<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"> Forwarded From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Netta Avineri</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:navineri@gmail.com">navineri@gmail.com</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 3:27 PM<br>
[LINGANTH] CFP for special issue of Language Policy<br>(sent to : <a href="mailto:LINGANTH@listserv.linguistlist.org">LINGANTH@listserv.linguistlist.org</a>)<br><br><br> <br>
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Below please find the CFP for an upcoming special issue of the journal<br>
*Language<br>
Policy*, on language policy, religion, & institutions.<br>
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Thank you,<br>
Netta Avineri & Sharon Avni, Special Issue Co-Editors<br>
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*Call for Papers*<br>
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* Language Policy and the Reconceptualization of*<br>
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*Religions as and in Institutions*<br>
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The journal *Language Policy* invites papers for a thematic issue<br>
highlighting innovative research on the role of language policy in<br>
reconceptualizing religions both *as*and *in* institutions. In recent<br>
years, religious language policy research (cf. Liddicoat, 2012; Omoniyi,<br>
2010; Spolsky, 2009) has focused on the ways that religion is a central<br>
element that shapes language forms, literacy practices, language<br>
ideologies, and language management in a range of global, national, state,<br>
family, and other interactional environments. Building upon this<br>
significant research, this thematic issue considers the complex ways that<br>
language policies shape and are shaped by communities’ ideologies about the<br>
role (or lack thereof) religion in their lives and institutions. This<br>
special issue therefore provides a forum for analyses of how language<br>
practices, beliefs, and management intersect with religious beliefs,<br>
convictions, and ideologies at the local and global levels.<br>
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As traditional religious practices are interpreted in novel modes and<br>
contexts in the globalizing world, it becomes necessary to reconsider the<br>
role that religion may or may not play in how communities define<br>
themselves, and the ways in which boundaries between categories of<br>
religiosity, secularism, and spirituality are negotiated through language<br>
policies. One primary interest is in exploring how these processes of<br>
religious interpretation and negotiation embodied in language use may take<br>
place in traditional institutions (e.g., houses of worship, religious<br>
schools) as well as in settings in which groups of people use and/or think<br>
about religion (or lack thereof) as an organizing principle for their<br>
everyday lives. An additional area of interest is how individuals and<br>
groups negotiate, define, appropriate, and creatively employ language in<br>
ways that may counter the policies of religious institutions or nations.<br>
Lastly, we are interested in how individuals and groups create their own<br>
religious language policies in schools, homes and communities that<br>
structure how they interact with others in both religious and nonreligious<br>
environments.<br>
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Submissions are invited from anthropological, sociological, linguistic,<br>
and/or historical perspectives, across methodological frameworks, and focus<br>
on both historical and contemporary sites. The issue assumes language<br>
policy as practice, ideology and management. Potential topics include but<br>
are not limited to:<br>
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· The boundaries/differences between and within religious groups and<br>
how these are negotiated through language policies<br>
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· The ways that language practices may complement and/or replace other<br>
religious practices<br>
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· How and why particular languages (e.g., endangered languages) get<br>
sacralized and the roles this may play in language maintenance and<br>
revitalization efforts<br>
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· The role of religious language management in<br>
missionization/evangelical Christianity, the spread of Islam, the Arab<br>
Spring, and post-communist nations* *<br>
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Those interested in contributing should submit a title and abstract (up to<br>
300 words) to the guest editors of the thematic issue, Netta Avineri and<br>
Sharon Avni at email: <a href="mailto:langpolicyreligion@gmail.com">langpolicyreligion@gmail.com</a> by May 1, 2013. After an<br>
initial abstract selection process, authors will be invited to submit full<br>
papers by November 1, 2013. All papers will undergo double-blind peer<br>
review. Though part of a thematic issue, each paper will get reviewed<br>
individually. For information about the journal and author guidelines, see:<br>
<a href="http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/linguistics/journal/10" target="_blank">http://www.springer.com/education+%26+language/linguistics/journal/10</a><br>
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