35.1515, Calls: General Linguistics / Te Reo (Jrnl)

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Subject: 35.1515, Calls: General Linguistics / Te Reo (Jrnl)

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Date: 10-May-2024
From: Victoria Chen [victoria.chen at vuw.ac.nz]
Subject: General Linguistics / Te Reo (Jrnl)

Call for Papers:

The linguistic landscape of Vanuatu is unique – the diversity of
Indigenous languages is exceptional, and the colonial history that
established Bislama, English and French as official languages added
more layers of complexity. Vanuatu’s Independence in 1980 put the new
country in a position to protect Indigenous languages and regulate
language policy and research. Still, around half of Vanuatu’s
Indigenous languages are virtually undocumented or severely
under-documented. Documentation of the linguistic practices of deaf
people in Vanuatu and their wider communities remains limited, as well
as gestural and multimodal aspects of spoken-language communication.

This special issue of Te Reo dedicated to research on Vanuatu’s
languages will be published in 2025 to commemorate 45 years of
Vanuatu’s Independence, and in honour of Terry Crowley, who passed
away 20 years earlier in 2005, and John Lynch who passed away more
recently in 2021. The aim is to bring together scholars and others who
work on Vanuatu’s languages, to celebrate the growth of linguistic
research in Vanuatu, as well as reflect on remaining challenges and
directions for the future.

Submissions need to follow the general guidelines of Te Reo
(https://nzlingsoc.org/journal/submission-guidelines/), unless
otherwise stated here. Te Reo is a Platinum journal, meaning that all
articles are published with open access and free of charge for the
authors. Each submission will be double blind peer reviewed. We
welcome both longer research articles (normally no more than 15,000
words) and shorter squibs (up to 6,000 words).

We also welcome submissions by ni-Vanuatu filwoka, language activists,
teachers, translators and others who are involved in language-related
work in Vanuatu. As well as research, such submissions could be
autobiographical accounts, project reports, opinion pieces etc.
Submissions in Bislama, or other Vanuatu languages with a Bislama
translation, are welcome.

Submissions need to be in Word or PDF format and anonymized. See how
you can anonymise your submission here:
https://share.eva.mpg.de/index.php/s/29i6n3pPBKCWCHy

You can submit your article by 31st December 2024 at this link:
https://nzlingsoc.org/journal/submit- your-article/. Please write
‘Special Issue on Vanuatu languages’ in response to ‘List two reasons
why you think Te Reo would be a good outlet for your article’.

We also ask that you submit a brief abstract (around 200-300 words) by
30th September 2024, including whether the contribution is intended as
a full research article, squib, or non-research article.

Email abstracts to tereo.vanuatu2025 at gmail.com.

We welcome any contributions related to Vanuatu’s languages. The
topics may include (but are not
limited to) the following:

⎪ Documentation of Vanuatu languages
⎪ Description and/or analysis of specific features of Vanuatu
languages
⎪ The role of political independence in shaping language policies and
language research
⎪ Community experiences of language research, maintenance and
revitalisation
⎪ Vernacular literacy and language material creation
⎪ Sign languages of Vanuatu
⎪ Genetics, population movement, and language change
⎪ Variation
⎪ Multilingualism
⎪ Historical linguistic relationships
⎪ Language acquisition
⎪ Language policy
⎪ Language ecology and linguistic ecosystems
⎪ Building local capacity in language documentation and revitalisation
⎪ Studies at the intersection of linguistics and other adjacent fields
(archeology, history, education, etc.)
⎪ Work-in-progress reports about ongoing research

If you have any questions about potential contributions, please email
tereo.vanuatu2025 at gmail.com.

We welcome any contributions related to Vanuatu’s languages. We also
welcome submissions by ni-Vanuatu filwoka, language activists,
teachers, translators and others who are involved in language-related
work in Vanuatu. As well as research, such submissions could be
autobiographical accounts, project reports, opinion pieces etc.
Submissions in Bislama, or other Vanuatu languages with a Bislama
translation, are welcome.

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