Call for Papers (final reminder): Russian Language Journal, "Language Culture in Contemporary Russia" (July 1, 2008 deadline)

[Michael Gorham]

* */Russian Language Journal <http://www.russnet.org/rlj/?topicID=0> 
/will be dedicating its 2008 issue (vol. 58) to the issue of "Language 
Culture in Contemporary Russia" and would like to invite all scholars 
with related research interests to submit articles for consideration. **

The period from 1985 to the present day has brought about dramatic 
changes in the shape, sound, structure of Russian, in the role that 
language plays in both reflecting and helping shape public discourse, 
and in the attitudes that speakers and writers have toward the Russian 
national tongue and language change in general. In an effort to explore 
the contours and ramifications of these changes, /RLJ /welcomes 
submissions from colleagues across disciplines on any aspect of the 
following issues, so long as they are addressed in the context of 
Russian culture and society from 1985-2008:

    *

      Descriptive analyses of language change in cultural, social,
      and/or political context;

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      Infusion of foreign loans into contemporary Russian;

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      Roles of high (e.g. Church) and low (e.g. colloquial, regional,
      dialectal, non-standard, vulgar) registers;

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      The language of politics and/or politics of language;

    *

      Attitudes (popular, intellectual, or official) toward language change;

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      Creative representations of language change;

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      The state and fate of the literary language;

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      Language and/of the mass media;

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      Language and/of the new media.

 
Authors interested in submitting articles for double-blind peer review 
should send copies of their completed manuscripts, in English or 
Russian, using submission guidelines posted at 
http://www.russnet.org/rlj, by July 1, 2008. Please address any 
questions to rlj at actr.org <mailto:rlj at actr.org>.

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Recently reestablished and newly configured under the auspices of The 
American Council of Teachers of Russian (ACTR), /Russian Language 
Journal /is an international, bilingual scholarly review of research, 
resources, symposia, and publications pertinent to the study and 
teaching of Russian language and culture, as well as comparative and 
interdisciplinary research in Russian language, culture and the 
acquisition of Russian as a second language.

For more information about /RLJ: /www.russnet.org/rlj 
<http://www.russnet.org/rlj> //

For more information about ACTR and American Councils: 
www.americancouncils.org <http://www.americancouncils.org/>

ACTR Membership information: www.americancouncils.org/actrMembership 
<http://www.americancouncils.org/actrMembership>

*************/* With apologies for cross postings */***************

Michael S. Gorham
Associate Editor, /Russian Language Journal/
Associate Professor of Russian Studies
Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies
University of Florida

263 Dauer Hall
P.O. Box 115430
Gainesville, FL 32611-7430

Tel: 352-392-2101 x206
Fax: 352-392-1067
http://www.clas.ufl.edu/users/mgorham


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