LINGUIST List 21.4827 Wed Dec 01 2010 FYI: Call for Contributions for Home Video Book Editor for this issue: Brent Miller <brentlinguistlist.org> To post to LINGUIST, use our convenient web form at http://linguistlist.org/LL/posttolinguist.cfm. Directory         1.     Akinola Odebunmi , Call for Contributions for Home Video Book Message 1: Call for Contributions for Home Video Book Date: 01-Dec-2010 From: Akinola Odebunmi <akinodebyahoo.com> Subject: Call for Contributions for Home Video Book E-mail this message to a friend Call for Contributions for the Book: Language, Creativity and Interaction in Home Videos Language, Creativity and Interaction in Home Videos is the third volume of the project, Languages, Literatures and Cultures: A Compendium. It considers the home video medium as a site for the synthesis of events, ingenuity and ideologies, which are processed through designed interactions and voicing of players. It is, therefore, interested in papers that address the following or other related areas: 1. History of home videos 2. Facts and fiction in home videos 3. The art of home videos 4. Language and creativity in home videos 5. Sound symbolism in home videos 6. Language and identity construction in home videos 7. Costuming and symbolization in home videos 8. Language, culture and politics in home videos 9. Language, interaction and plot development in home videos 10. Setting and thematic projection in home videos 11. Translation in home videos 12. Entitling, sub-titling and focusing in home videos 13. Advertisements in home videos 14. Language, music and theme in home videos 15. Register and interaction in home videos 16. Humour and interaction in home videos 17. Voicing and accuracy of character projection in home videos 18. Language and emotion in home videos 19. Language and infelicities in home videos 20. Audience presence in home videos 21. Home videos, language and audience feedback 22. Semiotics and home video sites on the Internet. Proposals (300-500 words long) for contributions should reach the editors between January 15 and February 15, 2011. Acceptance of proposals will be communicated to authors by March 1, 2011. Full papers, which must be written in English, which must be theory-driven, which should be between 6000 and 10000 words long and which must follow the APA reference style, are expected to be submitted by June 30, 2011. Proposals and final submissions should be sent electronically to Akin Odebunmi (akinodebyahoo.com) or Gabriel Osoba (or any of the other editors) at the addresses below: Gabriel Osoba, Department of English, Lagos State University, Ojo, Lagos Nigeria. E-mail: gabosoba002yahoo.com Akin Odebunmi, School of Language and Literature, Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies, University of Freiburg, Germany & Department of English, University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria. E-mail: akinodebyahoo.com Adeyemi Olalere, Department of Linguistics and Nigerian Languages, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. E-mail: adeyemiolalereyahoo.com Mahfouz Adedimeji, Department of English, University of Ilorin, Nigeria. E-mail: mahfouzade2yahoo.com Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Discourse Analysis; Ling & Literature; Pragmatics; Sociolinguistics Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 01-Dec-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.