37.1642, Calls: Digital Studies in Language and Literature - "Special Issue: Corpus Studies in Ecolinguistics" (Jrnl)

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Date: 30-Apr-2026
From: Digital Studies in Language and Literature [dsll at degruyterbrill.com]
Subject: Digital Studies in Language and Literature - "Special Issue: Corpus Studies in Ecolinguistics" (Jrnl)


Journal: Digital Studies in Language and Literature
Issue: Corpus Studies in Ecolinguistics
Call Deadline: 01-Oct-2026

Call for Abstracts:
Guest Editor: Robert Poole, University of Alabama
Ecolinguistics is an interdisciplinary field engaged in investigations
of “the role of language in the life-sustaining interactions of
humans, other species, and the physical environment” (International
Ecolinguistics Association, n.d.).  Researchers in the field seek to
1) challenge and critique language practices which normalize and
reproduce ways of speaking and being which contribute to climate
crisis and ecological degradation, and 2) identify and promote
language use that positively contributes to wellbeing, sustainability,
and justice for humans and the more-than-human world. Inquiries in the
field investigate language use in areas such as representations of
climate change in media, representations of the environment in
corporate, religious, political, and institutional discourses,
framings of animals in popular media as well as numerous additional
sites from farming discourse to environmental literature in which
language use of ecological relevance is present.
In recent years, special issues representing the burgeoning
interdisciplinary field of ecolinguistics have appeared in various
journals. These collections have been understandably and appropriately
inclusive and expansive with studies exploring diverse spaces through
numerous analytic approaches. The present special issue, however,
takes a different path, as it curates a collection of studies
singularly focused upon the exploration of language corpora in order
to ask and answer questions of ecolinguistics interest. Though this
collection of articles will be unified by its application of
principles and techniques associated with corpus linguistics and
corpus-assisted discourse studies, researchers are encouraged to build
and analyze purpose-built, specialized corpora of diverse texts and
discourses. Such investigations may include, but are not limited to,
topics such as:
 -Climate change discourse
 -Animal representation in popular media, farming discourse, social
media, etc.
 -Diachronic corpus studies which explore the evolving ways which the
more-than-human world or entities/constructs of ecological importance
are represented in temporally-structured corpora
 -NLP-assisted and computational approaches to ecological discourse
 -Disaster discourse (e.g., discourses of wildfires, hurricanes, etc.)
 -Ecology relevant texts in corporate discourse, e.g. corporate
sustainability reports
 -Ecotourism discourse
 -Environmental and animal advocacy discourses
 -Discourses surrounding particular events (e.g., COP30 in Brazil in
2025) or topics such as solar energy, mining, generative AI and data
centers, etc.
 -Corpus analyses of environmental fiction and non-fiction
 -Corpus analyses of educational materials in which environmental
discourses are present
This list of possible topics is not exhaustive, and contributors are
encouraged to think beyond the topics listed above.
Proposals:
To propose a contribution, please submit a proposal to Robert Poole at
repoole at ua.edu by 1 October 2026. Proposals should be a maximum of 500
words (including references) and should include a clear description of
the corpus/corpora to be analyzed and the techniques to be employed.
The email subject line should read “DSLL-SI-Ecolinguistics proposal”.
The email should include a .doc file that includes the following
information: Author full name(s); author email(s), author
affiliation(s); proposal with tentative title of article: and a
50-word bio statement for each author. Authors of accepted proposals
will be invited to submit a full manuscript to be considered for the
special issue.
In consideration of DSLL’s explicit focus upon advancing research at
the intersection of digital technology, language, and literature as
well as the special issue’s interest in ecolinguistics,  proposed
studies should explore language use of ecological relevance through
the creation of innovative, purpose-built, specialized corpora and the
implementation of digital technologies such as corpus software and/or
computational techniques. Corpus-assisted analyses of literature from
an ecolinguistics perspective are particularly welcomed.
Additional Information:
Authors should consult the Author Guidelines for Digital Studies in
Language and Literature at https://www.degruyterbrill.com/dsll
The special issue will include only original research articles
(maximum 8,000 words) and methodological papers (maximum 6,000 words)
Tentative Timeline:
-Deadline for proposals: 1 October 2026
-Notification of proposal decision and invitation to submit
manuscript: 1 November 2026
-Full Manuscripts due: 1 June 2027
-Manuscript Reviews sent to authors: 1 August 2027
-Revised manuscripts due: 1 October 2027
-Final decision to authors: 1 November 2027
Resources:
Contributors are encouraged to visit the free, online Ecolinguistics
bibliography on Zotero at
https://www.zotero.org/groups/4469955/ecolinguistics_bibliography for
additional resources.
References:
International Ecolinguistics Association. (n.d.). International
Ecolinguistics Association.
https://www.ecolinguistics-association.org/

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     General Linguistics
                     Text/Corpus Linguistics

Subject Language(s): English (eng)




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