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SignWriting List January 24, 2014 This is a message just posted to the Sign Language Linguists List (SLLING-L): ------------ From: "Lisbeth Rogers" <[log in to unmask]> Subject: CALL FOR AUTHORS: The Deaf Studies Encyclopedia/SAGE Reference Date: January 24, 2014 at 10:56:15 AM PST To: [log in to unmask] Reply-To: "linguists interested in signed languages" <[log in to unmask]> Greetings, We are inviting academic editorial contributors to participate in The Deaf Studies Encyclopedia, a new 3-volume reference to be published by SAGE Reference in 2015. *This list of linguistic-related topics currently available for assignment follows below.* The deadline for submissions is April 14, 2014. The encyclopedia will marketed to academic and public libraries as a print and digital product available to students via the library’s electronic services. The General Editors, who will be reviewing each submission to the project are Dr. Genie Gertz and Dr. Patrick Boudreault, Gallaudet University. If you are interested in contributing to this cutting-edge reference, it can be a notable publication addition to your CV/resume and broaden your publishing credits. SAGE Publications offers an honorarium ranging from SAGE book credits for smaller articles up to a free set of the printed product for contributions totaling 10,000 words or more. Your name and affiliation will also appear in the byline of your entry(ies) in the final publication. If you would like to contribute to building a truly outstanding reference with The Deaf Studies Encyclopedia, please contact me by the email information below. Please provide me with your CV or a brief summary of your academic/publishing credentials in related disciplines as well as your selections from the list of topics. I will confirm availability of your selections and provide you with Submission Guidelines and a sample article for your review. Thanks very much. Lisbeth Rogers Director of Author Management [log in to unmask] Available topics including word count/length of entry: Language Research: Post 2000 (e.g., Hamburg Center, UCSD, VL2) 2600 Languages: Natural (e.g., ASL, LSF, MSL, RSL) 3900 Linguistic and Human Rights: Convention of the Rights of the Child 1200 Linguistic and Human Rights: Declaration on the Rights of the Person Belonging to National or Ethnic, Religious and Linguistic Minorities (e.g., Articles 1.: 2.: & 4.) 1900 Linguistic and Human Rights: UN Convention on Genocide (E793, 1948) (e.g., Article II€, Article II(b), Linguistic Genocide by TSK) 1900 Linguistic and Human Rights: UNESCO Education Paper Position 1900 Linguistic and Human Rights: Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity (e.g., UNESCO) 1900 Linguistics: Cognitive 1900 Linguistics: Creativity and Creative Use (e.g., Valli’s Thesis) 1200 Linguistics: Discourse 1900 Linguistics: Facial Grammar 1900 Linguistics: Morphology 2100 Linguistics: Phonetics 2900 Linguistics: Structuralism 1900 Psycholinguistics: Development & Benefits 1900 Psycholinguistics: Pre-Post Lingual 900 Sign Language Teaching: Certifications 1200 Sign Language Teaching: Controversy 2100 Sign Language Teaching: Materials (e.g., SL Dictionary, Online, SL Textbooks) 1500 Sign Language: Central America (e.g., Mexico, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras) 1000 Sign Language: Central Asia (e.g., “Stans”) 1000 Sign Language: Cyrillic Fingerspelling (e.g., RSL) 1000 Sign Language: Eastern Africa (e.g., Ethiopia, Rwanda, Seychelles) 1000 Sign Language: History and Recognition 2500 Sign Language: Middle Africa (e.g., Cameroon, Congo) 1000 Sign Language: Northern Africa (e.g., Algeria, Egypt: Sudan) 1000 Sign Language: Northern America (e.g., Canada, U.S.) 2500 Sign Language: Northern Europe (e.g., Estonia, Finland, etc.) 2000 Sign Language: Oceania (e.g., Australia, New Zealand, Polynesia, etc) 1000 Sign Language: Southern Africa (e.g., South Africa, Swaziland) 1000 Sign Language: Southern Europe (e.g., Croatia, Greece, Italy, Spain) 1500 Sign Language: Two-Handed Fingerspelling 900 Sign Language: Western Africa (e.g., Cote d’Ivoire, Senegal, Mali) 1000 Sign Language: Western Europe (e.g., Austria, Germany, France) 2500 Sign Systems : Sim-Com 1200 Signed Literature: ABC Stories 1200 Signed Literature: An Overview of Genres 2000 Signed Literature: Humor 1200 Signed Literature: SLAM 900 Signed Literature: Stories 1900 Sociolinguistics: Dialects/Regionalisms 1900 Sociolinguistics: Ethnic variety 1200 Sociolinguistics: International Signs & Gestuno 1900 Sociolinguistics: Language Attitude 1900 Sociolinguistics: Language Contact of Spoken Languages 1500 Sociolinguistics: Language Contact within Home Signs and Gestures 1900 Sociolinguistics: Language Contact within International Signs/Gestuno 1500 Sociolinguistics: Latin Fingerspelling (e.g., LSF, ASL, DGS) 1200 Sociolinguistics: Multi-signed languages countries (e.g., LSQ-ASL, Flemish SL- LSB [Belgium]) 1900 Sociolinguistics: Registers 1200 Sociolinguistics: Sign Language Migration & Geography 2000 Sociolinguistics: Signing in the classroom 2100 ——— ________________________________________________ SIGNWRITING LIST INFORMATION Valerie Sutton SignWriting List moderator [log in to unmask] Post Messages to the SignWriting List: [log in to unmask] SignWriting List Archives & Home Page http://www.signwriting.org/forums/swlist Join, Leave or Change How You Receive SW List Messages http://listserv.valenciacollege.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=SW-L&A=1