Language Contact in Borderlands
A special issue of Languages (ISSN 2226-471X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2023) | Viewed by 7959
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sociolinguistics; bilingualism; language learning
Interests: sociolinguistics; language variation and change; Spanish in contact; bilingualism; Spanish as a heritage language; language acquisition; Spanish phonology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
This special issue focuses on borderlands in which two or more languages are spoken within the same community. The goal of this issue is to further our understanding of bilingual/multilingual language in context and to highlight communities along political/geographic borders. This volume will provide a state of the field examination of research on the language spoken in border communities. We welcome sociolinguistic research, which discusses bilingual/multilingual speech in any borderland context from around the world. All subfields of sociolinguistics and sociolinguistic methodologies are welcome; this includes (but is not limited to) quantitative and qualitative research, language variation and change, bilingualism/multilingualism, language contact, language choice, linguistic landscapes, language attitudes, language ideologies, borrowing, codeswitching, and language policy and planning.
We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of 400–600 words, summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to the guest editors ([email protected]) or to the Languages editorial office ([email protected]). Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors for the purpose of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer-review.
Tentative completion schedule:
- Abstract submission deadline: 1 June 2023
- Notification of abstract acceptance: 1 July 2023
- Full manuscript deadline: 15 October 2023
Dr. Katherine O'Donnell Christoffersen
Dr. Ryan M. Bessett
Dr. Ana Maria Carvalho
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- borders
- sociolinguistics
- language contact
- bilingualism
- multilingualism
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