Colloque VocUM

ScriptUM no 5

Call for papers
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We are pleased to announce that ScriptUM, VocUM’s official journal, is accepting submissions for its 5th issue.

VocUM’s first seven editions have been highly successful, as shown by the high number of participants and the great diversity of institutions represented. This multidisciplinary conference is entirely organized by graduate students of the Université de Montréal and in those few years has succeeded in establishing itself in both the national and international academic ecosystem. As for ScriptUM, it already boasts four issues, including one in preparation, filled with articles written by students from different fields of study relating to language. We are particularly interested in continuing the exploration of Language: norm and power, the theme of VocUM’s last edition, which gave way to plentiful discussions during the conference. That being said, we also welcome papers on other topics not related to this theme. Articles can namely, though not exclusively, work from the following disciplinary perspectives:

Ancient languages Linguistics
Applied linguistics Literatures
Automatic language processing Minority languages
Communication Modern languages
Comparative literature Neurolinguistics
Computer science Philosophy of language
Didactics Phonetics
Discourse analysis Pragmatics
Ethnolinguistics Psycholinguistics
Forensic linguistics Sociolinguistics
Hermeneutics Sociology
History of language Specialized translation
History of languages Speech-language pathology
L1/L2/Ln Acquisition Terminology
Language disorders Terminotics
Language pedagogy Translation
Lexicography Translation history
Language planning Translation policy

Submissions must be in French or English. However, VocUM encourages the use of French in order to resist the current trend toward English hegemony in the dissemination of scientific knowledge. Similarly, contributors working in the fields of Spanish and German studies can present their research in Spanish or German, respectively.

Articles must be submitted via the journal’s website, which is managed with OJS, an open-source software for the management of peer-reviewed academic journals. The website features our style guide (also attached to this email) and other relevant information. Articles must namely contain between 4000 and 6000 words. Submissions will undergo double-blind peer review.

  • Important dates
  • Deadline for article submission: March 15th 2021
  • Notification of acceptance: June 2021
  • Prospective publication date: November 2021
  • For more information: http://scriptum.vocum.ca, scriptum@vocum.ca