27.587, FYI: Call for Chapters: Early Writing in Indigenous Languages

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Subject: 27.587, FYI: Call for Chapters: Early Writing in Indigenous Languages

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Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2016 09:50:05
From: Ari Sherris [Arieh.Sherris at gmail.com]
Subject: Call for Chapters: Early Writing in Indigenous Languages

 
Extended Call for Chapters!

Early Writing in Indigenous Languages [Working Title]

The lion’s share of the world’s living languages face a bleak future. A
growing consensus of linguists predicts that by the close of the 21st century
50-90% will disappear. Efforts to reverse this trend are underway worldwide.
The purpose of this edited volume is to provide case studies of revitalization
efforts at schooling early writing among children between approx. 3 and 12
years in lesser-known languages worldwide (e.g., from Africa, Asia, Australia,
Europe, the Americas, and the Pacific). 

Prospective authors are invited to submit a 500 word abstract and a short list
of resources about the selected language and culture in APA style as well as
the following information: Your full name in the order you might wish it to
appear in a publication, the name of your institution or tribal affiliation,
your full office or home address, your email, and your mobile phone number
(with country code). Please include all of the requested information in one
doc or docx. Email Abstract to: Arieh.Sherris at gmail.com with the following in
the subject line: EARLY WRITING IN INDIGENOUS LANGUAGES ABSTRACT. Abstracts
are due by March 15, 2016, but a call will remain open until 12-15 excellent
abstracts are received. 
First drafts of future papers (7000-9000 words, not including bibliography)
from selected abstracts would be require within approx. 5-months of
notification that your abstract has been accepted. Papers will go through
double blind review. 

In the interest of clarity and possible future comparative study, your
chapter, if asked to write one, will require the following structure:

1. Brief introduction/rationale for paper
2. Brief history of indigenous culture & people
3. Brief description of the structure of the language
4. Description of revitalization efforts
5. Description of school context
6. Description of instructional writing practices
7. Description & discussion of early writing exploring writing development
with writing samples from children; samples could be drawn from a subset of
ages anywhere between 3 and 12 years of age
8. Promising exploratory directions for future revitalization efforts with
respect to writing your language
9. Resources (APA style)

Editor
Ari Sherris is Visiting Fulbright Scholar (2015-16) at the University
Education, Winneba, Ghana and Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education at
Texas A&M University-Kingsville. His research explores the intersection of
oracy, literacy, and language revitalization. His publications appear in
Classroom Discourse, Intercultural Education, the International Review of
Education (UNESCO), the Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development,
and Pedagogies: An International Journal. His practitioner digests for
language teachers appear with the Center for Applied Linguistics, Washington,
D.C. His book Language Endangerment: Disappearing Metaphors and Shifting
Conceptualizations (2015) is published with John Benjamins.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Applied Linguistics
                     Discourse Analysis
                     General Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Language Documentation
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Writing Systems





 



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