Call for Papers

[H.MARCOS]

CALL FOR PAPERS:   SPECIAL ISSUE of First Language

Guest Editor:    Haydee Marcos, Universite de Poitiers

Theme: Early pragmatic development

Early pragmatic skills are fundamental to the development of communication.
There is a growing interest among child language researchers in the
relationships between function and form, between social and linguistic
skills, and in children's and caregivers' uses of extralinguistic cues.
 Papers that present theory and data concerning pragmatic development in
children aged approximately one to three years will be of interest for this
Special Issue.

Possible topics include (but are not restricted to):

* The development of different types of communicative functions.

* Variations in the form of messages according to their function and  to
the communicative context

* Production and comprehension of pragmatic cues

* Conversational skills :  turn-taking, discourse cohesion,  conversational
repairs, explanations and justifications.

* The relationships between structural and pragmatic development.

* The role of communicative experiences in early pragmatic  development

* Transmission of pragmatic rules by caretakers in different cultures

* Interactive and conversational contexts (adults and peers, dyadic and
polyadic situations, home and  day care or nursery school)

* Individual differences

* Children with language delays and disorders


Deadline for submissions:  31 August 2000


Submissions and enquiries should be addressed to:  Haydee Marcos.
Laboratoire Langage et Cognition. Universite de Poitiers.CNRS.
99, Avenue de Recteur Pineau. 86022 Poitiers. France
email:  hmarcos at magic.fr