Call for Papers for Publication

Deadline: May 1, 2005

PALA Papers: Prospect & Retrospect

David L. Hoover and Sharon Lattig, editors

Local Editorial Board: Christopher Collins, Martin Gliserman, David Gorman, Don Hardy, Jonathan Shaw

Anyone who presented a paper at the 2004 PALA Conference, New York, July 2004 is invited to submit a finished written version for possible inclusion in the theme-based volume which will include approximately 15-20 papers. This will be the third in a series of volumes of papers from PALA conferences to be published by Rodopi  (Amsterdam and New York, NY: http://www.rodopi.nl), with Professor Donald C. Freeman as General Editor.

As the title suggests, in order to be included, essays must bear directly or indirectly on the conference theme, either looking forward toward the future–proposing new methods or approaches, suggesting improvements in or confirming and expanding current methods or approaches, or looking backward toward the origins of the approaches used–reevaluating, critiquing, revising, or rehabilitating the methods of the past. In selecting from among the thematically appropriate submissions, overall quality will of course be of paramount concern, but consideration will also be given to including a diversity of topics, to balancing papers that are more theoretical with those that are more practical, and to other considerations involving the overall shape, size, and coherence of the collection.


Format of Submissions

All submissions must be must be electronic texts in English, preferably in the form of email attachments in Word, WordPerfect, or rich text format (RTF). Submissions by mail on  diskette or CD are also acceptable. All submissions must include an Abstract of 100-200 words and a list of 5 key terms discussed in the essay. Submissions should be no longer than 6,000 words, including abstract, references, quoted material, appendices, notes, etc.

To facilitate the creation of a consistent style and appearance for the book, please format your submission as simply as possible. Do not use any unnecessary or complex formatting, any unusual or multiple type faces, any headers, footers, or elaborate sectioning. The text must be single-spaced in Times New Roman, size 10.

Each submission must include the following items, in the given order:


Style and Referencing


Quoted words or passages within the running text should be in single quotes, with double quotes for any material that is quoted within a passage of quotation. Indent all passages of more than two lines in length. Use the Harvard system for referencing, citing only the author(s) and year of publication in the text, e.g. (Tan, 1995: 43) or Tan (1995: 43); use ‘et al.’ when citing a work by more than two authors and add ‘a’, ‘b’, ‘c’, etc. to the date to distinguish citations of different works by the same author in the same year. All references cited in the text must be listed alphabetically and presented in full after the notes, using the following style:


Articles in journals:

Schiffrin, D. (1981) ‘Tense variation in narrative’, Language 57 (1): 45-62.

Books:

Lakoff, G. and Johnson, M. (1980) Metaphors We Live By. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.

Articles in books:

Halliday, M. A. K. (1971) ‘Linguistic function and literary style’, in S. Chatman (ed.), Literary Style: A Symposium, pp.330-365. London: Oxford University Press.

Clark, H. (1977) ‘Inferences in comprehension’, in D. Laberge and S. J. Samuels (eds), Basic Processes in Reading, pp.83-112. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum.

Unpublished works:

Hiraga, M. K. (2000) ‘The Interplay of Metaphor and Iconicity: A Cognitive Approach’, unpublished PhD thesis, University of London.

Material from the Internet:

Bryan, Donald. 1999. ‘Rogues and Vagabonds in Elizabethan Drama’, http:/www.acumen.edu/english/bryan/44.htm (accessed 14 June 2000)


Send all submissions to the following address or email:


David L. Hoover
NYU English Department
19 University Place
New York, NY 10003
david.hoover@nyu.edu


Submissions must be received by May 1, 2005