30.3307, Calls: General Linguistics / I-LanD: Identity, Language and Diversity Journal (Jrnl)

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Date: Tue, 03 Sep 2019 17:32:30
From: Anne Marie Devlin [amdevlin at ucc.ie]
Subject: General Linguistics / I-LanD: Identity, Language and Diversity Journal (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: I-LanD: Identity, Language and Diversity Journal 


Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-Nov-2019 

Call for papers for special issue (1/2020)

Negotiation of L2 Identities in the age of transnational mobility: Enactment,
perception, status, and language development

This special issue focuses on L2 identities in the age of transnational
mobility. It will be edited by Annarita Magliacane (Aston University), Anne
Marie Devlin (University College Cork) and Noriko Iwasaki (Nanzan University).

Submission of abstracts:
Authors must send an abstract of their proposed article (max 300 words
excluding references) in MS Word format by 1st November 2019. Proposals should
not contain the authors' name and academic/professional affiliation but should
be accompanied by an email including such personal information and sent to:
a.magliacane at ucc.ie; annaritamagliacane at gmail.com; amdevlin at ucc.ie;
niwasaki at nanzan-u.ac.jp and ilandjournal at unior.it. Please use subject line
''I-LanD Special Issue 1/2020- abstract submission''. 

Important dates:
- Submission of abstracts: Nov 1 2019
- Notification of acceptance/rejection: Nov 10 2019
- Submission of chapters: Feb 8 2020
- Submission of final manuscript: May 2020
- Publication of special issue: June 2020

Description:
Transnational mobility is a normative aspect of life for millions of people.
It is especially encouraged in the area of education with UNESCO estimating
that more than 5 million higher-level students study abroad (''UIS
Statistics,'' n.d.). However, this represents a small proportion of those
engaged in mobility. For example, within the EU just under 20 million people
of working age live in an EU state other that of their citizenship (''EU
citizens living in another Member State - statistical overview - Statistics
Explained,'' n.d.). 

Hence, transnational mobility experiences are numerous and variegated, but are
underpinned by the common denominator of the need to conduct everyday life
through a subsequent language and the concomitant struggle to negotiate
identity via another language and environment. Despite the constellation of
experiences, research has focused on students and their linguistic gains
resulting in the overlooking of the full range of rationales for mobility.
Such rationales play a crucial role in language and identity development
because of the differential opportunities for language contact and use.
(Magliacane & Howard 2019). 

Notwithstanding under-representation of diversity of mobility experiences, the
importance of the identity of the L2 user during mobility has been gaining
traction (Anya, 2017; Benson, Barkhuizen, Bodycott, & Brown, 2012; Block,
2006; Devlin, 2018; Iwasaki, 2018; Jackson, 2008; Kinginger, 2013; Mitchell,
Tracy-Ventura, & McManus, 2015; Norton, 2000). It is noted that learners'
access to the language is not just shaped by their desire and motivation for
acquisition ''but also by those of the others with whom they interact--people
who may view learners as embodiments of identities shaped by gender, race, and
social class'' (Kinginger, 2004, p. 221). However, the imposition of
essentialist identities is not always unidirectional as L2 users may impose
identities on the mobility environment. 
The current special issue aims to broaden the range of transnational mobility
contexts. Issues to be considered include but are not limited to: the
linguistic enactment of identity, perceptions of identity enactment from the
perspective of the user or of others; the impact of language policies on the
possibilities to enact an identity, the shaping of L2 identities in
differential political climates, the role of status and L2 identities in
language development.




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