36.643, Calls: Atlantic-Congo; Historical Linguistics, Language Documentation, Linguistic Theories, Semantics, Syntax: Nordic Journal of African Studies Special Issue - "Auxiliary Verb Constructions in Bantu" (Jrnl)

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LINGUIST List: Vol-36-643. Wed Feb 19 2025. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 36.643, Calls: Atlantic-Congo; Historical Linguistics, Language Documentation, Linguistic Theories, Semantics, Syntax: Nordic Journal of African Studies Special Issue - "Auxiliary Verb Constructions in Bantu" (Jrnl)

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Date: 19-Feb-2025
From: Rasmus Bernander [rasmus.bernander at sprak.gu.se]
Subject: Nordic Journal of African Studies Special Issue - "Auxiliary Verb Constructions in Bantu" (Jrnl)

Call for Papers:
We invite contributions to a special issue of the Nordic Journal of
African Studies, dedicated to auxiliary constructions in Bantu
languages. Despite their significance in this verb-centered family,
auxiliaries have received relatively little in-depth, systematic
attention in the general Bantu literature, especially when compared to
the complex morphology of the simplex verbal word.
We welcome submissions addressing the plethora of formal and
functional aspects of Bantu auxiliaries.
Contributions may include but are not limited to the following topics:
 - Detailed studies addressing the categorical status of Bantu
auxiliary constructions in relation to interconnected notions such as
“deficient” or “defective” verbs, “compound constructions” and
“aspectual copulas”.
 - In-depth analyses of the semantic and structural status, role and
development of the lexical element (aka the “complement verb”,
“auxiliate” or “second verb”) of the auxiliary construction.
 - Reconstruction of auxiliary constructions to any proto-stage and
the potential uncovering of cycles of change.
We particularly encourage submissions concerning:
Previously non-described auxiliary verb constructions, in relation to
categorical, functional and/or formal issues, or occurring in a
previously un(der)described language or variety.
Auxiliaries and contact – a facet of auxiliation which has remained
poorly understood with regard to Bantu languages.
We invite contributions from different theoretical frameworks, using
synchronic, diachronic or panchronic approaches, focusing on languages
from any part of the Bantu speaking area. Contributions may be
comparative or address a specific variety, concentrating on a single
auxiliary construction or any functionally or formally defined set of
auxiliary verb constructions.
For the full call visit https://www.njas.fi/njas/announcement/view/24
Practicalities
Authors interested in contributing should upload an abstract of ~ 300
words through the NJAS submission system
(https://www.njas.fi/njas/submission/), including a preliminary title
and a synopsis/brief summary of their intended submission. Submit
abstracts to the section “Special Issue: Auxiliary Verb Constructions
in Bantu”. Authors of accepted abstracts will be invited to submit a
full-length paper for peer review. Publication in the special issue
depends on timely submission of the full-length paper and its
acceptance by the special issue editors after peer review and possible
revisions.
Tentative Time frame
Abstract submission deadline: 31 March 2025
Notification of abstract acceptance: 15 April 2025
Paper submission deadline: 30 September 2025
Revised paper submission deadline: 30 November 2025
Publication: 1st quarter of 2026

Linguistic Field(s): Historical Linguistics
                     Language Documentation
                     Linguistic Theories
                     Semantics
                     Syntax

Language Family(ies): Atlantic-Congo

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