<div><br>Current Issues in Language Planning <br><br><br>Call Deadline: 01-Jun-2009 <br><br>Current Issues in Language Planning (ISSN 1466-4208), published by <br>Multilingual Matters since 2000, provides major summative and thematic <br>
review studies and book reviews, spanning and focusing the disparate <br>language policy and planning literature related to: Polities & Language <br>Planning (2 numbers); Issues in Language Planning (2 numbers) a year. <br>
<br>CILP is announcing a Call for Papers for a forthcoming issue on 'Language <br>Planning and information technologies'. <br><br>The Editor for this issue is Tony Liddicoat <a href="http://unisa.edu.au">unisa.edu.au</a>>. <br>
It is anticipated papers will be published in Vol 11,1. 2010. <br><br>Information technologies have had a considerable impact on language use in <br>recent decades. The development of new technologies has often been <br>undertaken without consideration of language issues, and this has meant <br>
that language-planning work has been needed to integrate new technologies <br>into existing language ecologies. At the same time, technology developers, <br>especially software developers, have become aware of some of the language <br>
issues relevant to the uptake and use of their products. Information <br>technologies have also been seen as a way of democratising communication, <br>and this has afforded many language communities new ways to develop, <br>
promote and use their languages in the public domain. Modern information <br>technologies are characterised by rapid change involving a continuous cycle <br>of innovation, replacement and obsolescence of technologies which further <br>
complicates language planning work. These developments have required <br>responses from government and from various institutions to respond to the <br>issues to which the development of new technologies have given rise. The <br>
focus of planning for language issues revolving around technology includes, <br>but is not limited to: <br>- The planning of language and literacy capabilities required to access and <br>use technologies, including issues relating to the 'digital divide'. <br>
- The development of technologies to support languages and to permit access <br>to technologies through particular languages. <br>- The use of technology to achieve language planning goals in areas such as <br>education, language maintenance, prestige planning, etc. <br>
- Corpus planning for the language of technology. <br>This volume seeks to canvass the range of technology related issues which <br>confront contemporary language planners and to profile work in this field. <br><br>The deadline for receipt of abstracts is 31 January 2009. <br>
<br>The deadline for receipt of the final paper is 1 June 2009. <br><br>Call for Books for Review <br><br>Authors are encouraged to submit books for review in the journal. Please <br>contact Professor Martin Pütz <a href="http://uni-landau.de">uni-landau.de</a>> <br>
<br>Potential contributors should consult the Guidelines for Authors for <br>appropriate style. Other information about the journal which may be found <br>on the website: <a href="http://www.cilp.net/">http://www.cilp.net/</a></div>
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