LINGUIST List 21.2461 Thu Jun 03 2010 FYI: Call for Contributors: Emotional Encoding in African Languages Editor for this issue: Rachelle Felzien <rachellelinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.    Gian Claudio Batic, Call for Contributors: Emotional Encoding in African Languages Message 1: Call for Contributors: Emotional Encoding in African Languages Date: 02-Jun-2010 From: Gian Claudio Batic <gbatichotmail.com> Subject: Call for Contributors: Emotional Encoding in African Languages E-mail this message to a friend We are looking for contributors to an edited volume dealing with the linguistic encoding of emotions in African languages. Experiential encoding is influenced by socio-cultural features and, at the same time, by a common search for expressiveness and informativeness. Cognition-mediated strategies (metaphorico-metonymical renderings, anthropomorphization, symbolic usage) and unmediated strategies (direct verbal utterance, postural encoding, ideophones, etc.) are employed in the linguistic encoding of basic-level experiences, mirroring the richness of this neglected field of investigation. The aim of the book is to offer an innovative approach to the study of emotional encoding, paying particular attention to African minority languages, and especially to (severely/critically) endangered languages with no extensive lexico-grammatical description. Major topics are: - Lexicon of emotions (Anger, Fear, Happiness, Worry, Shame, Disappointment, Sadness, Hate, Love, Pity, Jealousy, etc.) - Linguistic encoding of basic-level emotions - Socio-cultural aspects related to the emotional encoding - Analysis of strategies adopted in different experiential domains (emotional vs conceptual, emotional vs physical, etc.) - Methodology employed in collecting experiential renderings - Semantic and lexical borrowing Scholars interested in contributing are invited to send their abstracts in PDF format (minimum 300 words, 1 page with name and affiliation) to Gian Claudio Batic (gbatichotmail.com). The deadline for abstract submission is15 June 2010, and notification of acceptance is 15 July. A final version of the article will be requested by mid-November. Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 03-Jun-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.