29.3784, Calls: General Linguistics / Linguistics Vanguard (Jrnl)

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Subject: 29.3784, Calls:  General Linguistics / Linguistics Vanguard (Jrnl)

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Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2018 12:02:29
From: Ellen Hurst [Ellen.Hurst at uct.ac.za]
Subject: General Linguistics / Linguistics Vanguard (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Linguistics Vanguard 


Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2019 

Call for multimodal papers:

Special Issue of Linguistics Vanguard on 'African Youth Language'

This special issue will build on recent developments in African
sociolinguistics by bringing together scholars working on various forms of
youth language relevant to the African continent. There is an expanding
literature on AUYLs (African Urban Youth Languages) such as Sheng from Kenya,
Tsotsitaal from South Africa, Camfranglais from Cameroon and Nouchi from Ivory
Coast. These phenomena are variously described as emerging vernaculars
(McLaughlin 2009: 9), new languages (Kioko 2015: 125), antilanguages
(Kiessling and Mous 2004), and styles or registers of African languages (Hurst
and Mesthrie 2013). These language forms have been linked to other related
semiotic practices such as gesture (Brookes 2004), performance and
sub-cultural styles (Hurst 2009), music (Inyabri 2016), performance poetry
(Nopece 2018), and the use of youth language in social media and digital
communications throughout the African continent (Hurst-Harosh & Kanana Erastus
2018). This field of research has important implications for language change
in African contexts.

The special issue will consider submissions on different aspects of such youth
linguistic performances in Africa, such as the linguistic features of youth
language(s) and their impact on language change; particular linguistic and
discourse features such as metaphor, semantic shift, phonological and
syntactic features amongst youth; multilingual practices in linguistically
diverse urban centres; rural youth language practices; youth language in the
African diaspora; global influences on African youth language practices and
vice versa; youth culture and language in Africa (e.g hip hop, social media,
performance poetry etc.); gesture and youth language; theoretical framings of
youth language practice; and methodological considerations in youth language
research. Additionally, papers will be welcomed on other types of youth
language and styles, such as ludlings, gang registers/ argots and secret
languages, and gendered language styles such as those spoken within LGBT
communities.

Linguistics Vanguard is an online journal listed with SCOPUS, which provides
an accessible platform supporting both traditional and new kinds of
publications. The journal especially encourages submissions taking advantage
of its new multimodal platform designed to integrate interactive content,
including audio and video, images, maps, software code, raw data, and any
other media that enhances the traditional written word. We therefore encourage
authors to consider including multimodal content, and to include a description
of this content in their abstracts. Inclusion of multimodal content will be an
added advantage in the selection process.

Please submit abstracts directly to ellen.hurst at uct.ac.za by 31 January 2019.
Full papers will be approximately 3000-4000 words of text and will be due on
31 July 2019.
The special issue editor is Ellen Hurst from the University of Cape Town, and
the Area Editor from Linguistics Vanguard is Jochen Zeller from the University
of Kwa-Zulu Natal.




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