Curriculum vitae prof. L. T. (Theo) du plessis director: Unit for Language Management University of the Free State

Papers delivered (incl. dates)

11.1			National
1982	(Paper delivered.) Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association.
1982	(Paper delivered.) International congress: “Languages in Contact and Conflict in Africa”, University of Pretoria.
1982	Die Afrikaanse taalbewegings [The Afrikaans language movements]. Paper read a the Annual Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association. (Paper delivered.)
1983	Die bevryding van Afrikaans [The liberation of Afrikaans]. Paper read at the Congress of the Cape Professional Teachers’ Union. (Paper delivered.)
1983			Die Oosgrenstaalbeweging as die eerste Afrikaanse taalbeweging [The Eastern Border language movement as the first Afrikaans language movement]. Paper delivered at the 18th Congress of the Association of Linguists of Southern Africa. Kongresreferate: 245-257.
1984			Taalbeplanningsmoontlikhede vir Afrikaans. 'n Gevallestudie aan die hand van Griekwa-Afrikaans [Language planning possibilities for Afrikaans. A case study on the basis of Griqua Afrikaans]. Paper delivered at the 20^th Congress of the Southern African Association of Linguists. Kongresreferate UP: 245-257.
1984			Die konkretisering van onderrigvernuwing in 'n fakulteit Lettere en Wysbegeerte deur die implementering van kursushandleidings (die dilemma van 'n dekaan) [The concretisation of educational renewal in a faculty of Arts through the implementation of course manuals (a dean’s dilemma)]. (Co-author: J.C. Moll.) Paper delivered at the KUH Conference: "Onderrig en Leer aan Universiteite in Suider-Afrika" [“Tuition and Learning at Universities in Southern Africa”], UOFS. Konferensiebundel: 328-333.
1984			Voltooiing van die sirkel: Navorsing en onderrig binne 'n departement aan die Suid-Afrikaanse universiteit [Full circle: Research and tuition within a department at a South African university]. (Co-authors: J.H. Senekal, G.J. van Jaarsveld & M.C.J. van Rensburg.) Paper delivered at the KUH Conference: "Onderrig en Leer aan Universiteite in Suider-Afrika" [“Tuition and Learning at Universities in Southern Africa”], UOFS. Konferensiebundel: 275-281.
1986	(Paper delivered.) Congress of the Afrikaans Writers’ Circle.
1986	(Paper delivered.) Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association.
1986		The Afrikaans language movements. Plenary paper read at the Seminar on the Afrikaans language movements of the Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association. UCT, Cape Town, July 1985.
1986		Afrikaans redefined. Plenary paper read at the Congress of the Cape Professional Teachers’ Association. Kimberley.
1986			'n Alternatiewe siening van die ontstaan van Afrikaans [An alternative view of the origin of Afrikaans]. Paper delivered at the 19^th Annual Congress of the Cape Professional Teachers’ Union at Kimberley on 18 June 1986. In Onderwys in 'n gemeenskap in krisis [Education in a community in a crisis]. Kongresreferate: 39-49.
1987		(Paper delivered.) Congress of the South African Applied Linguistics Association.
1987		(Paper delivered.) Congress of the Orange Free State Teachers’ Union.
1987		A new history for Afrikaans. Keynote address read at the Congress of the Orange Free State Teachers’ Union. Oppermansgronde.
1987			Pertoors of Pretorius? Voorlopige opmerkings oor variasiepatrone by name in 19de-eeuse Transvaalse koerante [Pertoors or Pretorius? Provisional comments on variation patterns of names in 19^th-century Transvaal newspapers]. In Raper, P.E. 1987. Name. Kongresreferate van die 2de Naamkundekongres van Suider-Afrika (Names. Congress papers of the 2^nd Onomatological Congress of Southern Africa). Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council.
1987			Politiek en die ontwikkeling van Afrikaans [Politics and the development of Afrikaans]. Paper delivered at the Annual Congress of the Orange Free State Teachers’ Union. Joernaal. December 1987:5-8.
1988			Inleidende sessie [Introductory session]. In Carstens, W.A.M. & Waher, H. (eds.). Afrikaanse taalbewegings - 'n gesprek in beweging [Afrikaans language movements – a discussion in motion]. SA Tydskrif vir Taalkunde. Geleentheidsuitgawe no. 7: 1-15, ff.
1989		Alternative Afrikaans. Paper read at the Congress of the Southern African Linguists’ Association.
1990		A redefined role for Afrikaans in Namibia. Plenary paper read at the Symposium: "The future of the Namibian languages", Windhoek Teachers' Training College.
1992	(Paper delivered.) Symposium: “The future of the Namibian languages”, Windhoek Teachers’ Training College.
1993		Alternatiewe Afrikaans. [Alternative Afrikaans]. Paper read at the Congress of the Linguists’ Association of Southern Africa, HSRC, Pretoria.
1993		Afrikaans in a changing context. Plenary paper read at the NIOB Congress on Colloquial Afrikaans. April 1993.
1996	(Paper delivered.) Annual meeting: South African Translators’ Institute.
1996		Training interpreters. Plenary paper read at the Annual Meeting: South African Translators’ Institute, June 1996.
1997			Interpreting in South Africa. In Du Plessis, L.T. (ed.) Onderweg na vertaal- en tolkopleiding in Suid-Afrika [On the way to translation and interpreter training in South Africa]. Acta Varia 1997:3. Bloemfontein: University of the Orange Free State: 1-9.
1997			Opleiding in tolking [“Training in interpreting”]. In Du Plessis, L.T. (ed.) Onderweg na vertaal- en tolkopleiding in Suid-Afrika [On the way to translation and interpreter training in South Africa]. Acta Varia 1997:3. Bloemfontein: University of the Orange Free State: 46-50.
1998		Interpreting and the TRC. Plenary paper read at the Congress of the Western Cape branch of the South African Translators’ Institute.
1998	(Paper delivered.) Congress of the Department of Education, Culture and Sport, Eastern Cape Province, South Africa.
1999	(Paper delivered.) Implementing SA’s new language policy. LSSA congress 1999, University of South Africa, Pretoria.
2000		University language policy at grassroots level. Plenary paper read at the Seminar on Language policy of the PUCHE, Vaaldriehoek Campus. August 2001.
2000		Language and civil society. Paper read at a panel discussion during the Seminar on Civil society, democracy and transformation, University of Pretoria, June 2000.
2000		University language policy. Keynote address at the Second Seminar on Language policy of the PUCHE, Potchefstroom Campus, September 2001.
2000			Werkbare projekte / idees waarop die ATKV kon voortbou om die Afrikaanse taak en kultuur te laat leef. [Workable projects/ideas on the survival of Afrikaans language and culture for the ATKV – Afrikaans Language and Culture Association.]. In Mathibela, L (Ed.). Selected contributions on language policy, language planning and interpreting. Acta Varia 2000 (3): 84 – 101.
2002		Die taalpolitiek van die Vrystaatse regering. Die nommerplaatkwessie. [Language politics in the Free State. The number plate issue.] Paper delivered at the annual Conference of the Linguistics Society of Southern Africa, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, July 2002.
2002		Overview of the Wednesday and Thursday proceedings. What are the issues? Paper presented at the Conference on African languages and the Renaissance, University of Pretoria, July 2002.
2003		How the Unit for Language Facilitation and Empowerment can contribute to the National Language Policy Framework. Paper delivered at the PANSALB National Language Policy Framework Workshop, Pretoria, 27 August 2003.
2003		Pleknaamsveranderinge in Israel en Suid-Afrika – ‘n vergelykende studie. [Changing of place-names in Israel and South Africa – a comparative study]. Paper delivered at the SASNES Conference, Near Eastern Studies and Africa and other themes, annual conference, University of the Free State, 1-4 September 2003.
2005		Implementing a multilingual language policy at the SABC since 1994. Paper delivered at the joint Southern African Applied Linguistics Association and Linguistics Society of Southern Africa conference at Dikhololo, 6 to 8 July 2005.
2005		Multilingualism at the SABC – perspectives on the SABC as co-orchestrator of language policy. Paper delivered at the joint Southern African Applied Linguistics Association and Linguistics Society of Southern Africa conference at Dikhololo, 6 to 8 July 2005.
2005		Tweetalige hoër onderwys vir Suid-Afrika? Perspektiewe op onlangse taalbeleidsontwikkelinge. Paper delivered at the Language Summit on mother tongue education, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 12-13 August 2005.
2006			“Adding English as the second medium of education at a historically Afrikaans medium university – perspectives on managing two languages at the University of the Free State, South Africa.” Paper delivered at Southern African Applied Linguistics Association and Linguistics Society of Southern Africa Conference at the University of KwaZulu Natal, Durban, 5 to 7 July 2006
2007			Language visibility and language rights findings of Pansalb. A critical analysis of five case studies. Paper delivered at the LVSA/SAALA/SAFTO Joint Annual Conference, 4 to 6 July 2007, North West University, Potchefstroom

11.2			International
1988		Alternative Afrikaans. Lecture delivered Paper read at the International Language Contact Conflict Conference in Brussels. Published in LAUD Series.
1991	Language politics in a new South Africa. Plenary paper read at the international congress: "Languages in Contact and Conflict in Africa", University of Pretoria, April 1991.
1991		The language debate in Namibia. Plenary paper read at the international congress: "Language Ecology in Africa", University of Namibia. September 1991.
1991	Language planning in Namibia. Paper read at the International congress: “Democratic approaches to Language Planning”, National Language Project.
1994		Multilingualism in South Africa. Plenary paper read at the International congress: "Nasionalisme" [“Nationalism”], Catholic University of Leuven. November 1994.
1996	Tolking en die WVK [Interpreting and the TRC] Paper read at the Colloquium gerechtstolken. Theorie, praktijk en opleiding. Katholieke Vlaamse Hogeschool, Antwerp. International congress.
1997			Report of the Language Facilitation Programme on interpreting at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: April 1996 to February 1997. In Du Plessis, L.T. (ed.) Onderweg na vertaal- en tolkopleiding in Suid-Afrika [On the way to translation and interpreter training in South Africa]. Acta Varia 1997:3. Bloemfontein: University of the Orange Free State: 10-29. (Co-author: C. Wiegand.)
1997			Tolking en die Waarheids- en Versoeningskommissie [Interpreting and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission]. In Lotriet, A. (ed.) Colloquium gerechtstolken: Theorie, praktijk en opleiding/Colloquium on legal interpreting: Theory, practice and training. Flemish Catholic High School, Antwerp, 19-20 November 1996. Acta Varia 1997:4. Bloemfontein: University of the Orange Free State: 144-161.
1998			Interpreting at the hearings of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission: April 1996 to February 1997. In Kruger, A., Wallmach, K. & Boers, M. (eds.) Language Facilitation and Development in South Africa. Papers presented at an international Forum for Language Workers on 6-7 June 1997. Pretoria: South African Translators' Institute. (Co-author: C. Wiegand.)
1999		South Africa: from 2 to 11 languages. Paper delivered read at the first international colloquium on multilingualism and government, University of Antwerp, Antwerp.
2000	Towards a multilingual policy for South Africa. Paper delivered at the second international colloquium on multilingualism and government, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein.
2001		Multilingualism, education and social integration in South Africa. A historical overview. Paper read at the Third international MIDP colloquium on Multilingualism, education and social integration. Antwerp, September 2001.
2001		Bilingual education in South Africa. Paper read at the International Foyer Seminar, Multilingualism, multiculturalism, peace education. Brussels, November 2001.
2002		Die politiek van naamsverandering. Die Vrystaatse nommerplaatkwessie. [The politics of name-changes. The Free State numberplate debacle.] Paper delivered at the 12^th International Congress of the Names Society of Southern Africa, 27 to 28 May, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein.
2002		Respondent at the second international conference on languages in Africa, University of Pretoria, July 2002.
2003		Unilingual or bilingual number plates? The politics of language in the case of the new provincia number plates in South Africa. Paper delivered at the 4^th International Symposium on Bilingualism, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona, 30 April - 3 May, 2003.
2003		A preliminary analysis of the contribution of the TRC hearings to the establishment of a new language dispensation in South Africa. Paper delivered at the TRC Workshop, Troubled histories and identities in discourse – the case of the South African TRC Workshop, at Antwerp University, City Campus, Antwerp, Belgium, 26-27 November 2003.
2004		The language policy of the University of the Free State. Paper read in Language Policy Panel: Language policies of SA universities. Panel discussion held at the SAALA International Conference from July 13 to 15, 2004, University of the North.
2004		Language policy development in South Africa – two steps forward and one back? Paper delivered at the SAALA International Conference, 13 to 15 July 2004 at the University of the North.
2004		Implementing a multilingual language policy at the SABC since 1994. Paper delivered at the 5^th International MIDP colloquium, Multilingualism and the Media, 29 November 2004 to 1 December 2004, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
2004		Language complaints at the SABC – a preliminary analysis. Paper delivered with R. Geyser at the 5^th International MIDP colloquium, Multilingualism and the Media, 29 November 2004 to 1 December 2004, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium.
2005		From monolingual to bilingual higher education: the repositioning of Historically Afrikaans-medium Universities in South Africa. Paper delivered at the 5^th International Symposium on Bilingualism, 20 – 23 March 2005, University of Barcelona, Barcelona
2006		“Language visibility and language exclusion. The case of the monolingual number plate of the Free State Province”. Paper delivered at the First International MIDP Symposium: Multilingualism and language exclusion, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 24-26 April 2006.
2006		“The politics of language delegitimation – a case study on language regulation for the motor vehicle registration system of the multilingual Free State Province of South Africa.” Paper delivered at 10^th International conference of the “International Academy of Linguistic Law”, 14 – 17 June 2006 at the National University of Galway, Ireland.
2007		"Coverage of language-in-education issues in the South African printed media before 1997. From exclusion to inclusion?" Paper delivered at the 6^th International MIDP colloquium, Multilingualism and exclusion, University of Antwerp, 26-28 November 2007.
2008		“Language visibility and geographical names standardisation in SA. Implications for the transformation of the South African LL”. Paper delivered at the Tel-Aviv Linguistic Landscape Workshop, University of Tel Aviv, 20-22 January 2008.
2008		“Language visibility, language rights and language policy: Findings by the Pan South African Language Board on language rights complaints between 1997 and 2006”. Paper delivered at the APP International Conference Lisbon, Portugal, 16-19 July 2008.
2009		Language visibility as factor in Language Policy and practice in RSA. Paper delivered at the 3^rd GANAA workshop, Learning and teaching languages in Africa: Concepts, Goals and Policies, 31 March-4 April, University of Stellenbosch.
2009		Language visibility as language policy factor in the standardisation of geographical names in South Africa – current trends. Paper delivered at the 15^th Names Congress, 7-10 July 2009, UKZN, Durban.
2009		Language planning from below – the case of the Xhariep district of the Free State Province. Paper delivered at the Second International MIDP Symposium, multilingualism from below, 14-16 September 2009, University of Antwerp, Antwerp.
2009		Taalbeleidsimperatiewe in Hoër Onderwys. Paper delivered at the International Conference on language policy, planning and support in higher education, 17-20 November, University of Stellenbosch, Spier Estate.
2010		Language visibility and geographical name changes in South Africa and Israel. Paper delivered at the 16^th International Congress of the Names Society of Southern Africa, 26-28 October 2010, Club Mykonos, Western Cape
2010		“”n Taalwet vir Suid-Afrika? Die rol van sosiolinguistiese beginsels by die analise van taalwetgewing”. Paper delivered at the 12^th International conferenceof the “International Academy of Linguistic Law”, 31 October-4 November 2010 at Black Mountain Leisure and Conference Hotel, Thaba Nchu, South Africa.

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