Our Department (then named the Department of Language Management and Language Practice) co-hosted the 12th IALL International Conference with the International Academy of Linguistic Law. The theme of the conference, “Language, Law and the Multilingual State”, was determined to investigate the state-juridical challenges facing multilingual societies. Several related issues were addressed, such as minority and indigenous languages, globalisation and diversity, language rights, language ideology and language legislation. Special attention was paid to the South African context by means of a colloquium to address the challenges on state-juridical level, complicated by the linguistics obligations and rights embedded in the eleven-language policy.
Date: 1-3 November 2010 (cultural tour on 4 November)
Venue: Black Mountain Leisure and Conference Hotel, Thaba Nchu, South Africa
Languages: English and French
Theme: Language, Law and the Multilingual State
Special colloquium: Language Legislation and Litigation
Facilitators: Prof Theodorus du Plessis and Chrismi-Rinda Loth
Keynote Speakers
Prof Colin H Williams, Cardiff, UK
Prof Hennie Strydom, University of Johannesburg, SA
Prof Sammy Chumbow, University of Yoaundè I, Cameroon
Proceedings
Open Access
Brohy C, Du Plessis T, Turi J-G & Woehrling J. 2012. Law, Language and the Multilingual State: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of the International Academy of Linguistic Law. Sun Media Bloemfontein: Bloemfontein.