31.1380, Calls: Applied Linguistics / Register Studies (Jrnl)

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Subject: 31.1380, Calls:  Applied Linguistics / Register Studies (Jrnl)

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Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2020 20:10:07
From: Amanda Black [arb769 at nau.edu]
Subject: Applied Linguistics / Register Studies (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Register Studies 


Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-May-2020 

Call for Papers:
Special Issue
Register in L1 and L2 Language Development

Register variation is inherent in the many stages and contexts of L1 and L2
language learning. Beginning at the earliest levels, awareness of text type
variation is integrated in the Common Core, with the understanding that
different purposes and audiences require diverse communication strategies.
This is often continued in university communication programs and is
incorporated into tasks for L2 learning and assessment. Entering the workforce
brings additional communicative needs, as individuals must learn the registers
of the workplace.

Despite the inherent relationship between register and L1 and L2 language
development, register has often been backgrounded in research focused on
describing the language produced by developing speakers and writers across
contexts, often being either isolated (a particular register is investigated
and taken to represent language ability) or ignored/confounded (register and
its relationship to the linguistic characteristics of the language produced is
disregarded).

To encourage further exploration of the link between register and the
development of speech and writing, the journal Register Studies is now seeking
proposals for contributions to a special issue on the development of L1 and L2
language from a register perspective.

We invite proposals for papers on the development of L1 and L2 language and
the role of register in mediating development and describing variation.
Empirical and methodological research studies are welcome. Potential topics
include, but are not limited to:
- Descriptions of register variation in L1 or L2 student speech and/or writing
- Cross-sectional or longitudinal descriptions of register-specific language
production
- Register in the language classroom: promoting and teaching register
awareness
- Register-based learner corpus research
- The relationship between register and Task-Based Language Teaching (TBLT)
- Linguistic and/or situational analyses of student speech and writing tasks,
including domain analysis to uncover the registers built into specific
curricula
- Principles of L1 and L2 corpus design to account for register variation
- The intersection of register/genre and disciplinary variation
- Register-based research on complexity in L1 and L2 development

Important Dates:
Deadline for proposals: May 1, 2020
Invitations to submit a manuscript: May 15, 2020
Initial manuscripts due: October 1, 2020 
Notification of review outcome: December 15, 2020
Final manuscripts due: April 1, 2021
Special issue publication November 2021 (Issue 3:2)

Proposal Format & Submission:
Submit a one-page abstract for your proposed article to General Editors Jesse
Egbert and Bethany Gray at Register.Studies at gmail.com. Please include your
full contact information and a draft title. For empirical studies, the
abstract should introduce the topic and motivate the study, summarize the
methodological approach, describe the data to be analyzed, and summarize
preliminary results. Abstracts for theoretical and methodological articles
should introduce and motivate the issue to be addressed, and explain the main
premises that will be included in the article. Please follow the style guide
for Register Studies (website provided below).

Peer Review:
All manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review.
About Register Studies 
For more information, including submission guidelines and subscription visit:
https://benjamins.com/#catalog/journals/rs/main




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