<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><b><font color="#000000">Final call for proposals--- <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)">ONE WEEK LEFT TO SUBMIT!</span></font></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><b style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br></b></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#990000"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>NOTE</b>:</span> Some scholars have inquired whether we would consider a proposal that focuses on language play in <b>L2 writing</b>, or whether we would consider a <b>thought-piece </b>or <b>position paper </b>instead of an empirical study. At this point in the editorial process, we are open to considering both and would make our final decisions after reviewing all submitted proposals.</font><font color="#000000"> </font><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#0000ff"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)">***Apologies for cross-posting; please distribute widely.***</span><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,255)"><br></span></div><div class="gmail_default"><div class="gmail_default"><u><font face="arial, sans-serif">CALL FOR CHAPTER PROPOSALS:</font></u></div><div class="gmail_default"><b><i><font face="arial, sans-serif" size="4"><span class="gmail-il">Heteroglossia</span> and <span class="gmail-il">Language</span> <span class="gmail-il">Play</span> in Second-<span class="gmail-il">Language</span> Speech</font></i></b></div><div class="gmail_default">Edited by Darren LaScotte and Elaine Tarone<br></div><div class="gmail_default"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default"><span id="gmail-m_-7224716968304920414gmail-m_-8308030025013958781gmail-docs-internal-guid-7d97b6b3-7fff-e137-7306-3889ec414fe4"><font face="arial, sans-serif"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Ludic <span class="gmail-il">language</span> <span class="gmail-il">play</span>, as characterized by Bakhtin (1934/1981), has been proposed as one way in which learner <span class="gmail-il">language</span> use in social context may influence second-<span class="gmail-il">language</span> acquisition processes (Broner & Tarone, 2001; LaScotte, 2019; LaScotte & Tarone, 2019; Tarone, 2000, 2019). </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">With a focus on <span class="gmail-il">heteroglossia</span> and <span class="gmail-il">language</span> <span class="gmail-il">play</span> in second-<span class="gmail-il">language</span> speech, </span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-weight:700;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">we invite scholars to submit chapter proposals for empirical studies documenting use of Bakhtin's constructs of <span class="gmail-il">language</span> <span class="gmail-il">play</span>, multivoicedness, and <span class="gmail-il">heteroglossia</span> in studying second-<span class="gmail-il">language</span> learner speech, including acquisition processes</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">. We wish to solicit novel contributions from a diversity of <span class="gmail-il">language</span> teaching contexts, learner populations, and topics in the theory and/or practice of second and foreign <span class="gmail-il">language</span> teaching.</span><span style="background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;color:rgb(0,0,0);vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> </span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(23,54,93);background-color:transparent;font-weight:700;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How to submit:</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.2;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Submit an abstract of your proposed book chapter in 500 words (excluding references) using this <a href="https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/heteroglossia-language-play/submit?authuser=0" target="_blank">Google form</a>. In your proposal, please clearly state the following: </span></p><ul style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="margin-left:15px;list-style-type:disc;color:rgb(0,0,0);bac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