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Appel à contributions pour l'International Journal of Taiwan Studies (plus d'informations ci-dessous) :International Journal of Taiwan Studies Topical Section Call forPapers “Language and Society in Taiwan”Since the beginning of the twentieth century,Taiwan has undergone continuous and profound sociolinguistic changes. Modernlanguage planning was initiated by the Japanese colonial government and itsdecision to establish Japanese as Taiwan’s national language (kokugo).This policy introduced three innovative moments: first, the modern concept of anational language was for the first time introduced to Taiwan. Second, byactively implementing the spread of the national language, the Japanesecolonial period marks the beginning of institutionalised linguistichierarchies. Third, the top position within this hierarchy was attributed toJapanese, a new language on Taiwan’s linguistic map. After the regime change in1945, the KMT government continued this national language policy, the onlysignificant change being the replacement of Japanese with Mandarin. As a resultof national language planning, Taiwan society at large has undergone two majorlanguage shifts. By 1945, according to historical reports, the use of theJapanese language was widespread, and had even entered private domains. At theend of the twentieth century, Mandarin had been successfully established asTaiwan’s dominant language of education, government administration and media;its use in private domains had reached unprecedented levels. At the same time,since the late twentieth century, the reverse effects of national languageplanning have become increasingly obvious: a growing marginalisation and evenendangerment of the mother tongues of the great majority of Taiwan’s population,i.e. the Austronesian languages of ethnic minorities, Hakka and the SouthernMin dialects collectively referred to as Hoklo or Taiwanese. For some 20 years,this process of marginalisation and endangerment has been an issue of closelyconnected debates on the re-definition of national language policies, languagein education, and Taiwan identity at large.Against this historical backdrop, this topicalsection of the International Journal of Taiwan Studies (IJTS) welcomes papersthat address recent developments in Taiwan’s language planning. Due to thecurrent shortage of empirical studies that engage with language policies after2000, we particularly encourage inquiries into the effects of mother tongueeducation, the promulgation of language laws, and non-governmental languageactivism. Moreover, although the fields of language planning and societalmultilingualism have witnessed the introduction of new frameworks, concepts andapproaches in the past years, Taiwan has played only a marginal role in theorybuilding. Therefore, contributions that apply concepts such as linguisticjustice or agency in language planning to Taiwan’s language situation areparticularly welcome. To signal your interest and intent to write anarticle in this topical section please email an abstract (300-400 words) alongwith a short bio (50-100 words) to the guest editors: Professor Henning Klöter(Humboldt University of Berlin, email: henning.kloeter@hu-berlin.de)and Julia Wasserfall (julia.wasserfall@hu-berlin.de)by 31 January 2020. TimelineBy 31 January 2020: Submission ofabstract. By 29 February 2020: Decision byguest editors on invitations for manuscript submission. By 31 August 2020: Submit manuscript(5000-7000 words) to Professor Henning Klöter and Julia Wasserfall, for reviewby editors. By 31 January 2021: Submitmanuscript online to the IJTS for double-blind peer review.