Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online
A Born-Digital, Multimodal, Peer-Reviewed Online Publication
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About this database
The new peer-reviewed online reference Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online (LME) provides comprehensive documentation of indigenous and immigrant linguistic minorities in Europe. It contains a variety of content and materials:
Standardized overview articles on a given linguistic minority, with emphasis on: Linguistic description (genealogy, structure, history) – Demographics (number and distribution of speakers, migration patterns, influences of geopolitical changes, etc.) – Status (immigrant or regional language, status in areas used, protection by European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages, etc.) – Standardization (extent and manner of standardization/codification, acceptance/support and development of standard, relationship between standard and non-standard varieties, etc.) – Variation (geographical, social, ethnic, age/gender-related, linguistic levels, extent and domains of use, etc.) – Attitudes (speakers’ perspective on language) – Revitalization and maintenance (extent, institutional or informal, vitality and proficiency of language) – Education (use as medium of instruction or object of study, types of schools/educational institutions, etc.) – Media (use in radio/television/social media/print media) – Other cultural practices/centers (music, dance, food, literature, cultural gatherings, etc.) – Directions for further research In-depth research articles on specific topics regarding European minority languages/linguistic minorities, including sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and ethnolinguistic perspectives Multimedia elements (audios, videos, images) Primary sources , such as annotated texts, transcriptions, corpora, glossaries, field notes, etc. (Open Access as well as non-Open Access) All articles in LME are enriched with metadata, allowing specific searches and filter options , e.g. for language name , country /state /region , language family , keywords , references, and text in linguistic examples . The content is heavily interlinked , so as to enable users to quickly switch between overview articles, in-depth research articles, and primary sources. Furthermore, LME articles link out to selected external online resources.
Approximately 75% of the content are custom-written for LME, 25% consist of seminal research from De Gruyter’s and De Gruyter Mouton’s archives, carefully selected by the main editors and area editors.
Currently, LME contains, amongst others, articles on Basque , Breton , Croatian , Frisian , Hungarian , Irish , the Sámi languages , and Turkish as minority languages (content about further languages is in preparation). New articles will be added annually (in two yearly updates).
Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online is co-published with the Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan Lenore Grenoble (University of Chicago), Pia Lane (MultiLing, University of Oslo), and Unn Røyneland (MultiLing, University of Oslo) in collaboration with a group of expert area editors.
Contact the main editors:
Lenore Grenoble, grenoble@uchicago.edu pia.lane@iln.uio.no unn.royneland@iln.uio.no
Would you like to contribute to LME as an author and/or have your primary material published in LME? Contact the main editors or lme@degruyter.com .
Editorial
Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan Lenore Grenoble (University of Chicago), Pia Lane (MultiLing, University of Oslo), and Unn Røyneland (MultiLing, University of Oslo) in collaboration with a group of expert area editors.
Contact the main editors :
Lenore Grenoble, grenoble@uchicago.edu pia.lane@iln.uio.no unn.royneland@iln.uio.no
Area editors :
Basque:
Breton: Michael Hornsby (Adam Mickiewicz University Poznań)
Croatian:
Frisian:
German: Rahel Beyer (Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache)
Hungarian:
Irish: Noel Ó Murchadha (Trinity College Dublin)
Istro-Romanian: Zvjezdana Vrzic (New York University)
Kven: Pia Lane (University of Oslo)
Nynorsk: Unn Røyneland (University of Oslo)
Romani: Yaron Matras (University of Manchester)
Sámi:
Turkish:
Editorial board :
Jannis Androutsopoulos (Universität Hamburg, Germany)
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Call for Papers We are looking for excellent research articles dealing with linguistic minorities/European minority languages from various disciplines. Contributions are welcome for the following language areas:
Basque, Breton, Croatian, Frisian, German, Hungarian, Irish, Istro-Romanian, Kven, Nynorsk, Romani, the Sámi languages, and Turkish.
Our current submission deadlines are:30 April 2022
Submission: You can submit your manuscript via email to lme@degruyter.com .research overview LME Style Guide , on this webpage (go to: overview tab / Supplementary Materials ).
Media: Being a born digital resource, LME is characterized by the embedding of media items. All submissions should, therefore, include media content (images, audios, and videos). Please have a look at our free access articles to get an idea of how other authors have incorporated media in their texts (see overview).lme@degruyter.com together with your article. Before submission, please make sure that you have obtained any rights and approvals which may be necessary for the publication of the material within LME.
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Review and revision process: The review process will take place in an online editorial system. After the first editorial steps following your submission, you will receive an invitation to this system.
Hybrid Open Access: You can publish your article open access. Please get in touch with us if this is an option for you.
We look forward to receiving your manuscript!
Last updated on 14.12.2021
Update Frequency
Twice a year (June | November)