Advances in Australian English
A special issue of Languages (ISSN 2226-471X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (19 January 2024) | Viewed by 4447
Special Issue Editors
Interests: sociolinguistics; second language acquisition; language attitudes and ideologies
Interests: speaker characteristics; forensic phonetics; sociophonetics; theories of speech production; phonetic realisation of varieties of English
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We invite you to submit research to the upcoming Special Issue of Languages, entitled “Advances in Australian English”, a selection of articles bringing together cutting-edge, multidisciplinary research in Australian English(es) from the perspectives of sociolinguistics, language variation and change, phonetics, forensic linguistics, language contact and multilingualism, and language acquisition.
Conferences and colloquia such as Language Variation and Change-Australia, the Forum on Englishes in Australia, Sociophonetic Variability in the English Varieties of Australia (SocioPhonAus), and the Australian Linguistic Society annual meeting, as well as special sessions at the Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology (SST), are by now well-established outlets for the latest linguistic research in Australian English(es). Furthermore, recent edited volumes such as Australian English Reimagined: Structure Features and Developments (2020) and textbooks such as Australian English Pronunciation and Transcription (2017) have laid the foundation for excellence and rigour in a growing interdisciplinary field. Our Special Issue will aim to capture more recent developments in this fast-moving, burgeoning and increasingly diverse area of research. We welcome submissions from all areas of research in Australian English(es) and we particularly welcome work from underrepresented communities or speakers, such as ethnolects of Australian English and Aboriginal English(es).
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 to the guest editors ([email protected] and [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, but this does not guarantee publication. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer-review. Please note that articles will be fully open access and that the article processing charges (APC) will be waived for this Special Issue.
References
Cox, F., & Fletcher, J. (2017). Australian English Pronunciation and Transcription (2nd ed.). Cambridge University Press. doi:10.1017/9781316995631
Willoughby, L., & Manns, H. (Eds.). (2020). Australian English Reimagined: Structure, Features and Developments. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429019692
Dr. Chloe Diskin-Holdaway
Dr. Kirsty McDougall
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- Australian English
- sociolinguistics
- language variation and change
- phonetics
- forensic linguistics
- language contact and multilingualism
- language acquisition
- ethnolects
- Aboriginal English(es)
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