31.739, Calls: General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Language Documentation, Phonetics, Phonology, Sociolinguistics / Linguistics Vanguard (Jrnl)

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Subject: 31.739, Calls:  General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Language Documentation, Phonetics, Phonology, Sociolinguistics / Linguistics Vanguard (Jrnl)

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Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2020 12:58:51
From: Georgia Zellou [gzellou at ucdavis.edu]
Subject: General Linguistics, Historical Linguistics, Language Documentation, Phonetics, Phonology, Sociolinguistics / Linguistics Vanguard (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Linguistics Vanguard 


Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Historical Linguistics; Language Documentation; Phonetics; Phonology; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 01-May-2020 

Special Collection in Linguistics Vanguard: Sound change in endangered and
small speech communities

Managing Editor: Georgia Zellou
Co-Editor: Alan C.L. Yu

Sound change research, as in most work in phonetics and phonology, has focused
on languages that have historically been dominant or where speakers are easily
accessible. The dynamics of language endangerment and interaction between
small groups of speakers may provide unique opportunities for sound change to
take place. Small speech communities have different social factors than large
communities, leading to the phonetic and cognitive influences on sound change
to interact and diffuse in different ways when there are fewer agents. How
sound change might originate and diffuse in speech communities of different
sizes is poorly understood. Furthermore, endangered and small languages are
often heavily influenced by other languages and cultures, making sound change
as a result of language contact more likely. In order to make useful models
and predictions about when and how sound change will occur, we need to explore
these patterns in diverse speech communities. We hope this special collection
can address these theoretical issues. Contributions that explicitly highlight
the problems, challenges, and progress they have seen in the empirical study
of sound change in endangered and small communities will be prioritized. In
addition, it can raise awareness of different factors that might be relevant
for theoretical and practical issues when examining sound change when more
diverse communities are taken into account.

This special collection is inspired by discussions at the 5th Workshop on
Sound Change (WSC 5), held in Davis, CA, June 2019. Conference participants,
as well as others carrying out research on topics related to sound change in
small and/or endangered speech communities whose work was not presented at the
conference, are invited to submit a contribution to this Special Collection.

Example of research topics suitable for this special issue include, but are
not limited to:
- Description of sound change innovations in small or endangered speech
communities
- Identification of the sources of sound change, and the mechanism of sound
change propagation in small or endangered speech communities
- Presentation of novel methods or analyses for examining sound change in
small or endangered speech communities
- Core topics in the study of sound change applied to small or endangered
speech communities, including works on sound change and language acquisition,
computational modeling, phonological theory, coarticulation, and other
interdisciplinary topics

Contributors are asked to submit a one-page abstract (plus one page for
figures and references) to the guest editors: (gzellou at ucdavis.edu and
aclyu at uchicago.edu). Abstracts will be evaluated for topic relevance for the
special issue, and on overall quality. Contributors of selected abstracts will
be invited to submit a full paper (3,000-4,000 words) that will undergo peer
review.

Inclusion of multimodal content designed to integrate interactive content
(including, but not limited to audio and video, images, maps, software code,
raw data, hyperlinks to external databases, and any other media enhancing the
traditional written word) is particularly encouraged. Special collections
contributors should follow general submission guidelines for the journal
(https://www.degruyter.com/view/j/lingvan#callForPapersHeader).

Timeline:
- abstract due by May 1
- notification to authors by June 1
- full paper due by September 1




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