32.344, Calls: Sociolinguistics / Sociolinguistic Studies (Jrnl)

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Subject: 32.344, Calls:  Sociolinguistics / Sociolinguistic Studies (Jrnl)

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Date: Wed, 27 Jan 2021 16:52:26
From: Xiaofang Yao [xiaofang.yao at unimelb.edu.au]
Subject: Sociolinguistics / Sociolinguistic Studies (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Sociolinguistic Studies 


Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics 

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Language Family(ies): Indo-European 

Call for Papers: 

Crossing the urban-rural border: Linguistic landscapes in Asia and Oceania

The study of linguistic landscape aims to understand the use of languages and
other semiotic resources in the public space. As a new toolkit for
sociolinguistics, linguistic landscape studies have focused on documenting
multilingualism in urban centres and globalised cities. Although superdiverse
city centres offer abundant multilingual and multimodal materials for
analysis, this urban-centric focus in linguistic landscape research has been
increasingly problematised by emerging studies of rural and remote
communities. 

This thematic issue therefore aims to address this unbalanced focus on
superdiverse urban areas. It seeks to direct the much-needed attention to
rural and peripheral sites where the sociolinguistic regimes are much less
understood. It is believed that insights generated from these less explored
contexts would shed new light on the structuration of linguistic landscapes
and complement the perspectives gained from studies of the linguistic
experience in cities. With no intention of drawing a clear line dividing urban
and rural, we instead encourage contextualised approaches that may potentially
increase the blurring of the urban-rural division, in the hope that the shift
of analytical perspective would necessitate innovative approaches and
theoretical frameworks. 

Submission Guidelines:

We invite contributions from scholars which broadly address the theme of
crossing the urban-rural border in linguistic landscapes. We are particularly
interested in original research from the Asia-Oceania context which seeks to
problematise the urban and rural divide in linguistic landscape studies. We
also welcome comparative studies which explore rural, marginal or peripheral
areas vis-à-vis urban areas. Diverse and innovative approaches beyond
linguistic focus are strongly encouraged, such as multimodal, multi-semiotic,
ethnographic perspectives and interdisciplinary approaches.

Possible subthemes might include but are not limited to: 
- Language policy and language ideologies
-  Indigenous languages
- Bi- and Multi-lingualism at the rural/urban landscape
- Ethnic minorities in rural areas
- Urbanisation and counter-urbanisation
- Rural change under globalisation
- Rural tourism and imagined rurality
- Tradition versus modernity
- Urban versus rural identities
- Digital presence in urban- and rural-scapes
- COVID discourse in linguistic landscape
- Bilingual education and schoolscapes

Abstracts should be a maximum of 300 words (excluding references). We advise
that you include the following information in your abstract submission: 
- Title of paper
- Author name, position, affiliation and contact information
- A short introductory statement which explains the background/significance of
your research
- A brief description of your methodology/theoretical framework(s)
- A brief overview of the main findings of your research 
- A short concluding statement

Please submit your abstract in Word format to the guest editor, Xiaofang Yao
(School of Languages and Linguistics, University of Melbourne) at
xiaofang.yao at unimelb.edu.au, and the co-guest editor, Samantha Zhan Xu
(Department of Chinese Studies, University of Sydney) at zhan.xu at sydney.edu.au
on or before May 30, 2021 for an initial review. We will notify all authors of
the outcome by June 30, 2021 and advise next steps for submission of full
papers.

Important Dates:
March 1, 2021–May 30, 2021 – Call for papers (abstracts)
June 30, 2021 – Notification of acceptance of abstract
December 30, 2021 – Submission of manuscripts
January 1, 2022–August 30, 2022 – Review of manuscripts
October 2022 – Notification of acceptance of manuscripts
March 2023 – Publication




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