From piathomsen at language.sdu.dk Wed Apr 2 10:50:19 2003 From: piathomsen at language.sdu.dk (Pia Thomsen) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:50:19 +0200 Subject: Imitation in language acquisition Message-ID: Dear CHILDES members I am working on a project examining Danish children's imitation in early language acquisition. The data come a longitudinal (12-30 months) corpus with 12 children. Any suggestions or references would be greatly appreciated. I will post a summary. Many thanks Pia Thomsen The Odense Language Acquisition Center -- Pia Thomsen Ph.d.-stipendiat Center for Sprogtilegnelse Institut for Sprog og Kommunikation Syddansk Universitet, Odense Campusvej 55 5230 Odense M Tlf.: 65 50 35 96 Fax: 65 93 24 83 E-mail: piathomsen at language.sdu.dk From Roberta at UDel.Edu Thu Apr 3 19:17:01 2003 From: Roberta at UDel.Edu (Roberta Golinkoff) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 14:17:01 -0500 Subject: POSITION OPEN!! Message-ID: OUTSTANDING JOB POSSIBILITY Do you know any graduating seniors who want to go to graduate school but would like to take a year or two off first and work in the field? Starting soon after graduation this Spring, I will need a full-time research assistant to run my lab (funded by NSF) to work on word learning. I treat this person as my intellectual colleague and greatly enjoy collaboration. In addition to being very smart and a self-starter, the individual must have excellent people skills since he or she would supervise the many students who work in the lab and interact with the parents and babies who visit. When they finish their stint with me, my lab coordinators have gone on to do PhD's at some of the best institutions in the country. Please have anyone who is interested call me at (302- 831-1634) or better yet, write me email at Roberta at Udel.edu. Thanks so much for your help! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D. H. Rodney Sharp Professor School of Education and Departments of Psychology and Linguistics University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 Phone: (302) 831-1634 Fax: (302) 831-4110 E-mail: Roberta at udel.edu Be sure to look at our Ph.D. program at http://www.udel.edu/educ/graduate/phd/cognition/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ra455 at nyu.edu Thu Apr 3 22:50:48 2003 From: ra455 at nyu.edu (Rebecca Alvandi) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 17:50:48 -0500 Subject: Undergraduate SLP Major Looking for a Summer Job/Position/Internship Message-ID: Dear CHILDES Members: As a Junior about to enter my last year of college at New York University, I'm looking for a challenging Summer Position that will give me some exposure to my desired field in therapy. I am currently working towards my bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Pathology and would be interested in working in an environment that interacts with any aspect of the field. I am aware of the fact that certification is necessary to provide therapy, but I am hopeful that there is something I may be able to do without having the certification, such as research, secretarial work, or assisting Speech Language Pathologists. I write to you in hopes of receiving any available information on any such offers or openings your facilities may have available. The listserve would not allow me to attach a resume to this email, so if interested in seeing one, please feel free to email me. I'm an extremely driven and dedicated student with a lot to offer. I have well-rounded work experiences and am very flexible. Please email me with any questions, recommendations or opportunities that you may see fit. Thanks so much for your time. Sincerely, Rebecca Alvandi From macw at cmu.edu Thu Apr 10 21:14:00 2003 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 17:14:00 -0400 Subject: Psotdoctoral position Message-ID: Postdoctoral Traineeships at CMU in Basic Processes and Variation in Cognition Applications are being accepted until April 28th for a postdoctoral fellowship for training in Basic Processes and Variation in Cognition. Members of the training grant include: John Anderson, Marlene Behrmann, Patricia Carpenter, Lori Holt, Marcel Just, David Klahr, Roberta Klatzky, Ken Kotovsky, Marsha Lovett, Brian MacWhinney, Jay McClelland, David Plaut, David Rakison, Lynne Reder, and Robert Siegler. Please specify your interest in working with any combination of the above faculty. Stipends are set by NIMH and are based on the number of years since completion of Ph.D. Fellowships are renewable for a second year. The candidate must be an U.S. citizen, non-citizen national, or already possess a visa permitting permanent residence. Applicants must have completed the doctoral degree before assuming the position. Send a vita and letter describing your research interests and have three letters of recommendation forwarded by April 28, 2003 to: NIMH Search Committee Department of Psychology Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 For more information contact Brian MacWhinney (macw at cmu.edu) From macw at cmu.edu Wed Apr 16 19:25:48 2003 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:25:48 -0400 Subject: CLAN workshops Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I have been thinking of conducting some informal CHILDES teaching sessions here at CMU in late May or early June. If this is something that interests you and you have these times free, please send me a note. I will be visiting in Germany during July and there is also a possibility that I will organize something in Europe during that time. --Brian MacWhinney, CMU From ann at hawaii.edu Thu Apr 17 19:02:49 2003 From: ann at hawaii.edu (Ann Peters) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 09:02:49 -1000 Subject: email for Judy Reilly Message-ID: Can anybody give me a current email for Judy Reilly? All the ones I have tried (including the one in ChiPeople) have bounced. thanks! ann **************************** Dr. Ann M. Peters, Professor Emeritus Graduate Chair http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/faq.htm Department of Linguistics University of Hawai`i email: ann at hawaii.edu 1890 East West Road, Rm 569 phone: 808 956-3241 Honolulu, HI 96822 fax: 808 956-9166 http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/faculty/ann/ From DaleP at health.missouri.edu Fri Apr 18 21:15:26 2003 From: DaleP at health.missouri.edu (Dale, Philip S.) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 16:15:26 -0500 Subject: No subject Message-ID: I imagine most of us who are involved in teaching and research in the area of child language have often been asked questions by parents about bilingualism, and most of us cite research demonstrating that under good circumstances - an important proviso, covering both input characteristics and cultural valuation of particular languages - there is little or no delay in the process of language acquisition. But when I am asked this question about a young child for whom there is some suspicion of a language impairment, I am less certain how to answer. I am thinking of a child whose development of both languages is substantially below norms. It is my belief that bilingualism is neither a cause nor a cure for language impairment, but what little evidence I have for this - such as work in Canada on children in immersion programs - comes from studies of older children. Can anyone provide more specific and/or up-to-date information about young children, bilingualism, and language impairment? Either scientific references, or - even better - something that could be given to parents would be much appreciated. Philip S. Dale, Professor & Chair Communication Sciences & Disorders 303 Lewis Hall University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211 voice: (573) 882-1934 fax: (573) 884-8686 [dept] http://www.umshp.org/csd/ From htagerf at bu.edu Mon Apr 28 12:53:24 2003 From: htagerf at bu.edu (htagerf at bu.edu) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 08:53:24 -0400 Subject: Research Assistant Position Message-ID: Please bring this to the attention of all your brightest graduating seniors! Research Assistant / Data Manager Job Description General research assistant and data manager for large, multi-project Research Center with primary responsibilities to develop and maintain database; conduct statistical analyses; develop stimuli for experiments; and conduct testing on children with developmental disorders, including autism or language impairment. This is a full-time salaried position with benefits. Minimum two-year commitment. Primary Responsibilities include: · help maintain computer systems in lab · data coding and entry; · organize and maintain research and data files; · management of project databases; · statistical analyses · development of project stimuli using photoshop, Adobe etc. · programming experiments · conduct testing with children and running experiments · assist in the preparation of conference presentations and manuscripts. Background and skills needed for this position include: · Bachelors degree in Psychology or related field; · Strong organizational, technical and computer skills; · Some programming skills · Experience with personal computers (PC environment) · Expertise in Windows, Microsoft Office; · Experience with ACCESS, or other database management programs · Strong statistical background and experience; · Background and experience in cognitive neuroscience or related fields We are seeking a mature and highly motivated person with strong interest in the areas of the research programs, who would enjoy the experience of being involved in a large and active research Center. The research programs address questions about cognitive, linguistic, and social-affective profiles and the relationship between genes, brain and behavior in autism, specific language impairment, and other genetic syndromes. For more information, please contact: Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D. Director, Lab of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, L-814 Boston MA 02118 Fax: 617-414-1301 Tel: 617-414-1300 Email: htagerf at bu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dmills2 at emory.edu Tue Apr 29 13:15:55 2003 From: dmills2 at emory.edu (Debbie Mills) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:15:55 -0400 Subject: Position Available Message-ID: Position available as a lab coordinator/ research specialist to run event-related potential (ERP) studies of language development. We are looking for someone with exceptional people and organizational skills who is interested in brain and language development. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to gain research experience before going to graduate school. Two-year commitment required. The position includes data collection and analysis for electrophysiological studies using the event related potential (ERP) technique with infants, children, and clinical populations and includes supervision of undergraduate student assistants. The position also includes scheduling research participants, maintenance of both database (using FoxPro and excel), and paper files and data books, data back up, some clerical work, care for the electrocaps, and assisting with preparation of manuscripts for publication and presentations at scientific conferences. Collection and analysis of the event-related potential studies includes special skills at using custom computer software on PCs, Mac and Unix computers, application of the electrocaps, as well as experience in working with normally developing infants, children and adults and infants and children from clinical and language impaired populations. Training on the use of custom software and event-related potential techniques will be provided. Requirements: B.A. in Psychology or related field Research experience with infants and children Highly Recommended are: Background in developmental psychology and/or cognitive neuroscience Proficiency in a variety of computer operating systems Expertise in using statistical packages For more information contact Debbie Mills at dmills2 at emory.edu -- Debra L. Mills, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychology 532 N. Kilgo Circle Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322 web: http://www.emory.edu/PSYCH/Faculty/mills.htm Phone: 404-727-5030 Fax: 404-727-0372 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From macw at cmu.edu Wed Apr 30 19:48:24 2003 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:48:24 -0400 Subject: Kathryn corpus Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES, I am happy to announce the arrival of the third installment of the Yip-Matthews corpus on three Cantonese-English children in Hong Kong. This new corpus, the Kathryn corpus, has a full set of files in both primarily English and primarily Cantonese linked to the audio. These files are at http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/media/audlink The full documentation for this fascinating new data set is give here. Many thanks to Virginia Yip, Huang Yue Yuan, and Steven Matthews for this contribution. --Brian MacWhinney The Hong Kong Bilingual Child Language Corpus: Longitudinal data for Kathryn (3;06.18-4;06.07) Virginia Yip, Stephen Matthews and Huang Yue Yuan Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong & Hong Kong Baptist University The corpus of Kathryn¹s bilingual development constitutes the third installment of the Hong Kong Bilingual Child Language Corpus. Kathryn was born in Hong Kong on January 23, 1992. Her siblings are James (four years and eight months older) and Alasdair (one year and nine months older), who also feature in the recordings occasionally. Her father, a neuro-surgeon at a university hospital, is a native speaker of Cantonese and her mother of British English. The mother, a housewife at the time of study, was the principal caregiver. The family employed a Filipina domestic helper for a brief period until Kathryn was around age 3, and subsequently a part-time Cantonese cleaner who also spoke fluent English. Kathryn attended the Cantonese section of an international Kindergarten from 2;07. According to her mother¹s observations this set her subsequent pattern of language use: with her friends mostly Cantonese-speaking. In April 2003 Kathryn is now eleven years old and she was reported to use more Cantonese as the language of social interaction, while English is the language for academic settings. Audio recording was conducted by two research assistants in each recording session, one responsible for each language, from 15 November 1994 (2;09.23) to 30 July 1996 (4;06.07) on a bi-weekly basis. The data initially released total 26 files (13 in each language) on a monthly basis from 3;06.18 -- 4;06.07. In each recording session one research assistant interacted with the child for approximately half an hour in English and the other for half an hour in Cantonese. Of the five Cantonese-English bilingual children studied to date, Kathryn shows the most balanced pattern of development, with relatively little evidence of language dominance or concomitant transfer compared to the siblings, Timmy and Sophie who show dominance in Cantonese over English. A perhaps unintentionally funny remark: Ngo5 de1di4 hai6 zing2 tau4 gaa3 (3;11;27) file Kc960119 My daddy is do head PRT ŒMy daddy fixes heads.¹ In Cantonese this would normally denote a hairdresser, but here describes her father¹s work as a neurosurgeon. Photographs of Kathryn from infancy to primary school can be viewed at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ils/home/kathryn.htm All the transcripts released in this corpus are linked to the audio files. One can read the transcript while listening to the interaction between the child and the research assistants. Acknowledgments Investigation of Kathryn's bilingual development was undertaken as part of the project "The Development of Bilingual Competence in Hong Kong Children" funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC ref. no. HKU 336/94H) and subsequently funded by the project "A Cantonese-English Bilingual Child Language Corpus" (RGC ref. no. CUHK4002/97H) and the current project "Multimedia Perspectives on Bilingual Development". (CUHK 4014/02H) The recording of Kathryn could not have been so successful and enjoyable without the generous support of her parents and siblings. We are especially indebted to Kathryn¹s mother Gillian for all the help she rendered over the years of our investigation. We also gratefully acknowledge the support and help of the colleagues and students who have been friends and supporters of our work over the years. Among them, special thanks are due to Winnie Chan, Linda Peng Ling Ling, Bella Leung, Lawrence Cheung, Gene Chu, Betty Chan, Chen Ee San, Michelle Li, Emily Ma, Uta Lam, Richard Wong and Angel Chan: a dedicated team who became part of the family and friends of the children. We thank Mary MacWhinney for digitizing a substantial portion of Kathryn¹s tapes for us in Spring 2001. Brian MacWhinney's impressive technical know-how and practical tips have greatly facilitated the completion of the corpus and production of the entire audio-linked corpus. His input during and after his sabbatical in Hong Kong in 2000-2001 has made all the difference to every aspect of the corpus. Publications based on the Hong Kong Bilingual Child Language Corpus: Matthews, S. & V. Yip. 2003. Relative clauses in early bilingual development: transfer and universals. In Giacalone, A. (ed.) Typology and Second Language Acquisition, pp.39-81. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Yip, V. 2002. "Early syntactic development in Cantonese-English bilingual children." Keynote speech delivered at the 9th International Symposium on Contemporary Linguistics in China, organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Beijing Foreign Studies University, PRC. Yip, V. (To appear). "Early syntactic development in Cantonese-English bilingual children." Contemporary Linguistics Yip, V. (To appear). "Early bilingual development in the Chinese context." In Li P., L-H .Tan, E. Bates & Tzeng, O. (eds.) Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics (Vol.1). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Yip, V. and Matthews, S. "Syntactic transfer in a bilingual child." Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 3.3, 193-208. For this release, there is a total of 26 files, half in Cantonese and half in English and there are two files for the same date since they were recorded on the same day. The file name is made up of Kathryn's initial K, followed by the initial that stands for the language, either c for Cantonese or e for English, followed by the year, month and date of recording, e.g. Kc951020 refers to the Cantonese file containing the recording made in the year 1995, October 20 and Ke951020 refers to the English file for the recording made on the same date. Thus each of the 26 files has a unique file name. Inventory of Kathryn¹s files File no. File name (Kcyymmdd) File no. File name (Keyymmdd) Age of CHI 1 Kc950810 14 Ke950810 3;06.18 2 Kc950905 15 Ke950905 3;07.13 3 Kc951020 16 Ke951020 3;08.27 4 Kc951117 17 Ke951117 3;09.25 5 Kc951220 18 Ke951220 3;10.27 6 Kc960119 19 Ke960119 3;11.27 7 Kc960207 20 Ke960207 4;00.15 8 Kc960304 21 Ke960304 4;01.09 9 Kc960409 22 Ke960409 4;02.17 10 Kc960508 23 Ke960508 4;03.15 11 Kc960621 24 Ke960621 4;04.29 12 Kc960703 25 Ke960703 4;05.10 13 Kc960730 26 Ke960730 4;06.07 From piathomsen at language.sdu.dk Wed Apr 2 10:50:19 2003 From: piathomsen at language.sdu.dk (Pia Thomsen) Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2003 12:50:19 +0200 Subject: Imitation in language acquisition Message-ID: Dear CHILDES members I am working on a project examining Danish children's imitation in early language acquisition. The data come a longitudinal (12-30 months) corpus with 12 children. Any suggestions or references would be greatly appreciated. I will post a summary. Many thanks Pia Thomsen The Odense Language Acquisition Center -- Pia Thomsen Ph.d.-stipendiat Center for Sprogtilegnelse Institut for Sprog og Kommunikation Syddansk Universitet, Odense Campusvej 55 5230 Odense M Tlf.: 65 50 35 96 Fax: 65 93 24 83 E-mail: piathomsen at language.sdu.dk From Roberta at UDel.Edu Thu Apr 3 19:17:01 2003 From: Roberta at UDel.Edu (Roberta Golinkoff) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 14:17:01 -0500 Subject: POSITION OPEN!! Message-ID: OUTSTANDING JOB POSSIBILITY Do you know any graduating seniors who want to go to graduate school but would like to take a year or two off first and work in the field? Starting soon after graduation this Spring, I will need a full-time research assistant to run my lab (funded by NSF) to work on word learning. I treat this person as my intellectual colleague and greatly enjoy collaboration. In addition to being very smart and a self-starter, the individual must have excellent people skills since he or she would supervise the many students who work in the lab and interact with the parents and babies who visit. When they finish their stint with me, my lab coordinators have gone on to do PhD's at some of the best institutions in the country. Please have anyone who is interested call me at (302- 831-1634) or better yet, write me email at Roberta at Udel.edu. Thanks so much for your help! -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Roberta Michnick Golinkoff, Ph.D. H. Rodney Sharp Professor School of Education and Departments of Psychology and Linguistics University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716 Phone: (302) 831-1634 Fax: (302) 831-4110 E-mail: Roberta at udel.edu Be sure to look at our Ph.D. program at http://www.udel.edu/educ/graduate/phd/cognition/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ra455 at nyu.edu Thu Apr 3 22:50:48 2003 From: ra455 at nyu.edu (Rebecca Alvandi) Date: Thu, 3 Apr 2003 17:50:48 -0500 Subject: Undergraduate SLP Major Looking for a Summer Job/Position/Internship Message-ID: Dear CHILDES Members: As a Junior about to enter my last year of college at New York University, I'm looking for a challenging Summer Position that will give me some exposure to my desired field in therapy. I am currently working towards my bachelor's degree in Speech and Language Pathology and would be interested in working in an environment that interacts with any aspect of the field. I am aware of the fact that certification is necessary to provide therapy, but I am hopeful that there is something I may be able to do without having the certification, such as research, secretarial work, or assisting Speech Language Pathologists. I write to you in hopes of receiving any available information on any such offers or openings your facilities may have available. The listserve would not allow me to attach a resume to this email, so if interested in seeing one, please feel free to email me. I'm an extremely driven and dedicated student with a lot to offer. I have well-rounded work experiences and am very flexible. Please email me with any questions, recommendations or opportunities that you may see fit. Thanks so much for your time. Sincerely, Rebecca Alvandi From macw at cmu.edu Thu Apr 10 21:14:00 2003 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Thu, 10 Apr 2003 17:14:00 -0400 Subject: Psotdoctoral position Message-ID: Postdoctoral Traineeships at CMU in Basic Processes and Variation in Cognition Applications are being accepted until April 28th for a postdoctoral fellowship for training in Basic Processes and Variation in Cognition. Members of the training grant include: John Anderson, Marlene Behrmann, Patricia Carpenter, Lori Holt, Marcel Just, David Klahr, Roberta Klatzky, Ken Kotovsky, Marsha Lovett, Brian MacWhinney, Jay McClelland, David Plaut, David Rakison, Lynne Reder, and Robert Siegler. Please specify your interest in working with any combination of the above faculty. Stipends are set by NIMH and are based on the number of years since completion of Ph.D. Fellowships are renewable for a second year. The candidate must be an U.S. citizen, non-citizen national, or already possess a visa permitting permanent residence. Applicants must have completed the doctoral degree before assuming the position. Send a vita and letter describing your research interests and have three letters of recommendation forwarded by April 28, 2003 to: NIMH Search Committee Department of Psychology Carnegie Mellon University 5000 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15213 For more information contact Brian MacWhinney (macw at cmu.edu) From macw at cmu.edu Wed Apr 16 19:25:48 2003 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2003 15:25:48 -0400 Subject: CLAN workshops Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I have been thinking of conducting some informal CHILDES teaching sessions here at CMU in late May or early June. If this is something that interests you and you have these times free, please send me a note. I will be visiting in Germany during July and there is also a possibility that I will organize something in Europe during that time. --Brian MacWhinney, CMU From ann at hawaii.edu Thu Apr 17 19:02:49 2003 From: ann at hawaii.edu (Ann Peters) Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2003 09:02:49 -1000 Subject: email for Judy Reilly Message-ID: Can anybody give me a current email for Judy Reilly? All the ones I have tried (including the one in ChiPeople) have bounced. thanks! ann **************************** Dr. Ann M. Peters, Professor Emeritus Graduate Chair http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/faq.htm Department of Linguistics University of Hawai`i email: ann at hawaii.edu 1890 East West Road, Rm 569 phone: 808 956-3241 Honolulu, HI 96822 fax: 808 956-9166 http://www.ling.hawaii.edu/faculty/ann/ From DaleP at health.missouri.edu Fri Apr 18 21:15:26 2003 From: DaleP at health.missouri.edu (Dale, Philip S.) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 16:15:26 -0500 Subject: No subject Message-ID: I imagine most of us who are involved in teaching and research in the area of child language have often been asked questions by parents about bilingualism, and most of us cite research demonstrating that under good circumstances - an important proviso, covering both input characteristics and cultural valuation of particular languages - there is little or no delay in the process of language acquisition. But when I am asked this question about a young child for whom there is some suspicion of a language impairment, I am less certain how to answer. I am thinking of a child whose development of both languages is substantially below norms. It is my belief that bilingualism is neither a cause nor a cure for language impairment, but what little evidence I have for this - such as work in Canada on children in immersion programs - comes from studies of older children. Can anyone provide more specific and/or up-to-date information about young children, bilingualism, and language impairment? Either scientific references, or - even better - something that could be given to parents would be much appreciated. Philip S. Dale, Professor & Chair Communication Sciences & Disorders 303 Lewis Hall University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia, MO 65211 voice: (573) 882-1934 fax: (573) 884-8686 [dept] http://www.umshp.org/csd/ From htagerf at bu.edu Mon Apr 28 12:53:24 2003 From: htagerf at bu.edu (htagerf at bu.edu) Date: Mon, 28 Apr 2003 08:53:24 -0400 Subject: Research Assistant Position Message-ID: Please bring this to the attention of all your brightest graduating seniors! Research Assistant / Data Manager Job Description General research assistant and data manager for large, multi-project Research Center with primary responsibilities to develop and maintain database; conduct statistical analyses; develop stimuli for experiments; and conduct testing on children with developmental disorders, including autism or language impairment. This is a full-time salaried position with benefits. Minimum two-year commitment. Primary Responsibilities include: ? help maintain computer systems in lab ? data coding and entry; ? organize and maintain research and data files; ? management of project databases; ? statistical analyses ? development of project stimuli using photoshop, Adobe etc. ? programming experiments ? conduct testing with children and running experiments ? assist in the preparation of conference presentations and manuscripts. Background and skills needed for this position include: ? Bachelors degree in Psychology or related field; ? Strong organizational, technical and computer skills; ? Some programming skills ? Experience with personal computers (PC environment) ? Expertise in Windows, Microsoft Office; ? Experience with ACCESS, or other database management programs ? Strong statistical background and experience; ? Background and experience in cognitive neuroscience or related fields We are seeking a mature and highly motivated person with strong interest in the areas of the research programs, who would enjoy the experience of being involved in a large and active research Center. The research programs address questions about cognitive, linguistic, and social-affective profiles and the relationship between genes, brain and behavior in autism, specific language impairment, and other genetic syndromes. For more information, please contact: Helen Tager-Flusberg, Ph.D. Director, Lab of Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, Boston University School of Medicine, 715 Albany Street, L-814 Boston MA 02118 Fax: 617-414-1301 Tel: 617-414-1300 Email: htagerf at bu.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From dmills2 at emory.edu Tue Apr 29 13:15:55 2003 From: dmills2 at emory.edu (Debbie Mills) Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2003 09:15:55 -0400 Subject: Position Available Message-ID: Position available as a lab coordinator/ research specialist to run event-related potential (ERP) studies of language development. We are looking for someone with exceptional people and organizational skills who is interested in brain and language development. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to gain research experience before going to graduate school. Two-year commitment required. The position includes data collection and analysis for electrophysiological studies using the event related potential (ERP) technique with infants, children, and clinical populations and includes supervision of undergraduate student assistants. The position also includes scheduling research participants, maintenance of both database (using FoxPro and excel), and paper files and data books, data back up, some clerical work, care for the electrocaps, and assisting with preparation of manuscripts for publication and presentations at scientific conferences. Collection and analysis of the event-related potential studies includes special skills at using custom computer software on PCs, Mac and Unix computers, application of the electrocaps, as well as experience in working with normally developing infants, children and adults and infants and children from clinical and language impaired populations. Training on the use of custom software and event-related potential techniques will be provided. Requirements: B.A. in Psychology or related field Research experience with infants and children Highly Recommended are: Background in developmental psychology and/or cognitive neuroscience Proficiency in a variety of computer operating systems Expertise in using statistical packages For more information contact Debbie Mills at dmills2 at emory.edu -- Debra L. Mills, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Psychology 532 N. Kilgo Circle Emory University Atlanta, Georgia 30322 web: http://www.emory.edu/PSYCH/Faculty/mills.htm Phone: 404-727-5030 Fax: 404-727-0372 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From macw at cmu.edu Wed Apr 30 19:48:24 2003 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 2003 15:48:24 -0400 Subject: Kathryn corpus Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES, I am happy to announce the arrival of the third installment of the Yip-Matthews corpus on three Cantonese-English children in Hong Kong. This new corpus, the Kathryn corpus, has a full set of files in both primarily English and primarily Cantonese linked to the audio. These files are at http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/media/audlink The full documentation for this fascinating new data set is give here. Many thanks to Virginia Yip, Huang Yue Yuan, and Steven Matthews for this contribution. --Brian MacWhinney The Hong Kong Bilingual Child Language Corpus: Longitudinal data for Kathryn (3;06.18-4;06.07) Virginia Yip, Stephen Matthews and Huang Yue Yuan Chinese University of Hong Kong, University of Hong Kong & Hong Kong Baptist University The corpus of Kathryn?s bilingual development constitutes the third installment of the Hong Kong Bilingual Child Language Corpus. Kathryn was born in Hong Kong on January 23, 1992. Her siblings are James (four years and eight months older) and Alasdair (one year and nine months older), who also feature in the recordings occasionally. Her father, a neuro-surgeon at a university hospital, is a native speaker of Cantonese and her mother of British English. The mother, a housewife at the time of study, was the principal caregiver. The family employed a Filipina domestic helper for a brief period until Kathryn was around age 3, and subsequently a part-time Cantonese cleaner who also spoke fluent English. Kathryn attended the Cantonese section of an international Kindergarten from 2;07. According to her mother?s observations this set her subsequent pattern of language use: with her friends mostly Cantonese-speaking. In April 2003 Kathryn is now eleven years old and she was reported to use more Cantonese as the language of social interaction, while English is the language for academic settings. Audio recording was conducted by two research assistants in each recording session, one responsible for each language, from 15 November 1994 (2;09.23) to 30 July 1996 (4;06.07) on a bi-weekly basis. The data initially released total 26 files (13 in each language) on a monthly basis from 3;06.18 -- 4;06.07. In each recording session one research assistant interacted with the child for approximately half an hour in English and the other for half an hour in Cantonese. Of the five Cantonese-English bilingual children studied to date, Kathryn shows the most balanced pattern of development, with relatively little evidence of language dominance or concomitant transfer compared to the siblings, Timmy and Sophie who show dominance in Cantonese over English. A perhaps unintentionally funny remark: Ngo5 de1di4 hai6 zing2 tau4 gaa3 (3;11;27) file Kc960119 My daddy is do head PRT ?My daddy fixes heads.? In Cantonese this would normally denote a hairdresser, but here describes her father?s work as a neurosurgeon. Photographs of Kathryn from infancy to primary school can be viewed at http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/ils/home/kathryn.htm All the transcripts released in this corpus are linked to the audio files. One can read the transcript while listening to the interaction between the child and the research assistants. Acknowledgments Investigation of Kathryn's bilingual development was undertaken as part of the project "The Development of Bilingual Competence in Hong Kong Children" funded by the Research Grants Council (RGC ref. no. HKU 336/94H) and subsequently funded by the project "A Cantonese-English Bilingual Child Language Corpus" (RGC ref. no. CUHK4002/97H) and the current project "Multimedia Perspectives on Bilingual Development". (CUHK 4014/02H) The recording of Kathryn could not have been so successful and enjoyable without the generous support of her parents and siblings. We are especially indebted to Kathryn?s mother Gillian for all the help she rendered over the years of our investigation. We also gratefully acknowledge the support and help of the colleagues and students who have been friends and supporters of our work over the years. Among them, special thanks are due to Winnie Chan, Linda Peng Ling Ling, Bella Leung, Lawrence Cheung, Gene Chu, Betty Chan, Chen Ee San, Michelle Li, Emily Ma, Uta Lam, Richard Wong and Angel Chan: a dedicated team who became part of the family and friends of the children. We thank Mary MacWhinney for digitizing a substantial portion of Kathryn?s tapes for us in Spring 2001. Brian MacWhinney's impressive technical know-how and practical tips have greatly facilitated the completion of the corpus and production of the entire audio-linked corpus. His input during and after his sabbatical in Hong Kong in 2000-2001 has made all the difference to every aspect of the corpus. Publications based on the Hong Kong Bilingual Child Language Corpus: Matthews, S. & V. Yip. 2003. Relative clauses in early bilingual development: transfer and universals. In Giacalone, A. (ed.) Typology and Second Language Acquisition, pp.39-81. Berlin and New York: Mouton de Gruyter. Yip, V. 2002. "Early syntactic development in Cantonese-English bilingual children." Keynote speech delivered at the 9th International Symposium on Contemporary Linguistics in China, organized by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences and Beijing Foreign Studies University, PRC. Yip, V. (To appear). "Early syntactic development in Cantonese-English bilingual children." Contemporary Linguistics Yip, V. (To appear). "Early bilingual development in the Chinese context." In Li P., L-H .Tan, E. Bates & Tzeng, O. (eds.) Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics (Vol.1). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Yip, V. and Matthews, S. "Syntactic transfer in a bilingual child." Bilingualism: Language and Cognition 3.3, 193-208. For this release, there is a total of 26 files, half in Cantonese and half in English and there are two files for the same date since they were recorded on the same day. The file name is made up of Kathryn's initial K, followed by the initial that stands for the language, either c for Cantonese or e for English, followed by the year, month and date of recording, e.g. Kc951020 refers to the Cantonese file containing the recording made in the year 1995, October 20 and Ke951020 refers to the English file for the recording made on the same date. Thus each of the 26 files has a unique file name. Inventory of Kathryn?s files File no. File name (Kcyymmdd) File no. File name (Keyymmdd) Age of CHI 1 Kc950810 14 Ke950810 3;06.18 2 Kc950905 15 Ke950905 3;07.13 3 Kc951020 16 Ke951020 3;08.27 4 Kc951117 17 Ke951117 3;09.25 5 Kc951220 18 Ke951220 3;10.27 6 Kc960119 19 Ke960119 3;11.27 7 Kc960207 20 Ke960207 4;00.15 8 Kc960304 21 Ke960304 4;01.09 9 Kc960409 22 Ke960409 4;02.17 10 Kc960508 23 Ke960508 4;03.15 11 Kc960621 24 Ke960621 4;04.29 12 Kc960703 25 Ke960703 4;05.10 13 Kc960730 26 Ke960730 4;06.07