<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">Forwarded From: <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:lpren@caltalk.cal.org">lpren@caltalk.cal.org</a>></span><br>Date: Mon, Feb 4, 2013 at 3:01 PM<br><br>Call for Papers, Edited volume on language change in Central Asia<br>
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Edited volume on language change in Central Asia
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<span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Co-editors: Dr. Elise Ahn (KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan) and Dr. Juldyz Smagulova (KIMEP University, Almaty, Kazakhstan)
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The edited book will explore the emergence and negotiation of new ethno-linguistic identities within and across a transnational
complex of Central Asian countries (Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Turkmenistan).
</span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#252525">This volume of case studies aims to explore the way these societies are changing by examining the various linguistic reforms that are being debated and implemented in
this region with a particular focus on the following questions: <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#252525">In what ways have the construction of urban cores and the creation of wealth contributed to the formation of new social elites
and changing notions of what constitutes socio-cultural-linguistic capital? <u></u>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#252525">What has been (and continues to be) the impact of urbanization and demographic change on language change, particularly as it
relates to language shift and revival, as well as education reform in Central Asia?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#252525">How is the institutionalization of language and literacy policies through education with a focus on affirming ethnic languages
and the composition of national historiographies contributing to the construction of particular national identities? and
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#252525">How has language been used (and continues today) as a tool in the politicization of transnational identities and histories (e.g.,
pan-Turkism, pro-Russian, pro-EU movements)? <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#252525">We invite papers which consider one or more of the aforementioned questions in relation to current discussions about national
identity, language policy and planning processes, education and social stratification, and changing notions of socio-cultural capital in Central Asia, which is currently experiencing dramatic contextual change as a result of economic change and varying degrees
of geo-political instability. The overall aim of this book is to encourage discussion about these different lines of research that will contribute to the broader field of Sociolinguistics by examining this under-published but dynamic region.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:#252525">While the core of this book will focus on Central Asia, we would also be interested in papers analyzing situation in Azerbaijan,
the Russian Federation (southern Siberia), Afghanistan, western China, and Mongolia. We also welcome papers focusing on linguistic minorities in those countries as well as papers presenting cross-country comparative analysis.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><b><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">The deadlines:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Submission of abstract: April 1, 2013.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify;text-autospace:none"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">Submission of manuscript: August 1, 2013
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">All papers will be subject to a peer review process. Those interested in contributing should initially submit a title and an abstract (500 words) with three
to five keywords. The deadline for submitting papers (7,500 words + bibliography) is August 1, 2013 to Elise Ahn at
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:e.ahn@kimep.kz" target="_blank">e.ahn@kimep.kz</a>
</span></u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">or Juldyz Smagulova at
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="mailto:juldyz@kimep.kz" target="_blank">juldyz@kimep.kz</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">. For the style sheet, consult the following site:
</span><u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";color:blue"><a href="http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijsl" target="_blank">http://www.degruyter.com/view/j/ijsl</a></span></u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"">. Please feel free to forward this call
for papers to colleagues that might be interested in contributing to this book project and to e-mail the co-editors with any questions.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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</div><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>
University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br>
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