[Linganth] Call for Chapters: New Directions in Linguistic Geography

[Greg Niedt]

*Call for Chapter Abstracts*
Edited Volume:* New Directions in Linguistic Geography – Exploring
Articulations of Space*
Greg Niedt (Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts)

I am happy to announce a call for chapter abstracts for the upcoming edited
volume, New Directions in Linguistic Geography – Exploring Articulations of
Space, to be published by Palgrave in early 2022.

Previous work in linguistic geography and its related fields—dialectology,
geolinguistics, linguistic landscapes—has focused primarily on the
distribution or presence of languages in different spaces, and the social
realities they reveal about the inhabitants. This volume, by contrast, will
be centered on how language(s), discourse, and media shape epistemologies
of space and place themselves. By calling attention to the many different
ways that people articulate the structure of their surroundings, we
complicate the idea that there is a singular landscape to examine. The goal
of the book is to encourage new critical approaches to what constitutes the
world around us, and consider the interface between language and the world
in new ways.

Research that highlights under-represented perspectives, especially those
from the Global South and/or Indigenous groups, is encouraged. Similarly,
researchers who take novel or interdisciplinary approaches that further
develop the field are welcome.

*Examples of possible topics include, but are not limited to:*
• Critical discourse analysis of texts (including maps or other visual
media) that influence the perception of geography
• Ethnographic work that highlights noteworthy definitions and divisions of
spaces, especially cases with a dialectic between multiple conceptions of
the landscape
• Geodiscursive identities; the understanding of the self and social groups
in relation to points of origin and habitation
• Media/technological discourses that affect our interpretation of the
physical world
• Mythologies, narratives, oral histories, and ritualized communication or
discourse that involve human relationships with the environment
• Narrative traditions of land use, ownership, and stewardship
• Oral histories and semiotic artifacts that show personal connections to
place
• Syntactic/semantic investigations into languages that represent
landscapes and their features in unique ways
• Toponymy, its development, and its impact on the understanding of place
• Work in the tradition of metageography that addresses the concepts used
by geographic researchers themselves

Abstracts for a proposed chapter should be* 350 to 500 words*, describing
the area of focus and its context, its position in relation to both
language and geography, theoretical background and/or methodology, and any
hypothesized or preliminary findings. Proposals, or any questions about the
volume/the submission process, should be emailed to Greg Niedt (
gniedt at pobox.pafa.edu) directly. The deadline for proposals is *March 21,
2021*; please also include a short biographical note (up to 150 words) for
each author. *Only submissions in PDF format will be considered. *Notifications
of acceptance will be sent out by *April 15, 2021*, at the latest.

All authors who are accepted for the volume will be expected to also review
one other chapter from the book as part of the peer review process.

Final chapters should be *7000 to 8500 words* (including notes, references,
etc.), and may contain *up to 4 images* (black & white); there may be a
possibility to host other media, including color images, online. Initial
drafts of the chapter will be due by *August 31, 2021*, with revisions
returned to contributors within six to eight weeks. The final drafts will
be due by *December 31, 2021*, in the hopes of submitting the manuscript to
the publisher in early 2022.

*Important dates:*
• Abstract deadline: March 21, 2021
• Notification of acceptance: April 15, 2021
• Chapters due: August 31, 2021
• Peer-review due: October 31, 2021
• Revised chapters due: December 31, 2021
• Book submitted to publisher: early 2022

Thank you, and I look forward to receiving your chapter abstracts soon!

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Dr. Greg Niedt (*they/he*)
Department of Liberal Arts
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
gniedt at pobox.pafa.edu

Linguistic Landscapes Beyond the Language Classroom
<https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/linguistic-landscapes-beyond-the-language-classroom-9781350125360/>
Essentials of Visual Interpretation
<https://www.routledge.com/Essentials-of-Visual-Interpretation/Reynolds-Niedt/p/book/9780367491284>
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