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Call For Papers<br><br>
THE MULTILINGUAL INTERNET: LANGUAGE, CULTURE AND COMMUNICATION <br>
IN INSTANT MESSAGING, EMAIL AND CHAT<br><br>
Co-editors:<br><br>
Brenda
Danet
Susan Herring <br>
Hebrew University of Jerusalem Indiana University <br>
& Yale
University
Bloomington <br>
brenda.danet@yale.edu
herring@indiana.edu<br><br>
In today's multilingual, global world, hundreds of millions <br>
of people are communicating on the Internet not only in its <br>
established lingua franca, English, but also in many other <br>
languages. To date, the research literature in English on the <br>
features of computer-mediated communication has focused almost <br>
exclusively on emergent practices in English, neglecting <br>
developments within populations communicating online in other <br>
languages. This is a Call for Papers for a special issue of the <br>
Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, a peer-reviewed online <br>
journal. We may also edit a follow-up book on the same theme, <br>
containing a wider selection of papers, with a major publisher.<br>
Papers may relate to instant messaging, private email, postings to <br>
listserv lists and newsgroups, text-only chat, e.g., on IRC or MOOs,
<br>
visually enhanced chat, or SMS (short message service) in mobile <br>
phone use.<br><br>
We invite papers on topics such as:<br><br>
--The influence of the local language on the use of a medium, e.g.,
<br>
the distinctive features of email or chat in languages with specific
<br>
font-related requirements (e.g., French, Russian, Hindi, Arabic, <br>
Korean, Chinese).<br><br>
--Cultural constraints on the use of the medium, e.g., how traditional
<br>
requirements for deference in Japanese language and culture are <br>
realized or modified in online communication; Italian non-verbal and
<br>
verbal expressivity as realized in typed chat.<br><br>
--Comparison of the distinctive features of email or chat in two or
<br>
more language-culture groups or sub-groups with differing cultural <br>
orientations, e.g., Austrian German versus German German.<br><br>
--Chat in situations of diglossia--differentiation between spoken and
<br>
written languages and dialects (e.g., Moroccan spoken Arabic and how
<br>
it is being realized in typed chat).<br><br>
--Code-switching in bilingual or multilingual online communication.<br>
--The clash between requirements of formality in the letter-writing
<br>
tradition in a given language-culture constellation and the trend <br>
toward speech-like patterns in online textual communication.<br><br>
--Language and play with culture, including play with identity <br>
(e.g., via nicknames).<br><br>
--A comparison of online communication within the same language- <br>
culture group but in different languages, e.g., Israeli chat in <br>
English versus Hebrew.<br><br>
--The effects of the English language or global "netspeak"
(Crystal, <br>
2001) on email and chat in the local language.<br><br>
--Online communication in English by non-native speakers, focusing <br>
on language and culture issues.<br><br>
Submission procedures:<br><br>
Potential authors should submit a preliminary proposal of 500-1000 <br>
words by November 30, 2002 (earlier submissions are encouraged). <br>
The proposal should describe the research question, the data and <br>
methods of analysis, preliminary findings/observations and their <br>
broader significance, selected references, and a tenntative paper
title.<br><br>
Authors whose proposals are accepted will be invited <br>
to submit a full paper of roughly 7,000-10,000 words by April 15, <br>
2003. Since JCMC is an interdisciplinary journal, authors should <br>
plan for papers that will be accessible to non-specialists. If you <br>
have a potentially suitable paper that is already published or <br>
slated for publication elsewhere, we would also like to hear from <br>
you, as it might be possible to republish high quality articles in <br>
the follow-up book.<br><br>
Questions? Proposal ideas? Please address all correspondence <br>
electronically to both co-editors: Brenda Danet <br>
(brenda.danet@yale.edu) and Susan Herring
(herring@indiana.edu).<br><br>
A Web version of this Call for Papers is available at: <br><br>
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