Authors are expected to provide a complete essay until March 31st, 2017. The issue will be published in 2018. Below, full text of the CFP.

CALL FOR PAPERS - Ilha do Desterro Journal



SPECIAL ISSUE 2018: Investigating Second Language Speech

Guest Editors:

Rosane Silveira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina

Walcir Cardoso, Concordia University

Ocke-Schwen Bohn, Aarhus University

Donesca Puntel Xhafaj, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina



Ilha do Desterro is a top-tier, open-access journal published by the Graduate Program in English of Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (Florianopolis, Brazil), which has been publishing articles in the areas of English, Literature and Cultural Studies since 1979. The editors would like to invite manuscripts to be considered for a special issue to appear in September 2018 focusing on research in second or foreign language (L2) speech. We welcome original, previously unpublished papers covering a variety of themes related to the acquisition and teaching of L2 speech, including (a) Speech perception and production; (b) Theories and models of L2 speech acquisition; (c) Acquisition of L2 phonology and phonotactics; (d) Multilingualism and the acquisition of additional languages; (e) Pronunciation teaching and learning; and (f) Sociolinguistic, psycholinguistic, and neurolinguistic aspects of L2 speech learning.

Submitted articles will be subject to the normal peer review process of the Ilha do Desterro journal. Please read the Author Guidelines below and visit the submission guidelines at the following link for information on manuscript length, the mandate of the journal, and other aspects of submission: https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/about/submissions, For the English version of the guidelines, select the respective language under IDIOMA on the right hand side of the page

Final deadline for submissions: March 31st, 2017.

Submissions should be sent electronically through SCIELO (Scientific Electronic Library Online): https://periodicos.ufsc.br/index.php/desterro/about/submissions

Receipt of all manuscripts will be acknowledged via SCIELO.



Questions about the special issue may be addressed to the following co-editors:

Professor Rosane Silveira, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, rosanesilduarte@gmail.com

Professor Walcir Cardoso, Concordia University, walcir.cardoso@concordia.ca