LINGUIST List 25.3388
Wed
Aug 27 2014
FYI: Call for Book
Chapter Proposals: Syllable Weight in African
Languages
Editor for this issue:
Uliana Kazagasheva <ulianalinguistlist.org>
Date: 25-Aug-2014
From: Paul Newman
<pnxxpn
indiana.edu>
Subject: Call for Book Chapter
Proposals: Syllable Weight in African
Languages
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Syllable Weight in African Languages
Proposal Submission Deadline: November 1,
2014
Full Chapters Due: June 15, 2015
Proposed Publication Date: Early 2016
Editor: Paul Newman, Indiana University,
USA
The introduction of the term “syllable weight”
(Paul Newman, “Syllable weight as a
phonological variable,” Studies in African
Linguistics 3: 301-323 (1972)) and its
elaboration (e.g., Larry M. Hyman, A Theory of
Phonological Weight, Dordrecht: Foris (1985))
relied heavily on data from African languages.
Over the years, the concept continued to be
employed in a variety of phonological and
morphological studies of African languages
(e.g., Chris Collins, “Aspects of plurality in
ǂHoan,” Language 77: 456-476 (2001)). What is
lacking, however, is a single volume that
focuses on the role of syllable weight in
African languages. The aim of the proposed
collection is to fill that void.
The intent of this volume is to provide an
extensive discussion of syllable weight as
found in African languages throughout the
continent, including Arabic, Ethiopian Semitic,
and Berber. The book will serve as an essential
source for Africanist linguists whatever their
subject specializations, as well as general
phonologists whatever their language areas of
interest. The proposed volume has been accepted
for publication by an academic publisher with a
well-established reputation for producing good
quality and reasonably priced books. The editor
is known as a taskmaster who adheres to
deadlines and who thus can be counted on to get
the volume out in good time.
Scholars in African linguistics are hereby
invited to contribute proposals for chapters
that describe and elucidate the syllable weight
concept. The hope is that the collection will
include papers dealing with a wide range of
topics such as, but not limited to, the
following:
- Syllable weight and gemination
- Syllable weight and tone
- Syllable weight and stress/accent
- Syllable weight in inflectional and
derivational processes
- Syllable weight and pluractionality
- Syllable weight in ideophones
- Syllable weight in language games
- Syllable weight in verbal arts (proverbs,
poetry, etc.)
- Syllable weight as a language family
feature
- Syllable weight as an areal feature
- Syllable weight as a contact phenomenon
- Syllable weight and language death
- Syllable weight as a variable in the
description of Language X, Y, or Z
Submission Procedure: Proposals, not to exceed
one page, should be in Microsoft Word format.
The proposal should contain the following
information:
I. (a) Title of proposed chapter
(b) Name of authors(s)
(c) E-mail address and affiliation
II. (d) Name of language(s) treated with
indication of classification and geographical
location
(e) A brief description/abstract of the
proposed chapter
Proposals should be submitted to Paul Newman
(pnxxpn
indiana.edu) by November 1, 2014 at
the latest. Acceptance of proposals will depend
on the coherence of the proposal and on the
projected balance of languages and topics
covered. The final draft of chapters will be
due by June 15, 2015. All papers shall be in
English.
Enquiries regarding the volume may be sent to
Paul Newman (pnxxpn
indiana.edu).
Linguistic Field(s): Morphology; Phonology;
Typology
Page Updated: 27-Aug-2014