<div dir="ltr"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">Lauren Hall-Lew</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:Lauren.Hall-Lew@ed.ac.uk">Lauren.Hall-Lew@ed.ac.uk</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Feb 19, 2025 at 11:31 AM<br>Subject: Journal of Sociolinguistics call for proposals Theme Series<br>To: <<a href="mailto:VAR-L@jiscmail.ac.uk">VAR-L@jiscmail.ac.uk</a>><br></div><br><br><div class="msg-6941741690890740828">
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<p class="MsoNormal">Dear Variationists,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">We're pleased to announce that the <a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/14679841" title="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fjournal%2F14679841&data=05%7C02%7C%7C815a01c01969419a47a908dd5005b940%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C638754707813258969%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFb" target="_blank">
Journal of Sociolinguistics</a><i> </i>is now inviting proposals for theme series. A theme series is a collection of several original research articles on a particular theme that make, individually and collectively, significant contributions to sociolinguistics
by raising novel questions or addressing current debates in the field. We advise authors to read the
<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal/14679841/homepage/theme-issue-proposal" title="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fpage%2Fjournal%2F14679841%2Fhomepage%2Ftheme-issue-proposal&data=05%7C02%7C%7C815a01c01969419a47a908dd5005b940%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a06934dc61%7C0%7C0%7C6387547" target="_blank">
guidelines</a> and “<a href="https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/pb-assets/assets/14679841/documents/JSL-Getting-Published-1738174670903.pdf" title="https://eur02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fonlinelibrary.wiley.com%2Fpb-assets%2Fassets%2F14679841%2Fdocuments%2FJSL-Getting-Published-1738174670903.pdf&data=05%7C02%7C%7C815a01c01969419a47a908dd5005b940%7C2e9f06b016694589878910a069" target="_blank">How
to get published in the <i>Journal of Sociolinguistics</i></a>” (both available on our website) before drafting their proposals. </p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Proposals should be submitted as PDF or Word documents to the editors – Lauren Hall-Lew (<a href="mailto:lauren.hall-lew@ed.ac.uk" title="mailto:lauren.hall-lew@ed.ac.uk" target="_blank">lauren.hall-lew@ed.ac.uk</a>), Jaspal Singh (<a href="mailto:jaspal.singh@open.ac.uk" title="mailto:jaspal.singh@open.ac.uk" target="_blank">jaspal.singh@open.ac.uk</a>),<b> </b>and
Andrew Wong (<a href="mailto:andrew.wong@csueastbay.edu" title="mailto:andrew.wong@csueastbay.edu" target="_blank">andrew.wong@csueastbay.edu</a>) – between 1 June and 1 July, 2025. </p>
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I hope you’ll consider submitting a theme series proposal! Please spread the word and tell your colleagues to submit as well.</p>
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Best regards,</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lauren, Jaspal, and Andrew</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Lauren Hall-Lew (she/her)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Professor and Personal Chair of Sociolinguistics<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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