<div>Code Switching Across Cultures<br><br><br>Scholars of code switching, code mixing, language choice and related areas <br>are invited to submit papers to a collection of essays that will serve as <br>an academic resource book to be titled as 'Code switching across cultures'.
<br>The book is intended to display code switching from a cultural perspective. <br>The focus of the book is on issues in code switching in communication <br>within and between cultures. The literature shows that expressions of code
<br>switching in communication are not random; expressions of code change in <br>any kind of communication including intracultural and intercultural <br>communication are functional. <br><br>This book is concerned with a variety of issues including but not limited
<br>to the topics below: <br><br>- Functions of code switching <br>- Code switching and human rights <br>- Code switching and relative power <br>- Code switching and politeness <br>- Attitudes towards code switching <br>- Perceptions towards code switching
<br>- Impact of code switching on language and language use <br><br>Papers (written in English) on both spoken and written communication are <br>welcome. Papers may explore code change in various genres of communication <br>
such as meetings, negotiations, casual talk, service exchange, counseling, <br>group discussions, classroom teaching, speeches, interviews, workplace <br>interaction, training sessions, briefings, and so forth. Papers exploring
<br>code switching in the media are also welcome such as in movies, talk shows, <br>radio shows, emails, internet chats etc. <br><br>There is no word length. 6000 - 10 000 words would be a rough guide but we <br>are not too strict about this. The papers, on the other hand, should be
<br>current, in-depth, based on extensive corpus, display sound methodology, <br>and be grounded in theory. Papers should include an abstract of 200-300 <br>words (single spaced), and the paper itself should be prepared in double
<br>spacing using MS Word format, Times New Roman, font size 12. <br><br>Submissions should contain a cover page: <br><br>Title of paper <br>Name(s) of author(s) <br>Affiliation <br>Contact Address <br>Contact Email <br>Contact Tel Number
<br><br>Papers can be emailed to: <br><br>shamala<img src="http://linguistlist.org/images/address-marker.gif" align="absBottom"><a href="http://fbmk.upm.edu.my">fbmk.upm.edu.my</a> <br><br>Shamala Paramasivam (PhD) <br>Dept of English
<br>Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication <br>University Putra Malaysia, 43400, UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia <br><br>or <br><br>mparam98<img src="http://linguistlist.org/images/address-marker.gif" align="absBottom">
<a href="http://hotmail.com">hotmail.com</a> <br><br>Paramasivam Muthusamy (PhD) <br>Dept of Foreign Languages <br>Faculty of Modern Languages and Communication <br>University Putra Malaysia <br><br>Deadline for submission of papers is 31 August 2008.
<br><br>However papers will be reviewed on an ongoing basis (as and when they are <br>received). Authors will be notified on the status of their papers 3-4 weeks <br>after receipt of the papers. We hope to get the book published by December
<br>2008. </div>
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