Fwd: Call for papers (edited volume): Siouan languages, in memory of Robert Rankin

[Bryan James Gordon]

> Apologies for cross-listing.
>
> Advances in the Study of Siouan Languages and Linguistics (dedicated to
the memory of Robert Rankin)
> Call for papers
>
> At the 34th annual Siouan and Caddoan Languages and Linguistics
Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, attendees unanimously approved a series
of proposals to honor the contributions and legacy of our late colleague
Robert Rankin, including curation, digitization and archiving of materials
he left behind; a volume of his unpublished papers; the publication of the
Comparative Siouan Dictionary; and the subject matter of this call for
papers, a volume of advances in the study of Siouan languages and
linguistics dedicated to his memory. We are looking into publishing through
the open-access Language Science Press in Berlin, who can make this volume
easily and freely accessible. Catherine Rudin and I have agreed to organize
and edit the volume and its peer-review process.
>
> Particularly welcome are contributions from Dr. Rankin's collaborators,
students, consultants and community-based programs with whom he worked or
who have used his work. However, in light of Dr. Rankin's dedication to
Siouan languages and linguistics in general, we welcome contributions
including theoretical, descriptive, community-based or otherwise applied
work based on any and all Siouan languages, from any and all approaches,
frameworks and methodologies. The proposed volume also welcomes papers that
were developed for the Comparative Siouan Grammar volumes we planned
several years ago.
>
> Abstracts:
> To give us an idea of the number and type of submissions to expect,
please send us a brief abstract of your proposed chapter by 30 June
2014. Please submit at most one individual and one joint abstract per
author. Abstracts should be no more than one page in length. Additional
data and references may be attached on additional pages, but are not
required. Please include your proposed title, name(s) and institutional or
community affiliation(s) above your abstract text. Please submit abstracts
to both me (linguist at email.arizona.edu) and Dr. Rudin (carudin1 at wsc.edu),
no later than 30 June 2014. Address all communication to Dr. Rudin and me.
>
> Peer review:
> When submitting your abstract, please indicate whether you will be
willing to serve as a reviewer for one to three of your colleagues'
submissions. An expedited process of review and revision will begin on 1
November 2014.
>
> Non-contributor peer review:
> We welcome peer-review volunteers who do not plan to submit chapters. If
you would like to volunteer, please provide your name, institutional and/or
community affiliation(s), and your relationship with Dr. Rankin or his
work. In particular, please indicate clearly whether you would feel most
comfortable reviewing comparative/historical theoretical, non-comparative
theoretical, descriptive, community-based or otherwise applied submissions,
as well as any other limitations or preferences you feel are important.
>
> Chapter submissions:
> Conference attendees approved a five-month period for the collection of
papers for this volume, in order not to let the honoring of Dr. Rankin's
memory be delayed indefinitely. Because peer review will be implemented
subsequent to chapter submission, and because the open-access publication
format imposes no limit on the number of chapters, all who submit abstracts
should plan to submit a chapter. Chapters must be received by Dr. Rudin and
me in our email inboxes by 31 October 2014.
>
> Chapter format:
> All submissions are restricted to twenty (20) pages, single-spaced, in
12-point Times New Roman font, on 8 1/2" x 11" pages with 1-inch margins.
We ask for two copies of your submission: one in PDF to ensure proper
rendering of tables, figures and graphics, and one in LaTeX, DOC, DOCX or
ODT format to enable editing. Large (>1/2 page) tables, figures and
graphics of the sort Dr. Rankin often included, and appendices and
references, do not count towards the 20-page limit, but should not be
gratuitous.
>
> Dialogicity and the Rankin theme:
> We highly encourage contributors to share their work with each other and
to enrich our volume with links to one another's and to Dr. Rankin's work.
Given the timing of our deadlines we also find it worthwhile to point out
that it may be useful to submit your abstract to LSA and/or SSILA and to
present your intended submission at those conferences if you will be
attending this year, as they will take place during the peer-review and
revision period, and may be useful for improving, developing and propelling
forward your work.
>
> Snowball method:
> Please forward this call as quickly as possible to any interested parties
you know who may not have received this call.
>
> About the open-access format:
> Conference attendees overwhelming expressed the sentiment that open
access is in keeping with Dr. Rankin's career-long commitment to sharing
his work and wisdom. It will additionally make copies much easier to come
by, not only for academics, but for community-based programs with no access
to university library systems. Although the Language Science Press
primarily functions as an online publisher, they will custom-bind and ship
the volume to anybody who wishes to pay associated expenses.
>
> Timetable:
>
> Abstract submission: June 30
> Paper submission: October 30
> Review submission: December 31
> Final submission of revised papers: February 28
>
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> ***********************************************************
> Bryan James Gordon, MA
> Joint PhD Program in Linguistics and Anthropology
> University of Arizona
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