Second
Call for Proposals
Edited
Collection
Linguistics
& the Study of Comics
Submission
Deadline: Monday 16 November 2009
Scholars
are invited to submit their work on the linguistic study of the comic arts. The
chapters in this edited collection will focus on the ways that linguistic codes
function in comics. Any aspect of linguistic theory and analysis is welcome,
and all submissions should appeal to both comics scholars and linguists. All
forms of comics will be considered: graphic novels, comic strips, comic books,
on-line comics, videos, etc. Scholarship in non-English and multilingual comics
is especially encouraged.
Possible
topics for this edited collection
pidgin/creole
studies * politeness theory * conversation analysis *
language
variation * speech act theory * bilingual/multilingual texts *
intercultural
communication * language & gender * language &
sexuality *
code switching * phonology * morphology * syntax *
semantics *
corpus linguistics * cognitive linguistics * interactional
sociolinguistics
* standard/prestige language * language policy *
language
& ethnicity/race * constructed languages * critical discourse
analysis *
language socialization * language death * language
preservation *
Contributor
Guidelines
·
Send an abstract of
400-500 words.
·
Send a one-page
tailored curriculum vitae for each author and co-author. (Narrative CVs are
fine.)
·
Submit abstracts and
CVs as Word or Word-compatible files. PDFs are also acceptable.
·
Submission deadline: Monday 16 November 2009.
·
Materials should be
sent to Frank Bramlett via email <fbramlett at unomaha dot edu>.