[PLing] INFO: Call for Submissions – Special issue of ELOPE: English in Central Europe

[Stefan Michael Newerkla]

Call for Submissions
*Autumn special issue of ELOPE: English Language Overseas Perspectives 
and Enquiries*
*English in Central Europe*

With its international prominence in today’s world, English is in 
contact (to greater or lesser degrees) with most languages and societies 
around the globe, with the results of that contact varying from location 
to location, depending on both the linguistic and the socio-cultural 
factors of the particular local context. This special issue of ELOPE to 
be published in December 2022 focuses on the presence of English 
specifically in Central Europe and its interaction with the languages 
and societies of the region.

Central Europe may be a concept that is difficult to pin down 
geographically and politically, since it is in some cases defined by 
historical roots (despite differences in 20th-century social and 
political developments), while other conceptualisations build 
specifically on more recent commonalities of experience (in the last 
50-100 years). At the same time the concept remains in use precisely 
because it is a useful one, in that it captures an area with some common 
socio-cultural traditions that in many ways create a recognizable milieu 
and a feeling of familiarity. This can extend to the manner in which 
English is received and welcomed, as a means not only of communication 
but also of participation in the global culture.

For this special issue of ELOPE on English in Central Europe, we invite 
research that examines all aspects of English language use in Central 
European contexts across all fields of linguistic investigation 
(historical, sociolinguistic, structural, acquisitional, etc.) 
including, but not limited to, the following areas:

  * variation and change in linguistic structures of local language(s)
    induced by contact with English;
  * contact varieties of English developed through contact with local
    language(s);
  * history of English language use in local context(s);
  * English in competition with local language(s) across societal
    domains of use;
  * societal reception of the use of English in local context(s);
  * English as a lingua franca in Central European context(s);
  * acquisition of English and acquired societal bilingualism;
  * and many more areas…

Manuscript submission deadline: 15 May 2022.

General submission guidelines:

  * The language of contributions is English.
  * Manuscripts should be between 5,000 and 8,000 words in length, with
    a short abstract of no more than 150 words.
  * All submitted papers must follow the ELOPE Author Guidelines:
    https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/elope/about/submissions
  * Manuscripts should be submitted for blind review in digital form
    using the Faculty of Arts (University of Ljubljana) OJS platform:
    https://revije.ff.uni-lj.si/elope/information/authors

Please direct all inquiries to the guest editors of this special issue:

  * Monika Kavalir (monika.kavalir at ff.uni-lj.si)
  * Mark Richard Lauersdorf (lauersdorf at uky.edu)

Articles published in ELOPE are indexed/reviewed in:
Scopus; ERIH PLUS; MLA International Bibliography; OCLC WorldCat; CNKI; 
DOAJ; Google Scholar; COBISS.si; dLib.si.
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