[PapuanLanguages] [idstrom at mappi.helsinki.fi: Reminder: Call for papers, Endangered Metaphors vol II]

[Martin Steer]

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Call for papers: Endangered Metaphors Volume II
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Metaphors in endangered languages became a focus of increasing 
international academic attention since John Benjamins published the 
volume “Endangered Metaphors” (eds. Anna Idström & Elisabeth 
Piirainen, in co-operation with Tiber Falzett) in March 2012. 
[http://benjamins.com/catalog/clscc.2]. This volume consists of 15 
articles on endangered languages spoken in Papua New Guinea, India, 
Peru, Alaska, Ghana, Finland, etc. These articles provide priceless 
original data and a wealth of information about linguistic and 
conceptual metaphors which are in danger of vanishing without a trace 
if languages die or significantly change under pressure of more 
powerful majority languages.

Now it is time to continue work. Therefore we call for papers to another book:

“Endangered Metaphors Volume II – Vanishing Images, Changing 
Conceptualizations”.

We hope to find authors who have competence in preparing an article 
about an endangered language, preferably an indigenous language spoken 
outside of Europe. The book will concentrate on two themes: the rich 
imagery manifested in idioms (we hope to receive papers on indigenous 
languages whose idioms are not yet documented comprehensively to 
promote their documentation), and conceptual differences between a 
minority language and a majority language. Concerning the latter topic 
we hope to receive papers which compare conceptual metaphors of an 
endangered language with those of the language that threatens its 
existence.

If you are interested in contributing to the volume, please send an 
abstract of your paper to Dr. Anna Idström, anna.e.idstrom AT 
helsinki.fi, by the end of November 2012.

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