LINGUIST List 22.542 Mon Jan 31 2011 Calls: Lexicography, Sociolinguistics/Terminology (Jrnl) Editor for this issue: Danniella Hornby <d-hornbyhotmail.com> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Chelo Vargas-Sierra , Terminology Message 1: Terminology Date: 17-Jan-2011 From: Chelo Vargas-Sierra <termneologygmail.com> Subject: Terminology E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Terminology Linguistic Field(s): Lexicography; Sociolinguistics Call Deadline: 30-Jun-2011 Reminder: Papers Due 30 June 2011 Special Issue of Terminology 18:1 (2012). Neology in Specialized Communication The contributors to this special issue will be asked to explain how they approach specialized neologisms in the context of specialized communication, giving a tentative answer to the following questions: - Are the everyday, common words useful to denominate new specialized concepts? - Can specialized neologisms be directly transferred from one language to another? - What resources are available in languages to give a name to a new concept? - What is the best neonym for a new reality? - How can the needs for neonymy be detected? - How can a neologism of a specific field be detected? - What are the most useful tools to automate the processing of specialized neologisms? etc. The editors invite submissions that present innovative research work or articles addressing a central conceptual, theoretical, and/or empirical investigation on specialized neology. Authors may want to deal with one or several of the following issues: 1. Theoretical approaches to neonymy or specialized neology. 2. Descriptive and contrastive studies in specialized neology. 3. Social and sociolinguistic aspects of specialized neology. 4. Communicative and cognitive aspects of specialized neology. 5. Neologisms and specialized fields. 6. Specialized neology in language planning. 7. New tools for neonymy work in terminology. 8. Neology in professional settings. Submissions Papers should be written with Word and comprise between 20-30 pages. More information on formatting requirements can be found on the John Benjamins website (www.benjamins.com). English is preferred (80% of the contents), but submissions in French, Spanish or German will be considered. Each issue of Terminology contains up to six articles. Please Send Submissions To: termneologygmail.com Important Dates: Submission date for full paper: June 30th 2011 Acceptance/Rejection notice: September 30th 2011 Final papers due: November 15th 2011 Full text of call can be downloaded as a pdf from: http://www.benjamins.com/jbp/series/TERM/call%20for%20papers%2018-1.pdf Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 31-Jan-2011       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.