Curriculum Vitae - Dr H Steve Ndinga-Koumba-Binza
Title / Name
Dr H Steve NDINGA-KOUMBA-BINZA
Qualifications
DLitt (Stell) – MA – BA – DEUG (UOB)
Publications
(As from 2009)
Books:
 Mavoungou, P.A. & Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. 2010. Civili,
langue des Baloango: Esquisse historique et linguistique. Munich:
Lincom Europa. 125pp.
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. 2012. A phonetic and phonological
account of the Civili vowel duration. Newcastle upon Tyne:
Cambridge Scholars Publishing.
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. & S.E. Bosch (eds.). 2012. Language
science and language technology in Africa: A Festschrift for Justus
C. Roux. Stellenbosch: SUN Press.
Book Chapters:
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. & Roux, J.C. 2009. Prospecting Civili
data for a vowel-duration study. (In Idiata, D.F., ed. Eléments de
description des langues du Gabon. Volume 2. Libreville: Les
Editions du CENAREST. p. 279-306.)
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. 2009. De l’interface à l’approche
méthodologique de l’intégration en phonétique et phonologie. (In
Ondo Mebiame, P., ed. Quel avenir pour les langues et culture du
Gabon. Libreville: Editions CUI-Gabon. p. 225-235.)
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. 2010. Alphabet et écriture: approche
historique et cas des langues gabonaises. (In Hubert, J., &
Mavoungou, P.A., eds. Ecriture et Standardisation des Langues
Gabonaises. Stellenbosch: SUN Press. p. 33-69.)
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza,
H.S.
2010.
Unités-langues
et
standardisation dans les langues gabonaises. (In Hubert, J., &
Mavoungou, P.A., eds. Ecriture et Standardisation des Langues
Gabonaises. Stellenbosch: SUN Press. p. 153-178.)
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. 2010. Propositions pour l’orthographe
du civili. (In Hubert, J., & Mavoungou, P.A., eds. Ecriture et
Standardisation des Langues Gabonaises. Stellenbosch: SUN
Press. p. 191-199.)
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. 2012. Phonetic data and phonological
theory: a report from the Civili vowel issue. Language science and
language technology in Africa: A festschrift for Justus C. Roux,
edited by Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. & S.E. Bosch. Stellenbosch:
SUN Press. pp.83-97.
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. & G. Saphou-Bivigat. 2012. Dictionary
basis and lemmatisation issues for an encyclopedic dictionary of
Yilumbu. Language science and language technology in Africa: A
festschrift for Justus C. Roux, edited by Ndinga-Koumba-Binza,
H.S. & S.E. Bosch. Stellenbosch: SUN Press. pp.237-250.
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. & Roux, J.C. 2009. Perceived duration
in vowel-length based Civili minimal pairs. South African Journal of
African Languages 29 (2): 216-226.
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. & Roux, J.C. 2009. The Representation
of Vowel Duration in Civili Dictionaries. Lexikos 19: 197-206.
 Mavoungou, PA. & HS. Ndinga-Koumba-Binza. 2010. Le sacré et
les conceptions du pouvoir et du droit traditionnel chez les ba-Vili
et les ba-Lumbu du Gabon. Palabres Actuelles 4(2010): 197-.221.
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. 2011. From foreign to national: a
review of the status of French in Gabon. Literator 32(2): 135-150.
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. 2013. Identité et nationalisation des
langues au Gabon. Mbaanza : Revue d’Etude et Analyse
Francophones 2: 147-163.
Conference Papers in Published Proceedings:
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. & Roux, J.C. 2009. On Writing
Gabonese Languages. (In Batibo, H., Dikole, R., Lukusa, S., &
Nhlekisana, R., eds. Language, Literature and Society. Proceedings
of the First International Conference of the Department of African
Languages and Literature, University of Botswana, Gaborone,
Botswana, 26-28 June 2008. Gaborone: Associated Printers. p. 83106.).
 Roux, J.C. & Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. 2011. Perceived vowel
duration in Civili: Minimal pairs and the effect of post-vocalic
voicing. Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of
Phonetic Sciences 17-21 August 2011 Hong Kong, edited by WaiSum Lee & Eric Zee. Hong Kong: City University of Hong Kong.
pp.1726-1729.
 Ndinga-Koumba-Binza, H.S. 2011. Interaction of variables in the
Civili vowel duration. Proceedings of the 17th International
Congress of Phonetic Sciences 17-21 August 2011 Hong Kong,
edited by Wai-Sum Lee & Eric Zee. Hong Kong: City University of
Hong Kong. pp.1458-1462.
Master / Doctoral
studies supervised
(completed)
Special awards /
recognition /positions
Master Students Supervised:
 F.D. Nyama-Bouyanga. 2013. Aspects macro et microstructurels
d’un dictionnaire gisir-français. Omar Bongo University, Libreville,
Gabon.
Awards:
 NRF Research Career Award Fellowship, 1 May 2014 – 31 May 2019
(hosted at the North-West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa)
 2012 Top-10 Achiever Award in Delivering Research Outputs in the
Faculty of Arts, North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, 19Sept.2013.
 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship of the North-West University
(NWU), Potchefstroom, South Africa, 1 Jan.2010 – 31 Dec.2013 (hosted
at the Centre for Text Technology, NWU, Potchefstroom)
 ACLS African Humanities Program Fellowship, 1 Aug. 2010 – 31 July
2011 (hosted at the North-West University, Potchefstroom, South
Africa)
 Coimbra Group Scholarship for Young Researchers, 1 April–30 June
2010 (hosted at the Centre for Lexicography, Aarhus University,
Aarhus, Denmark)
 Postdoctoral Research Fellowship of the University of Stellenbosch,
South Africa, 1 Jan.2008 – 31 Dec.2009. (hosted at the Stellenbosch
University Centre for Language and Speech Technology)
Positions:
 NRF Research Associate: Research Unit for the Language and
Literature in the SA Context, North-West University, Potchefstroom,
South Africa, since 1 May 2014.
 Board Member: African Association for Lexicography (AFRILEX), since
July 2011.
 Editorial Board Member: Lexikos, since October 2008.
Current / Previous
affiliation
Contact details
 Temporary Research Associate: CTexT (Jan.2014-April 2014)
 Postdoc Research Fellow: CTexT (Jan.2010-Dec.2013)
 Postdoc Research Fellow: SU-CLasT (Jan.2008-Dec.2009)
Postal Address: Private Bag x6001, Potchefstroom 2025, South Africa
Telephone: +27 (0)18-299-1015. Fax: +27 (0)18-299-1571
Mobile: +27 (0)72-578-9876
Email: 22602569@nwu.ac.za