FYI: 'Arab Spring' Arabic: Call for Contributors

Author:	Muhamed Al Khalil
Linguistic Field(s):	General Linguistics
FYI Body:	Dear Colleagues, I am currently working with a major publisher on producing an edited volume on the various language-related phenomena attending the Arab revolutions. If you are interested in contributing a paper to this volume, please send me a one page abstract summarizing your topic, basic proposition(s), research data, and expected conclusions. The central theme of this volume is language, so all proposals need to maintain thematic relevance by exploring the various ways the revolts have impacted the Arabic language (or other languages if a case can be made). Fields of investigation are open, however, and include linguistics, communication, orthography, semiotics, discourse analysis, translation studies, etc. This will be a peer-reviewed work, so research rigor is expected. Papers are expected to be about 10,000 words on average. Please send your proposal to me, Muhamed Osman Al Khalil, at muhamed.alkhalil@nyu.edu. Deadline for proposal consideration is Jan 31, 2011. Submission deadline for finished papers will be August 31, 2011. Kind regards, Muhamed Osman Al Khalil, Ph.D. Director of Arabic Studies New York University Abu Dhabi