The biannual Fritz Ponelis honorary lecture was instituted
in 2010 in memory of Prof. Fritz Ponelis (1942-2009), prominent linguist and
former professor in and chair of the Department of Afrikaans and Dutch. Leading
linguists are invited to this prestigious event to do a presentation on a topic
of their choosing.
The Fritz Ponelis Honorary Lecture is scheduled for Thursday 26 July 2018.

Previous Fritz Ponelis honorary lectures
2010 - Christo van Rensburg: Vloei en stroomversnellings: Fritz Ponelis en die Afrikaanse taalkunde
2012 - Prof. Piet Swanepoel: Ponelis sintaksis: van skelet na vlees en bloed en senuwees
2014 - Prof. Frank S. Hendricks: Met Ponelis op die spoor van Praatafrikaans
2017 - Prof. R. Gouws: Veelsydigheid en vernuwing in die werk van Fritz Ponelis