Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online

Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online is co-published with the Center for Multilingualism in Society across the Lifespan (MultiLing) at the University of Oslo and edited by Lenore Grenoble (University of Chicago, USA), Pia Lane (MultiLing, University of Oslo, Norway), and Unn Røyneland (MultiLing, University of Oslo, Norway) in collaboration with a group of expert area editors.

Contact the main editors:

Lenore Grenoble, grenoble@uchicago.edu
Pia Lane, pia.lane@iln.uio.no
Unn Røyneland, unn.royneland@iln.uio.no

Area editors:

Asturian:
Covadonga Lamar Prieto (University of California, Riverside, USA)
covadonga.lamar-prieto@ucr.edu

Isabel Álvarez Sancho (Oklahoma State University, USA)
isabel.alvarez-sancho@okstate.edu

Breton:
Michael Hornsby (Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland)
mhornsby@amu.edu.pl

Cornish:
Katy Humberstone (University of Exeter, UK)
Kensa Broadhurst (University of Exeter, UK)

Croatian:
Zvjezdana Vrzić (New York University, USA)

German:
Heiko F. Marten (Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Germany; Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Latvia)
marten@ids-mannheim.de

Albrecht Plewnia (Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Germany)
plewnia@ids-mannheim.de

Greenlandic:
Naja Blytmann Trondhjem (University of Copenhagen, Denmark)
trondhjem@hum.ku.dk

Irish:
Noel Ó Murchadha (Trinity College Dublin, Ireland)
noel.omurchadha@tcd.ie

Istro-Romanian:
Zvjezdana Vrzić (New York University, USA)

Kven:
Pia Lane (University of Oslo, Norway)
pia.lane@iln.uio.no

Nynorsk:
Unn Røyneland (University of Oslo, Norway)
unn.royneland@iln.uio.no

Romani:
Yaron Matras (Aston University, UK)
y.matras@aston.ac.uk

Daniele Viktor Leggio (University of Oslo, Norway)
danieleviktor.leggio@gmail.com

Sámi:
Annika Pasanen (Sámi University of Applied Sciences, Norway)
annikap@samas.no

Minerva Piha (Nord University, Norway)
minerva.m.piha@nord.no

Turkish:
Kutlay Yagmur (Tilburg University, Netherlands)
k.yagmur@tilburguniversity.edu

Editorial board:

Jannis Androutsopoulos (Universität Hamburg, Germany)
Peter Auer (Universität Freiburg, Germany)
Brigitta Busch (University of Vienna, Austria)
Silvia Dal Negro (Free University of Bolzano-Bozen, Italy)
Heiko F. Marten (Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, Germany; Rezekne Academy of Technologies, Latvia)
Yaron Matras (Aston University, UK)
Tadhg Ó hlfearnáin (National University of Ireland, Galway, Ireland)
Bernadette O'Rourke (University of Glasgow, UK)
Kutlay Yagmur (Tilburg University, Netherlands)

Former editors:

Basque:
Iván Igartua (University of the Basque Country – UPV/EHU, Basque Autonomous Community)
Miren Lourdes Oñederra (Royal Academy of the Basque Language, Basque Autonomous Community)

Frisian:
Nanna Haug Hilton (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
G.T. Jensma (University of Groningen, Netherlands)
Willem Visser (University of Groningen, Netherlands)

Hungarian:
Szilvia Bátyi (University of Pannonia, Hungary)
Viktória Ferenc (Research Institute for Hungarian Communities Abroad, Hungary)

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:

Asturian, Basque, Breton, Cornish, Croatian, Frisian, German, Greenlandic, Hungarian, Irish, Istro-Romanian, Kven, Nynorsk, Romani, the Sámi languages, and Turkish.

Submissions relating to other minority languages in Europe will also be considered.

Our current submission deadlines are:
30 April 2023
30 November 2023

Submission:
You can submit your manuscript via email to lme@degruyter.com.
Manuscripts must be based on our templates for research and overview articles. These can be found, together with the LME Style Guide, on this webpage (go to: overview tab / Supplementary Materials).
The target length for contributions of research articles is 7,000-11,000 words (plus references and ancillary material).

Submissions in non-English languages are also welcomed. In this case, please also submit an English-language abstract and title. Please note that we cannot offer any translation or language polishing services for non-English language publications.

There is no fee for submitting or publishing a standard article with LME (see below for more information on open access fees).

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).
Please submit your media via a ZIP file sent to 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.

Links to external sources:
We encourage authors to interlink their articles with internal as well as external sources. Please do not forget to add the references for each source in the respective reference sections.

Review and revision process:
Due to our differentiated article types, we offer a double-blind peer review for research articles, whereas for overview articles the process is single-blind. All review and revision processes take place in our online editorial system. After the first editorial steps following your submission, you will receive an invitation to this system.

Hybrid Open Access:
Open access publications are subject to a processing fee of 2000 Euro (plus VAT if applicable). Mandated open access publications may be eligible for a discount. Please get in touch with us to discuss this option further.

We look forward to receiving your manuscript!

Here you will find a selection of interesting articles, compiled by our editorial team and available to you free of charge:

Here you will find instructions for searching in the Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online and explanations of the individual search functions.

Search

You have three different options for searching.

Search form

The search form allows you to search using various search criteria. To do so, select the appropriate criterion in the search field and enter your search term(s) in the search field. The following search criteria are available:

1. Full Text: Searches in all entries for the entered terms. Finds all entries that contain all searched terms and therefore returns the most results. For a more specific search, the other search criteria are more suitable.
   
   The following operators can be used in the search field:
• *: Added to a string. Searches for entries including all terms that match the searched string with any addition.
• AND: Searches for entries including all the terms connected by this operator (default search function).
• OR: Searches for entries including at least one of the terms connected by this operator.
• NOT: Searches for entries including the first, but not the second of the terms connected by this operator.

These operators can be combined with each other.

2. Title: Finds all entries whose titles contain all searched terms. This search criterion can be used to search specifically for entries for particular terms. Search with truncation does not work at the moment.
3. Author: Finds all entries with authors of the searched name. Suggests up to 15 matching author names in alphabetical order as you type. This search criterion can be used to search for entries by specific authors.
4. Keyword: Finds all entries to which the searched keyword is assigned. Suggests up to 15 matching keywords in alphabetical order as you type. This search criterion can be used to search for entries that deal with a specific topic.
5. Type: Select a type from the drop-down menu: Overview Article, Primary Source, Primary Source: Audio, Primary Source: Image, Primary Source: Table, Primary Source: Text, Primary Source: Video, Research Article. Finds all entries of this type.
6. Publication Year: Select Exact to search for a single year, or Range to search for a range of years. Finds all entries that have been published electronically in this year or range of years.
7. Place: Finds all entries which contain the searched place. Suggests up to 15 matching places in alphabetical order as you type. This search criterion can be used to search for entries in which specific locations are mentioned.
8. Language: Finds all entries that deal with the searched language. Suggests up to 15 matching languages in alphabetical order as you type.
9. Linguistic Example: Finds all entries whose linguistic examples contain the searched terms.
10. Bibliography: Finds all entries whose bibliography contains all searched terms. This search criterion can be used to search for specific sources or their titles, authors, etc.
11. Entry language: Select a language from the drop-down menu. Finds all entries which are written in this language.

Please note: The search is not case sensitive.

You have the option to apply several search criteria at the same time. To do this, click on "Add row" in the search form. This creates a second search field in which you can set another search criterion (or else the same one). You can create as many additional search fields as you like.
If you use more than one search field, the search will find all entries that match all search criteria ("Search for all of these terms"). Instead, you can also select "Search for any of these terms" above the search fields, which will cause the search to find all entries that match at least one of the searched criteria.
By clicking on "Add NOT" you create a search field to which you can assign a search criterion. Terms entered in this search field will be excluded from the search. You can add this search field as often as you like.
By combining the above functions, you are able to perform very specific searches.

Example

You want to search the Linguistic Minorities in Europe Online for all entries that mention the word "Language" and the place “Sweden”. However, you want to exclude entries of the type “Primary Source: Image” from the search. For this you use the search form as follows:

1. Create a second search field via "Add row".
2. Select the search for "all of these terms" (default option).
3. In the first search field, select the search criterion Full Text and enter the search term "Language".
4. In the second search field, select the search criterion Place and enter the search term "Sweden".
5. Create a third search field via "Add NOT". This is marked with a "NOT".
6. Select the search criterion Type in this search field and select “Primary Source: Image” in the dropdown menu of the search field.
7. After clicking on "Search" you will see 10 out of 83 hits in the results list.

Browse

The browse button allows you to quickly search for the search criterion „Country/State“, „Language Family“ and „Overarching Topic“. The results list of a browse search can be further searched via the search form as described above.

A-Z

On the start page of the database you can view indices of all contained places from A to Z. By clicking on a term you get to the results list, which shows all entries that contain the place or person. In case of a lemma the results list shows all entries which have the full lemma in their title.

Results list

The results that match your search are listed on one or more pages. The number of search results as well as the search criteria can be found above the results list.

Each search result consists of the title of the entry, author(s) if existent, access information, entry type, online publication date (print publication date in brackets, if applicable), the cover of the database as well as a button to download the PDF ("Download PDF"), if available, and a text preview showing relevant text passages and highlighting the searched term in yellow (only for Full Text search criterion).

You can access a search result by clicking on the title or cover of the database. If you do not have access to the database, please log in first.

The search results are sorted by relevancy (frequency and weighting of the searched terms). You can also sort by date ("New to old" or "Old to new") or by title ("A to Z" or "Z to A").
Furthermore, instead of the default 10 results per page, you can also display 20, 50 or 100 results per page.

The search results can be further restricted under "Filter Results". Various filter options are available for this:

1. Access: This option filters the search results according to who can access them. By default, "All content" is found. It is possible to filter by "Licensed content", "Open Access", "Publicly available" as well as "All available content".
2. Type
3. Publication Year
4. Place
5. Language
6. Entry language

All filters can be combined with each other. Filtering by certain filter options excludes further certain filter options if there are no entries which match both options.