Current Issue
Editor: William J. Kirwin
Editors of this issue: Suzanne Power and Sandra Clarke
English Language Research Centre
Management Committee
William Kirwin Sandra Clarke
Paul De Decker Philip Hiscock
Robert Hollett Gerard Van Herk
Jeff Webb Jennifer Lokash (ex officio)
Suzanne Power (ex officio)
The English Language Research Centre was created in 1986, in part, to encourage and facilitate the continued investigation of the English language and cognate topics in Newfoundland. Current and future numbers of Regional Language Studies...Newfoundland are available through Memorial University's Open Access journals at:
http://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/RLS/index.
Regional Language Studies provides information on projects ongoing in the Centre and articles and notes under the principal research headings of ELRC: the English language in its historical, regional, and social dimensions, place-names and cartographic history, family names, and editing of Newfoundland texts. Articles on non-English language topics in the Newfoundland and Labrador context are also encouraged. The journal publishes papers by academics, students, and others on topics relating to Newfoundland languages.
Back numbers of Regional Language Studies may be found at:
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm4/browse.php?CISOROOT=%2Frlsn.
Address:
Regional Language Studies
English Language Research Centre
Department of English
Arts and Administration A3019
Memorial University
Elizabeth Avenue
St. John's, NL
Canada, A1C 5S7
Phone: (709) 864-4481
Website: www.mun.ca/elrc
Email: elrc@mun.ca
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:30AM-4:30PM
ISSN 0079-9335
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RLS gratefully acknowledges the financial support of the Department of English, and the Dean of Arts, Memorial University.
Articles
RLS...Newfoundland (2015) Call for Papers
Regional Language Studies ... Newfoundland is seeking contributions on language-related topics from Memorial faculty, students, and others, for possible inclusion in its 2015 issue. RLS welcomes papers and short notes that deal with any aspect of Newfoundland or Labrador English. These include, but are by no means limited to: language in historical perspective; regional or community features (phonetic, grammatical or lexical); social differences in language use; lexical studies; and investigations of place names or family names. Papers that deal with other languages in the province (e.g. French, aboriginal languages) are also welcome.
RLS is published once a year by Memorial University’s English Language Research Centre (ELRC; www.mun.ca/elrc). Founded by Professor Emeritus William J. Kirwin (English), it is currently edited by Professor Emerita Sandra Clarke (Linguistics), Professor Paul De Decker (Linguistics) and ELRC manager Suzanne Power. The deadline for the 2015 issue is June 30, 2015. If you’re thinking of submitting, please contact Suzanne Power at elrc@mun.ca, who can also provide further information.
While there is no set limit on length, papers in recent issues of RLS have not generally exceeded 3500 words (the equivalent of 10 double-spaced pages), excluding references and endnotes. The style of your paper should be fairly non-technical, aimed for a general-interest readership. RLS is published in both print and open-access online formats; its two most recent issues (24 & 25) can be accessed at http://journals.library.mun.ca/ojs/index.php/RLS/index . Please follow the RLS style sheet, included at the end of each issue. Previous issues of RLS (1 – 23) are available online in Memorial’s Digital Archive Collection, at
http://collections.mun.ca/cdm4/description.php?phpReturn=typeListing.php&id=57
