30.4246, Calls: Typology, Cognitive Science, Anthropological Linguistics / Linguistics Vanguard (Jrnl)

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Subject: 30.4246, Calls:  Typology, Cognitive Science, Anthropological Linguistics / Linguistics Vanguard (Jrnl)

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Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2019 12:29:36
From: Bill Palmer [bill.palmer at newcastle.edu.au]
Subject: Typology, Cognitive Science, Anthropological Linguistics / Linguistics Vanguard (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Linguistics Vanguard 


Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Linguistic Theories; Typology 

Call Deadline: 13-Dec-2019 

Call for abstracts: Special Collection of Linguistics Vanguard on
Sociotopography: the interplay of language, culture and environment in
representing space.
We are seeking abstracts for papers to join a special collection on the theme
of diversity in spatial language and spatial behaviour between and within
language communities, and the relationship between spatial language and
environmental and sociocultural factors.

Full papers (3000-4000 words) are due in March 2020. For now please only
submit abstracts.

Established views hold that languages display one or more dominant spatial
referential strategy; that linguistic and non-linguistic strategy preferences
correspond; and that these correspondences arise from the influence of a
language's largely arbitrary linguistic resources. Some recent work argues
instead that the environment a language is spoken in plays a significant role.
However, much research characterizes spatial strategies at the level of the
language, focusing on diversity between languages. Now a growing body of
research has begun to reveal diversity in spatial language and non-linguistic
behaviour among speakers within language communities. Some variation
correlates with environment (e.g. urban vs non-urban), and some with
group-level factors (e.g. dominant subsistence mode). However, much variation
correlates with individual demographic variables (occupation; gender; age;
education; multilingualism etc), often reflecting cultural practices or social
change. This diversity within communities is significantly under-investigated.
Moreover, new research has found mismatches between language and
non-linguistic behaviour, suggesting the relationship between spatial language
and cognition is not straightforward. Spatial representations appear to be
shaped by a much more complex interplay of environmental, social, cultural and
linguistic factors than previously recognized. The approach of
sociotopography, seeks to model this.

This special collection brings together recent findings on language-internal
variation in spatial reference, and on the impact of topographic environment,
cultural construals of landscape, group-level cultural practices, individual
speakers' demographic diversity, and intergenerational language shift in the
construction and use of systems of linguistic spatial representations. It
brings together scholars working on spatial reference in diverse languages in
diverse environmental and sociocultural contexts to cast new light on the
range of forces at work and identify patterns in cross-linguistic diversity.
Abstracts should be 1 page, with 1 extra page for data, references, etc. Email
abstracts to bill.palmer at newcastle.edu.au, also the address for further
information.

Collection editors: Bill Palmer (Newcastle), Alice Gaby (Monash), Jonathon Lum
(Melbourne) and Jonathan Schlossberg (Newcastle).

Linguistics Vanguard (www.degruyter.com/lingvan) is a SCOPUS-listed online
journal providing an accessible platform for traditional and new kinds of
publications. Because it is online-only, articles appear as soon as the
production process is completed. Special collections are ''virtual
collections'' linked by shared keywords. Authors have free access to the
entire special collection. There are no publication costs. Authors are
encouraged to take advantage of the journal's new multimodal platform designed
to integrate interactive content (audio, video, images, maps, raw data, any
other media that enhances the traditional written word). Authors may post a
pdf on their personal website a year after publication.




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