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Dion Nkomo

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0277-6828

Current Roles

Dion Nkomo is an Associate Professor of African Language Studies and Interim Chair of the NRF SARChI: Intellectualisation of African Languages, Multilingualism and Education at the School of Languages and Literatures at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网. He teaches at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels (including MA and PhD supervision), and is also the 2021 postgraduate coordinator in the African Language Studies Section.

 

Educational Qualifications

Dion Nkomo holds a BA. (Hons.) in African Languages from the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Zimbabwe (2003), an M.Phil. (2008) and a PhD. (2012) in Lexicography from Stellenbosch 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网, as well as a Post-Graduate Diploma in Higher Education from Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 (2014).

 

Academic Interests

Among others, his academic interests include language planning and policy, language teaching, lexicography, translation, terminology, multilingualism and, lately, higher education studies.

 

Current Projects

  • Collaborator and Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Principal Investigator: Centre for African Languages Teaching (CALT) IsiXhosa project (2021 – 2023)
  • Collaborator and Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Principal Investigator: Boosting the Use of African Languages in Education. A Qualified Organized Nationwide DEvelopment Strategy for South Africa (BAQONDE) project
  • Collaborator: Bilingual (isiXhosa – English) Biomedical Terms Dictionary project (2020 – 2020)
  • Collaborator: Creating Postgraduate Collaborations (CPC) project (2020 – 2022)

 

Professional Membership and Responsibilities

Dion Nkomo is the Secretary of the Board of the African Association for Lexicography (AFRILEX) since 2017, one of the three revolving editors of Lexikos, a member of the Global Alliance for Lexicography (Globalex) Management Committee, a member of the Community of Practice for the Teaching and Learning of African Languages (CoPAL) and a member of editorial boards for several academic journals.

 

Academic Awards

Dion Nkomo is an African Humanities Programme fellow under the auspices of the American Council of Learned Societies, a recipient of the Vice Chancellor’s Distinguished Research Award for 2016, a C2 National Research Foundation (NRF) rated researcher and a member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf).

 

Selected Publications

  • Nkomo, D. 2020. Vernacular Lexicography in African Languages: From Early Days to the Digital Age. In Dictionaries: Journal of the Dictionary Society of North America 41(2): 213-243.
  • Nkomo, D. 2020. Dictionary culture in African communities: research, development, challenges and prospects. In Lexicographica 36: 11-37.
  • Nkomo, D. 2019. Theoretical and practical reflections on specialized lexicography in African languages. In Lexikos 29: 96-124.
  • Nkomo, D. 2019. The translation and adaptation of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland into IsiNdebele. In Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies (SALALS): 37(2): 130-14
  • Hadebe S. & Nkomo D. 2019. African Cultural Concepts and Their Influence on Management. In Mayer CH., Louw L., Boness CM. (Eds.). Managing Chinese-African Business Interactions. 2019: 37-57. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Kaschula, R.H. & Nkomo, D. 2019. Intellectualization of African Languages: Past, Present and Future. In H.E. Wolff. (Ed.). 2019: 601-622. The Cambridge Handbook of African Linguistics. Cambridge: Cambridge 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Press.
  • Nkomo, D. 2018. Dictionaries and Language Policy. In Furtes-Olivera, P.A. (Ed.). 2018: 152-165. Routledge Handbook of Lexicography. London: Routledge.
  • Nkomo, D. 2017. The Dictionary in Examinations at a South African 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网: A Linguistic or a Pedagogic Intervention? In Lexikos 27: 346-377.
  • Nkomo, D. & Maseko, B. 2017. Sixteen officially recognised languages: milestones and challenges for linguistic democracy in Zimbabwe. In Ralarala, M., Barris, K., Ivala, E. & Siyepu, S. (Eds.). 2017. African Language and Language Practice Research in the 21st Century: Interdisciplinary Themes and Perspectives. Cape Town: Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society (CASAS).
  • Nkomo, D. 2016. An African User-Perspective on English Children’s and School Dictionaries. In International Journal of Lexicography 29(1): 31-54.
  • Nkomo, D. 2015. Integrating dictionary pedagogy in the outer texts of school dictionaries: The case of the Oxford Bilingual School Dictionary: IsiXhosa and English. In Lexicography: Journal of ASIALEX 2(1): 71-99.
  • Botha, W., Mavoungou, P.A. and Nkomo, D. (Eds.). 2013. Festschrift: Rufus Gouws. Stellenbosch: SUN Press. ISBN 978-1-920338-95-4. (Edited book).
  • Carrol, L. 2015. Insumansumane Zika-Alice (A Ndebele translation of Alice in Wonderland). Patois: Evertype.
  • Kadenge, M. and D. Nkomo. 2011. Language policy, translation and language development in Zimbabwe. In Southern African Linguistics and Applied Language Studies (SALALS) 29(3):259-274.
  • Kadenge, M. and D. Nkomo. 2011. The Politics of the English Language in Zimbabwe. In Language Matters 42(2): 248-263.
  • Nkomo, D. and M. Madiba. 2011. The Compilation of Multilingual Concept Literacy Glossaries at the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Cape Town: A Lexicographical Function Theoretical Approach. In Lexikos 21: 144-168.
  • Nkomo, D. 2010. Affirming a role for Specialised Dictionaries in Indigenous African Languages. In Lexikos 20: 371-389.
  • Chabata, E. and D. Nkomo. 2010. The Utilisation of Outer Texts in the Practical Lexicography of African Languages. In Lexikos 20: 73-91.
  • Nkomo, D & N. Moyo (Eds.). 2006. Isichazamazwi SezoMculo (A Ndebele Dictionary of Music Terms). Gweru: Mambo Press. ISBN 0 86922 794 7.

 

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