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Date: 14-May-2014
From: Eyo Mensah
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Subject: Sociolinguistics/
Sociolinguistic Studies (Jrnl)
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Full Title: Sociolinguistic Studies
Linguistic Field(s): Sociolinguistics
Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2015
Sociolinguistic Studies
Volume 9 Number 3
Https://www.equinoxpub.com/journals/index.php/SS
Special Issue Call for papers
Sociolinguistic Studies is a world class
journal in the fields of Sociolinguistics,
Ethnography, Ethnomethodology, Discourse
Analysis, Social Anthropology and related
disciplines. It is published by Equinox (United
Kingdom) and indexed in SCImago Journal Rank,
European Reference Index for Humanities (ERIH),
Latindex, Elsevier Biblographic database,
Linguistic Abstract, EBSCO SocINDEX etc. The
Journal is inviting original edge-cutting
research papers for its Special Issue on:
The Dynamics of Youth Language in Africa
Call information
Young people utilise language as a tool for
exclusion and to disrupt the ideological and
mainstream linguistic order. Youth is the age
of communicative creativity in which language
undergoes different kinds of changes. They are
described as the linguistic movers and shakers
and are prime sources of information about
linguistic change and the role of language in
social practices. They use language to
conceptualise identity, enhance solidarity,
foster group integration and reinforce
anti-establishment behaviour. Youth language is
an essential element in the creation of urban
sub-culture and group's dynamics.
This Special Issue aims at investigating the
ways and the extent to which the new linguistic
ideologies of youth language are rapidly
informed by changing sociolinguistic ecologies.
It will examine how dense social networks are
usually responsible for linguistic
non-conformism and innovation among youth and
why youth language is a kind of strategic
essentialism. Our goal is to achieve a more
tolerant view of youth language as this may
facilitate a better understanding of youth's
communication style and alleviate
miscommunication since these tendencies are
only a part of their search for identity. The
Special Issue will primarily address (but not
limited to) the following issues with focus on
Africa:
- Urban jargon in the emergent youth
identities.
- Youth language and its varieties in the urban
space.
- The sociolinguistics of hip-hop culture.
- The bilingual/Plurilingual varieties of youth
discourse.
- Socio-historical trajectories that give rise
to youth language.
- Socially constructed dialectics of youth
language.
- Lexically and contextually driven in-group
codes (argot, anti-language, slang etc).
- Rich imageries and the creative possibilities
of youth language.
- Forms, functions and typology of deviant
language use.
- The sociopragmatics of youth performances
Each article should be situated within the
growing body of empirical data with appropriate
theoretical and methodological framing.
Important Deadlines:
Submission of Abstract/Proposal - July 1,
2014
Notification of acceptance of Abstract/Proposal
- July 15, 2014
Submission of full article (7000-8000 words) -
January 31, 2015
Notification of Acceptance/Rejection of Article
- May 15, 2015
Expected publication Date - December 2015
The Special Issue will be widely promoted and
circulated by Equinox (UK). For submission
enquiries and more information on this Special
Issue of Sociolinguistic Studies, please
contact the Guest Editor:
Eyo Mensah, PhD
University of Calabar, Nigeria
eyomensah
unical.edu.ng
eyomensah2004
yahoo.com
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