Welcome
The Department of Linguistics at UC Berkeley is pleased to announce that it will be hosting the 47th meeting of the Annual Conference on African Linguistics. The conference will focus on all aspects of African linguistics, from linguistic description to theoretical analysis and historical reconstruction. Please plan ahead and join us in Berkeley!
Plenary speakers include:
- Firmin Ahoua (Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny), Akinbiyi Akinlabi (Rutgers University), and Gildas Gondo (Université Félix Houphouët-Boigny)
- Jeff Good (University at Buffalo)
- Tom Güldemann (Humboldt-Universität)
- Claire Halpert (University of Minnesota)
- Sharon Rose (UC San Diego)
Special Workshop: Areal features and linguistic reconstruction in Africa
Africa contains several distinct linguistic areas which are often claimed to hold special importance for the reconstruction of African proto-languages and our understanding of African pre-history. This workshop will focus on exploring the fine-grained areal distribution of the phonological, morphological, and syntactic features of Africa with debates about genetic affiliation and historical migration patterns as a backdrop.
Organizing committee
The ACAL 47 organizing committee consists of:
| Pius Akumbu | Peter Jenks |
| Geoff Bacon | Maria Khachaturyan |
| Nico Baier | Spencer Lamoureux |
| Emily Clem | Florian Lionnet |
| Matt Faytak | John Merrill |
| Paula M. Floro | Nicholas Rolle |
| Jevon Heath | Hannah Sande |
| Larry Hyman |