Spanish in the US: A Sociolinguistic Approach

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to contribute to this Special Issue on Spanish in the United States of America. The goal of the present issue is to expand our understanding of current social and sociolinguistic trends and factors affecting the vitality of Spanish varieties and the life of Spanish-speaking communities in the US. Scholars from different disciplines, primarily linguistics, sociology, anthropology, and education, are invited to address key topics related to the future of Spanish and Spanish-speaking communities in the US. This Special Issue includes but is not limited to the following topics: bilingualism/multilingualism; language contact and change; formal aspects of US Spanish; language maintenance; shift and loss; language ideologies and language attitudes; educational policies and practices; translanguaging; heritage language acquisition; heritage language learning and teaching; third-generation heritage Spanish; language and identity; raciolinguistics; language in politics and politics of language; language and the law; language planning; language policy; language rights; linguistic anthropology; linguistic variation;linguistic landscapes; mass media and Spanish; Spanish in the professions; and Spanish and the economy. We welcome multidisciplinary, multimethod, and collaborative cutting-edge scholarship.

We request that, prior to submitting a manuscript, interested authors initially submit a proposed title and an abstract of between 400–600 words summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to the guest editor (apastor@smu.edu). Abstracts will be reviewed by the guest editors for the purpose of ensuring the paper fits within the scope of the Special Issue. Full manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer-review.

Tentative Completion Schedule

• Abstract Submission Deadline: September 15th, 2023
• Notification of Abstract Acceptance: October 15th, 2023
• Full Manuscript Deadline: February 15th, 2024

Dr. Alberto Pastor
Guest Editor

Manuscript Submission Information

Manuscripts should be submitted online at www.mdpi.com by registering and logging in to this website. Once you are registered, click here to go to the submission form. Manuscripts can be submitted until the deadline. All submissions that pass pre-check are peer-reviewed. Accepted papers will be published continuously in the journal (as soon as accepted) and will be listed together on the Special Issue website. Research articles, review articles as well as short communications are invited. For planned papers, a title and short abstract (about 250 words) can be sent to the Editorial Office for assessment.

Submitted manuscripts should not have been published previously, nor be under consideration for publication elsewhere (except conference proceedings papers). All manuscripts are thoroughly refereed through a double-anonymized peer-review process. A guide for authors and other relevant information for submission of manuscripts is available on the Instructions for Authors page. Languages is an international peer-reviewed open access monthly journal published by MDPI.

Please visit the Instructions for Authors page before submitting a manuscript. The Article Processing Charge (APC) for publication in this open access journal is 1600 CHF (Swiss Francs). Submitted papers should be well formatted and use good English. Authors may use MDPI's English editing service prior to publication or during author revisions.