From Nickhimali at aol.com Thu Aug 1 16:02:22 2002 From: Nickhimali at aol.com (Nickhimali at aol.com) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:02:22 EDT Subject: Performing stats on developmenatal data Message-ID: Dear all, I have collected a sample of data (using an elicitation technique) on children's acquisition of four case markers in Sinhala. The total sample size is 37. 19 of the children came from a rural setting and the remaining 18 from an urban setting. I want to find any effects of gender and age group (old and young) on acquisition. I used two way ANOVA to check significance and interaction. Although I got the results, I came across the problem of data not being 'normally distributed' - owing to the type of data, i.e. being of developmental in nature the number of case markers children had acquired increased with age and reached a maximum around 2;6 years. Thus, I have a high proportion of children who have acquired all the case markers, with only a few who hadn't got any. I came across this problem when administering all the parametric tests. I am able to use Mann-whitney instead of the T-test, but what alternatives could I used for the ANOVA (both one and two way)? Is it possible for me to use ANOVA despite not meeting all the assumptions? I do not want to miss out information by performing multiple Mann-Whitney's instead of the ANOVA. I realise there are ways to transform the non-parametric data to parametric. Is this necessary? Your comments would be greatly appreciated. Himali Clarke From Theresa.Gannon at vuw.ac.nz Thu Aug 1 22:06:49 2002 From: Theresa.Gannon at vuw.ac.nz (Theresa Gannon) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 10:06:49 +1200 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Dear everyone I am interested in looking at the interpretation bias of highly aggressive individuals. I would like to use tasks that keep awareness of task aims to a minimum e.g., using memory for ambiguous sentences, cued recall paradigms. Does anyone know of any methods used in the anxiety literature that may be transferable in this case? Thanks Theresa Theresa A. Gannon Post Doctoral Fellow in Psychology School of Psychology Te Kura Maatai Hinengaro Victoria University of Wellington Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui P O Box 600, Wellington New Zealand Aotearoa ph : +64-4-463-6032 fax: +64-4-463-5402 email: Theresa.Gannon at vuw.ac.nz From lmj2t at cms.mail.virginia.edu Fri Aug 2 00:45:33 2002 From: lmj2t at cms.mail.virginia.edu (laura) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 20:45:33 -0400 Subject: No subject In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.2.20020802100210.026f2220@matai.vuw.ac.nz> Message-ID: Hi All: There was this great email I received a day or two ago that said how to calculate ages using excel. Does anyone still have? It has mysteriously disappeared from my inbox (probably by my own fingers)!!! Laura Justice, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Curry School of Education University of Virginia From eva.berglund at adm.uas.lul.se Fri Aug 2 09:47:17 2002 From: eva.berglund at adm.uas.lul.se (eva.berglund at adm.uas.lul.se) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:47:17 +0200 Subject: FYI - The Campbell collaboration Message-ID: I just want to spread information about this relatively new collaboration that has to do with the efficiency of interventions. It is created to promote systematic reviews over clinical trials. It includes, in the C2-SPECTR database, clinical trials in language interventions. One goal is to create systematic reviews - and maybe some colleagues in our field would find it interesting to perform such reviews. It is "a follower", as it seems after the Cochrane collaboration in medical science. http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/ Eva Berglund Uppsala University Hospital Sweden From leucke at cns.mpg.de Fri Aug 2 12:32:18 2002 From: leucke at cns.mpg.de (Kerstin Leuckefeld) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:32:18 +0200 Subject: tests in German Message-ID: Dear All, does anybody know any standardized tests for assessing productive and receptive abilities of case marking and subject verb agreement in German? especially for school-age children? I would be grateful for any suggestions. Kerstin -- ______________________________________________ Kerstin Leuckefeld Max Planck Institute of Cognitive NeuroScience Stephanstr. 1a Phone: ++49 (0)341/9940-129 D-04103 Leipzig Fax: ++49 (0)341/9940-113 Germany mailto:leucke at cns.mpg.de ______________________________________________ From macw at cmu.edu Tue Aug 6 19:57:59 2002 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:57:59 -0400 Subject: Plenary presentations in Powerpoint Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The PowerPoint presentations for four of the plenaries given at the IASCL/SRCDL meeting in Madison in July are now on the web at http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/html/sites.htm The presentation from Annick DeHouwer is not yet there, but hopefully will be available later. If I remember, Annick did not use PowerPoint, so it may be in some other format. --Brian MacWhinney From karin at ruccs.rutgers.edu Thu Aug 8 14:01:10 2002 From: karin at ruccs.rutgers.edu (karin at ruccs.rutgers.edu) Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:01:10 -0400 Subject: RA position at Rutgers-New Brunswick Message-ID: Dear Colleague, I am looking for a full-time research assistant/lab manager. Ongoing projects in my lab fall into 5 areas: 1) normal language acquisition, 2) abnormal language acquisition, 3) adult language processing, 4) genetics of language and 5) perinatal influences on language development. The position is ideal for someone who has a BA in psychology, linguistics, or a related field and is taking time off before applying to graduate school. If you know anyone who might be appropriate, please ask them to contact me by email (karin at ruccs.rutgers.edu) or fax (732-445-6715). No phone calls please. Best, Karin Stromswold Psychology & Cogntive Science Rutgers-New Brunswick http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/~karin/stromswold.html From j.lum at latrobe.edu.au Sun Aug 11 23:21:11 2002 From: j.lum at latrobe.edu.au (Jarrad Lum) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:21:11 +1000 Subject: SRCLD/IASCL Paper Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Recently I have received some requests for copies of my slides from my paper titled "An examination into grammatical knowledge and cognitive skills in children with Specific Language Impairment" which was presented at the recent meeting in Madison. Unfortunately, over the weekend my computer was infected with a virus and as a result I lost the return addresses for those wishing to have copies. For those of you who are interested could you please e-mail me again. Cheers Jarrad ______________ Jarrad Lum Associate Lecturer & PhD Student School of Psychological Science La Trobe University Bundoora Victoria 3083 Australia Phone: +61 3 9479 1035 Fax: +61 3 9479 1956 E-Mail: j.lum at latrobe.edu.au From ks7t at andrew.cmu.edu Wed Aug 14 14:01:33 2002 From: ks7t at andrew.cmu.edu (Kelley Sacco) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:01:33 -0400 Subject: Workshop on ERP testing in Pediatric populations Message-ID: ³Workshop on ERP testing in Pediatric populations² October 14-16, 2002. Dennis L. Molfese, Ph.D. Developmental Neuropsychology Laboratory University of Louisville We are hosting a workshop this fall on procedures related to recording event-related potentials from infant and child populations. Day 1 will focus on theory and literature related to ERPs, ERPs measures of language issues, as well as a practicum on scalp electrode applications. Day 2 will focus on a range of testing issues specific to these populations. Day 3 will attend to ERP analysis approaches and issues. Monday, October 14: a. ERP background b. Experimental design issues with infants and children. c. IRB issues d. Lab management e. Electrode application on babies and children. Tuesday, October 15: a. Subject Recruitment b. Screening sensory systems ­ c. Behavioral testing with children to complement ERP testing d. Special population issues. e. Testing practices specific to pediatric populations f. Equipment set-up g. Trouble shooting Wednesday, October 16: a. Dealing with Artifacts during and after data collection b. Data analysis issues c. Unstructured questions and answers (3 hours). Registration fee: $200.00 For information concerning registration please contact: Dennis L. Molfese, Ph.D. University of Louisville Life Sciences 317 Belknap campus Louisville, KY 40292 TEL (502) 852-0430 FAX (502) 852-8904 dmolfese at louisville.edu --------------------------------------------- Dennis L. Molfese, Ph.D. Distinguished University Scholar Chair and Professor Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences University of Louisville Belknap Campus Louisville, KY 40292 U.S.A. dmolfese at louisville.edu Phone: (502) 852-0430 FAX: (502) 852-8904 From macw at cmu.edu Mon Aug 19 23:59:33 2002 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 19:59:33 -0400 Subject: mail problems Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES, It appears that the Info-CHILDES at mail.talkbank.org mail server was down over the last weekend and part of today. If you tried to post a message and found that it was rejected, please either try again now or else you can send me the message and I will post it. --Brian MacWhinney From toivaine at mail.utu.fi Thu Aug 22 06:43:25 2002 From: toivaine at mail.utu.fi (Jorma Toivainen) Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2002 09:43:25 +0300 Subject: Call for papers in Finnish: deadline 01 Nov 2002 Message-ID: > > > KIRJOITTAJAKUULUTUS > >PUHE JA KIELI -aikakauslehti kokoaa vuoden loppuun mennessä teemanumeron >LAPSEN KIELEN KEHITYKSESTÄ. >Artikkelien hyväksymisessä noudatetaan aikakauslehden yleisiä refereepohjaisia käytänteitä. Aihepiiriä tai näkökulmaa ei rajata: fonologia ja morfologia käyvät siinä kuin syntaksi, semantiikka ja >pragmatiikka tai hoivakieli ja kerronta; samoin muun tutkimuksen kuin >kielitieteen aiheet. Kokeeksi voi pohtia myös kysymystä, miten ja millä >ehdoin suomi on lapsen kielen omaksumisen kannalta erilainen ja parempi >kieli kuin muut. > Kirjoitusohjeet ovat lehden kotisivulla osoitteessa >http://users.utu.fi/jyrtuoma/puhejakieli/artikkeli.html. >Muun kuin suomen kielen käytöstä pyydetään sopimaan toimituksen kanssa. > Määräpäivä on siirtynyt: 1.11.2002. > Osoitteet: >Jorma Toivainen (Suomen kieli, Fennicum 201, 20014 Turun yliopisto); >jorma.toivainen at utu.fi >Jyrki Tuomainen, (Fonetiikka, Juslenia, 20014 Turun yliopisto); >jyrki.tuomainen at utu.fi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Prof. Jorma Toivainen, PhD (Helsinki) Fennicum 201 (Henrikinkatu 3) Finnish Language Department of Finnish and General Linguistics University of Turku 20014 TURUN YLIOPISTO Finland Tel. +358 2 333 5281 Mobil +358 50 5937 038 http://www.utu.fi/hum/suomi/toivainen.htm From jschaef at bgumail.bgu.ac.il Fri Aug 23 08:05:49 2002 From: jschaef at bgumail.bgu.ac.il (Jeannette Schaeffer) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 10:05:49 +0200 Subject: DRAWING SOFTWARE Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES subscribers, I am looking for a good and user-friendly drawing program for the PC to create pictures for experiments with children between 1;6 and 6 years old. Does any of you have a recommendation and an idea of the price? Thanks, Jeannette Schaeffer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeannette Schaeffer, Ph.D. Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev P.O. Box 653 Be'er Sheva 84105 ISRAEL Phone: +972-8-646 1118 Fax: +972-8-647 2907 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lrcote-reilly at cox.net Fri Aug 23 21:38:36 2002 From: lrcote-reilly at cox.net (Linda Cote) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:38:36 -0700 Subject: Spanish language morphemes Message-ID: We are looking for someone to review transcripts of mother-child play interactions and insert morphemes according to CHAT (and our) guidelines. The data are (South American) Spanish with some English. The individual would be paid (hired on contract) by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, MD U.S.A., but could do the work from his/her own location. If interested please contact Linda Cote at lrcote-reilly at cox.net Thank you. From macw at cmu.edu Mon Aug 26 22:24:34 2002 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:24:34 -0400 Subject: Hookuh spamming Message-ID: Dear Gabriella, I'm afraid I have no real suggestions on how to avoid this spam, and no way to guarantee that such spamming might not occur again in the future. I think that the way this works is that someone actually subscribes to info-childes by hand, then users the ListServ software to download the membership list, and then unsubscribes. As I monitored the subscriptions, I saw the hookuhs.thc address and thought it looked fishy. Short of stepping in and moderating the list, I have no option in the software to block specific postings from "members." Interestingly, I did not receive 7 copies of this. I think I received two. Maybe you are on a couple of other lists which the Hookuh spammers were able to retrieve? --Brian MacWhinney From jschaef at bgumail.bgu.ac.il Tue Aug 27 07:39:30 2002 From: jschaef at bgumail.bgu.ac.il (Jeannette Schaeffer) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:39:30 +0200 Subject: SUMMARY RE DRAWING SOFTWARE Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES subscribers, Thanks for all your reactions! Below I compiled them, so that more people can benefit. For clarity, I copy-pasted my own message before the answers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Info-CHILDES subscribers, I am looking for a good and user-friendly drawing program for the PC to create pictures for experiments with children between 1;6 and 6 years old. Does any of you have a recommendation and an idea of the price? Thanks, Jeannette Schaeffer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Teresa Guasti: an alternative idea. Why don't you take pictures of objects arranged as you want with a Digital camera, then you put them on a computer and print these pictures with a color print? You do not need to make any effort for drawing pictures. Karen Froud: I'm afraid we didn't manage to find a nice easy software package to generate our images. We dowloaded things from the web and then adjusted them as necessary using a combination of photoshop and microsoft paint. All our items then got turned into pictures inside word documents. I'm sure there must be a more efficient way of going about it, but this was the best we could come up with in the time - and it seems to have worked pretty well. Sorry not to be more help. Carol Slater: I'm not sure what you want to do, but you might want to look into Walter Beagley's EYELINES, which has PC and Mac versions. It allows you not only to capture a drawing but also to collect data on the sequence and timing of its constituents and interfaces nicely with statistical programs. For information, contact beagley at alma.edu. Good luck. Keith Nelson: Kid Pix costs around $40 and is very user friendly. You might try it and see if it produces pictures in a format that will work in your experiments. Ioulia Kovelman: You can try MSpaint, Coreldraw or AdobePhotoshop. I'd say one of the most popular and commonly used drawing programs in the U.S. is Adobe Illustrator. If you have familiarity with other Adobe graphics programs (such as Photoshop), the interface is similar, so it won't be too difficult even for a first-time user to navigate within the program. If you have no experience using any of the Adobe programs, you'll have some learning to do before getting comfortable with the program (just as any other programs), in which case I'd recommend "Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book" as a tutorial to cover the basics (the book comes with a CD-ROM containing 16 lessons). As for the price, if you are eligible for the "Educational Version" (which I believe you are), it'll be about $300 or less. You can get more information about the product at www.adobe.com. Hope this helps. Tomoko Asano ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeannette Schaeffer, Ph.D. Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev P.O. Box 653 Be'er Sheva 84105 ISRAEL Phone: +972-8-646 1118 Fax: +972-8-647 2907 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hyams at humnet.ucla.edu Tue Aug 27 21:38:55 2002 From: hyams at humnet.ucla.edu (Hyams, Nina) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:38:55 -0700 Subject: tags Message-ID: Dear Childes subscribers, I'm interested in the development of tag questions in English (and other languages) in young children (2-4 years). Any references you can give me would be appreciated. Sincerely, Nina Nina Hyams UCLA Linguistics Department 3125 Campbell Hall Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 310-825-0634 hyams at humnet.ucla.edu From P.Eadie at latrobe.edu.au Wed Aug 28 04:51:37 2002 From: P.Eadie at latrobe.edu.au (Patricia Eadie) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:51:37 +1000 Subject: AssocProf in Child Speech and Language Message-ID: LA TROBE UNIVERSITY Melbourne, Australia Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer in Child Speech and Language The School of Human Communication Sciences wishes to appoint an experienced academic in the field of child speech and language. An appointment may be made at the level of Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer. The appointee will have a recognised speech pathology qualification and a doctorate in the area of child speech and language. In addition, it is expected that the appointee will have an international reputation in the field of child speech and language, a demonstrated record of teaching and supervision in an academic environment, an extensive publication record and the ability to work collaboratively with staff in a range of settings. Remuneration (including 17% employer superannuation contribution): Associate Professor AUS$91,444 to $100,743 per annum Senior Lecturer AUS$75,942 to $87,570 per annum Closing date for applications: Friday 18 October 2002 Applicants should obtain a position description and details of how to apply by visiting the University's website http://www.employment.com.au/latrobe/ or by contacting Dr Julie Carr j.carr at latrobe.edu.au For further information about the position please contact Associate Professor Jenni Oates j.oates at latrobe.edu.au or telephone +61 3 9479 1293. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment, or to make an -- Dr Patricia Eadie School of Human Communication Sciences Room 309, Health Sciences 1 La Trobe University Victoria, 3086 Australia Telephone: +61 3 9479 1798 Facsimile: +61 3 9479 1874 http://www.health.latrobe.edu.au/Health/Schools/HCS/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From B.J.Richards at reading.ac.uk Wed Aug 28 08:40:25 2002 From: B.J.Richards at reading.ac.uk (Brian Richards) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:40:25 +0100 Subject: tags Message-ID: Dear Nina, there's a chapter on tag questions (Ch. 7) in Richards, B. J. (1990). Language developement and individual differences: a study of auxiliary verb learning. Cambridge University Press. Regards Brian Richards ************************************* Brian Richards Professor of Education The University of Reading School of Education Bulmershe Court Earley, Reading, RG6 1HY, UK ************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hyams, Nina" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 10:38 PM Subject: tags > Dear Childes subscribers, > > I'm interested in the development of tag questions in English (and other > languages) in young children (2-4 years). Any references you can give me > would be appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Nina > > > Nina Hyams > UCLA Linguistics Department > 3125 Campbell Hall > Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 > 310-825-0634 > hyams at humnet.ucla.edu > > From lsc at th.com.br Wed Aug 28 14:09:04 2002 From: lsc at th.com.br (Leonor S Cabral) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:09:04 -0300 Subject: acknowledgment Message-ID: I acknowledge Judith Becker Bryant and Hilke Elsen's help for my presentation on word formation (IX IASCL International Congress). Thank you a lot. Prof. Dr. Leonor Scliar-Cabral -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k1n at email.psu.edu Wed Aug 28 18:08:34 2002 From: k1n at email.psu.edu (keith nelson) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:08:34 -0400 Subject: tags In-Reply-To: <959F5DC74A30D511BFE600D0B77E5199021FC12E@bert.humnet.ucla.edu> Message-ID: Dear Nina, Tag acquisition under experimental conditions are covered in a paper of mine in Dev. Psych, 1977, 13, 101-107. Theoretical discussion of conditions supporting acquisition for tags and other complex syntactic structures are provided in a series of papers, all referenced in a 2000 chapter I wrote for L. Menn & N. B. Ratner in Language Production in Children. Hope this is helpful. Best, Keith Nelson, Penn State University At 2:38 PM -0700 8/27/02, Hyams, Nina wrote: >Dear Childes subscribers, > >I'm interested in the development of tag questions in English (and other >languages) in young children (2-4 years). Any references you can give me >would be appreciated. > >Sincerely, >Nina > > >Nina Hyams >UCLA Linguistics Department >3125 Campbell Hall >Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 >310-825-0634 >hyams at humnet.ucla.edu -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hyams at humnet.ucla.edu Thu Aug 29 22:44:43 2002 From: hyams at humnet.ucla.edu (Hyams, Nina) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:44:43 -0700 Subject: tags and thanks Message-ID: Thanks to all of you who responded to my query about tag questions. Following are the references I received. Nina. Annick De Houwer. 1990. The Acquisition of Two Languages from Birth, CUP. Roger Brown. 1973. A First Language (pages 404 & 408).Harvard University Press. Brown & Hanlon. 1970. Derivational Complexity and the Order of Acquisition in Child Speech, in JR Hayes (ed.) Cognition and the Development of Language, Wiley. Anne Baker. 1981 It's easier in German, isn't it? The acquisition of tag questions in a bilingual child. Journal of Child Language 8, pp. 641-647. Brian J. Richards. 1990. Language development and individual differences: a study of auxiliary verb learning. Cambridge University Press. (Chapter 7) Keith Nelson. 1977. paper in Dev. Psych, 1977, 13, 101-107. Keith Nelson (2000) paper in L. Menn & N. B. Ratner (eds.) Language Production in Children (contains several references). Nina Hyams UCLA Linguistics Department 3125 Campbell Hall Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 310-825-0634 From Nickhimali at aol.com Thu Aug 1 16:02:22 2002 From: Nickhimali at aol.com (Nickhimali at aol.com) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 12:02:22 EDT Subject: Performing stats on developmenatal data Message-ID: Dear all, I have collected a sample of data (using an elicitation technique) on children's acquisition of four case markers in Sinhala. The total sample size is 37. 19 of the children came from a rural setting and the remaining 18 from an urban setting. I want to find any effects of gender and age group (old and young) on acquisition. I used two way ANOVA to check significance and interaction. Although I got the results, I came across the problem of data not being 'normally distributed' - owing to the type of data, i.e. being of developmental in nature the number of case markers children had acquired increased with age and reached a maximum around 2;6 years. Thus, I have a high proportion of children who have acquired all the case markers, with only a few who hadn't got any. I came across this problem when administering all the parametric tests. I am able to use Mann-whitney instead of the T-test, but what alternatives could I used for the ANOVA (both one and two way)? Is it possible for me to use ANOVA despite not meeting all the assumptions? I do not want to miss out information by performing multiple Mann-Whitney's instead of the ANOVA. I realise there are ways to transform the non-parametric data to parametric. Is this necessary? Your comments would be greatly appreciated. Himali Clarke From Theresa.Gannon at vuw.ac.nz Thu Aug 1 22:06:49 2002 From: Theresa.Gannon at vuw.ac.nz (Theresa Gannon) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 10:06:49 +1200 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Dear everyone I am interested in looking at the interpretation bias of highly aggressive individuals. I would like to use tasks that keep awareness of task aims to a minimum e.g., using memory for ambiguous sentences, cued recall paradigms. Does anyone know of any methods used in the anxiety literature that may be transferable in this case? Thanks Theresa Theresa A. Gannon Post Doctoral Fellow in Psychology School of Psychology Te Kura Maatai Hinengaro Victoria University of Wellington Te Whare Wananga o te Upoko o te Ika a Maui P O Box 600, Wellington New Zealand Aotearoa ph : +64-4-463-6032 fax: +64-4-463-5402 email: Theresa.Gannon at vuw.ac.nz From lmj2t at cms.mail.virginia.edu Fri Aug 2 00:45:33 2002 From: lmj2t at cms.mail.virginia.edu (laura) Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2002 20:45:33 -0400 Subject: No subject In-Reply-To: <5.0.0.25.2.20020802100210.026f2220@matai.vuw.ac.nz> Message-ID: Hi All: There was this great email I received a day or two ago that said how to calculate ages using excel. Does anyone still have? It has mysteriously disappeared from my inbox (probably by my own fingers)!!! Laura Justice, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Curry School of Education University of Virginia From eva.berglund at adm.uas.lul.se Fri Aug 2 09:47:17 2002 From: eva.berglund at adm.uas.lul.se (eva.berglund at adm.uas.lul.se) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 11:47:17 +0200 Subject: FYI - The Campbell collaboration Message-ID: I just want to spread information about this relatively new collaboration that has to do with the efficiency of interventions. It is created to promote systematic reviews over clinical trials. It includes, in the C2-SPECTR database, clinical trials in language interventions. One goal is to create systematic reviews - and maybe some colleagues in our field would find it interesting to perform such reviews. It is "a follower", as it seems after the Cochrane collaboration in medical science. http://www.campbellcollaboration.org/ Eva Berglund Uppsala University Hospital Sweden From leucke at cns.mpg.de Fri Aug 2 12:32:18 2002 From: leucke at cns.mpg.de (Kerstin Leuckefeld) Date: Fri, 2 Aug 2002 14:32:18 +0200 Subject: tests in German Message-ID: Dear All, does anybody know any standardized tests for assessing productive and receptive abilities of case marking and subject verb agreement in German? especially for school-age children? I would be grateful for any suggestions. Kerstin -- ______________________________________________ Kerstin Leuckefeld Max Planck Institute of Cognitive NeuroScience Stephanstr. 1a Phone: ++49 (0)341/9940-129 D-04103 Leipzig Fax: ++49 (0)341/9940-113 Germany mailto:leucke at cns.mpg.de ______________________________________________ From macw at cmu.edu Tue Aug 6 19:57:59 2002 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Tue, 6 Aug 2002 15:57:59 -0400 Subject: Plenary presentations in Powerpoint Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, The PowerPoint presentations for four of the plenaries given at the IASCL/SRCDL meeting in Madison in July are now on the web at http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/html/sites.htm The presentation from Annick DeHouwer is not yet there, but hopefully will be available later. If I remember, Annick did not use PowerPoint, so it may be in some other format. --Brian MacWhinney From karin at ruccs.rutgers.edu Thu Aug 8 14:01:10 2002 From: karin at ruccs.rutgers.edu (karin at ruccs.rutgers.edu) Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 10:01:10 -0400 Subject: RA position at Rutgers-New Brunswick Message-ID: Dear Colleague, I am looking for a full-time research assistant/lab manager. Ongoing projects in my lab fall into 5 areas: 1) normal language acquisition, 2) abnormal language acquisition, 3) adult language processing, 4) genetics of language and 5) perinatal influences on language development. The position is ideal for someone who has a BA in psychology, linguistics, or a related field and is taking time off before applying to graduate school. If you know anyone who might be appropriate, please ask them to contact me by email (karin at ruccs.rutgers.edu) or fax (732-445-6715). No phone calls please. Best, Karin Stromswold Psychology & Cogntive Science Rutgers-New Brunswick http://ruccs.rutgers.edu/~karin/stromswold.html From j.lum at latrobe.edu.au Sun Aug 11 23:21:11 2002 From: j.lum at latrobe.edu.au (Jarrad Lum) Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2002 09:21:11 +1000 Subject: SRCLD/IASCL Paper Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Recently I have received some requests for copies of my slides from my paper titled "An examination into grammatical knowledge and cognitive skills in children with Specific Language Impairment" which was presented at the recent meeting in Madison. Unfortunately, over the weekend my computer was infected with a virus and as a result I lost the return addresses for those wishing to have copies. For those of you who are interested could you please e-mail me again. Cheers Jarrad ______________ Jarrad Lum Associate Lecturer & PhD Student School of Psychological Science La Trobe University Bundoora Victoria 3083 Australia Phone: +61 3 9479 1035 Fax: +61 3 9479 1956 E-Mail: j.lum at latrobe.edu.au From ks7t at andrew.cmu.edu Wed Aug 14 14:01:33 2002 From: ks7t at andrew.cmu.edu (Kelley Sacco) Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2002 10:01:33 -0400 Subject: Workshop on ERP testing in Pediatric populations Message-ID: ?Workshop on ERP testing in Pediatric populations? October 14-16, 2002. Dennis L. Molfese, Ph.D. Developmental Neuropsychology Laboratory University of Louisville We are hosting a workshop this fall on procedures related to recording event-related potentials from infant and child populations. Day 1 will focus on theory and literature related to ERPs, ERPs measures of language issues, as well as a practicum on scalp electrode applications. Day 2 will focus on a range of testing issues specific to these populations. Day 3 will attend to ERP analysis approaches and issues. Monday, October 14: a. ERP background b. Experimental design issues with infants and children. c. IRB issues d. Lab management e. Electrode application on babies and children. Tuesday, October 15: a. Subject Recruitment b. Screening sensory systems ? c. Behavioral testing with children to complement ERP testing d. Special population issues. e. Testing practices specific to pediatric populations f. Equipment set-up g. Trouble shooting Wednesday, October 16: a. Dealing with Artifacts during and after data collection b. Data analysis issues c. Unstructured questions and answers (3 hours). Registration fee: $200.00 For information concerning registration please contact: Dennis L. Molfese, Ph.D. University of Louisville Life Sciences 317 Belknap campus Louisville, KY 40292 TEL (502) 852-0430 FAX (502) 852-8904 dmolfese at louisville.edu --------------------------------------------- Dennis L. Molfese, Ph.D. Distinguished University Scholar Chair and Professor Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences University of Louisville Belknap Campus Louisville, KY 40292 U.S.A. dmolfese at louisville.edu Phone: (502) 852-0430 FAX: (502) 852-8904 From macw at cmu.edu Mon Aug 19 23:59:33 2002 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Mon, 19 Aug 2002 19:59:33 -0400 Subject: mail problems Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES, It appears that the Info-CHILDES at mail.talkbank.org mail server was down over the last weekend and part of today. 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Kokeeksi voi pohtia my?s kysymyst?, miten ja mill? >ehdoin suomi on lapsen kielen omaksumisen kannalta erilainen ja parempi >kieli kuin muut. > Kirjoitusohjeet ovat lehden kotisivulla osoitteessa >http://users.utu.fi/jyrtuoma/puhejakieli/artikkeli.html. >Muun kuin suomen kielen k?yt?st? pyydet??n sopimaan toimituksen kanssa. > M??r?p?iv? on siirtynyt: 1.11.2002. > Osoitteet: >Jorma Toivainen (Suomen kieli, Fennicum 201, 20014 Turun yliopisto); >jorma.toivainen at utu.fi >Jyrki Tuomainen, (Fonetiikka, Juslenia, 20014 Turun yliopisto); >jyrki.tuomainen at utu.fi - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Prof. Jorma Toivainen, PhD (Helsinki) Fennicum 201 (Henrikinkatu 3) Finnish Language Department of Finnish and General Linguistics University of Turku 20014 TURUN YLIOPISTO Finland Tel. +358 2 333 5281 Mobil +358 50 5937 038 http://www.utu.fi/hum/suomi/toivainen.htm From jschaef at bgumail.bgu.ac.il Fri Aug 23 08:05:49 2002 From: jschaef at bgumail.bgu.ac.il (Jeannette Schaeffer) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 10:05:49 +0200 Subject: DRAWING SOFTWARE Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES subscribers, I am looking for a good and user-friendly drawing program for the PC to create pictures for experiments with children between 1;6 and 6 years old. Does any of you have a recommendation and an idea of the price? Thanks, Jeannette Schaeffer ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeannette Schaeffer, Ph.D. Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev P.O. Box 653 Be'er Sheva 84105 ISRAEL Phone: +972-8-646 1118 Fax: +972-8-647 2907 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From lrcote-reilly at cox.net Fri Aug 23 21:38:36 2002 From: lrcote-reilly at cox.net (Linda Cote) Date: Fri, 23 Aug 2002 14:38:36 -0700 Subject: Spanish language morphemes Message-ID: We are looking for someone to review transcripts of mother-child play interactions and insert morphemes according to CHAT (and our) guidelines. The data are (South American) Spanish with some English. The individual would be paid (hired on contract) by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Bethesda, MD U.S.A., but could do the work from his/her own location. If interested please contact Linda Cote at lrcote-reilly at cox.net Thank you. From macw at cmu.edu Mon Aug 26 22:24:34 2002 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Mon, 26 Aug 2002 18:24:34 -0400 Subject: Hookuh spamming Message-ID: Dear Gabriella, I'm afraid I have no real suggestions on how to avoid this spam, and no way to guarantee that such spamming might not occur again in the future. I think that the way this works is that someone actually subscribes to info-childes by hand, then users the ListServ software to download the membership list, and then unsubscribes. As I monitored the subscriptions, I saw the hookuhs.thc address and thought it looked fishy. Short of stepping in and moderating the list, I have no option in the software to block specific postings from "members." Interestingly, I did not receive 7 copies of this. I think I received two. Maybe you are on a couple of other lists which the Hookuh spammers were able to retrieve? --Brian MacWhinney From jschaef at bgumail.bgu.ac.il Tue Aug 27 07:39:30 2002 From: jschaef at bgumail.bgu.ac.il (Jeannette Schaeffer) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 09:39:30 +0200 Subject: SUMMARY RE DRAWING SOFTWARE Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES subscribers, Thanks for all your reactions! Below I compiled them, so that more people can benefit. For clarity, I copy-pasted my own message before the answers. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Info-CHILDES subscribers, I am looking for a good and user-friendly drawing program for the PC to create pictures for experiments with children between 1;6 and 6 years old. Does any of you have a recommendation and an idea of the price? Thanks, Jeannette Schaeffer ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Teresa Guasti: an alternative idea. Why don't you take pictures of objects arranged as you want with a Digital camera, then you put them on a computer and print these pictures with a color print? You do not need to make any effort for drawing pictures. Karen Froud: I'm afraid we didn't manage to find a nice easy software package to generate our images. We dowloaded things from the web and then adjusted them as necessary using a combination of photoshop and microsoft paint. All our items then got turned into pictures inside word documents. I'm sure there must be a more efficient way of going about it, but this was the best we could come up with in the time - and it seems to have worked pretty well. Sorry not to be more help. Carol Slater: I'm not sure what you want to do, but you might want to look into Walter Beagley's EYELINES, which has PC and Mac versions. It allows you not only to capture a drawing but also to collect data on the sequence and timing of its constituents and interfaces nicely with statistical programs. For information, contact beagley at alma.edu. Good luck. Keith Nelson: Kid Pix costs around $40 and is very user friendly. You might try it and see if it produces pictures in a format that will work in your experiments. Ioulia Kovelman: You can try MSpaint, Coreldraw or AdobePhotoshop. I'd say one of the most popular and commonly used drawing programs in the U.S. is Adobe Illustrator. If you have familiarity with other Adobe graphics programs (such as Photoshop), the interface is similar, so it won't be too difficult even for a first-time user to navigate within the program. If you have no experience using any of the Adobe programs, you'll have some learning to do before getting comfortable with the program (just as any other programs), in which case I'd recommend "Adobe Illustrator Classroom in a Book" as a tutorial to cover the basics (the book comes with a CD-ROM containing 16 lessons). As for the price, if you are eligible for the "Educational Version" (which I believe you are), it'll be about $300 or less. You can get more information about the product at www.adobe.com. Hope this helps. Tomoko Asano ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Jeannette Schaeffer, Ph.D. Department of Foreign Literatures and Linguistics Ben-Gurion University of the Negev P.O. Box 653 Be'er Sheva 84105 ISRAEL Phone: +972-8-646 1118 Fax: +972-8-647 2907 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hyams at humnet.ucla.edu Tue Aug 27 21:38:55 2002 From: hyams at humnet.ucla.edu (Hyams, Nina) Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 14:38:55 -0700 Subject: tags Message-ID: Dear Childes subscribers, I'm interested in the development of tag questions in English (and other languages) in young children (2-4 years). Any references you can give me would be appreciated. Sincerely, Nina Nina Hyams UCLA Linguistics Department 3125 Campbell Hall Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 310-825-0634 hyams at humnet.ucla.edu From P.Eadie at latrobe.edu.au Wed Aug 28 04:51:37 2002 From: P.Eadie at latrobe.edu.au (Patricia Eadie) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:51:37 +1000 Subject: AssocProf in Child Speech and Language Message-ID: LA TROBE UNIVERSITY Melbourne, Australia Associate Professor/Senior Lecturer in Child Speech and Language The School of Human Communication Sciences wishes to appoint an experienced academic in the field of child speech and language. An appointment may be made at the level of Associate Professor or Senior Lecturer. The appointee will have a recognised speech pathology qualification and a doctorate in the area of child speech and language. In addition, it is expected that the appointee will have an international reputation in the field of child speech and language, a demonstrated record of teaching and supervision in an academic environment, an extensive publication record and the ability to work collaboratively with staff in a range of settings. Remuneration (including 17% employer superannuation contribution): Associate Professor AUS$91,444 to $100,743 per annum Senior Lecturer AUS$75,942 to $87,570 per annum Closing date for applications: Friday 18 October 2002 Applicants should obtain a position description and details of how to apply by visiting the University's website http://www.employment.com.au/latrobe/ or by contacting Dr Julie Carr j.carr at latrobe.edu.au For further information about the position please contact Associate Professor Jenni Oates j.oates at latrobe.edu.au or telephone +61 3 9479 1293. The University reserves the right not to make an appointment, or to make an -- Dr Patricia Eadie School of Human Communication Sciences Room 309, Health Sciences 1 La Trobe University Victoria, 3086 Australia Telephone: +61 3 9479 1798 Facsimile: +61 3 9479 1874 http://www.health.latrobe.edu.au/Health/Schools/HCS/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From B.J.Richards at reading.ac.uk Wed Aug 28 08:40:25 2002 From: B.J.Richards at reading.ac.uk (Brian Richards) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 09:40:25 +0100 Subject: tags Message-ID: Dear Nina, there's a chapter on tag questions (Ch. 7) in Richards, B. J. (1990). Language developement and individual differences: a study of auxiliary verb learning. Cambridge University Press. Regards Brian Richards ************************************* Brian Richards Professor of Education The University of Reading School of Education Bulmershe Court Earley, Reading, RG6 1HY, UK ************************************* ----- Original Message ----- From: "Hyams, Nina" To: Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 10:38 PM Subject: tags > Dear Childes subscribers, > > I'm interested in the development of tag questions in English (and other > languages) in young children (2-4 years). Any references you can give me > would be appreciated. > > Sincerely, > Nina > > > Nina Hyams > UCLA Linguistics Department > 3125 Campbell Hall > Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 > 310-825-0634 > hyams at humnet.ucla.edu > > From lsc at th.com.br Wed Aug 28 14:09:04 2002 From: lsc at th.com.br (Leonor S Cabral) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 11:09:04 -0300 Subject: acknowledgment Message-ID: I acknowledge Judith Becker Bryant and Hilke Elsen's help for my presentation on word formation (IX IASCL International Congress). Thank you a lot. Prof. Dr. Leonor Scliar-Cabral -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From k1n at email.psu.edu Wed Aug 28 18:08:34 2002 From: k1n at email.psu.edu (keith nelson) Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2002 14:08:34 -0400 Subject: tags In-Reply-To: <959F5DC74A30D511BFE600D0B77E5199021FC12E@bert.humnet.ucla.edu> Message-ID: Dear Nina, Tag acquisition under experimental conditions are covered in a paper of mine in Dev. Psych, 1977, 13, 101-107. Theoretical discussion of conditions supporting acquisition for tags and other complex syntactic structures are provided in a series of papers, all referenced in a 2000 chapter I wrote for L. Menn & N. B. Ratner in Language Production in Children. Hope this is helpful. Best, Keith Nelson, Penn State University At 2:38 PM -0700 8/27/02, Hyams, Nina wrote: >Dear Childes subscribers, > >I'm interested in the development of tag questions in English (and other >languages) in young children (2-4 years). Any references you can give me >would be appreciated. > >Sincerely, >Nina > > >Nina Hyams >UCLA Linguistics Department >3125 Campbell Hall >Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 >310-825-0634 >hyams at humnet.ucla.edu -- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hyams at humnet.ucla.edu Thu Aug 29 22:44:43 2002 From: hyams at humnet.ucla.edu (Hyams, Nina) Date: Thu, 29 Aug 2002 15:44:43 -0700 Subject: tags and thanks Message-ID: Thanks to all of you who responded to my query about tag questions. Following are the references I received. Nina. Annick De Houwer. 1990. The Acquisition of Two Languages from Birth, CUP. Roger Brown. 1973. A First Language (pages 404 & 408).Harvard University Press. Brown & Hanlon. 1970. Derivational Complexity and the Order of Acquisition in Child Speech, in JR Hayes (ed.) Cognition and the Development of Language, Wiley. Anne Baker. 1981 It's easier in German, isn't it? The acquisition of tag questions in a bilingual child. Journal of Child Language 8, pp. 641-647. Brian J. Richards. 1990. Language development and individual differences: a study of auxiliary verb learning. Cambridge University Press. (Chapter 7) Keith Nelson. 1977. paper in Dev. Psych, 1977, 13, 101-107. Keith Nelson (2000) paper in L. Menn & N. B. Ratner (eds.) Language Production in Children (contains several references). Nina Hyams UCLA Linguistics Department 3125 Campbell Hall Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543 310-825-0634