Phonetic and Phonological Complexity in Romance Languages
A special issue of Languages (ISSN 2226-471X).
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (15 October 2023) | Viewed by 1184
Special Issue Editors
Interests: phonology; prosody; phonetics; morphology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
We are guest editing a special volume of Languages to be entitled "Phonetic and Phonological Complexity in Romance Languages". As the subject line suggests, we are writing to inquire whether you would be interested in contributing an original research paper pertaining to the topic indicated by the title.
While there are a number of books and publications pertaining to the linguistic study of Romance languages, there tends to be an under-representation of contributions focusing specifically on their phonetic and phonological properties and structures. The present volume will address this concern, bringing together original research papers on any Romance language/s that address phonological and/or phonetic issues.
As indicated in the title of the volume, we are especially interested in contributions that highlight issues of complexity - which may be interpreted as phenomena that are indeed complex, or phenomena that might seem complex but that may actually turn out to be quite straight-forward when analyzed in a particular way. These may be addressed from theoretical and/or experimental perspectives.
In order to permit us to advance the plans for the volume, we request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit an email to guest editors (ivogel@udel.edu and lspinu@gc.cuny.edu) expressing interest with a tentative title and 2-3 sentences about the topic, and subsequently, the proposed title and an abstract of 400-600 words summarizing their intended contribution, along with a list of the references appearing in your text. The references and any figures may appear on a separate page and do not contribute to the word count. Please send your abstract to the guest editors (ivogel@udel.edu and lspinu@gc.cuny.edu). Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors for the purposes of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer-review.
Prof. Dr. Irene Vogel
Dr. Laura Spinu
Guest Editors
Manuscript Submission Information
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Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-blind peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Languages is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.
Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1400 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.
Keywords
- linguistic complexity
- phonetics
- phonology
- Romance linguistics
