36.3317, Calls: English Language and Linguistics - "Call for Special Issues" (Jrnl)

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Subject: 36.3317, Calls: English Language and Linguistics - "Call for Special Issues" (Jrnl)

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Date: 30-Oct-2025
From: Warren Maguire [w.maguire at ed.ac.uk]
Subject: English Language and Linguistics - "Call for Special Issues" (Jrnl)


Journal: English Language and Linguistics
Issue: Call for Special Issues
Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2026

The journal English Language and Linguistics (ELL) publishes up to two
special issues each year, and we would now like to invite proposals
for special issues to be published in 2028 and 2029.
Special issues should be focused on a specific topic which is of key
interest to specialists in the various sub-disciplines of English
linguistics. The topics and contents of past special issues can be
consulted by viewing back issues on the ELL website:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/english-language-and-linguistics
The topics for the forthcoming 2026 and 2027 special issues are:
- Investigating the metalanguage of linguistics in English: Sources
and methods
- Laryngeal Phonology of Englishes
- Dialect death and rebirth: Exploring obsolescence in the traditional
dialects of Britain, Ireland and Canada
As a rough guideline, a special issue should be a collection of 5-10
targeted (often commissioned) articles, including a lead article or
'perspectivizing' introduction by the editor(s), with a maximum length
of 100,000 words for the volume. However, no strict format is
prescribed and editors are welcome to propose novel formats (for
example, articles may be followed by responses from others), although
all articles submitted for a special issue will be subjected to the
same rigorous quality and reviewing standards as regular submissions
to English Language and Linguistics. The issue's editor(s) will
collaborate closely with one of the regular editors of the journal
during the reviewing stage and when deciding upon the ultimate
selection of papers to be published.
The timeline for special issues for 2028 and 2029 is as follows:
- SI June 2028: deadline first drafts 1 Sep 2027, final versions 1
March 2028
- SI Dec 2028: deadline first draft 1 Feb 2028, final versions 1 Sep
2028
- SI June 2029: deadline first drafts 1 Sep 2028, final versions 1
March 2029
- SI Dec 2029: deadline first drafts 1 Feb 2029, final versions 1 Sep
2029
Proposals for a possible special issue should be no longer than 4
pages, including:
- Information on the relevance of the topic and on what makes it
attractive to the international English Linguistics community
- The special expertise of the editor(s)
- A preliminary list of contributors
- Potentially, short abstracts of the papers (c. 50 -75 words)
Please send proposals by 31 January 2026 to the following email
address: ellsubmissions at cambridge.org
This will distribute the proposal to all three editors of ELL. Feel
free to contact any or all of us in advance of this deadline if you
have any queries about any of this this. We would encourage those
thinking of submitting a proposal to contact us to discuss it.

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)




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