From quigleyj at tcd.ie Wed Jan 8 12:01:23 2003 From: quigleyj at tcd.ie (Jean Quigley) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:01:23 +0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I am collecting language samples from children with Autism and Asperger syndrome and I would be very grateful for some advice on recording equipment. I know there was a discussion about this some time ago and that the CHAT manual also gives recommendations but I was wondering if there is any further information on the latest/best audio recording equipment (especially in relation to microphones). Many thanks, Jean Quigley Dr Jean Quigley Dept. of Psychology Trinity College Dublin 2, Ireland (353 1) 6082697 From h.muranaka at uws.edu.au Mon Jan 6 23:47:36 2003 From: h.muranaka at uws.edu.au (Hiromi Muranaka) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:47:36 +1100 Subject: Vocab or grammar test in Japanese? Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES, Sorry, this message has come back to me. This is the second attempt to send this to the list. I am conducting research on the Japanese narrative acquisition of bilingual children. My participants include pre-school and school children aged 4-5 and 8-9. Does anyone know whether there are vocabulary or grammar tests for children in Japanese in order to test whether the children are language impaired or not? Thank you for your attention. Regards, Hiromi ***************************************** Hiromi Muranaka School of Languages and Linguistics Building BB, Werrington South University of Western Sydney Locked Bag 1797 PENRITH SOUTH DC NSW 1797 Australia Telephone: 61 2 9852 5625 Fax: 61 2 9852 5468 ***************************************** From h.muranaka at uws.edu.au Mon Jan 6 12:05:14 2003 From: h.muranaka at uws.edu.au (Hiromi Muranaka) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:05:14 +1100 Subject: test for children? Message-ID: Dear all, I am conducting research on the Japanese narrative acquisition of bilingual children. My participants include pre-school and school children aged 4-5 and 8-9. Does anyone know whether there are vocabulary or grammar tests for children in Japanese in order to test whether the children are language impaired or not? Thank you for your attention. Regards, Hiromi From plahey at mindspring.com Wed Jan 8 21:47:49 2003 From: plahey at mindspring.com (Peg Lahey) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 16:47:49 -0500 Subject: SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE Message-ID: Dear Colleague, I would appreciate it if you would pass on the following information to eligible students and to other colleagues working with doctoral students in children's language disorders. Last year we funded four Bamford-Lahey Scholars from a large pool of excellent candidates; we again look forward to hearing from many promising candidates. Thanks for your help. Peg Lahey BAMFORD-LAHEY SCHOLAR AWARDS OF UP TO $10,000 AVAILABLE FOR 2003-2004: APPLICATIONS DUE ON APRIL 1, 2003 The Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation is again pleased to announce the availability of scholarship funds of up to $10,000 per recipient per year for doctoral students specializing in children's language disorders. Scholarships will be awarded on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, age, religion, or sex. Grants will be competitive and selection will be made by the Foundation using the application materials submitted by the applicant. Criteria for selecting scholars will include an evaluation of the applicant's ability to complete the doctoral program and the potential promise of the candidate as a teacher-investigator who will contribute to both educating clinicians and to our knowledge of the field of children's language disorders. Funds may be used for any activities that are related to completion of the doctoral program including: a) tuition, fees, books and supplies related to courses; b) transportation to classes or assigned projects; c) room and board if student is not living at home; d) childcare while attending classes; and e) dissertation research expenses if the topic of the dissertation is related to the objectives of the foundation. The scholarship funds are not loans and if used for the purposes approved by the Foundation do not require repayment. Furthermore, no work requirement may be attached to the receipt of this scholarship aid. Both full-time and part-time students are eligible and applicants may request any amount of funds up to $10,000. In order to apply, applicants should: Be accepted in a doctoral program at an accredited university that offers a specialization in children's language disorders including an emphasis on research skills a.. Be able to demonstrate the ability to complete such a program b.. Plan to specialize in children's language disorders during their study c.. Plan, after graduation, to be a teacher-investigator (with an emphasis on children's language disorders) at a college or university d.. Hold CCC-SLP from ASHA or equivalent certification from another country Students who are thinking of applying should immediately request sealed copies of official transcripts from colleges attended so the transcripts will be received in time to include with their application. Further information and instructions can be found on the Foundation Website www.bamford-lahey.org. Applications can be downloaded from the same site. There are some changes in application and instructions from those posted for last year's awards. Deadline for reception of completed applications (including transcripts and recommendations) is April 1, 2003. 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In the letter, I asked for replies to be sent by January 10. The actual submission deadline is January 25, but the writing of the proposal is based in large part on information that I receive from these letters. Given this, if you have not yet been able to send me a letter through standard mail, it would be best to send me your letter as an email attachment, perhaps formatted as a letter you would print out. Although it will not have your signature, I think the reviewers will still accept it as authentic. My email is macw at cmu.edu. Many thanks to those who have already sent me letters and also to those who will send me letters in the next few days. --Brian MacWhinney, CMU From macw at cmu.edu Mon Jan 13 23:47:35 2003 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:47:35 -0500 Subject: Films Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I have placed a summary of the info-childes discussion of films regarding child language, language, and language learning at http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/html/tips.html (sixth item) If you have any other films to add to this list, please tell me and I can easily add them. --Brian MacWhinney From rachaelstanley at yahoo.com Tue Jan 14 00:43:11 2003 From: rachaelstanley at yahoo.com (Rachael Stanley) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:43:11 -0800 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Please remove me from your email list. thank you. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From n.chipere at reading.ac.uk Tue Jan 14 11:45:38 2003 From: n.chipere at reading.ac.uk (Ngoni Chipere) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:45:38 -0000 Subject: coding t-units Message-ID: I would like to measure sentence length in a corpus of children's writing. The punctuation is unreliable and so I have to annotate the sentence boundaries myself. I've decided to use the T-unit measure and I would welcome some feedback on the following queries. I'm sure someone has grappled with these problems before and perhaps even written about them. 1) How to deal with reported speech, e.g. I said, "I'm going". Is it two t-units (main clause + main clause) or one t-unit (main clause + subordinate clause)? 2) How to deal with single-word dialogues, e.g. "Yes!" "No!" "Yes!" "Okay" The problem here is not so much the direct speech is not introduced but that it does not constitute a clause. Many thanks, Ngoni ********************************************************* Dr Ngoni Chipere Research Fellow School of Education, University of Reading Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading, RG6 1HY, UK tel 0118 9875123 ext 4943 From nippold at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Tue Jan 14 16:51:15 2003 From: nippold at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Marilyn Nippold) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 08:51:15 -0800 Subject: coding t-units Message-ID: Ngoni, In our research on written language, we count such sentences as "I said I'm going" as 2 t-units within one (it requires a special code called "Quotation"). Loban (1976) discusses this on p. 109 of his book "Language Development: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve." Regarding your second question, single word productions are not counted as T-units; we don't throw them out but call them "fragments" -- anything less than a T-unit is a fragment. Marilyn Nippold University of Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ngoni Chipere" To: "infoCHILDES" ; Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 3:45 AM Subject: coding t-units > I would like to measure sentence length in a corpus of children's writing. > The punctuation is unreliable and so I have to annotate the sentence > boundaries myself. I've decided to use the T-unit measure and I would > welcome some feedback on the following queries. I'm sure someone has > grappled with these problems before and perhaps even written about them. > > 1) How to deal with reported speech, e.g. I said, "I'm going". Is it two > t-units (main clause + main clause) or one t-unit (main clause + subordinate > clause)? > > 2) How to deal with single-word dialogues, e.g. > > "Yes!" > "No!" > "Yes!" > "Okay" > > The problem here is not so much the direct speech is not introduced but that > it does not constitute a clause. > > Many thanks, > > Ngoni > > > ********************************************************* > Dr Ngoni Chipere > Research Fellow > School of Education, University of Reading > Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading, RG6 1HY, UK > tel 0118 9875123 ext 4943 > > > > From nakhtar at cats.ucsc.edu Tue Jan 14 17:11:34 2003 From: nakhtar at cats.ucsc.edu (nameera akhtar) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 09:11:34 -0800 Subject: mind your language Message-ID: In response to Brian's summary of films about language, does anyone remember the British comedy series Mind your Language about a group of ESL learners in England? Better still, does anyone know how we can get a hold of any of the episodes? I watched it growing up in Canada and used to really enjoy it. nameera akhtar From Phyllis.Schneider at ualberta.ca Tue Jan 14 18:27:22 2003 From: Phyllis.Schneider at ualberta.ca (SCHNEIDER Phyllis) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:27:22 -0700 Subject: coding t-units Message-ID: I deal with reported speech by treating it as a main clause plus subordinate, analogous to indirectly quoted speech such as "I said that I'm going". This treatment is also recommended by a manual of narrative analysis by Hughes, McGillivray & Schmidek (1997), entitled Guide to narrative language: Procedures for assessment, from Thinking Publications. When counting t-units, utterances like "yes" would be considered fragments; if you wanted to include them, you could count Communication Units, which are essentially t-units with fragments included in the count. Of course, if the reported speech is a fragment, as in "She said "no", then there would be a main clause only. --Phyllis Schneider -----Original Message----- From: Ngoni Chipere To: infoCHILDES; linguist at linguistlist.org Sent: 14/01/2003 4:45 AM Subject: coding t-units I would like to measure sentence length in a corpus of children's writing. The punctuation is unreliable and so I have to annotate the sentence boundaries myself. I've decided to use the T-unit measure and I would welcome some feedback on the following queries. I'm sure someone has grappled with these problems before and perhaps even written about them. 1) How to deal with reported speech, e.g. I said, "I'm going". Is it two t-units (main clause + main clause) or one t-unit (main clause + subordinate clause)? 2) How to deal with single-word dialogues, e.g. "Yes!" "No!" "Yes!" "Okay" The problem here is not so much the direct speech is not introduced but that it does not constitute a clause. Many thanks, Ngoni ********************************************************* Dr Ngoni Chipere Research Fellow School of Education, University of Reading Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading, RG6 1HY, UK tel 0118 9875123 ext 4943 From k.j.alcock at city.ac.uk Tue Jan 14 18:41:51 2003 From: k.j.alcock at city.ac.uk (Alcock, Katie) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:41:51 -0000 Subject: mind your language Message-ID: This is available on video, you can get it from both www.blackstar.co.uk and www.amazon.co.uk; however in North America you would need to get the tapes transferred from PAL to NTSC (many universities have a facility to do this though commercial outfits charge as much as the tape itself!). If you enjoy this, you may also enjoy The Education of Hyman Kaplan, by Leo Rosten, which was originally a book but which had a lovely BBC radio series as well, the tapes used to be available from them but I can't find them anywhere now. Katie Alcock > > In response to Brian's summary of films about language, does anyone > remember the British comedy series Mind your Language about a group > of ESL learners in England? Better still, does anyone know how we > can get a hold of any of the episodes? I watched it growing up in > Canada and used to really enjoy it. > > nameera akhtar > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ting+ at pitt.edu Tue Jan 14 22:46:17 2003 From: ting+ at pitt.edu (Ting T Chung) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:46:17 -0500 Subject: summary on accent development Message-ID: Hi Childes members, A (long) while ago I posted a message for references on accent development in children and even infants. I have since finished my PhD dissertation on accent categorization in infancy (University of Pittsburgh.) Here's what I found: Infants born in Pittsburgh can discriminate the New York Bronx accent from the Western Pennsylvania accent at 10, but not 4, months. They can also discriminate the New York Bronx accent from the Chinese accent in English (both novel to the baby) at 10 months, although the effect is not as strong. They are unable, however, to discriminate 2 accents in a foreign language (Chinese) at both ages. The dissertation has a good (or at least I think so!) documentation of findings on adult, child and infant perception/acquistion of various accents and dialects. Here is a summary of messages I received in response to the message I posted at Childes: --------- >From Nicole Whitworth Department of Linguistics & Phonetics The University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK you want to have a look at work done by G. Docherty (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK) and P. Foulkes (University of York, UK), as well as P. Kerwill (University of Reading). ------ >From Lynne Hebert Remson I can only offer anecdotal disconfirming evidence. I moved to Arizona from Louisiana when my daughters were 9 and 12. The 12 year old "decided" to lose her Southern/Cajun accent-you know how junior high girls can be-- and it disappeared in about 2 weeks. The younger one, now 19, still has a great deal more evidence of it, as do I. Most people don't guess that my 12 year old, now 22, is from Louisiana unless they know her last name. ------- >From Tina Bennett-Kastor A friend of mine from graduate school was born and raised in Los Angeles. Her parents were New York Jews. Her dialect was that of a New York Jew, not someone born and raised in L.A. The family was very close, and were members of a close-knit Orthodox Jewish community, so perhaps that had something to do with it. ------- A few people also mentioned Labov's work, who definitely has a significant role in this literature. Many thanks to those responded! Rachel Chung, PhD ======================= ting at pitt.edu Data Manager Psychophysiology Lab Department of Psychology University of Pittsburgh 4310 Sennott Square S. Bouquet St. Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412)624-8191 From macw at cmu.edu Tue Jan 14 23:51:54 2003 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:51:54 -0500 Subject: T-units Message-ID: Dear Ngoni, Marilyn, Phyllis, and Info-CHILDES, The discussion of how to count t-units seems to assume that people are counting these units by hand and eye. However, it is possible to count them automatically, using the CLAN MLU program, if you wish. You can separate units with the unit markers such as [c] or [t], as is often done for the Frog Stories. And you can use the -s switch to exclude certain words such as "yes" and "no". However, if the goal is to exclude all single-word utterances, that could be done by preprocessing with MAXWD. Finally, if you want to handle direct quotation as a separate t-unit, you can transcribe in this way: *CHI: I said +"/. *CHI: +" I'm going. Of course, it was not clear in the earlier messages whether Ngoni wanted to use a program to do this, but that is a possibility. --Brian MacWhinney From kei at aya.yale.edu Wed Jan 15 07:00:21 2003 From: kei at aya.yale.edu (Kei Nakamura) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:00:21 +0900 Subject: final call for papers (JSLS2003, Kobe, Japan) Message-ID: The Fifth Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS 2003) July 5 (Saturday)- 6 (Sunday), 2003 Takigawa Memorial Hall, Kobe University -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** First Call for Papers ** The Japanese Society for Language Sciences invites proposals for our Fifth Annual Conference, JSLS 2003. We welcome proposals for paper and poster presentations and for one symposium. As keynote speakers, we will invite Catherine E. Snow (Harvard Graduate School of Education) and Masayoshi Shibatani (Faculty of Letters, Kobe University). JSLS2003 Committee Chair Tamiko Ogura (Faculty of Letters, Kobe University) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Dates/ Location The Fifth Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences will be held as follows: (1) July 5 (Saturday)- 6 (Sunday), 2003 (2) Takigawa Memorial Hall, Kobe University Submissions We would like to encourage submissions on research pertaining to language sciences, including linguistics, psychology, education, computer science, brain science, and philosophy, among others. We will not commit ourselves to one or a few particular theoretical frameworks. We will respect any scientific endeavor that aims to contribute to a better understanding of the human mind and the brain through language. Symposium We are planning to have one symposium as a part of the conference. We will accept proposals for this symposium. The deadline for the symposium is due on February 1, 2003. Notification of acceptance will be made no later than April 1, 2003. The time slot for the symposium will be 2 hours and 30 minutes. Qualifications for Presenters All presenters should be members of JSLS by the first day of the conference (July 5, 2003). (It is not necessary for co-presenters to be members.) Please refer to the following website for membership information: http://jchat.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp/JSLS/ All presenters should pre-register for the JSLS 2003 conference by June 1, 2003. Papers should be original and unpublished. We will accept multiple submissions from the same individual, however, you can only be the single or first author of one paper. Each presentation will be 25 minutes long. (20 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A). The language of presentations may be either Japanese or English. Submission Deadline & Review Process All submissions should be mailed and postmarked by February 1, 2003 (Saturday). Please send the following items to the review committee chairperson, Harumi Kobayashi. Paper and poster presentations (1) Application form (A4 or letter-size paper) presentation title presentaton category (paper or poster) name of presenter(s), affiliation(s) mailing address email address telephone number language of presentation keywords (about 5 words) (2) 3 copies of abstract (A4 or letter-size papers) 12 pt double-spaced maximum 4 pages (including title, tables, figures, & references) Do not include any information which may reveal your identity. The presentation must be in either Japanese or English. (If the language of the presenation is to be different from the language of the submitted paper, please attach a note.) (3) Floppy disk Save the files of the application form and the abstract. Please indicate the program you used. (4) 2 self-addressed mailing labels (with your name, address) [This is not necessary for those submitting abstracts by e-mail.] Please send the above items to the following address (please write "JSLS paper (or JSLS poster)" in red ink on the envelope): Harumi Kobayashi School of Science and Engineering Tokyo Denki University Hatoyama Hiki-gun, Saitama-ken 350-0394 JAPAN We will also accept submissions via e-mail. Please send your submissions to the following address, in the following manner: h-koba at i.dendai.ac.jp (Subject: Paper Submission (or Poster Submission) ) (a) save the file as "text file" or "pdf file". Please note that other formats will not be accepted. (b) save your file under your own name (eg.: torigoe-takashi.pdf). Each abstract will be reviewed anonymously by several reviewers. Notification of acceptance will be made no later than April 1. (Some "paper" poposals might be accepted for "poster" presentations.) If your "paper" proposal is accepted, you will be requested to send a copy of your paper (Maximun length is 6-pages) by May 6. The paper will appear in the Conference Handbook. Excellent papers may be published as a collection of papers titled "Studies in Language Sciences". Symposium (1) Application Form symposium title name of the organizer(s) and affiliation(s) mailing address telephone number name and affiliations of symposium speakers (2) a detailed abstract 800 to 1600 words in English or 3000 to 6000 characters (moji) in Japanese (equivalent to two to four pages on A4 or letter-size papers). We will only accept submissions via e-mail for the symposium by February 1, 2003. Please send an e-mail proposal to the following address, in the following manner: h-koba at i.dendai.ac.jp (Subject: Symposium Proposal) Please send your abstract in text or pdf file format. All questions regarding the JSLS 2003 conference should be addressed to: Takashi Torigoe JSLS 2003 Conference Coordinator Hyogo University of Teacher Education Yashiro, Hyogo 673-1494 JAPAN e-mail: torigoe at edu.hyogo-u.ac.jp (Inquiries by phone will not be accepted. ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ann at hawaii.edu Sun Jan 19 00:11:51 2003 From: ann at hawaii.edu (Ann Peters) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 14:11:51 -1000 Subject: A Clarification please (fwd) Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: I received this query out of the blue. It is not an area I am qualified to advise on. If anyone can help this researcher, please respond directly to her. thank you Ann Peters **************************** 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/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 01:45:19 +0000 From: lalitha mohan raja To: ann at hawaii.edu Subject: A Clarification please Dear Mam, Thank you very much for your response. I am Lady Research Student in psycholinguistics from India. My topic is Syntactic Development of Tamil Mother Tongue Children in Learning English. I have selected 450 Samples, 150 each from 8,9& 10 yrs old children( in the method of random sampling). Cross-sectional study is being carried out by me.They belong to 6 different schools. On the basis of their teaching materials, I have framed test materials for testing number, tense,interrogative,negative aspect of English language, and in general I have given two tests(general questions about them to find out the MLU in each stage). Data has been collected in written form. They show gradual development in general tests and in interrogatives, but in other tests the MEAN SCORES obtained by 9yrs children or 10yrs children is less than that of 8yrs children. Will this scores affect my study in any aspect,otherwise can I proceed my work by giving suitable(which is found)justification for that. I am so confused. PLEASE HELP ME WITH YOUR VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS. URGENT PLEASE....It will be very helpful for me if you give me your valuable advise. My MAIL ID: lalitharaja2000 at rediffmail.com Thanking You LALITHA From stemberg at interchange.ubc.ca Mon Jan 20 23:01:41 2003 From: stemberg at interchange.ubc.ca (Joseph Stemberger) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 15:01:41 -0800 Subject: LAST CALL for papers for Child Phonology Message-ID: LAST CALL FOR PAPERS The deadline is fast approaching, but there's still another 11 days to submit an abstract for the Child Phonology conference in July. What follows is a re-posting of the call for papers that went out in November. ---Joe Stemberger Linguistics UBC 2003 Child Phonology Conference University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, CANADA UBC is hosting the 2003 Annual Child Phonology Conference July 1-4, 2003. The general schedule for the conference will be as follows: July 1: Evening Reception (optional Canada Day celebrations) July 2: Symposia: Segmental and Feature Development Word and Syllable Structure Development Posters: Other topics July 3: Symposia: Phonology in Context -- perception, morphology/phonology, syntax/morphology, motor development/phonology, metaphonology, literacy, hearing impairment/phonology, etc. Posters: Other topics July 4: Optional: Lab tours, focused research discussion groups We are now calling for symposium paper or poster abstracts for the above topics. Symposium papers will be 20-30 minutes in length. Completed symposia papers need to be received by June 1, in order to be sent to the discussants. Posters will be up for the whole day, with a dedicated discussion time at the end of the day. The full text of posters need not be sent ahead of time. Please send an abstract of no more than 250 words by email to Barbara Bernhardt: bb at audiospeech.ubc.ca BY JANUARY 31, 2003 Indicate your presentation preference: [ ] symposium paper only [ ] poster only [ ] prefer symposium, but poster OK if necessary [ ] no preference In February, abstracts will be reviewed, symposia organized, and discussants invited. The plan will be adjusted depending on submissions. Note: We are hoping to disseminate the papers from the conference either in a book or on the web. We hope to see you there! --- Barbara Bernhardt & Joe Stemberger From bpearson at comdis.umass.edu Wed Jan 22 14:33:58 2003 From: bpearson at comdis.umass.edu (Barbara Zurer Pearson) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:33:58 -0500 Subject: Video archiving equipment Message-ID: Dear InfoChildes, Forgive me if I should be checking first in the Infochildes archive. I will be doing that, but I also wanted to get the most up-to-date info I could. We're getting ready to digitize a set of about 50 video tapes of child speech, eventually to burn onto DVDs. But we're not sure what format to put the videos into on the computer that will make them easiest to replay, to find "tracks" and "gems" on, and eventually to be most compatible with other materials on CHILDES. I understand that the video quality suffers, but the audio should remain ok. Is there a way to digitize them both separately and together (that is, audio and video)? What are the conventions for taking out identifying information to the extent possible? As you can tell, I'm not even sure the best way to frame the questions. Fortunately, I will have help: our resident computer "kid." We plan to use a MAC G4 for this. It has a firewire drive, which we'll start out with, but we haven't yet put in a DVD burner. What other relevant specs do we need to check about the machine? Thanks in advance for your help. Barbara -- ********************** Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D. Research Associate, Project Manager NIH Working Groups on AAE Dept. of Communication Disorders Arnold House 117 UMass, Amherst MA 01003 413-545-5023 fax: 545-0803 bpearson at comdis.umass.edu http://www.umass.edu/aae/ From michael at georgetown.edu Thu Jan 23 17:20:30 2003 From: michael at georgetown.edu (Michael Ullman) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:20:30 -0500 Subject: faculty position in cognitive neuroscience Message-ID: TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Georgetown University The Department of Neuroscience is recruiting a new tenure-track faculty member in cognitive neuroscience at the rank of either Assistant or Associate Professor. We seek an outstanding candidate with research in language, memory, motor systems, or other areas of cognitive neuroscience. We have state-of-the-art core facilities in EEG/ERP and in human (3T) and animal (7T) magnetic resonance (fMRI), and access to numerous populations with developmental or acquired brain disorders. We offer an outstanding intellectual and collaborative environment with highly competitive salary and start-up packages. Successful candidates must have a Ph.D. or the equivalent, evidence of productivity and innovation, and the potential to establish an independently funded research program. Applications are encouraged from women and underrepresented minorities. To apply send the following to the address below: (1) a detailed CV; (2) a two-page statement of research and teaching interests; and (3) no more than three preprints or reprints. Please also have three referees send recommendations to the same address. 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Further particulars, containing an outline of the Department's staff, research, and teaching, details of the duties and requirements of both University and College posts, and the full range of emoluments and allowances attached to both appointments, may be obtained at http://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/ or from Ms J Newman, Dept of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD (Fax 01865 271354), to whom applications should be sent (7 copies except for overseas applicants who may send a single copy), including curriculum vitae, a summary of research, and names and contact details of three referees, to arrive no later than 18th February 2003. Informal enquiries can be directed to Prof O J Braddick, tel (01865-) 271355, e-mail oliver.braddick at psy.ox.ac.uk. The University and Magdalen College are Equal Opportunities Employers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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For details, visit our web site: http://www.otsu.icl.keio.ac.jp/tcp/ [ Program ] Day 1 (March 14,2003) 10:00-10:10 Opening         Yukio Otsu (Keio University) 10:10-10:55   Luisa Meroni and Stephen Crain (University of Maryland at College Park) “How to Eliminate Kindergarten Path Effects” Chair: Edson Miyamoto (Nara Institute of Science & Technology) 11:00-11:45   Katsuo Tamaoka, Hiromu Sakai, Jun-ichiro Kawahara, Hyunjung Lim (Hiroshima University) and Yayoi Miyaoka (Hiroshima University of Economics) “Priority Information Used for the Processing of Japanese Sentences: Thematic Roles, Case Particles or Grammatical Functions?” Chair: Edson Miyamoto (Nara Institute of Science & Technology) Lunch 13:00-13:45   Tomohiro Fujii (University of Maryland at College Park) “Licit and Illicit Long Subject-to-Subject Raising” Chair: Akira Watanabe (University of Tokyo) 13:50-14:35   Kayono Shiobara (University of British Columbia) “Eliminating Late-merge: Reexamination of Anti-reconstruction Effects” Chair: Akira Watanabe (University of Tokyo) Break 14:50-15:35   Yarrow Dunham, Peggy Li and Susan Carey (Harvard University) “Markedness and the Object-Substance Distinction: New Cross- Linguistic Evidence” Chair: Mari Takahashi (Kyoto Sangyo University) 15:40-16:25 Koji Sugisaki and William Snyder (University of Connecticut) “Do Parameters Have Default Values? Evidence from the Acquisition of English and Spanish” Chair: Mari Takahashi (Kyoto Sangyo University) 16:35-17:35    Invited Lecture Mark Baker (Rutgers University) “ ‘Verbal Adjectives’ as Adjectives without Phi-features” Chair: Hisatsugu Kitahara (Keio University) Party Day 2 (March 15,2003) 10:00-10:45    Maki Yamane (Niigata Women's College/University of Connecticut) “It's Still Dark Here, Flick Another Switch on: Adult L2 Interlanguage Grammars in the Middle of Parameter Resetting” Chair: Makiko Hirakawa (Tokyo International University) 10:50-11:35   Sharon Unsworth (Utrecht University) “Direct Object Scrambling in Adult and Child L2 Dutch” Chair: Makiko Hirakawa (Tokyo International University) 11:40-12:25    Elise de Bree (Utrecht University) and Ellen Gerrits (University Hospital Maastricht) “Phonological Processing in Young Children at Risk for Developmental Dyslexia” Chair: Haruo Kubozono (Kobe University) Lunch 14:00-14:45  Hideaki Yamashita (Yokohama National University) “On the Distribution of NPI in Japanese and Phase Impenetrability Condition” Chair: Tetsuya Sano (Meiji Gakuin University) 14:50-15:35  Andrea Gualmini, Luisa Meroni and Stephen Crain (University of Maryland at College Park) “Semantic Universals in Child Language” Chair: Tetsuya Sano (Meiji Gakuin University) Break 15:50-16:35  Graciela Tesan and Rosalind Thornton (University of Maryland at College Park) “Small Children’s Big Clauses” Chair: Tetsuya Sano (Meiji Gakuin University) 16:45-17:45    Invited Lecture Maria Teresa Guasti (University of Milan-Bicocca) “What Can We Learn About Early Grammar from a Crosslinguistic Perspective?” Chair: Yukio Otsu (Keio University) Alternates 1. Motoki Nakajima (University of Tokyo) “The Acquisition of Nominative-Genitive Conversion and Case Marker Drop” 2. Duk-Ho An (University of Connecticut) “Specifics of Specifiers: A Case Study of Negation Phrases in Korean” 3. Kaori Hayashi (Sophia University) “Interpretational Patterns of Occasional and Restriction on their Choice” For inquires, contact: TCP Committee Otsu Lab/Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies  Keio University 2-14-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345 E-mail address: tcp at otsu.icl.keio.ac.jp From hitomi-murata at mri.biglobe.ne.jp Sat Jan 25 18:17:55 2003 From: hitomi-murata at mri.biglobe.ne.jp (Hitomi Murata) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 03:17:55 +0900 Subject: TCP 2003 Program Message-ID: Dear Collegue, There was an error in the previous posting of the TCP 2003(Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics) program. The name of the university of the invited speaker, Prof. Maria Guasti should have been 'University of Milan-Bicocca'.. Sorry for the confusion. Thank you. Hitomi Murata Associate Director TCP 2003 From fletcher at hkusua.hku.hk Tue Jan 28 09:09:32 2003 From: fletcher at hkusua.hku.hk (Paul Fletcher) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:09:32 +0800 Subject: position available Message-ID: Professor: Chair of Speech & Hearing Sciences (RF-2002/2003-217) Applications are invited for appointment as Professor: Chair of Speech & Hearing Sciences in the Division of Speech & Hearing Sciences of the Faculty of Education, tenable from September 1, 2003 or as soon as possible thereafter. Appointment will initially be made on a three- to five-year fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal. The Division of Speech & Hearing Sciences is responsible for the education of speech/language therapists and audiologists in Hong Kong and more widely. It is committed to innovative curriculum practice, and is a pioneer in problem-based learning (PBL) approaches. The Division has a strong research profile, with a particular commitment to the investigation of communication disorders in Chinese populations. The Division has world-class facilities, including laboratories with specialist equipment, clinical suites and library holdings. Further information can be obtained from the website: http://www.hku.hk/speech/. The appointee should have a distinguished record of research, publication and supervision of research students. He/She would be expected to contribute to teaching in relevant programmes, and research in an area of speech, language or hearing sciences related to communication disorders; provide research leadership in the Division; and play a key role in the development of research policy, strategy and staff development in the Faculty and more broadly, in the University. A knowledge of Chinese, and a recognised clinical qualification would be advantageous but are not essential. Annual salaries [attracting contract-end gratuity and University contribution to a retirement benefits scheme, totalling up to 15% of basic salary] will be within the professorial range, which is not less than HKD1.2M, with starting salary depending on qualifications and experience (which is subject to review from time to time at the entire discretion of the University). At current rates, salaries tax does not exceed 15% of gross income. Leave and medical/dental benefits, and a taxable financial subsidy under the Home Financing Scheme for reimbursing either the actual rental payment or the mortgage repayment up to the relevant maximum entitlement, where appropriate, will be offered to successful candidate. Further particulars and application forms (272/302 amended) can be obtained at https://extranet.hku.hk/apptunit/; or from the Appointments Unit (Senior), Human Resource Section, Registry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (tel: (852) 2540 6735 or 2559 2058; e-mail: apptunit at reg.hku.hk). Review of applications will begin from March 15, 2003 until the position is filled. Further enquiries about the post can be addressed to the Head of Division (Fax: (852) 2559 0060; E-mail: ayclo at hkucc.hku.hk). The University reserves the right not to fill the post or to fill the post by invitation or to make an appointment at an appropriate level. The University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a No-Smoking Policy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From orlandoc at terra.com.br Wed Jan 29 00:48:31 2003 From: orlandoc at terra.com.br (Orlando Bisacchi Coelho) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 22:48:31 -0200 Subject: Learning phonotactics Message-ID: Dear info-childes members, An interesting phonotactic feature, which seems to hold in several languages, is known as OCP (the obligatory contour principle): the preference for a certain level of contrast between consecutive vowels in a word. Contour can be described in terms of differences in opening (or tongue height), place (or tongue position), and rounding between such vowels. Harmony, on the other hand, is the absence of contrast between consecutive vowels. Since I am interested in using connectionist networks to model phonotactic preferences for contour or harmony (vis-a-vis statistical biases that we have identified in a Brazilian Portuguese corpus), I wonder if any of the members of this list has come across a marked degree of preference for either harmony or contour in the language that is either produced by or directly spoken to early language learners. Thanks in advance for your answers. Orlando Bisacchi Coelho UMC/UNICAMP orlandoc at terra.com.br -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ks7t at andrew.cmu.edu Wed Jan 29 15:01:26 2003 From: ks7t at andrew.cmu.edu (Kelley Sacco) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:01:26 -0500 Subject: FW: Job Advert In-Reply-To: Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message > From: Julian Pine > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:47:52 +0000 > To: sacco at cmu.edu > Subject: Job Advert > > Would it be possible for you to post the following message on the > relevant info-childes list. > > Many thanks, > > > Julian > -- > > I would like to draw the attention of people on this list to the > following job advert and encourage applications, particularly from > people using preferential looking and/or head-turn preference > procedures to look at infants' early linguistic knowledge and/or > distributional learning abilities. > > > Julian Pine > > > ****************************** > Dr. Julian Pine > School of Psychology > University of Nottingham > NG7 2RD > United Kingdom > > email:jp at psyc.nott.ac.uk > Tel: 44 115 951 5285 > Fax: 44 115 951 5324 > ****************************** > > > > School of Psychology, University of Nottingham > > Lecturers in Psychology (up to five permanent posts) > > Applications are invited for the above posts from individuals with a > strong record or proven potential for research in any field of > empirical psychology. The School is particularly keen to make > appointments in the following areas: developmental psychology, social > psychology, the neural basis of cognitive processes, other aspects of > cognitive neuroscience, and clinical neuropsychology. Duties will > include research, teaching through some mixture of lectures, > practical classes, tutorials and project supervision as directed by > the Head of School, and some administration. > > Most of the School's undergraduate teaching is for a BSc Psychology > degree, however we recently introduced the UK's first undergraduate > BSc in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience and we have excellent > facilities in this field. > > The School has thriving research programs and good facilities in the > areas of cognitive psychology and cognitive modeling, conceptual and > linguistic development and social processes, risk and health. The > School has strong links with the University's Medical School, > including laboratories for investigation of cognitive processes by > neurone recording and behaviour, and extensive collaborations with > the Magnetic Resonance Centre on campus, for fMRI research. We have > in-house laboratories for ERP, TMS and research on human vision. We > also have strong connections with the recently formed Institute of > Learning Sciences, with the MRC Institute of Hearing Research, with > the Institute for the Study of Genetics Biorisks and Society, and > with the planned Institute of Neuroscience. > > Salary will be within the range of £22,191 - £33,679 per annum, > depending on qualifications and experience. > > ------ End of Forwarded Message From ija at jonava.net Wed Jan 29 17:02:30 2003 From: ija at jonava.net (Ija) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:02:30 +0100 Subject: Fw: Job Advert Message-ID: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelley Sacco" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:01 PM Subject: FW: Job Advert > > ------ Forwarded Message > > From: Julian Pine > > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:47:52 +0000 > > To: sacco at cmu.edu > > Subject: Job Advert > > > > Would it be possible for you to post the following message on the > > relevant info-childes list. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > Julian > > -- > > > > I would like to draw the attention of people on this list to the > > following job advert and encourage applications, particularly from > > people using preferential looking and/or head-turn preference > > procedures to look at infants' early linguistic knowledge and/or > > distributional learning abilities. > > > > > > Julian Pine > > > > > > ****************************** > > Dr. Julian Pine > > School of Psychology > > University of Nottingham > > NG7 2RD > > United Kingdom > > > > email:jp at psyc.nott.ac.uk > > Tel: 44 115 951 5285 > > Fax: 44 115 951 5324 > > ****************************** > > > > > > > > School of Psychology, University of Nottingham > > > > Lecturers in Psychology (up to five permanent posts) > > > > Applications are invited for the above posts from individuals with a > > strong record or proven potential for research in any field of > > empirical psychology. The School is particularly keen to make > > appointments in the following areas: developmental psychology, social > > psychology, the neural basis of cognitive processes, other aspects of > > cognitive neuroscience, and clinical neuropsychology. Duties will > > include research, teaching through some mixture of lectures, > > practical classes, tutorials and project supervision as directed by > > the Head of School, and some administration. > > > > Most of the School's undergraduate teaching is for a BSc Psychology > > degree, however we recently introduced the UK's first undergraduate > > BSc in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience and we have excellent > > facilities in this field. > > > > The School has thriving research programs and good facilities in the > > areas of cognitive psychology and cognitive modeling, conceptual and > > linguistic development and social processes, risk and health. The > > School has strong links with the University's Medical School, > > including laboratories for investigation of cognitive processes by > > neurone recording and behaviour, and extensive collaborations with > > the Magnetic Resonance Centre on campus, for fMRI research. We have > > in-house laboratories for ERP, TMS and research on human vision. We > > also have strong connections with the recently formed Institute of > > Learning Sciences, with the MRC Institute of Hearing Research, with > > the Institute for the Study of Genetics Biorisks and Society, and > > with the planned Institute of Neuroscience. > > > > Salary will be within the range of £22,191 - £33,679 per annum, > > depending on qualifications and experience. > > > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message > From quigleyj at tcd.ie Wed Jan 8 12:01:23 2003 From: quigleyj at tcd.ie (Jean Quigley) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 12:01:23 +0000 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I am collecting language samples from children with Autism and Asperger syndrome and I would be very grateful for some advice on recording equipment. I know there was a discussion about this some time ago and that the CHAT manual also gives recommendations but I was wondering if there is any further information on the latest/best audio recording equipment (especially in relation to microphones). Many thanks, Jean Quigley Dr Jean Quigley Dept. of Psychology Trinity College Dublin 2, Ireland (353 1) 6082697 From h.muranaka at uws.edu.au Mon Jan 6 23:47:36 2003 From: h.muranaka at uws.edu.au (Hiromi Muranaka) Date: Tue, 7 Jan 2003 10:47:36 +1100 Subject: Vocab or grammar test in Japanese? Message-ID: Dear Info-CHILDES, Sorry, this message has come back to me. This is the second attempt to send this to the list. I am conducting research on the Japanese narrative acquisition of bilingual children. My participants include pre-school and school children aged 4-5 and 8-9. Does anyone know whether there are vocabulary or grammar tests for children in Japanese in order to test whether the children are language impaired or not? Thank you for your attention. Regards, Hiromi ***************************************** Hiromi Muranaka School of Languages and Linguistics Building BB, Werrington South University of Western Sydney Locked Bag 1797 PENRITH SOUTH DC NSW 1797 Australia Telephone: 61 2 9852 5625 Fax: 61 2 9852 5468 ***************************************** From h.muranaka at uws.edu.au Mon Jan 6 12:05:14 2003 From: h.muranaka at uws.edu.au (Hiromi Muranaka) Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:05:14 +1100 Subject: test for children? Message-ID: Dear all, I am conducting research on the Japanese narrative acquisition of bilingual children. My participants include pre-school and school children aged 4-5 and 8-9. Does anyone know whether there are vocabulary or grammar tests for children in Japanese in order to test whether the children are language impaired or not? Thank you for your attention. Regards, Hiromi From plahey at mindspring.com Wed Jan 8 21:47:49 2003 From: plahey at mindspring.com (Peg Lahey) Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 16:47:49 -0500 Subject: SCHOLARSHIPS AVAILABLE Message-ID: Dear Colleague, I would appreciate it if you would pass on the following information to eligible students and to other colleagues working with doctoral students in children's language disorders. Last year we funded four Bamford-Lahey Scholars from a large pool of excellent candidates; we again look forward to hearing from many promising candidates. Thanks for your help. Peg Lahey BAMFORD-LAHEY SCHOLAR AWARDS OF UP TO $10,000 AVAILABLE FOR 2003-2004: APPLICATIONS DUE ON APRIL 1, 2003 The Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation is again pleased to announce the availability of scholarship funds of up to $10,000 per recipient per year for doctoral students specializing in children's language disorders. Scholarships will be awarded on an objective and nondiscriminatory basis without regard to race, color, age, religion, or sex. Grants will be competitive and selection will be made by the Foundation using the application materials submitted by the applicant. Criteria for selecting scholars will include an evaluation of the applicant's ability to complete the doctoral program and the potential promise of the candidate as a teacher-investigator who will contribute to both educating clinicians and to our knowledge of the field of children's language disorders. Funds may be used for any activities that are related to completion of the doctoral program including: a) tuition, fees, books and supplies related to courses; b) transportation to classes or assigned projects; c) room and board if student is not living at home; d) childcare while attending classes; and e) dissertation research expenses if the topic of the dissertation is related to the objectives of the foundation. The scholarship funds are not loans and if used for the purposes approved by the Foundation do not require repayment. Furthermore, no work requirement may be attached to the receipt of this scholarship aid. Both full-time and part-time students are eligible and applicants may request any amount of funds up to $10,000. In order to apply, applicants should: Be accepted in a doctoral program at an accredited university that offers a specialization in children's language disorders including an emphasis on research skills a.. Be able to demonstrate the ability to complete such a program b.. Plan to specialize in children's language disorders during their study c.. Plan, after graduation, to be a teacher-investigator (with an emphasis on children's language disorders) at a college or university d.. Hold CCC-SLP from ASHA or equivalent certification from another country Students who are thinking of applying should immediately request sealed copies of official transcripts from colleges attended so the transcripts will be received in time to include with their application. Further information and instructions can be found on the Foundation Website www.bamford-lahey.org. Applications can be downloaded from the same site. There are some changes in application and instructions from those posted for last year's awards. Deadline for reception of completed applications (including transcripts and recommendations) is April 1, 2003. Margaret Lahey, President Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation www.Bamford-Lahey.org mlahey at bamford-lahey.org -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From macw at cmu.edu Thu Jan 9 19:38:37 2003 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 14:38:37 -0500 Subject: Letters Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Many of you probably received a letter from me asking about your use of CHILDES data and programs over the last 4 years. My goal here was to provide this information as a part of my application for continuing support from NIH. I have received about 150 replies so far and I am guessing that I will receive still many more in the next few days. The feedback and updates so far have been encouraging, helpful, and informative. Because of the holidays, many people did not receive my request letter until just now, although it was mailed out on December 2. In the letter, I asked for replies to be sent by January 10. The actual submission deadline is January 25, but the writing of the proposal is based in large part on information that I receive from these letters. Given this, if you have not yet been able to send me a letter through standard mail, it would be best to send me your letter as an email attachment, perhaps formatted as a letter you would print out. Although it will not have your signature, I think the reviewers will still accept it as authentic. My email is macw at cmu.edu. Many thanks to those who have already sent me letters and also to those who will send me letters in the next few days. --Brian MacWhinney, CMU From macw at cmu.edu Mon Jan 13 23:47:35 2003 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 18:47:35 -0500 Subject: Films Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, I have placed a summary of the info-childes discussion of films regarding child language, language, and language learning at http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/html/tips.html (sixth item) If you have any other films to add to this list, please tell me and I can easily add them. --Brian MacWhinney From rachaelstanley at yahoo.com Tue Jan 14 00:43:11 2003 From: rachaelstanley at yahoo.com (Rachael Stanley) Date: Mon, 13 Jan 2003 16:43:11 -0800 Subject: No subject Message-ID: Please remove me from your email list. thank you. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com From n.chipere at reading.ac.uk Tue Jan 14 11:45:38 2003 From: n.chipere at reading.ac.uk (Ngoni Chipere) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:45:38 -0000 Subject: coding t-units Message-ID: I would like to measure sentence length in a corpus of children's writing. The punctuation is unreliable and so I have to annotate the sentence boundaries myself. I've decided to use the T-unit measure and I would welcome some feedback on the following queries. I'm sure someone has grappled with these problems before and perhaps even written about them. 1) How to deal with reported speech, e.g. I said, "I'm going". Is it two t-units (main clause + main clause) or one t-unit (main clause + subordinate clause)? 2) How to deal with single-word dialogues, e.g. "Yes!" "No!" "Yes!" "Okay" The problem here is not so much the direct speech is not introduced but that it does not constitute a clause. Many thanks, Ngoni ********************************************************* Dr Ngoni Chipere Research Fellow School of Education, University of Reading Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading, RG6 1HY, UK tel 0118 9875123 ext 4943 From nippold at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU Tue Jan 14 16:51:15 2003 From: nippold at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU (Marilyn Nippold) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 08:51:15 -0800 Subject: coding t-units Message-ID: Ngoni, In our research on written language, we count such sentences as "I said I'm going" as 2 t-units within one (it requires a special code called "Quotation"). Loban (1976) discusses this on p. 109 of his book "Language Development: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve." Regarding your second question, single word productions are not counted as T-units; we don't throw them out but call them "fragments" -- anything less than a T-unit is a fragment. Marilyn Nippold University of Oregon ----- Original Message ----- From: "Ngoni Chipere" To: "infoCHILDES" ; Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 3:45 AM Subject: coding t-units > I would like to measure sentence length in a corpus of children's writing. > The punctuation is unreliable and so I have to annotate the sentence > boundaries myself. I've decided to use the T-unit measure and I would > welcome some feedback on the following queries. I'm sure someone has > grappled with these problems before and perhaps even written about them. > > 1) How to deal with reported speech, e.g. I said, "I'm going". Is it two > t-units (main clause + main clause) or one t-unit (main clause + subordinate > clause)? > > 2) How to deal with single-word dialogues, e.g. > > "Yes!" > "No!" > "Yes!" > "Okay" > > The problem here is not so much the direct speech is not introduced but that > it does not constitute a clause. > > Many thanks, > > Ngoni > > > ********************************************************* > Dr Ngoni Chipere > Research Fellow > School of Education, University of Reading > Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading, RG6 1HY, UK > tel 0118 9875123 ext 4943 > > > > From nakhtar at cats.ucsc.edu Tue Jan 14 17:11:34 2003 From: nakhtar at cats.ucsc.edu (nameera akhtar) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 09:11:34 -0800 Subject: mind your language Message-ID: In response to Brian's summary of films about language, does anyone remember the British comedy series Mind your Language about a group of ESL learners in England? Better still, does anyone know how we can get a hold of any of the episodes? I watched it growing up in Canada and used to really enjoy it. nameera akhtar From Phyllis.Schneider at ualberta.ca Tue Jan 14 18:27:22 2003 From: Phyllis.Schneider at ualberta.ca (SCHNEIDER Phyllis) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 11:27:22 -0700 Subject: coding t-units Message-ID: I deal with reported speech by treating it as a main clause plus subordinate, analogous to indirectly quoted speech such as "I said that I'm going". This treatment is also recommended by a manual of narrative analysis by Hughes, McGillivray & Schmidek (1997), entitled Guide to narrative language: Procedures for assessment, from Thinking Publications. When counting t-units, utterances like "yes" would be considered fragments; if you wanted to include them, you could count Communication Units, which are essentially t-units with fragments included in the count. Of course, if the reported speech is a fragment, as in "She said "no", then there would be a main clause only. --Phyllis Schneider -----Original Message----- From: Ngoni Chipere To: infoCHILDES; linguist at linguistlist.org Sent: 14/01/2003 4:45 AM Subject: coding t-units I would like to measure sentence length in a corpus of children's writing. The punctuation is unreliable and so I have to annotate the sentence boundaries myself. I've decided to use the T-unit measure and I would welcome some feedback on the following queries. I'm sure someone has grappled with these problems before and perhaps even written about them. 1) How to deal with reported speech, e.g. I said, "I'm going". Is it two t-units (main clause + main clause) or one t-unit (main clause + subordinate clause)? 2) How to deal with single-word dialogues, e.g. "Yes!" "No!" "Yes!" "Okay" The problem here is not so much the direct speech is not introduced but that it does not constitute a clause. Many thanks, Ngoni ********************************************************* Dr Ngoni Chipere Research Fellow School of Education, University of Reading Bulmershe Court, Earley, Reading, RG6 1HY, UK tel 0118 9875123 ext 4943 From k.j.alcock at city.ac.uk Tue Jan 14 18:41:51 2003 From: k.j.alcock at city.ac.uk (Alcock, Katie) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:41:51 -0000 Subject: mind your language Message-ID: This is available on video, you can get it from both www.blackstar.co.uk and www.amazon.co.uk; however in North America you would need to get the tapes transferred from PAL to NTSC (many universities have a facility to do this though commercial outfits charge as much as the tape itself!). If you enjoy this, you may also enjoy The Education of Hyman Kaplan, by Leo Rosten, which was originally a book but which had a lovely BBC radio series as well, the tapes used to be available from them but I can't find them anywhere now. Katie Alcock > > In response to Brian's summary of films about language, does anyone > remember the British comedy series Mind your Language about a group > of ESL learners in England? Better still, does anyone know how we > can get a hold of any of the episodes? I watched it growing up in > Canada and used to really enjoy it. > > nameera akhtar > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ting+ at pitt.edu Tue Jan 14 22:46:17 2003 From: ting+ at pitt.edu (Ting T Chung) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 17:46:17 -0500 Subject: summary on accent development Message-ID: Hi Childes members, A (long) while ago I posted a message for references on accent development in children and even infants. I have since finished my PhD dissertation on accent categorization in infancy (University of Pittsburgh.) Here's what I found: Infants born in Pittsburgh can discriminate the New York Bronx accent from the Western Pennsylvania accent at 10, but not 4, months. They can also discriminate the New York Bronx accent from the Chinese accent in English (both novel to the baby) at 10 months, although the effect is not as strong. They are unable, however, to discriminate 2 accents in a foreign language (Chinese) at both ages. The dissertation has a good (or at least I think so!) documentation of findings on adult, child and infant perception/acquistion of various accents and dialects. Here is a summary of messages I received in response to the message I posted at Childes: --------- >From Nicole Whitworth Department of Linguistics & Phonetics The University of Leeds Leeds LS2 9JT UK you want to have a look at work done by G. Docherty (University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK) and P. Foulkes (University of York, UK), as well as P. Kerwill (University of Reading). ------ >From Lynne Hebert Remson I can only offer anecdotal disconfirming evidence. I moved to Arizona from Louisiana when my daughters were 9 and 12. The 12 year old "decided" to lose her Southern/Cajun accent-you know how junior high girls can be-- and it disappeared in about 2 weeks. The younger one, now 19, still has a great deal more evidence of it, as do I. Most people don't guess that my 12 year old, now 22, is from Louisiana unless they know her last name. ------- >From Tina Bennett-Kastor A friend of mine from graduate school was born and raised in Los Angeles. Her parents were New York Jews. Her dialect was that of a New York Jew, not someone born and raised in L.A. The family was very close, and were members of a close-knit Orthodox Jewish community, so perhaps that had something to do with it. ------- A few people also mentioned Labov's work, who definitely has a significant role in this literature. Many thanks to those responded! Rachel Chung, PhD ======================= ting at pitt.edu Data Manager Psychophysiology Lab Department of Psychology University of Pittsburgh 4310 Sennott Square S. Bouquet St. Pittsburgh, PA 15260 (412)624-8191 From macw at cmu.edu Tue Jan 14 23:51:54 2003 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Tue, 14 Jan 2003 18:51:54 -0500 Subject: T-units Message-ID: Dear Ngoni, Marilyn, Phyllis, and Info-CHILDES, The discussion of how to count t-units seems to assume that people are counting these units by hand and eye. However, it is possible to count them automatically, using the CLAN MLU program, if you wish. You can separate units with the unit markers such as [c] or [t], as is often done for the Frog Stories. And you can use the -s switch to exclude certain words such as "yes" and "no". However, if the goal is to exclude all single-word utterances, that could be done by preprocessing with MAXWD. Finally, if you want to handle direct quotation as a separate t-unit, you can transcribe in this way: *CHI: I said +"/. *CHI: +" I'm going. Of course, it was not clear in the earlier messages whether Ngoni wanted to use a program to do this, but that is a possibility. --Brian MacWhinney From kei at aya.yale.edu Wed Jan 15 07:00:21 2003 From: kei at aya.yale.edu (Kei Nakamura) Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:00:21 +0900 Subject: final call for papers (JSLS2003, Kobe, Japan) Message-ID: The Fifth Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS 2003) July 5 (Saturday)- 6 (Sunday), 2003 Takigawa Memorial Hall, Kobe University -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** First Call for Papers ** The Japanese Society for Language Sciences invites proposals for our Fifth Annual Conference, JSLS 2003. We welcome proposals for paper and poster presentations and for one symposium. As keynote speakers, we will invite Catherine E. Snow (Harvard Graduate School of Education) and Masayoshi Shibatani (Faculty of Letters, Kobe University). JSLS2003 Committee Chair Tamiko Ogura (Faculty of Letters, Kobe University) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Conference Dates/ Location The Fifth Annual Conference of the Japanese Society for Language Sciences will be held as follows: (1) July 5 (Saturday)- 6 (Sunday), 2003 (2) Takigawa Memorial Hall, Kobe University Submissions We would like to encourage submissions on research pertaining to language sciences, including linguistics, psychology, education, computer science, brain science, and philosophy, among others. We will not commit ourselves to one or a few particular theoretical frameworks. We will respect any scientific endeavor that aims to contribute to a better understanding of the human mind and the brain through language. Symposium We are planning to have one symposium as a part of the conference. We will accept proposals for this symposium. The deadline for the symposium is due on February 1, 2003. Notification of acceptance will be made no later than April 1, 2003. The time slot for the symposium will be 2 hours and 30 minutes. Qualifications for Presenters All presenters should be members of JSLS by the first day of the conference (July 5, 2003). (It is not necessary for co-presenters to be members.) Please refer to the following website for membership information: http://jchat.sccs.chukyo-u.ac.jp/JSLS/ All presenters should pre-register for the JSLS 2003 conference by June 1, 2003. Papers should be original and unpublished. We will accept multiple submissions from the same individual, however, you can only be the single or first author of one paper. Each presentation will be 25 minutes long. (20 minutes for presentation and 5 minutes for Q&A). The language of presentations may be either Japanese or English. Submission Deadline & Review Process All submissions should be mailed and postmarked by February 1, 2003 (Saturday). Please send the following items to the review committee chairperson, Harumi Kobayashi. Paper and poster presentations (1) Application form (A4 or letter-size paper) presentation title presentaton category (paper or poster) name of presenter(s), affiliation(s) mailing address email address telephone number language of presentation keywords (about 5 words) (2) 3 copies of abstract (A4 or letter-size papers) 12 pt double-spaced maximum 4 pages (including title, tables, figures, & references) Do not include any information which may reveal your identity. The presentation must be in either Japanese or English. (If the language of the presenation is to be different from the language of the submitted paper, please attach a note.) (3) Floppy disk Save the files of the application form and the abstract. Please indicate the program you used. (4) 2 self-addressed mailing labels (with your name, address) [This is not necessary for those submitting abstracts by e-mail.] Please send the above items to the following address (please write "JSLS paper (or JSLS poster)" in red ink on the envelope): Harumi Kobayashi School of Science and Engineering Tokyo Denki University Hatoyama Hiki-gun, Saitama-ken 350-0394 JAPAN We will also accept submissions via e-mail. Please send your submissions to the following address, in the following manner: h-koba at i.dendai.ac.jp (Subject: Paper Submission (or Poster Submission) ) (a) save the file as "text file" or "pdf file". Please note that other formats will not be accepted. (b) save your file under your own name (eg.: torigoe-takashi.pdf). Each abstract will be reviewed anonymously by several reviewers. Notification of acceptance will be made no later than April 1. (Some "paper" poposals might be accepted for "poster" presentations.) If your "paper" proposal is accepted, you will be requested to send a copy of your paper (Maximun length is 6-pages) by May 6. The paper will appear in the Conference Handbook. Excellent papers may be published as a collection of papers titled "Studies in Language Sciences". Symposium (1) Application Form symposium title name of the organizer(s) and affiliation(s) mailing address telephone number name and affiliations of symposium speakers (2) a detailed abstract 800 to 1600 words in English or 3000 to 6000 characters (moji) in Japanese (equivalent to two to four pages on A4 or letter-size papers). We will only accept submissions via e-mail for the symposium by February 1, 2003. Please send an e-mail proposal to the following address, in the following manner: h-koba at i.dendai.ac.jp (Subject: Symposium Proposal) Please send your abstract in text or pdf file format. All questions regarding the JSLS 2003 conference should be addressed to: Takashi Torigoe JSLS 2003 Conference Coordinator Hyogo University of Teacher Education Yashiro, Hyogo 673-1494 JAPAN e-mail: torigoe at edu.hyogo-u.ac.jp (Inquiries by phone will not be accepted. ) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ann at hawaii.edu Sun Jan 19 00:11:51 2003 From: ann at hawaii.edu (Ann Peters) Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 14:11:51 -1000 Subject: A Clarification please (fwd) Message-ID: Dear Colleagues: I received this query out of the blue. It is not an area I am qualified to advise on. If anyone can help this researcher, please respond directly to her. thank you Ann Peters **************************** 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/ ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 01:45:19 +0000 From: lalitha mohan raja To: ann at hawaii.edu Subject: A Clarification please Dear Mam, Thank you very much for your response. I am Lady Research Student in psycholinguistics from India. My topic is Syntactic Development of Tamil Mother Tongue Children in Learning English. I have selected 450 Samples, 150 each from 8,9& 10 yrs old children( in the method of random sampling). Cross-sectional study is being carried out by me.They belong to 6 different schools. On the basis of their teaching materials, I have framed test materials for testing number, tense,interrogative,negative aspect of English language, and in general I have given two tests(general questions about them to find out the MLU in each stage). Data has been collected in written form. They show gradual development in general tests and in interrogatives, but in other tests the MEAN SCORES obtained by 9yrs children or 10yrs children is less than that of 8yrs children. Will this scores affect my study in any aspect,otherwise can I proceed my work by giving suitable(which is found)justification for that. I am so confused. PLEASE HELP ME WITH YOUR VALUABLE SUGGESTIONS. URGENT PLEASE....It will be very helpful for me if you give me your valuable advise. My MAIL ID: lalitharaja2000 at rediffmail.com Thanking You LALITHA From stemberg at interchange.ubc.ca Mon Jan 20 23:01:41 2003 From: stemberg at interchange.ubc.ca (Joseph Stemberger) Date: Mon, 20 Jan 2003 15:01:41 -0800 Subject: LAST CALL for papers for Child Phonology Message-ID: LAST CALL FOR PAPERS The deadline is fast approaching, but there's still another 11 days to submit an abstract for the Child Phonology conference in July. What follows is a re-posting of the call for papers that went out in November. ---Joe Stemberger Linguistics UBC 2003 Child Phonology Conference University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC, CANADA UBC is hosting the 2003 Annual Child Phonology Conference July 1-4, 2003. The general schedule for the conference will be as follows: July 1: Evening Reception (optional Canada Day celebrations) July 2: Symposia: Segmental and Feature Development Word and Syllable Structure Development Posters: Other topics July 3: Symposia: Phonology in Context -- perception, morphology/phonology, syntax/morphology, motor development/phonology, metaphonology, literacy, hearing impairment/phonology, etc. Posters: Other topics July 4: Optional: Lab tours, focused research discussion groups We are now calling for symposium paper or poster abstracts for the above topics. Symposium papers will be 20-30 minutes in length. Completed symposia papers need to be received by June 1, in order to be sent to the discussants. Posters will be up for the whole day, with a dedicated discussion time at the end of the day. The full text of posters need not be sent ahead of time. Please send an abstract of no more than 250 words by email to Barbara Bernhardt: bb at audiospeech.ubc.ca BY JANUARY 31, 2003 Indicate your presentation preference: [ ] symposium paper only [ ] poster only [ ] prefer symposium, but poster OK if necessary [ ] no preference In February, abstracts will be reviewed, symposia organized, and discussants invited. The plan will be adjusted depending on submissions. Note: We are hoping to disseminate the papers from the conference either in a book or on the web. We hope to see you there! --- Barbara Bernhardt & Joe Stemberger From bpearson at comdis.umass.edu Wed Jan 22 14:33:58 2003 From: bpearson at comdis.umass.edu (Barbara Zurer Pearson) Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2003 09:33:58 -0500 Subject: Video archiving equipment Message-ID: Dear InfoChildes, Forgive me if I should be checking first in the Infochildes archive. I will be doing that, but I also wanted to get the most up-to-date info I could. We're getting ready to digitize a set of about 50 video tapes of child speech, eventually to burn onto DVDs. But we're not sure what format to put the videos into on the computer that will make them easiest to replay, to find "tracks" and "gems" on, and eventually to be most compatible with other materials on CHILDES. I understand that the video quality suffers, but the audio should remain ok. Is there a way to digitize them both separately and together (that is, audio and video)? What are the conventions for taking out identifying information to the extent possible? As you can tell, I'm not even sure the best way to frame the questions. Fortunately, I will have help: our resident computer "kid." We plan to use a MAC G4 for this. It has a firewire drive, which we'll start out with, but we haven't yet put in a DVD burner. What other relevant specs do we need to check about the machine? Thanks in advance for your help. Barbara -- ********************** Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D. Research Associate, Project Manager NIH Working Groups on AAE Dept. of Communication Disorders Arnold House 117 UMass, Amherst MA 01003 413-545-5023 fax: 545-0803 bpearson at comdis.umass.edu http://www.umass.edu/aae/ From michael at georgetown.edu Thu Jan 23 17:20:30 2003 From: michael at georgetown.edu (Michael Ullman) Date: Thu, 23 Jan 2003 12:20:30 -0500 Subject: faculty position in cognitive neuroscience Message-ID: TENURE-TRACK FACULTY POSITION IN COGNITIVE NEUROSCIENCE Georgetown University The Department of Neuroscience is recruiting a new tenure-track faculty member in cognitive neuroscience at the rank of either Assistant or Associate Professor. We seek an outstanding candidate with research in language, memory, motor systems, or other areas of cognitive neuroscience. We have state-of-the-art core facilities in EEG/ERP and in human (3T) and animal (7T) magnetic resonance (fMRI), and access to numerous populations with developmental or acquired brain disorders. We offer an outstanding intellectual and collaborative environment with highly competitive salary and start-up packages. Successful candidates must have a Ph.D. or the equivalent, evidence of productivity and innovation, and the potential to establish an independently funded research program. Applications are encouraged from women and underrepresented minorities. To apply send the following to the address below: (1) a detailed CV; (2) a two-page statement of research and teaching interests; and (3) no more than three preprints or reprints. Please also have three referees send recommendations to the same address. 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Further particulars, containing an outline of the Department's staff, research, and teaching, details of the duties and requirements of both University and College posts, and the full range of emoluments and allowances attached to both appointments, may be obtained at http://www.psych.ox.ac.uk/ or from Ms J Newman, Dept of Experimental Psychology, South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3UD (Fax 01865 271354), to whom applications should be sent (7 copies except for overseas applicants who may send a single copy), including curriculum vitae, a summary of research, and names and contact details of three referees, to arrive no later than 18th February 2003. Informal enquiries can be directed to Prof O J Braddick, tel (01865-) 271355, e-mail oliver.braddick at psy.ox.ac.uk. The University and Magdalen College are Equal Opportunities Employers. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From hitomi-murata at mri.biglobe.ne.jp Sat Jan 25 16:22:21 2003 From: hitomi-murata at mri.biglobe.ne.jp (Hitomi Murata) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 01:22:21 +0900 Subject: TCP 2003 Program Message-ID: Dear Colleague, The Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies at Keio University will be sponsoring the fourth Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics (TCP2003) on March 14 and 15, 2003. The invited speakers are Prof. Mark Baker (Rutgers University) and Prof. Maria Teresa Guasti (University of Milan-Bococca). Below you will find the conference program. For details, visit our web site: http://www.otsu.icl.keio.ac.jp/tcp/ [ Program ] Day 1 (March 14?2003) 10:00-10:10 Opening ??????? Yukio Otsu (Keio University) 10:10-10:55?? Luisa Meroni and Stephen Crain (University of Maryland at College Park) ?How to Eliminate Kindergarten Path Effects? Chair: Edson Miyamoto (Nara Institute of Science & Technology) 11:00-11:45?? Katsuo Tamaoka, Hiromu Sakai, Jun-ichiro Kawahara, Hyunjung Lim (Hiroshima University) and Yayoi Miyaoka (Hiroshima University of Economics) ?Priority Information Used for the Processing of Japanese Sentences: Thematic Roles, Case Particles or Grammatical Functions?? Chair: Edson Miyamoto (Nara Institute of Science & Technology) Lunch 13:00-13:45?? Tomohiro Fujii (University of Maryland at College Park) ?Licit and Illicit Long Subject-to-Subject Raising? Chair: Akira Watanabe (University of Tokyo) 13:50-14:35?? Kayono Shiobara (University of British Columbia) ?Eliminating Late-merge: Reexamination of Anti-reconstruction Effects? Chair: Akira Watanabe (University of Tokyo) Break 14:50-15:35?? Yarrow Dunham, Peggy Li and Susan Carey (Harvard University) ?Markedness and the Object-Substance Distinction: New Cross- Linguistic Evidence? Chair: Mari Takahashi (Kyoto Sangyo University) 15:40-16:25 Koji Sugisaki and William Snyder (University of Connecticut) ?Do Parameters Have Default Values? Evidence from the Acquisition of English and Spanish? Chair: Mari Takahashi (Kyoto Sangyo University) 16:35-17:35? ? Invited Lecture Mark Baker (Rutgers University) ? ?Verbal Adjectives? as Adjectives without Phi-features? Chair: Hisatsugu Kitahara (Keio University) Party Day 2 (March 15?2003) 10:00-10:45? ? Maki Yamane (Niigata Women's College/University of Connecticut) ?It's Still Dark Here, Flick Another Switch on: Adult L2 Interlanguage Grammars in the Middle of Parameter Resetting? Chair: Makiko Hirakawa (Tokyo International University) 10:50-11:35?? Sharon Unsworth (Utrecht University) ?Direct Object Scrambling in Adult and Child L2 Dutch? Chair: Makiko Hirakawa (Tokyo International University) 11:40-12:25? ? Elise de Bree (Utrecht University) and Ellen Gerrits (University Hospital Maastricht) ?Phonological Processing in Young Children at Risk for Developmental Dyslexia? Chair: Haruo Kubozono (Kobe University) Lunch 14:00-14:45? Hideaki Yamashita (Yokohama National University) ?On the Distribution of NPI in Japanese and Phase Impenetrability Condition? Chair: Tetsuya Sano (Meiji Gakuin University) 14:50-15:35? Andrea Gualmini, Luisa Meroni and Stephen Crain (University of Maryland at College Park) ?Semantic Universals in Child Language? Chair: Tetsuya Sano (Meiji Gakuin University) Break 15:50-16:35? Graciela Tesan and Rosalind Thornton (University of Maryland at College Park) ?Small Children?s Big Clauses? Chair: Tetsuya Sano (Meiji Gakuin University) 16:45-17:45? ? Invited Lecture Maria Teresa Guasti (University of Milan-Bicocca) ?What Can We Learn About Early Grammar from a Crosslinguistic Perspective?? Chair: Yukio Otsu (Keio University) Alternates 1. Motoki Nakajima (University of Tokyo) ?The Acquisition of Nominative-Genitive Conversion and Case Marker Drop? 2. Duk-Ho An (University of Connecticut) ?Specifics of Specifiers: A Case Study of Negation Phrases in Korean? 3. Kaori Hayashi (Sophia University) ?Interpretational Patterns of Occasional and Restriction on their Choice? For inquires, contact: TCP Committee Otsu Lab/Institute of Cultural and Linguistic Studies? Keio University 2-14-45 Mita, Minato-ku, Tokyo 108-8345 E-mail address: tcp at otsu.icl.keio.ac.jp From hitomi-murata at mri.biglobe.ne.jp Sat Jan 25 18:17:55 2003 From: hitomi-murata at mri.biglobe.ne.jp (Hitomi Murata) Date: Sun, 26 Jan 2003 03:17:55 +0900 Subject: TCP 2003 Program Message-ID: Dear Collegue, There was an error in the previous posting of the TCP 2003(Tokyo Conference on Psycholinguistics) program. The name of the university of the invited speaker, Prof. Maria Guasti should have been 'University of Milan-Bicocca'.. Sorry for the confusion. Thank you. Hitomi Murata Associate Director TCP 2003 From fletcher at hkusua.hku.hk Tue Jan 28 09:09:32 2003 From: fletcher at hkusua.hku.hk (Paul Fletcher) Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2003 17:09:32 +0800 Subject: position available Message-ID: Professor: Chair of Speech & Hearing Sciences (RF-2002/2003-217) Applications are invited for appointment as Professor: Chair of Speech & Hearing Sciences in the Division of Speech & Hearing Sciences of the Faculty of Education, tenable from September 1, 2003 or as soon as possible thereafter. Appointment will initially be made on a three- to five-year fixed-term basis, with the possibility of renewal. The Division of Speech & Hearing Sciences is responsible for the education of speech/language therapists and audiologists in Hong Kong and more widely. It is committed to innovative curriculum practice, and is a pioneer in problem-based learning (PBL) approaches. The Division has a strong research profile, with a particular commitment to the investigation of communication disorders in Chinese populations. The Division has world-class facilities, including laboratories with specialist equipment, clinical suites and library holdings. Further information can be obtained from the website: http://www.hku.hk/speech/. The appointee should have a distinguished record of research, publication and supervision of research students. He/She would be expected to contribute to teaching in relevant programmes, and research in an area of speech, language or hearing sciences related to communication disorders; provide research leadership in the Division; and play a key role in the development of research policy, strategy and staff development in the Faculty and more broadly, in the University. A knowledge of Chinese, and a recognised clinical qualification would be advantageous but are not essential. Annual salaries [attracting contract-end gratuity and University contribution to a retirement benefits scheme, totalling up to 15% of basic salary] will be within the professorial range, which is not less than HKD1.2M, with starting salary depending on qualifications and experience (which is subject to review from time to time at the entire discretion of the University). At current rates, salaries tax does not exceed 15% of gross income. Leave and medical/dental benefits, and a taxable financial subsidy under the Home Financing Scheme for reimbursing either the actual rental payment or the mortgage repayment up to the relevant maximum entitlement, where appropriate, will be offered to successful candidate. Further particulars and application forms (272/302 amended) can be obtained at https://extranet.hku.hk/apptunit/; or from the Appointments Unit (Senior), Human Resource Section, Registry, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong (tel: (852) 2540 6735 or 2559 2058; e-mail: apptunit at reg.hku.hk). Review of applications will begin from March 15, 2003 until the position is filled. Further enquiries about the post can be addressed to the Head of Division (Fax: (852) 2559 0060; E-mail: ayclo at hkucc.hku.hk). The University reserves the right not to fill the post or to fill the post by invitation or to make an appointment at an appropriate level. The University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a No-Smoking Policy -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Since I am interested in using connectionist networks to model phonotactic preferences for contour or harmony (vis-a-vis statistical biases that we have identified in a Brazilian Portuguese corpus), I wonder if any of the members of this list has come across a marked degree of preference for either harmony or contour in the language that is either produced by or directly spoken to early language learners. Thanks in advance for your answers. Orlando Bisacchi Coelho UMC/UNICAMP orlandoc at terra.com.br -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ks7t at andrew.cmu.edu Wed Jan 29 15:01:26 2003 From: ks7t at andrew.cmu.edu (Kelley Sacco) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 10:01:26 -0500 Subject: FW: Job Advert In-Reply-To: Message-ID: ------ Forwarded Message > From: Julian Pine > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:47:52 +0000 > To: sacco at cmu.edu > Subject: Job Advert > > Would it be possible for you to post the following message on the > relevant info-childes list. > > Many thanks, > > > Julian > -- > > I would like to draw the attention of people on this list to the > following job advert and encourage applications, particularly from > people using preferential looking and/or head-turn preference > procedures to look at infants' early linguistic knowledge and/or > distributional learning abilities. > > > Julian Pine > > > ****************************** > Dr. Julian Pine > School of Psychology > University of Nottingham > NG7 2RD > United Kingdom > > email:jp at psyc.nott.ac.uk > Tel: 44 115 951 5285 > Fax: 44 115 951 5324 > ****************************** > > > > School of Psychology, University of Nottingham > > Lecturers in Psychology (up to five permanent posts) > > Applications are invited for the above posts from individuals with a > strong record or proven potential for research in any field of > empirical psychology. The School is particularly keen to make > appointments in the following areas: developmental psychology, social > psychology, the neural basis of cognitive processes, other aspects of > cognitive neuroscience, and clinical neuropsychology. Duties will > include research, teaching through some mixture of lectures, > practical classes, tutorials and project supervision as directed by > the Head of School, and some administration. > > Most of the School's undergraduate teaching is for a BSc Psychology > degree, however we recently introduced the UK's first undergraduate > BSc in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience and we have excellent > facilities in this field. > > The School has thriving research programs and good facilities in the > areas of cognitive psychology and cognitive modeling, conceptual and > linguistic development and social processes, risk and health. The > School has strong links with the University's Medical School, > including laboratories for investigation of cognitive processes by > neurone recording and behaviour, and extensive collaborations with > the Magnetic Resonance Centre on campus, for fMRI research. We have > in-house laboratories for ERP, TMS and research on human vision. We > also have strong connections with the recently formed Institute of > Learning Sciences, with the MRC Institute of Hearing Research, with > the Institute for the Study of Genetics Biorisks and Society, and > with the planned Institute of Neuroscience. > > Salary will be within the range of ?22,191 - ?33,679 per annum, > depending on qualifications and experience. > > ------ End of Forwarded Message From ija at jonava.net Wed Jan 29 17:02:30 2003 From: ija at jonava.net (Ija) Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 18:02:30 +0100 Subject: Fw: Job Advert Message-ID: ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kelley Sacco" To: Sent: Wednesday, January 29, 2003 4:01 PM Subject: FW: Job Advert > > ------ Forwarded Message > > From: Julian Pine > > Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 14:47:52 +0000 > > To: sacco at cmu.edu > > Subject: Job Advert > > > > Would it be possible for you to post the following message on the > > relevant info-childes list. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > > > Julian > > -- > > > > I would like to draw the attention of people on this list to the > > following job advert and encourage applications, particularly from > > people using preferential looking and/or head-turn preference > > procedures to look at infants' early linguistic knowledge and/or > > distributional learning abilities. > > > > > > Julian Pine > > > > > > ****************************** > > Dr. Julian Pine > > School of Psychology > > University of Nottingham > > NG7 2RD > > United Kingdom > > > > email:jp at psyc.nott.ac.uk > > Tel: 44 115 951 5285 > > Fax: 44 115 951 5324 > > ****************************** > > > > > > > > School of Psychology, University of Nottingham > > > > Lecturers in Psychology (up to five permanent posts) > > > > Applications are invited for the above posts from individuals with a > > strong record or proven potential for research in any field of > > empirical psychology. The School is particularly keen to make > > appointments in the following areas: developmental psychology, social > > psychology, the neural basis of cognitive processes, other aspects of > > cognitive neuroscience, and clinical neuropsychology. Duties will > > include research, teaching through some mixture of lectures, > > practical classes, tutorials and project supervision as directed by > > the Head of School, and some administration. > > > > Most of the School's undergraduate teaching is for a BSc Psychology > > degree, however we recently introduced the UK's first undergraduate > > BSc in Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience and we have excellent > > facilities in this field. > > > > The School has thriving research programs and good facilities in the > > areas of cognitive psychology and cognitive modeling, conceptual and > > linguistic development and social processes, risk and health. The > > School has strong links with the University's Medical School, > > including laboratories for investigation of cognitive processes by > > neurone recording and behaviour, and extensive collaborations with > > the Magnetic Resonance Centre on campus, for fMRI research. We have > > in-house laboratories for ERP, TMS and research on human vision. We > > also have strong connections with the recently formed Institute of > > Learning Sciences, with the MRC Institute of Hearing Research, with > > the Institute for the Study of Genetics Biorisks and Society, and > > with the planned Institute of Neuroscience. > > > > Salary will be within the range of ?22,191 - ?33,679 per annum, > > depending on qualifications and experience. > > > > > > ------ End of Forwarded Message >