Dear Friends,
Papers are invited for peer reviewed International Journal “Language Forum” a Special issue on Sociolinguistics.
CALL FOR PAPERS
for
LANGUAGE FORUM: A JOURNAL OF LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE
(Vol. 42, No. 1, Jan-Jun 2016)
Special Number on:
SOCIOLINGUISTICS
A sociolinguist is interested in the functions of language and communicative competence
i.e. how language functions in society – who speaks what language to whom, when and
where and why. The significance of a language as a repository of socio-cultural patterns
of a language community can hardly be overemphasized. It is really remarkable that
during the last few decades sociolinguists all over the world have shed significant light on
these areas of language use. There is nevertheless more scope for in-depth studies on
languages – particularly Indian Languages- from a sociolinguistic orientation. No other
country affords so much opportunity for this kind of study as India, which has rightly
been called a ‘sociolinguistic giant’.
In view of this, Language Forum, a peer reviewed International Journal from Bahri
Publications, New Delhi wishes to bring out a special issue on ‘Sociolinguistics’. The
study of language in a social context will be the subject matter of this issue. Some of the
key areas, which would be covered, are:
1. Effect of social variables on language (Race, Education, Ethnicity, Class, Gender)
2. Code-switching/ Code Mixing
3. Language Varieties (Dialects, Accents, Registers, Styles)
4. First and Second Language Acquisition
5. Bilingualism, Multilingualism
6. Language Problems and Language Planning
7. Ethnolinguistics
8. Anthropological Linguistics
9. Functions of Language in society
10. Sociocultural Context
11. Communicative competence
12. Verbal Repertoire
13. Diglossia
14. Pidgin and Creoles
15. Politeness Strategies
The papers pertaining to the areas mentioned above should be submitted in MS-Word
format to the Guest Editor/Editors, at their contact addresses given below not later than
30th April 2016.
All papers submitted to Language Forum – LF should be original, neither having been
previously published nor being considered elsewhere at the time of submission.
Manuscripts should be in conformity with the Language Forum format, which can be
downloaded from the website <www.bahripublications.co.in>.
Guest Editors:
Vinay Kumar Jain &
Meena Jain.
MLC Govt. Girls College, Khandwa.
450001 (M.P.) India
E-mail: <vinayprof@gmail.com>
Editors:
Harpreet Kaur Bahri
Deepinder Singh Bahri
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