Thapelo Joseph Otlogetswe

Research

What I am Currently working on

  1. Setswana personal names dictionary
  2. Setswana monolingual dictionary
  3. Setswana-French dictionary
  4. Setswana cattle colour terminology

Books

  1. Otlogetswe, T.J. and Ramaeba G.N. 2024. A Dictionary of Setswana Personal Names. Gaborone: Mokala Publishing.
  2. Otlogetswe, T.J. (Ed.). 2023. A Festschrift for Andy Chebanne. Studies in African Linguistics. Gainesville, Florida, USA. (338 pages)
  3. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2021. Diane, Maele, Mafoko, le Dithamalakane. Gaborone: Mokala Publishing.
  4. Otlogetswe, T.J. and Phuti, G.B. 2019. Oxford Setswana-Seesimane English-Setswana Thanodi ya Sekolo School Dictionary, Oxford University Press: Cape Town.
  5. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2016. Setswana Oxford Living Dictionary. Oxford University Press: Oxford. (An Online dictionary here: https://tn.oxforddictionaries.com.)
  6. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2015. Dipoeletso-ditumamodumo tsa Setswana: A dictionary of Setswana alliteration and Consonance. CASAS Book Series No. 116. Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society: Cape Town.
  7. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2013. Oxford English Setswana English School Dictionary, Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.
  8. Otlogetswe, T.J., Bagwasi, M., Chebanne, A. and Ndana, N. 2013. Our Languages Our Pride: Diteme tsa rona, Mokgabo wa rona. Ministry of Youth and Culture. Botswana Government.
  9. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2012. Tlhalosi ya Medi ya Setswana (Setswana monolingual Dictionary). Medi Publishing: Gaborone. ISBN: 978-99912-921-3-7.
  10. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2011. Text Variability Measures in Corpus Design for Setswana Lexicography, Cambridge Scholars Publishing: Cambridge, UK. ISBN 1-4438-2637-5 and ISBN(13) 978-1-4438-2637-2.
  11. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2010. Poeletso-medumo ya Setswana: the Setswana Rhyming dictionary. CASAS Book Series No. 74. CASAS: Cape Town. ISBN 978-1-920287-02-3.
  12. Otlogetswe, T.J. (Ed.) 2009. MLA Kgasa: A pioneer Setswana lexicographer. CASAS Book series No: 64. Centre for Advanced Studies of African Society: Cape Town. ISBN 978-1-919932-97-2.
  13. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2009. English-Setswana dictionary (2nd Ed.). Pentagon Publishers: Gaborone. ISBN 978 99912-433-1-3.
  14. Chebanne A., Otlogetswe, T.J., Seloma, P., Molosiwa A., Moatlhodi B., Kgolo, N., and David, M. 2008. Mokwalo o o lolameng wa Setswana. Gaborone: Pentagon Publishers: ISBN 978 99912-487-7-6.
  15. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2007. English-Setswana dictionary (1st Ed.). Gaborone: Pentagon Publishers. ISBN 99912-433-1-3.
  16. Thekiso, E., Sebina, T. and Otlogetswe T. J. 2004. Dreams of enduring joy. Pentagon Publishers. Gaborone. ISBN 99912-514-4-8.
Refereed book chapters
  1. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2024.  Regenerating African Languages and Cultures Through Digital Strategies in Hopeton S. Dunn, Massimo Ragnedda, Maria Laura Ruiu, and Laura Robinson (Eds). The Palgrave handbook of everyday digital life. Palgrave Macmillan, Springer International Publishing. 363-378.
  2. Otlogetswe, T. J. and Chebanne, A. 2017. Setswana (Tswana) in Tomasz Kamusella and Finex Ndhlovu (Eds) The Social and Political History of Southern Africa’s Languages Palgrave Macmillan. pp. 147-172.
  3. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2012. Enriching a Dictionary Database with Multiword Expressions. Festschrift for Justus C. Roux. SUN Press Stellenbosch. pp. 215-236.
  4. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2009. The place of MLA Kgasa in the history of Setswana lexicography. In Otlogetswe, T. J. (Ed.). MLA Kgasa: A pioneer Setswana lexicographer. CASAS Book series No: 64. Cape Town. CASAS. pp.1-25.
  5. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2009. Dictionary labels. In Otlogetswe, T. J. (Ed.). MLA Kgasa: A pioneer Setswana lexicographer. CASAS Book series No: 64. Cape Town. CASAS. pp. 94-121.
Refereed journal articles
  1. Kgolo, N. & Otlogetswe, T.J. 2024. Identifying and naming digits in Setswana. South African Journal of African Languages. 43(361-367).
  2. Kgolo-Lotshwao, N., Eisenbeiss, S., & Otlogetswe, T.J. 2023. Evaluating the representativeness of the Setswana corpus using behavioural data. Studies  in African Linguistics. 52(13). 121-136.
  3. Sebina, B. & Otlogetswe, T.J. 2023. Vowel sex-based symbolism in Setswana personal names. Studies  in African Linguistics. 52(13). 30-44.
  4. Sebina, B. & Otlogetswe, T.J. 2023. Syllable Structure in Setswana personal names. Voprosy onomastiki. 20(2). 174-192.
  5. Otlogetswe, T.J. & Ramaeba, G.N. 2022. Nickname creation through shortening Setswana personal names. South African Journal of African Languages. 42(2): 200-206.
  6. Makoko, M. & Otlogetswe, T.J. 2022. Challenges and Attitudes to dictionaries in Botswana junior secondary schools. MOSENODI: International Journal of the Educational Studies. 25(1): 34-57.
  7. Ramaeba, G.N. & Otlogetswe, T.J. 2021. Setswana personal names as memory retention devices. In A. Chebanne and A. Lusekelo. African languages: Linguistic, Literary and Social Issues. A festschrift in honour of Prof. Herman Batibo. CASAS Book Series No: 131. 195-211.
  8. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2020. Beef cuts amongst the Bangwaketse: the case of motlhakanelwa. Anthropology Southern Africa. 43(4): 233-245.
  9. Makoko, M. and Otlogetswe, T.J. 2020. The use of the monolingual English dictionary in Botswana junior secondary schools. Marang: Journal of language and literature 33. 41-62.
  10. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2019. On the semantics of three Setswana personal names: Neo, Kabo and Mpho. Nomina Africana. 33(1) 9-17.
  11. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2018. Power relations in Setswana names: A study of kgotla and kgosi names. Nomina Africana. 32(2) 57-71.
  12. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2018. A quantitative assessment of code-switching in Setswana. NAWA: Journal of Language and Communication (NJLC). 11(2): 14 -28.
  13. Ochu, M.C. and Otlogetswe, T.J. 2018. The study of terror, terrorise, terrorism, terrorist in two Nigerian newspapers. Marang: Journal of Language and Literature. Vol. 30. 34-49
  14. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2017. Setswana syllable structure and distribution. Nordic Journal of African Studies. 26(4). 402 – 429.
  15. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2016. The design of Setswana Scrabble. South African Journal of African Languages (SAJAL). 36(2): 153-161.
  16. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2015. Treatment of spelling variants in Setswana monolingual dictionaries. Lexikos 25: 262-284
  17. Otlogetswe T. J. 2014. Extracting business terms for dictionary subject label. In Khumalo, L. (Ed.) African Languages and Linguistic Theory: A Festschrift in honour of Professor Herbert Chimhundu: 268-286.
  18. Otlogetswe T. J. 2014. Dialectical variations among Tswana peoples of South Africa and Botswana: An historical linguistic perspective. Boleswa Journal of Theology, Religion and Philosophy. 4(2): 326-345.
  19. Otlogetswe T. J. and Ramaeba, G. 2014. Developing a University Campus Dictionary of Slang in an African University. Lexikos. (24): 350-361.
  20. Otlogetswe T. J. 2013. Introducing Tlhalosi ya Medi ya Setswana: The Design and Compilation of a Monolingual Setswana Dictionary. Lexikos (23): 532-547.
  21. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2012. Using frequency and keyword analysis to extract candidates for Setswana dictionary labels. International Journal of Lexicography. 25(3): 297–318.
  22. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2011. The need for Centre for Setswana Studies. NAWA: Journal of Language and Communication.  4(1): 94-110.
  23. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2010. Re-thinking the position of Setswana at university. LONAKA: Journal of Learning and Teaching. 2010: 1-8.
  24. Otlogetswe T. J. 2009. Populating subentries with multiword units from concordance lines. Lexikos 19: 1-12.
  25. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2009. Setswana sports terms: a genre analysis. Marang: Journal of Language and Literature. 19: 33-42.
  26. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2009. Identifying multi-word units from concordance lines. Proceedings of the first International Conference of the Department of African languages and Literature. University of Botswana. 127-141
  27. Otlogetswe, T. J. and Bagwasi, M. M. 2008. An analysis of two Setswana colour terms: ntsho and tshweu. Marang: Journal of Language and Literature. 18: 1-13.
  28. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2008. Some statistical elements of Botswana personal names. NAWA: Journal of Language and Communication. 2(2): 105-128.
  29. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2006. Challenges to issues of balance and representativeness in African lexicography. Lexikos 16: 145-160.
  30. Otlogetswe T. J. 2004. The BNC as a Model for Setswana Language Corpus. Computation Linguistics in the United Kingdom (CLUK). Birmingham, UK. pp.193-198.
Non-referred work
  1. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2007: Members, these special members. In, My Body and My Life- Healthy Body Healthy Mind, Editor: F. Nkomazana (TRS), Short Essays on Issues of Health, Wellness and Good Lifestyle. pp. 12 – 16. ISBN; 99912-65-27-9.
  2. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2017. A Foreword. In Kekwaletswe, M. Ratsie Setlhako: The definitive biography. Alan Book Publishers. (pp. i-ii).
  3. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2014. Foreword. In K. T. Middleton, B. R. Basimolodi, and K. M. Williams. Metshameko ya Setso. Setso Publishing: Gaborone. (pp. iii-iv)
Book review
  1. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2005. Review of Medium of instruction policies: Which agenda? Whose agenda? Linguist List 16. 1257. Available at: https://linguistlist.org/issues/16/16-1257.html
Online & Software work
  1. Otlogetswe, T. J. and Scannell, K. 2015. The Setswana Firefox OS predictive text software I lead a team of volunteers to developed a list of words comprising 61598 word forms that are now used for. The word list includes text from a wordlist we (myself and my colleague in St Louis University, Kevin Scannell) compiled some 10 years ago.
  2. Otlogetswe, T. J. and Scannell, K. 2015. The Setswana Firefox spellchecker.  https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/tswana-spell-checker/.
  3. Otlogetswe, T. J. and Scannell, K. 2015.  The Setswana LibreOffice spellchecker (https://www.libreoffice.org/). LibreOffice is a free Office suit similar to Microsoft Office. The spellchecker is available here: http://extensions.libreoffice.org/…/setswana…/releases/2.0.0.
  4. Otlogetswe, T. J. The Tlatlana Website. Found at www.tlatlana.com. A Setswana educational website with literary text (novels, plays, short stories and poetry) analyses to aid the education of literature. The website is also a repository of grammatical information. The website is exclusively written in the Setswana language.
  5. Otlogetswe, T. J. and Littman-Quinn, R. 2013. The The DuoChart Setswana Bilingual Medical Dictionary. A collaboration between Botswana-UPenn Partnership, the University of Botswana, the Perelman School of Medicine. The application is a translation application that facilitates communication between health practitioners and their patients. Information and software on this project may be found here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.duochart.englishsetswana.
  6. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2009/2010. The Setswana Google Search. The translated version is available at www.google.co.bw and www.google.co.za.
  7. Scannell K. and Otlogetswe T. J. 2004. The Setswana Open-Office spellchecker Freely available here: http://pkgs.org/opensuse-11.4/opensuse-oss-x86_64/aspell-tn-1.0.1-24.1.x86_64.rpm.html.
Translation Work
  1. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2019. A Setswana translation of the UNESCO’s Text of the Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. Botswana Government.
  2. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2012. Tshoboko ya Ditshwanelo tsa Setho. in Ntekola C.V. (Ed.) Human Rights Treaties; Translation of the Human Rights Summaries. RETENG: The Multicultural Coalition of Botswana. pp. 44-48.
  3. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2011. English Translation of the Botswana National Anthem. In X. Hang (Editor). Encyclopaedia of National Anthems. (Second Edition. Volume 1.). Scarecrow Press: Plymouth. pp. 124-125.
  4. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2010. The Translation of Setswana Google Search. The translated version is available at www.google.co.bw and www.google.co.za.
Student Supervision

I am happy to provide supervision of Masters or PhD research on any of the areas that I have listed above or related linguistic areas. I may also be contacted for examining graduate students on any of these areas. I have or I am supervising the following:

  1. Lead Supervisor of Keabetswe Phetoane’s PhD thesis. Multiword Expressions in Setswana. (2023-)
  2. Lead Supervisor of Mthuli Buthelezi. Studies in corpus linguistics. UKZN, South Africa (2023-)
  3. Lead Supervisor of Mphoentle Makoko’s PhD thesis. Social media use in Botswana financial institutions (2021.  The study was suspended in 2023).
  4. Co-Supervisor with Dr. S. Ellece & Prof. A. Arua of Mrs. Florence Nwaefuna’s PhD thesis: The representation of Presidential contestants in Nigerian media (completed Oct. 2022).
  5. Co-Supervisor with Prof Monaka of Mrs. Mphoentle Sibisibi ’s MA thesis: Productivity of word formation processes in Setswana (Completed 2020).
  6. Lead Supervisor of Mr Michael Ochu’s PhD thesis: Multiword Expressions in Igbo. (Completed 2019).
  7. Co-supervisor of Mr. Othusitse Phefo MSc, Computer Science with Prof Heiko Schroeder. Botswana International University of Science and Technology (BIUST). (2014-2016)
  8. Co-Supervisor of the supervisory committee of Mr. Ernest Chirume’s MA thesis: Texts in dialogue:  Intertextuality in advertising in Botswana (2010/2011).
  9. Co-Supervisor with Dr. Sibonile Ellece of Mrs Chipo Phili’s MA thesis: Newspaper Representations of Women in Botswana: The Case of the Sunday Standard (2010/2011).
  10. Lead supervisor of Mr Michael Ochu’s MA thesis: The Discourse of Terrorism: Terrorist Terminologies in Online Nigerian Newspapers (Completed 2012).
  11. Lead supervisor: Ms. Balibi Modibetsane’s MA thesis: Wordhood in text messages (2009/2010).
  12. Lead supervisor of Mr. Othusitse Sebangane’s MA thesis. Lecturers’ and Students’ Perceptions on the contribution of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in Teaching and Learning English in Botswana: The Case of Tonota and Molepolole Colleges of Education. (2014-2016)
  13. Lead Supervisor of Mphoentle Makoko. Dictionary Use in Botswana Junior Secondary School (2017-2018). MA in English.
  14. Co-Supervisor of Mr. Agreement Ndlovu (With Prof Alimi and Prof. Letsholo-Tafila). A Conversational Analysis of WhatsApp Chat Messages in Botswana. (2015 –2018). PhD.
  15. Co-Supervisor of Mr. Charles Kaondera-Shava (with Dr. Gabofetswe Malema) Development and Implementation of an Automated Rule -based Setswana Part-of-Speech tagger for Setswana Corpus. (2016 – study abandoned). PhD.
  16. Supervisor: Ms. Segolame Kalayakgosi’s BA thesis: The Historical Development of English and Setswana Dictionaries: A Comparison (May 2009). BA thesis.
Talks

The following are some selected talks that I gave at conferences, workshops or seminars.

  1. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2023. Making African dictionaries African. Presentation at the Department of English Seminar Series.  University of Botswana. November 10th, 2023.
  2. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2023. Navigating Challenges: Overcoming obstacle in spreading hope through literature. Keynote at LittAfrica: Publishing words of hope. Ave Maria, Gaborone. 8 November 2023.
  3. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2023. Making African dictionaries African. Keynote Address at the Afrilex Conference. 28 September 2023. University of the Free State. Bloemfontein South Africa.
  4. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2023. Botswana history, language and culture. A paper presented at the Botswana Peace Corps volunteer training. Ramotswa. 20 September 2023.
  5. Otlogetswe, T. 2023. Translation landscape in Botswana: challenges and opportunities. The Southern African Bible translation Summit. Ave Maria, Gaborone. 20 June 2023.
  6. Sebina, B. and Otlogetswe, T., 2023. Syllables in Setswana personal names. A presentation at the 12th Department of English Conference with the theme: “The role of language and literature in the 4th industrial revolution” in Gaborone, Botswana. 15 June 2023.
  7. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2023. Botswana history, language and culture. A paper presented at the Botswana Peace Corps volunteer training. Ramotswa. 14 March 2023.
  8. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2022. Lessons from Batho Molema’s Morata baabo. A keynote address at the Sol Plaatje Literary Festival at the invitation of the Northwest Provincial Language Committee. University of Botswana, Gaborone on 02 December 2022.
  9. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2022. The Ngwaketse royal lineage. A presentation at the 10th Anniversary of Kgosi Malope’s enthronement. Kanye main Kgotla. Kanye. 05 October 2022.
  10. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2022. The Evolution of Open Source and power of localisation. A paper presented at the Setswana Wikipedia Challenge launch hosted by the Wikimedia Community Usergroup Botswana. University of Botswana Library, Gaborone. 28 September 2022.
  11. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2022. Botswana history, language and culture. A paper presented at the Botswana Peace Corps volunteer training. Ramotswa. 19 September 2022.
  12. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2022. Exploiting Setswana on the digital space. A paper presented at 4th Episode of the Botswana Society Ko Isong seminar series. University of Botswana, Gaborone on 04 August 2022. .
  13. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2022. Conceptualizing systems and structures for standardization and translation. A paper presented at the Language moderation inaugural workshop, on 07 July 2022. Grand Aria Hotel, Gaborone.
  14. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2022. Language Standardization. A paper presented at the Language moderation inaugural workshop, on 07 July 2022. Grand Aria Hotel, Gaborone.
  15. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2021. A re bolokeng diteme tsa rona. A paper presented at the Gaborone Book Festival, on 18 September 2021.
  16. Otlogetswe, T.J. & Ramaeba, G. 2021. Nickname creation through shortening Setswana personal names. A paper presented at the Department of English conference, University of Botswana on 15 July 2021.
  17. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2020. Beef cuts amongst the Bangwaketse: the case of motlhakanelwa. A paper presented at the Department of English seminar, University of Botswana on 06 November 2020.
  18. Ramaeba, G.N and Otlogetswe, T.J. 2020. Setswana personal names as memory retention devices. A paper presented at the Department of English seminar, University of Botswana on 18 September 2020.
  19. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2020. Extracting corpus data to enrich a Setswana general dictionary. A paper presented at the University of California, Davis, Sproul 912, February 24, 2020.
  20. Otlogetswe, T. J. 2019. Setswana Frequency Profiling . A paper presented at the African Studies Association Conference. Marriott Copley Place, Boston, USA. 25 November 2019.
  21. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2019. Developing a Setswana monolingual dictionary. A paper presented at the University of California Cluster on Language Research. Davis, USA. 15th November 2019.
  22. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2019. Botswana history, language and culture. A paper presented at the Botswana Peace Corps volunteer training. Sebele Cooperatives Training Centre. Gaborone. 1st August 2019.
  23. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2019. Crowdsourcing and Online presence. A paper presented at the Consultative  meeting for the creation of terminology in African languages. Radisson Blu Hotel, Bamako, Mali. 23 – 24 July 2019.
  24. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2019. Language: the forgotten artifact in museums. A paper presented at the International Museum Day Celebrations. Little Theatre, Botswana National Museum, Gaborone. 23 May 2019.
  25. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2019. Celebrating the Indigenous knowledge of beef cuts . A paper presented at the Son of the Soil Kitsong Workshop. Little Theatre, Botswana National Museum, Gaborone. 22 February 2019.
  26. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2019. On the semantics of three Setswana names:  Neo, Kabo and Mpho. A paper presented at the Department of English seminar at University of Botswana on 22 February 2019.
  27. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2018. promoting and developing Setswana using the internet, radio and television. An address presented at the 10th Northern Cape Writers Festival at Sol Plaatje University (Venue: C 112), Kimberley, South Africa. on 18 October 2018.
  28. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2018. Strategies of Setswana revitalization. An address presented at Setswana symposium at Sol Plaatje University (Venue: BA 113), Kimberley, South Africa. on 17 October 2018.
  29. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2018. A keynote address at the launch of the Setswana Sotlhe book. Little Theatre, National Museum, Gaborone on 31 August 2018.
  30. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2018. On the History and Culture of the Batswana. A paper presented at American Peace Corps orientation. IHS, Molepolole on 09 August 2018.
  31. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2018. When Ke tlaa go bolaya doesn’t mean “I will kill you”: A lexicological exploration of the collocability of the verb bolaya. A paper presented at the Department of English seminar at University of Botswana on 02 March 2018.
  32. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2017. Tlotlomatso ya ga Prof Setshedi le Prof Malope: Thuto ya Setswana ka Setswana mo diyunibesithing.Re fa kae morago ga dingwaga tse di masome a mane? A keynote address at a Setswana Seminar on October 3, 2017. North West University, Mahikeng South Africa.
  33. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2017. “Bokao jwa “tshwara”: Tlhotlhomiso ya bokao jwa lefoko la Setswana le le nang le bokao jo bontsi go feta.” A paper presented at a Setswana Seminar on October 4, 2017. North West University, Mahikeng South Africa.
  34. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2017. On the interface between computers and linguistics. A presentation at Future Nations Schools on September 30, 2017 in Johannesburg.
  35. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2017. A design of the next Setswana monolingual dictionary. A paper presented at the Department of English 9th International Conference on June 14, 2017, Gaborone.
  36. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2017. Fifty shades of tshwara. A paper presented at the Department of English seminar on 17 February 2017. University of Botswana.
  37. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2017. Setswana alliteration and consonance in music and poetry. A talk delivered at Son of the Soil Workshop 2017. Botho University. 17 February 2017.
  38. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2017. The problem of [consonant + w] clusters in Setswana: Is a Cw cluster a consonant or a series of consonants? A paper presented at the Department of English seminar on 09 September 2016. University of Botswana.
  39. Otlogetswe, T.J. and Kgolo, N. 2016. Identification and processing of digits in Setswana. A paper presented at the Department of English seminar on 04 November 2016. University of Botswana.
  40. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2016. Setswana dictionaries: Invaluable Resources for Readers and Writers. A paper presented at the Northern Cape Writers’ Festival. Kimberley, South Africa. 19th October 2016.
  41. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2016. Frequency and distribution of the Setswana syllable. A paper presented at the Department of English seminar on 05 February 2016. University of Botswana.
  42. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2016. Strategies of preserving and developing local languages. A paper presented at the second Son of the Soil Seminar. Little Theatre, Botswana National Museum, Gaborone. 27th January 2016.
  43. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2016. Setswana rhyme, alliteration and consonance. A paper presented at a poetry workshop organised by the Single Man Act Poetry Event (SMAPE) on 23rd April 2016. Limkokwing University of Creative Technology. Gaborone, Botswana.
  44. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2015. Botswana Place Names Dictionary: A proposal. A presentation to the Botswana Place Names Interim Committee. Surveys and Mapping, Gaborone. July 31st, 2015
  45. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2015. Power relations in Setswana names: A study of “kgotla” and “kgosi” names. Department of English 8th International conference, University of Botswana. 22-24 June, 2015.
  46. Kgolo, N. N., Eisenbeiss, S. and Otlogetswe, T.J. 2015. Evaluating the Setswana Corpus Using Psycholinguistic Approaches. A paper presented at the Department of English Seminars on 20 February 2015. University of Botswana.
  47. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2015. How to make Setswana relevant in a globalised world. A paper presented at the first Son of the Soil Seminar. Little Theatre, Botswana National Museum, Gaborone. 30 January 2015.
  48. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2014. Treatment of variation in fixed expressions in Setswana dictionaries. A paper presented at the 19th International Conference of the African Association of Lexicography. North-West University, Potchefstroom Campus, Potchefstroom, South Africa. 30th June – 3rd July, 2014.
  49. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2013. Presented a response to Dr. Jeff Ramsay’s presentation at the Botswana Society’s public forum celebrating David Livingstone’s bi-centennial at Livingstone-Kolobeng, 13th November 2013.
  50. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2013. An introduction to Oxford Wordsmith Tools. A training workshop for the Department of English. 23rd October 2013.
  51. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2013. Landau as linguist. 27-29th June, 2013. Roundtable: Paul Landau‘s ―Popular Politics in the History of South Africa‖ Breakthrough or Diversion? A paper presented at the 24th biennial conference of the Southern African Historical Society. University of Botswana, Gaborone Botswana.
  52. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2013. Dialectical variations among Tswana peoples of South Africa and Botswana. 27-29th June, 2013. A paper presented at the 24th biennial conference of the Southern African Historical Society. University of Botswana, Gaborone Botswana.
  53. Otlogetswe, T.J. From Chore to Joy: How do we make reading a more appealing to young people of Botswana. Part 2. A keynote Address at Pitso ya ngwao 2012 (Literary Pitso). 29th October 2012. Jwaneng.
  54. Otlogetswe, T.J. Design and features of Tlhalosi ya Medi ya Setswana. 26th October 2012. An address given at the launch of the Tlhalosi ya Medi ya Setswana: New Education Building, A9-G01, North West University. Mafikeng.
  55. Otlogetswe, T.J. From Chore to Joy: How do we make reading a more appealing to young people of Botswana. Part 1. A keynote Address at Pitso ya ngwao 2012 (Literary Pitso). 22nd October 2012. Tonota.
  56. Otlogetswe, T.J. Monitoring and Statement Report: A report on the work I have done for CASAS in Botswana and Angola and possibilities of Swaziland lexicographic work. 26th September 2012. A paper presented at the Joint Donors/CASAS Meeting. Cape Town, South Africa.
  57. Otlogetswe, T.J. The structure of Tlhalosi ya Medi ya Setswana. 12th July 2012. An address given at the launch of the Tlhalosi ya Medi ya Setswana: University of Botswana Library Auditorium. University of Botswana, Gaborone.
  58. Otlogetswe, T.J. Introducing “Tlhalosi ya Medi ya Setswana”: Design and Compilation of Monolingual Setswana Dictionary. 12th July 2012. A paper presented at the 2nd International Conference of the Department of African Languages and Literature. University of Botswana, Gaborone.
  59. Otlogetswe, T.J. Methodology for Preparing National Languages Dictionaries. 20th April, 2012. A paper presented at the 2nd Workshop for the Harmonization and Standardization of Angolan National Languages Orthography. Luanda Angola.
  60. Otlogetswe, T.J. Experiences and challenges in the promotion of Setswana in the SADC region. 16th March, 2012. Department of English, University of Botswana. Thematic Seminar Series on Regional Integration – No 7. Theme: “Language as tools of regional integration in the SADC Region”
  61. Otlogetswe, T.J. Kgomo e e tsiang? An exploration of Setswana cattle colour and their lexicographic representation. A paper presented at the 8rd in the series of English Department Seminars 2011/12, University of Botswana. 17th February 2012.
  62. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2011. The Setswana language on cyberspace: prospects and challenges. 15th December 2011. A paper presented at the Workshop on African languages and the cyberspace organised by Academy of African Languages of the African Union. Niamey, Niger.
  63. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2011. Placing Multiword expressions in a lexicographic database. 14th October 2011. A paper presented at the 3rd in the series of English Department Seminars 2011/12, University of Botswana.
  64. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2011. Challenges to compiling dictionaries in Africa. 26th July 2011. A paper presented at the Middle Common Room (MCR), Lincoln College, University of Oxford.
  65. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2011. The treatment of etymology in Setswana dictionaries. 6th July 2011. A paper presented at the 16th African Association for Lexicography (Afrilex) Conference.
  66. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2011. Impediments to African languages development.2nd June 2011. A paper presented at the Department of English 6th International Conference, University of Botswana.
  67. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2011. Preserving the history of our words: A Richard Chenevix Trench View. 11 March 2011. A paper presented at the 11th in the series of the Department of English Seminars 2010/11, University of Botswana.
  68. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2010. Translating the Google Search into Setswana. 29th October 2010. A paper presented at the 5th in the series of the Department of English Seminars 2010/11, University of Botswana.
  69. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2010. A comparison of dictionary and legal definitions: 20 July 2010. 15th Annual International Conference of the African Association for Lexicography. University of Botswana.
  70. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2010. Ngwao pinagare: Why and how? 21 September 2010. A paper presented at the Maruapula Secondary School during the Annual Setswana Week. Gaborone.
  71. Otlogetswe, T.J. From Shoebox to a shoestring budget: thoughts on compiling dictionaries on a limited budget. 20 July 2010. 15th Annual International Conference of the African Association for Lexicography. University of Botswana.
  72. Otlogetswe, T.J. A lexical study of Setswana poetry. 21 July 2010. African Languages Association of Southern Africa (ALASA) Conference. University of Botswana.
  73. Otlogetswe, T.J. A quantitative assessment of foreignisms in Setswana texts. October, 09. 2009. A paper presented at the Department of English seminar series. University of Botswana.
  74. Otlogetswe, T.J. Harvesting concordance lines to enrich a dictionary’s ‘usage notes’. 6-8 July 2009. A paper presented at the 14th Annual International conference of the African Association of Lexicography. University of the Western Cape: Cape Town.
  75. Otlogetswe, T.J. Setswana Corpus Linguistics: prospects and challenges. 17 September 2009. UK-Africa Academy Project Workshop: Linguistic Studies of Southern African Languages.
  76. Otlogetswe, T.J. A comparison of English and Setswana business terms: A corpus Approach. 3rd June 2009. A paper presented at the 5th International Conference. Title: Mapping Africa in the English-speaking world. 2-4 June 2009. University of Botswana.
  77. Otlogetswe, T.J. Why study and pass Setswana? 20th March 2009. A paper presented at the Moselewapula CJSS cultural celebrations. Theme: Ngwao pinagare ya setšhaba.
  78. Otlogetswe, T.J. Why UB needs a Setswana institute. 13th February 2009. A paper presented at the Department of English seminar series. University of Botswana.
  79. Otlogetswe, T.J. On the structure of Setswana orthography. 10th February 2009. A paper read at the launch of the Setswana standard orthography book: Mokwalo o o lolameng wa Setswana. PESC Committee Room, University of Botswana.
  80. Otlogetswe, T.J. Style, subject and regional labels in Setswana dictionaries. 26th September 2008. A paper presented at The Dr. MLA Kgasa Conference. University of Botswana.
  81. Otlogetswe, T.J. Lexical and structural ambiguity in news reports. 25th September, 2008. A paper presented at a two-day programme Review of Radio Botswana, Mokolodi. Botswana.
  82. Otlogetswe, T.J. Attempting a comprehensive a monolingual Setswana dictionary. 12th September 2008. A paper presented at the English Departmental Seminar Paper. University of Botswana.
  83. Otlogetswe, T.J. On the state of our dictionaries. A key note address presented at the Tomela ya Puo conference. Botswana National Museum. 19th August, 2008.
  84. Otlogetswe, T.J. Multi-word expression extraction in Setswana. 26-28 June 2008. A paper presented at the 1st African Languages and Literature International conference. University of Botswana.
  85. Otlogetswe, T.J. Language empowerment through lexicographic development. A key note address presented at the Language Policy Workshop organised by Tomela ya Puo, Botswana National Museum. March 15th, 2008.
  86. Otlogetswe, T.J. The design of Setswana rhyming dictionary. A paper presented at the English Departmental seminar. University of Botswana. March 7th 2008.
  87. Otlogetswe, T.J. On the design of a Setswana corpus. Poster presentation at the Semantic-mining ontology summer school. Balatonfured, Hungary. 3-11th July 2004.
  88. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2003. Challenges to representative and balanced corpora. A paper presented at the Afrilex Conference, Namibia, 7-9 July 2003.
  89. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2001. Implications of borrowing and code switching on spoken Setswana corpus. A paper presented at the LASU Conference, University of Botswana, 6-8th August 2001.
  90. Otlogetswe, T.J. Setswana personal names and stories they tell. A paper presented at the The Lord Florey Society, Lincoln College, University of Oxford, 20th November 2000.
  91. Otlogetswe, T.J. 2000. Lexicographic challenges in Kgasa and Tsonope’s Thanodi ya Setswana. A paper presented at the Department of English seminar, University of Botswana, 3rd September 2000.
Research interests 
  • Lexicography, particularly of the Setswana language. I am interested in the corpus use for the selection of dictionary entries and analysis of meaning using concordance lines and concgrams.
  • Genre and text type analysis: the problem of how to determine that certain words belong to a specific genre or text type.
  • Statistical analysis of language
  • Corpus design and compilation of different languages and how the different components are included.
  • Word frequency distribution across language varieties
  • Measuring corpus similarity and differences.
  • Language on the web and language in the digital domain in general
  • Onomastics, particular Setswana personal names analysis.
  • The study of Setswana rhyming patterns.