36.1322, FYI: Call for Book Chapters: Monstrous Language: Othering, Scripted Speech, and In(humanity)

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Subject: 36.1322, FYI: Call for Book Chapters: Monstrous Language: Othering, Scripted Speech, and In(humanity)

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Date: 22-Apr-2025
From: Hannah Dahlberg-Dodd [hannah-dahlbergdodd at tc.u-tokyo.ac.jp]
Subject: Call for Book Chapters: Monstrous Language: Othering, Scripted Speech, and In(humanity)


We are seeking contributions for an edited volume centered around the
study of the language of monsters and the monstrous, analyzing media
representations of the language of non-human entities to shed light on
othering, defamiliarization, dehumanization, and the linguistics of
the non-human. Although human interaction has traditionally been the
focus of research within sociocultural linguistics, linguistic form
also serves as a kind of implicit boundary between the familiar and
unfamiliar, broadly construed. By looking at the speech of that which
is not us, the authors and readers of this book, we wish to learn more
about how people define and negotiate who they are, and the role of
language in separating “us” from “them.”
Topics may include (but are not limited to):
- Analysis of the language use of fictional creatures in fantastic or
science fiction settings
- What happens when the language of real and often marginalized
speakers is used to create the language of the unknown or inhuman
- Metalinguistic discussion about the language of monsters and/or “the
other”
- Methods of defamiliarizing language and it’s users and their
consequences
- Comparisons of monster language across authors or languages
- The creation, use, and/or reception of conlangs
- How monstrous language is translated
Paper titles and abstracts are due by May 31st, 2025. First drafts are
due by end of December 2025, with an aim to publish the book in late
2026/early 2027.
Chapter length: 8,000-9,000 words
For submissions or questions, contact:
monstrouslanguage at gmail.com
Edited by Drs. Wes Robertson & Hannah Dahlberg-Dodd

Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics
                     Sociolinguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics
                     Translation
                     Writing Systems




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