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<span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">*** APOLOGIES FOR CROSS POSTINGS***</span></p>
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<b class=""><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Second Call for Papers: </span><span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Special Issue: </span>Language, Law and Rights: Balancing AI Driven Technology and Equity</b><br class="">
<a href="https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/LLLD/announcement/view/158" class="">https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/LLLD/announcement/view/158</a></p>
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<span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Guest Editors:</span> Angela Soltan, Lucia Ruiz Rosendo, Rebekah Rousi</p>
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The technological landscape is undergoing game-changing shifts. These shifts concern not only digital applications available for widespread consumption, including what we know as artificial intelligence (AI)-driven applications, but also the ways we interact
and collaborate/co-create with this technology. At its core, AI is a tool that processes and generates human-like language. The power it holds and the impact it has are the reflection of the design and deployment choices people make. The lack of focus on equity
and ethical considerations in AI design can exacerbate existing social inequalities and marginalise vulnerable communities even further. </p>
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AI-driven technology is increasingly integrated in every layer of human activity. Large <em class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">language </em>models (LLMs) in particular, have been the focus of most discussions as this technology enables the generation
of content that previously required extensive human labour. Moreover, LLMs operationalise language in a way that allows non-expert humans to access, interact with and control other types of pervasive technology like chatbots, avatars, robots, Internet of Things
(IoT) devices, etc. However, there is a crucial caveat: LLMs inherit biases from data they are trained on, perpetuating unequal representation across languages. LLMs comprise bias based on both data quality and representation in training data, as well as in
terms of the languages they are built on. </p>
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In the global technological landscape, not all languages stand equal. Not all language communities with their rich variations have access to the so-called AI and other technological wonders that mark the era. LLMs exemplify how information technology can impact
the very core of our being - language, culture, identity, and sense of belonging. The increased reliance on technology for societal participation fuels social pressure to keep abreast of the times (e. g. techno-enabling). This raises concerns about equitable
participation and opportunities for all communities to access information and services, to contribute and thrive in societies. The rights and wellbeing of people in vulnerable situations will require particular focus.</p>
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This Special Issue explores the multifaceted impact of digital transformation on Language and Law/Linguagem e Direito, and specifically on language rights, human rights, integrity, identity, citizenship, and participation. It delves into a spectrum of multidisciplinary
issues from the perspective of the current wave of AI driven digital transformation. The Special Issue focuses on the concerns of people who speak minority and minoritised languages, or live in linguistically marginalised communities. The current call for
papers seeks transdisciplinary contributions connected to a range of fields including (but not limited to): linguistics, disability studies, information technology, cognitive science, human-computer interaction, cultural studies, design, sociology, ethics,
psychology, philosophy, law, and business. We, the editors, particularly welcome both theoretical and empirical contributions that challenge prominent understandings, from a language and law perspective, on: </p>
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<li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">relationships and tensions between language, law, rights, and technology;</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">linguistic imperialism via technology;</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">emerging digital divides and other social issues; </li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">co-designing technology with diverse communities;</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">assistive technology for language access; </li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">accessibility considerations for language rights;</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">best practice to balance innovation and equity by maintaining a dialogue with technology developers, communities, researchers and policymakers;</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">best practice for promoting linguistic equality and equity through regulations and policy.</li></ul>
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<span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Keywords:</span> Language, technology, human-machine interaction, minorities, human-centricity, rights, justice, equity</p>
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<span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Themes</span>:</p>
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<li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Co-creation between humans; co-creation with AI-driven technology (co-AI)</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Non-converging goals (e. g. efficiency vs. customization, bias vs. fairness, short-term gains vs. long-term sustainability, commercial Interests vs. social good, power dynamics and control vs. individual choices)</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Quality of life, law, regulation and ethics</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Linguistic justice</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Cultural issues</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Sociological issues of language rights in relation to technology, its development, and deployment</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Accessibility - access to services (public services and otherwise) </li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Language rights and language policy and planning</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Glottopolitics and computer-assisted communication</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Language rights and multilingual administrations</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Minoritised languages and human geography</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Technology-mediated communication in multilingual democracies</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Participation of linguistic minority groups through remote interpreting</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Minoritised/indigenous language media and social media</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">AI and data mining in under-resourced languages</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Agency issues in human-machine interaction and language rights Language rights and international law (normative frameworks)</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Linguistic Human Rights as individual and collective rights to choose the language/s for communication</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Language Rights of vulnerable witnesses</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Psychosocial factors in using linguistic varieties in public services</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Human-Centred augmented translation</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Machine translation, post-editing tools and minority languages </li></ul>
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<span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Length:</span> ≃ 7000-8000 words [Guidelines available <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_9rd9r4XmgSY2twXSVab-ZQWFDjmevy8/view?usp=share_link" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 122, 178);">here</a>]</p>
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<span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Book reviews:</span> Suggest books published recently to be reviewed for the special issue.</p>
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<span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Important Dates</span> for Vol. 12(1), 2025 (June, 2025)</p>
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<li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">First call for papers: May 28, 2024</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Second call for papers: August, 21, 2024</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Third call for papers: September 14, 2024</li></ul>
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<span class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;">Full article submission: October 14, 2024</span></p>
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We look forward to receiving your submissions here: <a href="https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/LLLD/submission" class="">https://ojs.letras.up.pt/index.php/LLLD/submission</a></p>
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<div class="">Best wishes,</div>
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Angela Soltan, PhD, ORCID no. 0000-0002-2130-7621<br class="">
Researcher - Language education policy, language attitudes, languages in contact and minority languages | <a href="http://usm.md/" class="">http://usm.md</a> | <a href="https://usm-md.academia.edu/AngelaSoltan" class="">https://usm-md.academia.edu/AngelaSoltan</a> <br class="">
WG 3 Language Rights Chair, Management Committee Member, EU COST Action CA19102 ‘Language in The Human-Machine Era' (LITHME) | <a href="http://www.lithme.eu/" class="">www.lithme.eu</a><br class="">
Communications Consultant and Life Coach | <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-soltan-b317aa20/" class="">https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-soltan-b317aa20/</a> | <a href="https://www.goldengreen.net/" class="">https://www.goldengreencoaching.com</a><br class="">
<a href="mailto:angela@soltan.md" class="">e-mail: angela@soltan.md</a></div>
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