those outside of it. Access the lecture, and also read this accompanying article.


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