From morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr  Wed Sep  1 20:55:36 2004
From: morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr (Aliyah MORGENSTERN)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:55:36 +0200
Subject: causative constructions
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.225536.0200.MORGEN@IDF.EXT.JUSSIEU.FR>

Dear info-CHILDES,
Does anyone know if children make "mistakes" when using causative
constructions in English such as
"Dad made me go to my room"
(for example adding TO "Dad made me to go to my room" which is the kind of
mistake Polish immigrants make?
And at what age do you think such constructions are acquired by English
speaking children? 

Thank you very much for your help, or for references on the subject,

Aliyah MORGENSTERN
-----------------------------------------------------
Ecole Normale Supérieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines
Lyon-France
aliyah.morgenstern at ens-lsh.fr
06 19 53 66 01

12 rue Saint Fiacre
75002 PARIS
morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr
01 42 33 29 05
-----------------------------------------------------


From gleason at bu.edu  Wed Sep  1 22:38:44 2004
From: gleason at bu.edu (Jean Berko Gleason)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 18:38:44 -0400
Subject: The Development of Language, 6e
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.183844.0400.GLEASON@BU.EDU>

I'm pleased to announce the publication of the sixth edition of The
Development of Language, with thanks to a distinguished group of
contributors:

Neil Bohannon, John Bonvillian, Judith Becker Bryant, Richard Ely,
Beverly Goldfield, Lise Menn, Loraine Obler, Barbara Alexander Pan, Nan
Bernstein Ratner, Jacqueline Sachs, Catherine Snow, Carol Stoel-Gammon,
Helen Tager-Flusberg,

http://www.ablongman.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0205394140,00.html

--

Jean Berko Gleason


From snyder at linglab.net  Wed Sep  1 22:47:32 2004
From: snyder at linglab.net (William Snyder)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:47:32 -0700
Subject: causative constructions
In-Reply-To: <BD5C03E8.52CC%morgen@idf.ext.jussieu.fr>
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.154732.0700.>

Dear Aliyah,

In a 1997 paper ("The Structure and Acquisition of English Dative
Constructions," Linguistic Inquiry 28:281-317), Karin Stromswold and I looked
at the age of acquisition of what we called "causative and perceptual report"
constructions.  This category lumped together the following sentence types:

        Fred made John leave.
        Fred made John wash the car.
        Fred saw/watched/heard John leave.


We examined the longitudinal corpora for twelve children in CHILDES, and found
that these constructions were acquired





--- Aliyah MORGENSTERN <morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr> wrote:

> Dear info-CHILDES,
> Does anyone know if children make "mistakes" when using causative
> constructions in English such as
> "Dad made me go to my room"
> (for example adding TO "Dad made me to go to my room" which is the kind of
> mistake Polish immigrants make?
> And at what age do you think such constructions are acquired by English
> speaking children?
>
> Thank you very much for your help, or for references on the subject,
>
> Aliyah MORGENSTERN
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Ecole Normale Sup�rieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines
> Lyon-France
> aliyah.morgenstern at ens-lsh.fr
> 06 19 53 66 01
>
> 12 rue Saint Fiacre
> 75002 PARIS
> morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr
> 01 42 33 29 05
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>


=====
Prof. William B. Snyder
Department of Linguistics
University of Connecticut


From snyder at linglab.net  Wed Sep  1 22:52:13 2004
From: snyder at linglab.net (William Snyder)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:52:13 -0700
Subject: causative constructions
In-Reply-To: <BD5C03E8.52CC%morgen@idf.ext.jussieu.fr>
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.155213.0700.>

Dear Aliyah,

In a 1997 paper ("The Structure and Acquisition of English Dative
Constructions," Linguistic Inquiry 28:281-317), Karin Stromswold and I looked
at the age of acquisition of what we called "causative and perceptual report"
constructions.  This category lumped together the following sentence types:

        Fred made John leave.
        Fred made John wash the car.
        Fred saw/watched/heard John leave.
        Fred saw/watched/heard John wash the car.

We examined the longitudinal corpora for twelve children in CHILDES, and found
that the age of first clear use ranged from 1;8 to 3;10, with an average of
2;5.  In some cases the first clear use was with _make_, in other cases not.
The frequency of make-causatives and of perceptual-report constructions was low
for many of the children, which makes it hard to pin down the age of
acquisition precisely.

Best,

William Snyder

Department of Linguistics
University of Connecticut


--- Aliyah MORGENSTERN <morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr> wrote:

> Dear info-CHILDES,
> Does anyone know if children make "mistakes" when using causative
> constructions in English such as
> "Dad made me go to my room"
> (for example adding TO "Dad made me to go to my room" which is the kind of
> mistake Polish immigrants make?
> And at what age do you think such constructions are acquired by English
> speaking children?
>
> Thank you very much for your help, or for references on the subject,
>
> Aliyah MORGENSTERN


From bleses at language.sdu.dk  Fri Sep  3 07:02:55 2004
From: bleses at language.sdu.dk (Dorthe Bleses)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 09:02:55 +0200
Subject: Job-announcement, Ph.D.-stipend in language acquisition,  Denmark
Message-ID: <FRI.3.SEP.2004.090255.0200.BLESES@LANGUAGE.SDU.DK>

Job-announcement

The Center for Language Acquisition offers a Ph.D.-stipend for appointment 
October 1st, 2004, at the Institute of Language and Communication, 
University of Southern Denmark, Odense.

The Ph.D.-stipend is advertised in affiliation with the project "The 
interaction between segmentation strategies and mental representations of 
language sounds and language production in normal and hearing impaired 
populations" (“sammenhængen mellem segmenteringsstrategier og mentale 
repræsentationer af sproglyde og sprogproduktion i normale og hørehæmmede 
populationer”), financed by Widex A/S and University of Southern Denmark. 
The aim of the project is to investigate the relations between segmentation 
strategies and mental representations of language sounds in both normal and 
hearing impaired populations. The Ph.D.-stipend will comprise experimental 
investigation of the acquisition of language sounds in normally hearing and 
hearing impaired children in the age-span of 0 to 6 months.

The selected applicant will take part in the research milieu at the Center 
for Language Acquisition as well as in the established Ph.D.-network at the 
Institute of Language and Communication.

Relevant educational prerequisites could be e.g. psychology (preferably 
developmental or cognitive), psycho-linguistics or language psychology, 
phonetics, “lab-phonology” or audiologopaedics. Experience with working 
experimentally is an advantage.

The job does not necessarily require basic Danish language skills prior to 
employment, which opens the position up for foreign applicants with 
relevant background and research interests, and everyone is therefore 
invited to apply.

A specific project description will be drawn up within the first part of 
the stipend-period. Applicants can obtain further information concerning 
the project as well as the stipend by contacting project-director, 
Center-director Dorthe Bleses: email: 
<mailto:bleses at language.sdu.dk>bleses at language.sdu.dk, tel: +45 6550 3346.

Engagement as a Ph.D. Research Fellow is for three years. Employment stops 
automatically at the end of the period. The holder of the stipend is not 
allowed to have other paid employment during the three-year period.

The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement 
of 26 May 2000 on salaried Ph.D. fellows between the Ministry of Finance 
and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations).

The University encourages all interested persons to apply, regardless of 
age, gender, religious affiliation or ethnic background.

Please send 4 copies of the application, marked “Position No. 046013”, and 
appendices, including publications on which the applicant wishes to rely, to

The secretariat of the Faculty of Humanities - Odense
University of Southern Denmark
Campusvej 55
DK–5230 Odense M
Denmark

The application must reach the University no later than Monday September 
20th 2004, at 12.00 hours.



Dorthe Bleses,
Lektor, ph.d,
Leder, Center for Sprogtilegnelse (www.humaniora.sdu.dk/sprogtilegnelse)
Syddansk Universitet
Campusvej 55,
5230 Odense M

TEL     65503346 / 65502586
Email   bleses at language.sdu.dk
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From cchaney at sfsu.edu  Fri Sep  3 19:46:42 2004
From: cchaney at sfsu.edu (Carolyn Chaney)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 12:46:42 -0700
Subject: Wanted:  Teacher of Children's Communication
Message-ID: <FRI.3.SEP.2004.124642.0700.CCHANEY@SFSU.EDU>

The Speech and Communication Studies Department at San Francisco State
University has openings for the spring 2005 semester to teach Children's
Communication.  The course includes an overview of language acquisition,
including basic information in the development of phonology,
morphology/syntax, and semantics/lexicon plus a focus on pragmatics and
the acquisition of communication acts, including informing,
persuading/controlling, expressing feelings, ritualizing, and
imagining/play.

One section of the course will be offered at Indian Valley campus of the
College of Marin, as part of a new partnership program.  An additional
section may be offered on our SFSU campus at 19th and Holloway in San
Francisco.

Applicants should have a PhD degree or ABD in communication, linguistics
or a child-related field, and teaching experience in children's
communication. To apply send a complete vita and references by email to
Dr. Gerianne Merrigan, Department Chair (merrigan at sfsu.edu) by September
10, 2004.


From genesee at ego.psych.mcgill.ca  Sat Sep  4 14:05:14 2004
From: genesee at ego.psych.mcgill.ca (Fred Genesee)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:05:14 -0400
Subject: word frequency counts for French
Message-ID: <SAT.4.SEP.2004.100514.0400.GENESEE@EGO.PSYCH.MCGILL.CA>

Does anyone know of frequency counts for words in French like those that
exist for English?

Thanks

Fred Genesee
Psychology Department			Phone: 1-514-398-6022
McGill University 				Fax:       1-514-398-4896
1205 Docteur Penfield Ave.
Montreal QC
Canada H3A 1B1


From danielle.matthews at stud.man.ac.uk  Sat Sep  4 19:16:03 2004
From: danielle.matthews at stud.man.ac.uk (Danielle Matthews)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:16:03 +0100
Subject: word frequency counts for French
Message-ID: <SAT.4.SEP.2004.201603.0100.DANIELLE.MATTHEWS@STUD.MAN.AC.UK>

Dear Professor Genesee

> Does anyone know of frequency counts for words in French like those that
> exist for English?

Two resources that I have found useful for this are the Lexique and Brulex
online lexical databases:

http://www.lexique.org/

Content, A., Mousty, P., & Radeau, M. (1990). Brulex: Une base de données
lexicales informatisées pour le français écrit et parlé. L'Année
Psychologique, 90, 551-566.

New, B., Pallier, C., Ferrand, L., & Matos, R. (2001). Une base de données
lexicales du français contemporain sur internet: LEXIQUE. L'Année
Psychologique, 101, 447-462.


Best Wishes
Danielle Matthews

Max Planck Child Study Centre
Department of Psychology
University of Manchester
Oxford Rd Manchester M13 9PL
UNITED KINGDOM

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Genesee" <genesee at ego.psych.mcgill.ca>
To: <info-childes at mail.talkbank.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 3:05 PM
Subject: word frequency counts for French


> Does anyone know of frequency counts for words in French like those that
> exist for English?
>
> Thanks
>
> Fred Genesee
> Psychology Department Phone: 1-514-398-6022
> McGill University Fax:       1-514-398-4896
> 1205 Docteur Penfield Ave.
> Montreal QC
> Canada H3A 1B1
>
>
>


From mfriend at sciences.sdsu.edu  Mon Sep  6 22:19:58 2004
From: mfriend at sciences.sdsu.edu (Margaret Friend)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 15:19:58 -0700
Subject: word frequency counts for French
In-Reply-To: <4.1.20040904100435.01c7ae60@ego.psych.mcgill.ca>
Message-ID: <MON.6.SEP.2004.151958.0700.MFRIEND@SCIENCES.SDSU.EDU>

Dear Fred,

Do you mean frequency counts in comprehension and production?  If so,
contact Pascal Zesiger at the University of Geneva
<pascal.zesiger at pse.unige.ch>.  He has frequency counts from the French CDI
norming study data.


At 10:05 AM 9/4/2004 -0400, Fred Genesee wrote:
>Does anyone know of frequency counts for words in French like those that
>exist for English?
>
>Thanks
>
>Fred Genesee
>Psychology Department                   Phone: 1-514-398-6022
>McGill University                               Fax:       1-514-398-4896
>1205 Docteur Penfield Ave.
>Montreal QC
>Canada H3A 1B1

Margaret Friend, Ph.D.
Child Language and Emotion Lab
Department of Psychology and
SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders
San Diego State University
6363 Alvarado Court, Ste.103
San Diego, CA 92120
619-594-0273


From plahey at mindspring.com  Tue Sep  7 15:58:05 2004
From: plahey at mindspring.com (Peg Lahey)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:58:05 -0400
Subject: Bamford-Lahey Scholars Announced
Message-ID: <TUE.7.SEP.2004.115805.0400.PLAHEY@MINDSPRING.COM>

  BAMFORD-LAHEY SCHOLARS FOR 2004 ANNOUNCED
One of the objectives of the Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation is to increase the number of doctoral level professionals who will educate future clinicians and who, through research, will contribute to our understanding of developmental language disorders.  To help accomplish this objective, the Foundation has a scholarship program offering funds of up to $10,000 a year to students who have been accepted into a doctoral program and intend to specialize in child language disorders.   

The Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation is proud to announce the Bamford-Lahey Scholars of 2004.  The winners were selected from a pool of highly qualified applicants who are currently doctoral students in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.  The Scholars for 2004 are:  

            Paola Colozza, The University of British Columbia

            Tammie Spaulding, The University of Arizona

            Liselotte Svensson, The University of Washington

             A short biography about the professional life of each of the Scholars and a picture of each can be found at www.bamford-lahey.org/scholars/html.   Our congratulations to each; we look forward to their contributions to the field. 

Margaret Lahey, President
Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation
www.Bamford-Lahey.org
mlahey at bamford-lahey.org


 

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From macw at mac.com  Fri Sep 10 21:58:43 2004
From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:58:43 -0400
Subject: TENNET XVI Call for Papers
Message-ID: <FRI.10.SEP.2004.175843.0400.MACW@MAC.COM>

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
  THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
  (TENNET XVI)
  Montréal, Canada, June 23-25, 2005
   
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  The 16th Annual conference on Theoretical and Experimental  
Neuropsychology,
  TENNET XVI, will be held in June 2005 in Montréal, Québec, Canada at
  Université du Québec, Montréal. This year marks the 16th anniversary of
  TENNET. It also marks a passing of the baton from Henri Cohen and Peter
  Snyder to Barbara Bulman-Fleming, Mike Dixon, and their colleagues at  
the
  University of Waterloo. The conference will still be held in Montréal  
at the
  usual time in June (we don't wish to mess with success). We wish to  
thank
  Henri Cohen, Sid Segalowitz, Pete Snyder, Harry Whitaker and the staff  
and
  students at UQAM for their dedication and hard work in making TENNET  
the
  favourite conference for many of us.

  The basic conference structure will be identical: (a) two invited  
thematic
  symposia of 3 hours each day, followed by (b) refereed poster papers.  
The
  poster papers are discussed after the second symposium, each  
afternoon. The
  two-hour period for lunch allows ample time for strolling around to  
find one
  of the many charming restaurants in the area.

  The procedure for TENNET submissions is slightly different this year.  
There
  are now two streams: ABSTRACT submissions (to TENNET) and MANUSCRIPT
  submissions (to Brain and Cognition, not to TENNET - see below).

  ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
  Abstracts (maximum 250 words) can be submitted to the TENNET committee  
for
  review. Abstracts that are accepted will enable the authors to present  
a
  poster during TENNET. The 250-word abstracts will be printed in a  
separate
  issue of Brain and Cognition devoted to conference proceedings. At  
least one
  of the authors must be present to discuss the poster at the conference  
in
  order for the abstract to be published.

  The deadline for ABSTRACT submissions, via e-mail only  
(tennet at uwaterloo.ca ),
  is January 17th, 2005. Note the new email address in your address  
books,
  please.


  MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
  In addition to submitting the abstracts, we encourage authors to  
continue to
  submit longer MANUSCRIPTS on the same topic (either brief papers or  
longer
  papers). But as of this year all manuscripts (short or long) will  
undergo the
  same peer review, editorial, and technical editing (i.e., galley  
proofs, etc.)
  process as any formal submission to Brain and Cognition. Thus if you  
wish to
  prepare a "short paper" or a "long paper" based on your poster, by all  
means
  do so. These should be submitted directly to the Journal (i.e. NOT to  
the
  TENNET email address). Accepted papers will appear in the main body of  
Brain
  and Cognition, rather than in the issue devoted to the conference
  proceedings. The website for Brain and Cognition is  
http://www.ees.elsevier/brcg
  Please follow the links to the "Guide for Authors" for submission  
details.
  Please submit online: see instructions at that website for 'Online  
submission'.


  IMPORTANT:
  Information for ABSTRACTS
  All submissions should deal with a well-defined topic or problem in  
any domain
  of experimental, clinical or theoretical neuropsychology, including
  neurolinguistics, development, and history. The title of the  
presentation, the
  full name(s) of author(s) (and complete mailing address, with  
institutional
  affiliation, if any, telephone number and e-mail) and acknowledgments  
should
  appear with the abstract. This information is needed to properly  
prepare the
  program if your abstract is accepted.

  As mentioned above, one type of submission will be considered: An  
abstract of
  250 words or fewer, for publication as part of the conference  
proceedings, and
  to serve as an archival record of a poster presentation. If a  
submission is
  accepted, then one of the authors must attend the conference to  
present the
  poster in order for the abstract to be published in the Journal.

  Your abstract should arrive by the January 17th deadline at the  
following
  email address: tennet at uwaterloo.ca . IMPORTANT: Please check your  
submission
  with an updated general-purpose antivirus application before sending  
it by e-
  mail. Attached files should be in PDF, MS Word or RTF.
  Manuscript submissions should be sent to: Brain and Cognition - see the
  following website:
http://authors.elsevier.com/JournalDetail.html?PubID=622798&Precis=DESC
   
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  Further information about accommodation, registration, program and past
  conferences can be found at http://www.tennet.ca



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From macw at mac.com  Fri Sep 10 22:39:07 2004
From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:39:07 -0400
Subject: new corpus on Chinese narrative development
Message-ID: <FRI.10.SEP.2004.183907.0400.MACW@MAC.COM>

Dear Info-CHILDES,
    I am happy to announce the addition to CHILDES of a new corpus
studying narrative development in Chinese-speaking
children from Chienju Chang of National Taiwan Normal University.  The
study examines 24 children between the ages of
3 and 6 using methods for toy play and narrative elicitation from
Hemphill et al (1994).  The files are currently in Chinese
characters, but we will eventually supplement this with a full %mor
line.
    Many thanks to Chienju for the contribution of this corpus.

--Brian MacWhinney


From dthal at mail.sdsu.edu  Tue Sep 14 16:56:02 2004
From: dthal at mail.sdsu.edu (Donna Thal)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:56:02 -0700
Subject: positions at SDSU
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.095602.0700.DTHAL@MAIL.SDSU.EDU>

To Whom It May Concern:

Please post the following position announcements.  Thanks you!

Speech Scientist (Rank Open): San Diego State University invites
applications for a tenure-track faculty position. A Ph.D., excellence in
teaching, a commitment to working in a multi-cultural environment with
students from diverse backgrounds, and strong research abilities are
required.  Clinical experience and certification (CCC-SLP) are highly
desirable, though not mandatory.  Primary responsibilities include teaching
at the undergraduate and graduate (MA and Ph.D.) levels in the area of
speech sciences, supervising theses/dissertations, and pursuing a research
program in the area of personal scholarly interests. Looking for a person
to develop and direct a speech science laboratory, and to build
collaborations with key faculty at SDSU, UCSD, and nationally.  Salary and
rank dependent on candidate's qualifications and budget
considerations.  Join 18 other full-time faculty and over 200 students in a
stimulating work environment, excellent lab/clinical facilities, and a
beautiful place to live (see more information at
http://chhs.sdsu.edu/slhs/).  Position closes January 30, 2005, with
employment to begin August, 2005.  Send letter of interest, description of
research program, evidence of teaching excellence, vita, reprints, and 3
letters of recommendation to: Dr. Beverly Wulfeck, Interim Chair, School of
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University,
<mailto:wulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu>wulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu with copies to Dr.
Donna Thal, search committee chair,
<mailto:dhtal at mail.sdsu.edu>dhtal at mail.sdsu.edu.  San Diego State
University is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national
origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability, or
veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.


Child language/Neuroscience specialist (Rank Open): San Diego State
University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position. A
Ph.D., excellence in teaching, a commitment to working in a multi-cultural
environment with students from diverse backgrounds, and strong research
abilities are required.  Clinical experience and certification (CCC-SLP)
are highly desirable, though not mandatory.  Primary responsibilities
include teaching at the undergraduate and graduate (MA and Ph.D.) levels in
the area of pediatric neuroscience and language development, supervising
theses/dissertations, and pursuing a research program in the area of
personal scholarly interests. Looking for a person with skills in one of
more of the following areas: language acquisition and childhood language
disorders (may be early development and disorders, SLI, bilingual language
development, autism, etc.), neuro-functional and neuroanatomical correlates
of language development, genetics of developmental language
disorders.  Salary and rank dependent on candidate's qualifications and
budget considerations.  Join 18 other full-time faculty and over 200
students in a stimulating work environment, excellent lab/clinical
facilities, and a beautiful place to live (see more information at
http://chhs.sdsu.edu/slhs/).  First priority will be given to applications
received by January 30, 2005 with position to remain open until filled;
employment to begin Fall semester 2005.   Electronically submit  letter of
interest to include a description of research program; any evidence of
teaching excellence, and/or reprints; a current vita;  and 3 letters of
recommendation to: Dr. Beverly Wulfeck, Interim Director, School of Speech,
Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University,
<mailto:wulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu>wulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu,  with copies to Dr.
Donna Thal, Search Committee Chair,
<mailto:dhtal at mail.sdsu.edu>dhtal at mail.sdsu.edu.  San Diego State
University is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national
origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability, or
veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.


Donna J. Thal, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor
School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
San Diego State University
Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders
San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego

Research Scientist
Center for Research on Language
University of California, San Diego

Address:
Developmental Psycholinguistics Laboratory
6330 Alvarado Road
Suite 231
San Diego, CA 92120-1850

Phone:
Lab         619-594-6350
Office   619-594-7110
Fax         619-594-4570

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chhs/cd/Dpl/DPL
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From dthal at mail.sdsu.edu  Tue Sep 14 17:46:29 2004
From: dthal at mail.sdsu.edu (Donna Thal)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:46:29 -0700
Subject: faculty positions at SDSU
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.104629.0700.DTHAL@MAIL.SDSU.EDU>

Please note that there were errors in the contact info in the previous ads.
The following ads have the correct infromation.

Speech Scientist (Rank Open): San Diego State University invites
applications for a tenure-track faculty position. A Ph.D., excellence in
teaching, a commitment to working in a multi-cultural environment with
students from diverse backgrounds, and strong research abilities are
required.  Clinical experience and certification (CCC-SLP) are highly
desirable, though not mandatory.  Primary responsibilities include teaching
at the undergraduate and graduate (MA and Ph.D.) levels in the area of
speech sciences, supervising theses/dissertations, and pursuing a research
program in the area of personal scholarly interests. Looking for a person
to develop and direct a speech science laboratory, and to build
collaborations with key faculty at SDSU, UCSD, and nationally.  Salary and
rank dependent on candidate's qualifications and budget
considerations.  Join 18 other full-time faculty and over 200 students in a
stimulating work environment, excellent lab/clinical facilities, and a
beautiful place to live (see more information at
http://chhs.sdsu.edu/slhs/).  Position closes January 30, 2005, with
employment to begin August, 2005.  Send letter of interest, description of
research program, evidence of teaching excellence, vita, reprints, and 3
letters of recommendation to: Dr. Beverly Wulfeck, Interim Chair, School of
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University,
<mailto:wulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu>bwulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu with copies to Dr.
Donna Thal, search committee chair,
<mailto:dthal at mail.sdsu.edu>dthal at mail.sdsu.edu.  San Diego State
University is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national
origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability, or
veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.


Child language/Neuroscience specialist (Rank Open): San Diego State
University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position. A
Ph.D., excellence in teaching, a commitment to working in a multi-cultural
environment with students from diverse backgrounds, and strong research
abilities are required.  Clinical experience and certification (CCC-SLP)
are highly desirable, though not mandatory.  Primary responsibilities
include teaching at the undergraduate and graduate (MA and Ph.D.) levels in
the area of pediatric neuroscience and language development, supervising
theses/dissertations, and pursuing a research program in the area of
personal scholarly interests. Looking for a person with skills in one of
more of the following areas: language acquisition and childhood language
disorders (may be early development and disorders, SLI, bilingual language
development, autism, etc.), neuro-functional and neuroanatomical correlates
of language development, genetics of developmental language
disorders.  Salary and rank dependent on candidate's qualifications and
budget considerations.  Join 18 other full-time faculty and over 200
students in a stimulating work environment, excellent lab/clinical
facilities, and a beautiful place to live (see more information at
http://chhs.sdsu.edu/slhs/). First priority will be given to applications
received by January 30, 2005 with position to remain open until filled;
employment to begin Fall semester 2005.   Electronically submit  letter of
interest to include a description of research program; any evidence of
teaching excellence, and/or reprints; a current vita;  and 3 letters of
recommendation to: Dr. Beverly Wulfeck, Interim Director, School of Speech,
Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University,
<mailto:wulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu>bwulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu,  with copies to Dr.
Donna Thal, Search Committee Chair,
<mailto:dhtal at mail.sdsu.edu>dthal at mail.sdsu.edu.  San Diego State
University is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national
origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability, or
veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.


Donna J. Thal, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor
School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
San Diego State University
Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders
San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego

Research Scientist
Center for Research on Language
University of California, San Diego

Address:
Developmental Psycholinguistics Laboratory
6330 Alvarado Road
Suite 231
San Diego, CA 92120-1850

Phone:
Lab         619-594-6350
Office   619-594-7110
Fax         619-594-4570

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chhs/cd/Dpl/DPL
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From aeisrael at patmedia.net  Thu Sep 16 14:12:46 2004
From: aeisrael at patmedia.net (ellen israel)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:12:46 -0400
Subject: children's word choice in highly similar recurring situations
Message-ID: <THU.16.SEP.2004.101246.0400.AEISRAEL@PATMEDIA.NET>

Hello everyone,

I am working on my dissertation and am looking for research that investigates young children's choice of words across time in the context of highly similar situations -- for example requesting help opening a particular toy or pretending to feed a doll.  If anyone knows of research on this topic please let me know.  Thanks.

Sincerely, 
Ellen Herr-Israel
Rutgers University
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From seungwan at bu.edu  Thu Sep 16 16:52:20 2004
From: seungwan at bu.edu (Seungwan Ha)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:52:20 -0400
Subject: The 29th Annual Boston University Conference on Language
 Development
Message-ID: <THU.16.SEP.2004.125220.0400.>

The 29th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development will be
held at Boston University, November 5-7, 2004. Our invited speakers are:

Elizabeth S. Spelke, Harvard University
"Language and core knowledge"
Keynote address, Friday, November 5 at 8:00 pm

Ken Wexler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Beauty and awe: Language acquisition as high science"
Plenary address, Saturday, November 6 at 5:45 pm

Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
and Stephen Crain, University of Maryland - College Park
"Where does grammar come from? A debate on the nature of child language
acquisition"
Lunchtime symposium, Saturday, November 6 at 12:00 pm

The full conference schedule, with 87 papers and 44 posters, is available at:
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/schedule.htm

Pre-registration for BUCLD 29 is now available at:
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/prereg.htm

More information about BUCLD is available at our website:
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD

We look forward to seeing you at BUCLD 29.

Sincerely,
Alejna Brugos, Rossie Clark-Cotton, and Seungwan Ha
BUCLD 29 Co-organizers


From pcnorton at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 17 19:29:02 2004
From: pcnorton at yahoo.com (Pam Norton)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:29:02 -0700
Subject: Research Equipment
Message-ID: <FRI.17.SEP.2004.122902.0700.PCNORTON@YAHOO.COM>

Hello all,
   I am preparing to do a research study in a public
school setting looking at African American children
who speak AAVE, the public school assessment process,
and the speech pathologists who conduct them.  It will
be a qualitative study in which I will both be
interviewing speech pathologists about their
assessment practices and observing them assessing
African American children.  I would like to both
videotape and audiotape them.  I plan to use a laptop
to record my own observations at the school sites and
data regarding the interviews.  I would like to get
suggestions about equipment (I also have a desktop, so
any suggestions on that would be welcome too), from
hardware specifications on the laptop, to software
that could be useful for transcribing interviews as
well as language samples of the children.  I'm sure
this is a big topic but any references and/or
experience would be very welcome.

Thank you,

Pam Norton, M..S., CCC-SLP
Joint Doctoral Program in Special Education at
San Francisco State and UC Berkeley


From macw at mac.com  Fri Sep 17 19:44:16 2004
From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:44:16 -0400
Subject: Research Equipment
In-Reply-To: <20040917192902.61595.qmail@web81408.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <FRI.17.SEP.2004.154416.0400.MACW@MAC.COM>

Dear Pam,
     For suggestions regarding digital video, you may wish to consult
http://www.talkbank.org/dv/
For suggestions regarding digital audio and microphone technique, you
may wish to consult
http://talkbank.org/da/
    For software to transcribed interviews, you may wish to consider
CLAN, SALT, and TransAna.
Also, regarding the issue of sharing your data with other researchers,
please consult
http://talkbank.org/share

--Brian MacWhinney

On Sep 17, 2004, at 3:29 PM, Pam Norton wrote:

> Hello all,
>    I am preparing to do a research study in a public
> school setting looking at African American children
> who speak AAVE, the public school assessment process,
> and the speech pathologists who conduct them.  It will
> be a qualitative study in which I will both be
> interviewing speech pathologists about their
> assessment practices and observing them assessing
> African American children.  I would like to both
> videotape and audiotape them.  I plan to use a laptop
> to record my own observations at the school sites and
> data regarding the interviews.  I would like to get
> suggestions about equipment (I also have a desktop, so
> any suggestions on that would be welcome too), from
> hardware specifications on the laptop, to software
> that could be useful for transcribing interviews as
> well as language samples of the children.  I'm sure
> this is a big topic but any references and/or
> experience would be very welcome.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Pam Norton, M..S., CCC-SLP
> Joint Doctoral Program in Special Education at
> San Francisco State and UC Berkeley
>


From jbryant at luna.cas.usf.edu  Fri Sep 17 19:50:19 2004
From: jbryant at luna.cas.usf.edu (Judith Becker Bryant)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:50:19 -0400
Subject: Positions at the University of South Florida
Message-ID: <FRI.17.SEP.2004.155019.0400.JBRYANT@LUNA.CAS.USF.EDU>

We have recently been authorized to hire up to 2 individuals with the ad
below, which was previously published.  Note that Social and Cognitive
are broadly construed.  We would be quite interested in Developmental
Psychologists who conduct social and/or cognitive work.
             Judy Bryant
Judith Becker Bryant, Ph.D.
Professor and Area Director,
Cognitive and Neural Sciences Program
Psychology, PCD 4118G
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL  33620-7200

(813) 974-0475        fax:  (813) 974-4617


The Department of Psychology at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA invites
applications for one new appointment of a tenure track scholar in either
SOCIAL or COGNITIVE psychology, preferably at the Assistant Professor
level, with service to begin as early as August 7, 2005. Applicants
should send statements describing their research program and their
teaching interests, a CV, and up to five reprints and preprints. Three
letters of recommendation should be sent directly to the chair of the
search committee at the address below. Applicants should show evidence
of outstanding research and teaching potential. The successful applicant
will be expected to establish an independent program of research that
can garner extramural support, to supervise and mentor graduate
students, to teach graduate and undergraduate classes, and to
participate in departmental governance. Applicants must have the Ph.D.
degree by the time of the appointment. Post-doctoral experience is
highly desirable. We have a strong preference for applicants whose
research bridges sub disciplines of Psychology.

 We are seeking truly outstanding psychologists who are conducting
empirical, theory-driven research with humans in the broad domains of
either Social Psychology or Cognition. In the area of Social our
interests include, but are not limited to, Social-Health, Social
Development, Social Cognition and Social Neuroscience. In the domain of
Cognition our interests include, but are not limited to, Memory,
Attention, Cognitive Development, Social Cognition, Cognitive
Neuroscience, and Cognitive Aging.

The University of South Florida is a metropolitan-based,
Carnegie-designated Doctoral/Research-Extensive university enrolling
more than 40,000 students. The department of Psychology
(http://www.cas.usf.edu/psychology/content/index.htm) has 33 faculty
members. The Department is housed in a new building that provides ample
space and facilities for research as well as a large, vibrant,
psychological services center. The Psychology Building is located in
close proximity to the Health Sciences complex on the USF campus,
reflecting the strong relationship we maintain with such units as the
Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, The Florida Mental Health
Institute and the Colleges of Medicine and Public Health. The University
is building a major, state-funded, Center for the study of Alzheimer
Disease. Facilities for radiological neuroimaging are available on
campus. There are excellent facilities for electrophysiological
neuroimaging in the department. For those interested in developmental
processes, there are three NAEYC-accredited day care facilities on
campus as well as two laboratory elementary schools.

The salary is negotiable. Send materials to: Prof. William Sacco Chair,
Psychology Search Committee, Department of Psychology, University of
South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler., PCD 4118G, Tampa, Florida, 33620-7200.
The University of South Florida encourages applications from women and
members of minority groups. The selection process will be conducted
under the provisions of Florida's "Government in the Sunshine" and
Public Records Laws. Anyone requiring special accommodations to complete
an application should contact Sonya Espinosa (813-974-2438).  A review
of the applications will begin on October 1, 2004. In order to receive
full consideration by the search committee your application must be
received by this date. Applications received after October 1, 2004 will
be reviewed and advanced, in cases of compelling merit, up to the
conclusion of the search process.



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From Laida.Restrepo at asu.edu  Mon Sep 20 16:03:32 2004
From: Laida.Restrepo at asu.edu (Laida Restrepo)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:03:32 -0700
Subject: Position at ASU
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.090332.0700.LAIDA.RESTREPO@ASU.EDU>

Assistant or Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
Arizona State University, Department of Speech and Hearing Science

Full-time, nine-month, tenure-track appointment beginning August 16,
2005.  Responsibilities include teaching graduate and undergraduate
courses in speech-language pathology or related topics, conducting
research, directing student research, and participating in service
activities.  Requirements include a Ph.D. in speech-language pathology
or related discipline at time of appointment.  For an appointment at the
assistant level evidence of potential for excellence in teaching and
research is required.  For an appointment at the associate level
evidence of excellence in teaching and research, and success in securing
external research funding is required.  Experience with university
teaching, evidence of CCC-SLP, and expertise in adult language disorders
are desired, but not required.  All areas of expertise in
speech-language pathology will be considered. To apply, Send CV, names
and contact information (phone, e-mail, and address) for three
references, and statement of professional goals to: M. Jeanne Wilcox
Ph.D., Search Committee Chair, Department of Speech and Hearing Science,
Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871908, Tempe, AZ  85287-1908.
E-mail applications are encouraged and should be sent to:
mjwilcox at asu.edu.  The application deadline is October 29th or every
Friday therafter until the search is closed. Visit www.asu.edu/clas/shs
for department information. ASU is an EO/AA employer.



M. Adelaida Restrepo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dep. of Speech and Hearing Science
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 870102
Tempe, AZ 85287
 
voice (480) 727-8795, fax (480) 965-8516
Office 3393 Coor, Email: Laida.Restrepo at asu.edu


From sigal at alum.mit.edu  Mon Sep 20 20:27:21 2004
From: sigal at alum.mit.edu (Sigal Uziel-Karl)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:27:21 +0200
Subject: Arabic phonemic transcription
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.222721.0200.>

Dear list members,



Several students of mine are in the process of collecting raw data of
spoken Palestinian Arabic. Eventually, they intend to transcribe the
data using CHAT. To do that, they would like to use broad phonemic
transcription.

In view of that, my question to the list is whether people have used
transcription to transcribe Arabic data, or know of any papers or work
which describe a set of symbols and transcription conventions suited to
transcribe data in Arabic (covering the range of consonants and vowels
and the subtleties involved in their pronunciation), and/or papers
discussing the difficulties in representing Arabic using transcription.

Any input/suggestions would be appreciated.



Sigal Uziel-Karl

sigal at alum.mit.edu



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From macw at mac.com  Mon Sep 20 19:53:51 2004
From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:53:51 -0400
Subject: Arabic phonemic transcription
In-Reply-To: <004f01c49f50$3bc2aab0$0700000a@Sigal>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.155351.0400.MACW@MAC.COM>

Dear Sigal,
     There are a few people who are trying to enter Arabic in Roman for
CHILDES data, but so far I have no real data.  There is Moroccan Arabic
in the AarsenBos corpus, but the documentation and format there is a
bit incomplete.
   If you search the web for "Arabic romanization" you will find the the
ALA Library of Congress System is widely cited.
    I would suggest that if you or other people could agree to accept a
current standard, then we could adopt that for CHILDES purposes
generally.

--Brian MacWhinney


From shahin at interchange.ubc.ca  Mon Sep 20 20:00:34 2004
From: shahin at interchange.ubc.ca (Kimary Shahin)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:00:34 -0700
Subject: Arabic phonemic transcription
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.130034.0700.SHAHIN@INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA>

Thankyou, Brian.
Yes, it will be good to adopt a common standard. I'm trying to finish up my Arabic corpus for CHILDES, so this query has come at a good time. If there are others working up Arabic data, perhaps we can all correspond on this.

Kimary Shahin
-----Original Message-----

> Date: Mon Sep 20 12:53:51 PDT 2004
> From: "Brian MacWhinney" <macw at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: Arabic phonemic transcription
> To: sigal at alum.mit.edu, info-childes at mail.talkbank.org
>
> Dear Sigal,
>      There are a few people who are trying to enter Arabic in Roman for
> CHILDES data, but so far I have no real data.  There is Moroccan Arabic
> in the AarsenBos corpus, but the documentation and format there is a
> bit incomplete.
>    If you search the web for "Arabic romanization" you will find the the
> ALA Library of Congress System is widely cited.
>     I would suggest that if you or other people could agree to accept a
> current standard, then we could adopt that for CHILDES purposes
> generally.
>
> --Brian MacWhinney
>
>


From cegn at pdx.edu  Tue Sep 21 00:45:23 2004
From: cegn at pdx.edu (Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:45:23 -0700
Subject: Russian Phonology
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.174523.0700.CEGN@PDX.EDU>

Does anyone have references for phoneme and word shape frequency in Russian?
Thanks in advance.  Christina

*************
Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
Speech and Hearing Sciences Department
Portland State University
NH 85, 724 SW Harrison
Portland, OR 97201
Phone:  503.725.3230
Toll free:  1.800.547.8887 x3230
Fax:  503.725.5385



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From stemberg at interchange.ubc.ca  Tue Sep 21 01:27:31 2004
From: stemberg at interchange.ubc.ca (Joe Stemberger)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:27:31 -0700
Subject: frequencies in Slovene and Zapotec
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.182731.0700.STEMBERG@INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA>

I have been unable to find any frequency counts (lexical OR
phonological) for two languages that I am working on:
Slovene
Zapotec

For Zapotec, the statistics probably vary a huge amount between
dialects/languages, but statistics on any variant of Zapotec would be
helpful.

All pointers appreciated.

Thanks.

Joe Stemberger
UBC


From dcavar at indiana.edu  Tue Sep 21 16:26:42 2004
From: dcavar at indiana.edu (Damir Cavar)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:26:42 -0500
Subject: Computational Ling: Asst Prof, Indiana U
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.112642.0500.DCAVAR@INDIANA.EDU>

University or Organization: Indiana University
Department: Cognitive Science
Rank of Job: Assistant Professor
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics


Description:

As one of a series of new appointments, the Cognitive Science Program at
Indiana University seeks applicants with a developing strong record of
research in computational linguistics, broadly defined.  We are looking
for someone with vision, energy, and a desire to explore new forms of
interdisciplinary study. Areas of specialty could include, but are not
limited to: computational, statistical, psychological, experimental, and
developmental approaches. The right candidate is more important than the
specific disciplinary background. Although we anticipate appointments at
the junior rank, more senior appointments are also possible for
exceptional applicants.

Applicants should send full dossiers, including letters of
recommendation and sample of papers. Applications received by December
1, 2004 are assured full consideration.  Please see our website:
http://www.cogs.indiana.edu for information regarding additional open
faculty positions.  If you have questions about this position, you may
contact Michael Gasser at gasser at indiana.edu.

Indiana University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer. Applications from women and minority group members are
especially encouraged.


Address for Applications:

	Attn: Professor Richard Shiffrin
	Computational Linguistics Search Committee
	Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University
	1033 E. Third St., Sycamore 0014
	Bloomington, IN 47405
	United States of America

	Applications are due by 01-Dec-2004

Contact Information:

	Professor Michael Gasser
	Email: gasser at indiana.edu
	Tel: +1 (812) 855-7078
	Fax: +1 (812) 855-4829
	Website: http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/


--
Dr. Damir Cavar
Director of the Computational Linguistics Program
Indiana University - Linguistics Department & Cognitive Science
Phone: wired +1 812 855-3268  air +1 812 327-8965
Web: http://mypage.iu.edu/~dcavar/


From dservin at planeta.com.mx  Tue Sep 21 22:15:27 2004
From: dservin at planeta.com.mx (dservin at planeta.com.mx)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:15:27 -0500
Subject: Computational Ling: Asst Prof, Indiana U
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.171527.0500.>

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    document
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From yuchikoshi at ucdavis.edu  Wed Sep 22 18:54:12 2004
From: yuchikoshi at ucdavis.edu (Yuuko Uchikoshi)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:54:12 -0700
Subject: language tests: Cantonese, Farsi, Russian
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.115412.0700.YUCHIKOSHI@UCDAVIS.EDU>

Dear List Members,

We are interested in looking at the native language development of
bilingual children, in particular Cantonese, Farsi, and Russian, and are in
search of literacy tests (such as phonological awareness, reading, writing,
vocabulary, oral proficiency, verbal memory) developed in these
languages.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I will post a summary on the listserve.

Many thanks in advance,
Yuuko Uchikoshi


Yuuko Uchikoshi
Assistant Professor
School of Education
University of California, Davis
2059 Academic Surge
Davis, CA 95616
530-754-6271


From thorasu at tv.is  Thu Sep 23 00:07:29 2004
From: thorasu at tv.is (=?us-ascii?Q?=3Fora_Saunn_Ulfsdottir/Thora_Saeunn_Ulfsdottir?=)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:07:29 -0000
Subject: conference or workshop  in December
In-Reply-To: <OF86256F16.00799FAE-ON86256F16.00799FAE-86256F16.00799FAF@LocalDomain>
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.000729.0000.THORASU@TV.IS>

Dear members of the Child's list
I am a Speech Language Pathologist from Iceland.
I enjoy the discussion on the list tremendously.

I will be traveling to Florida in December and would like to use the
opportunity to join a workshop or a conference.

I run a private practice along with other SLP?s where I primarily work with
children. Both preschool age and school age children so I have a wide range
of interest in the field.
At the moment I am concentrating on SLI, treatment issues of syntax and
morphology and narratives.

I also have a new autistic client who uses pecs (The Picture Exchange
Communication System).

If you know of any conference or a workshop on child language in December,
preferable on the east coast I would appreciate the information.

Thank you in advance
Thora Saeunn Ulfsdottir
Speech-Language Pathologist


From wulfeck at crl.ucsd.edu  Fri Sep 24 16:53:42 2004
From: wulfeck at crl.ucsd.edu (Beverly B. Wulfeck)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:53:42 -0700
Subject: Faculty position in ASL Studies at San Diego State University
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.095342.0700.WULFECK@CRL.UCSD.EDU>

ASL STUDIES (Rank Open). The School of Speech, Language, and Hearing
Sciences of San Diego State University invites applications for a
tenure-track faculty position. A Ph.D., excellence in teaching, a commitment
to working in a multi-cultural environment with students from diverse
backgrounds, and strong research abilities are required. Professional
experience with deaf and/or hard of hearing individuals and knowledge of
deaf culture are desirable. Primary responsibilities include teaching at the
undergraduate and graduate (MA and Ph.D.) levels, supervising
theses/dissertations, and pursuing a research program in the area of
personal scholarly interests.  Looking for a person to develop and direct an
ASL studies laboratory, and to build collaborations with key faculty at
SDSU, UCSD, and nationally.  Additional responsibilities may include serving
as Division Head within the School. Salary and rank dependent on candidate’s
qualifications and budget considerations.  Join 18 other full-time faculty
and over 200 students in a stimulating work environment, excellent
lab/clinical facilities, and a beautiful place to live (see more information
at http://chhs.sdsu.edu/slhs/. Review of candidates will begin on or shortly
after January 30, 2005 and will continue until the position is filled;
employment to begin Fall semester 2005. Electronically submit letter of
interest that should include a description of research program; also submit
any evidence of teaching excellence, reprints, a current vita, and three
letters of recommendation to: Dr. Beverly Wulfeck (bwulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu),
Interim Director, School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San
Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-1518, with
copies to Dr. Lew Shapiro, Search Committee Chair (shapiro at mail.sdsu.edu).
San Diego State University is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and
does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion,
national origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age,
disability, or veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.


From pli at richmond.edu  Fri Sep 24 20:38:16 2004
From: pli at richmond.edu (Ping Li)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:38:16 -0400
Subject: The APA Style Converter
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.163816.0400.PLI@RICHMOND.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

If you are submitting articles to journals that require the APA Style, you
might be
interested in a web interface that we have developed, the APA Style
Converter. A description of the Converter is attached below.

You can access the Converter from our web server at:
http://cogsci.richmond.edu/. We welcome your feedback, comments, and
suggestions.

Sincerely

Ping Li
pli at richmond.edu
http://www.richmond.edu/~pli/

Abstract: The APA Style Converter is a web-based tool for authors to
prepare their papers in APA
Style according to the APA Publication Manual (5th ed.). The converter
provides a userfriendly
interface that allows authors to copy and paste text and upload figures
through the
web, and it automatically turns all texts, references, and figures to a
structured article in APA
Style. The output is saved in PDF format, ready for either electronic
submission or hardcopy
printing.

Rationale: While the APA Style has widespread use in the scientific
community, there are several
factors that hinder authors from accurate use of the style. First, many
authors find it difficult
to keep track of all the details specified in the Manual. For example,
when asked, few
researchers are certain about, (a) whether the Footnotes section should
come before or after
the Author Note, (b) whether the Appendices should come before or after
the Tables, or (c)
what a Page Header is, how it is different from a Running Head, and how
these head and
headers should be laid out on the Title Page. Second, some authors who are
familiar with
earlier versions of the APA Style might not have kept up with the newest
changes in the
current version such as the abolition of underlines and the citation for
internet resources.
Third, researchers from countries other than North America and Europe are
relatively
unfamiliar with the APA Style, either because it is not part of their
training or because
writing conventions and publication guidelines for their native languages
differ from the
APA Style. Yet more and more researchers find it necessary to deal with
the APA Style: the style is
widely used in many disciplines, and the journals to which they submit
papers require it.
Researchers from other countries are also under increasing pressure to
publish in
international journals that may require the APA Style.


From macw at mac.com  Mon Sep 27 22:40:27 2004
From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:40:27 -0400
Subject: new video corpus
Message-ID: <MON.27.SEP.2004.184027.0400.MACW@MAC.COM>

Dear Info-CHILDES,

     On the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival through China (September
28),  I am happy to announce the addition to CHILDES of a new video
corpus from Virginia Yip, Stephen Matthews, and Uta Lam at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong.  This corpus tracks the language development
of the highly photogenic Alicia from 1;9 to 3;6.  One set of 38
transcripts, all linked to the video, traces her development in
Cantonese and another set of 38 transcripts from the same time period
traces her development in English. Three other files represent the
code-mixing or switching of Cantonese and English.  These files can be
located for browsing at

http://xml.talkbank.org:8888/talkbank/file/CHILDES/Biling/YipMatthews/

The relevant directories are AliciaCan, AliciaEng, and AliciaMixed.
The zip files of the transcripts are in
http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/data/biling/YipMatthews.zip.
The video files themselves are at
http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/data/video/YipMatthews/

This is the first child in the ever-growing YipMatthews corpus with a
full video record.  Charlotte, Kathryn, and Llywellyn have complete
audio but only Alicia has complete linkage to video.  However, audio
files for Alicia and the other children are also available at
http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/data/audio/YipMatthews/

Many thanks to Virginia and Stephen for this wonderful and entertaining
new resource.

And Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to everyone!

--Brian MacWhinney


From macw at mac.com  Tue Sep 28 01:58:09 2004
From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:58:09 -0400
Subject: Mid-Autumn Festival
Message-ID: <MON.27.SEP.2004.215809.0400.MACW@MAC.COM>

Dear Info-CHILDES,
    As a footnote, Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip asked me to add
this information about Mid-Autumn Festival for those who are not too
familiar with it.
--Brian MacWhinney

The Mid-Autumn Festival (中秋節 zung1cau1zit3 in Cantonese), also known as
Moon Festival, or Mooncake Festival (月餅節 jyut6beng2zit3) is a
traditional Chinese festival and holiday on the 15th day of the 8th
month of the Chinese lunar calendar. On this day the full moon is at
its roundest and brightest, which symbolises family unity and
togetherness. According to Chinese traditions, on this day family
members and friends will gather to gaze at the moon, and eat mooncakes
together. This is the time for farmers to celebrate the end of the
agricultural season and the harvest. A very important holiday in the
Chinese calendar for family members to get together and enjoy the full
moon as an auspicious token of abundance, harmony and luck.
For your interest, here’s a link to the popular legendary origin of the
festival:
http://china.tyfo.com/int/art/festival/middle-autumn/mid-tale.htm
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to everyone!
Virginia and Stephen
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From gagarina at zas.gwz-berlin.de  Tue Sep 28 12:39:04 2004
From: gagarina at zas.gwz-berlin.de (Natalia Gagarina)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:39:04 +0200
Subject: Second call for papers: Xth IASCL Congress
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.143904.0200.>

Second call for papers

Xth International Congress of the
International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL)
July 25- 29, 2005
Berlin

Meeting URL: http://www.ctw-congress.de/iascl/
Meeting Email: mail at ctw-congress.de

The Xth International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL)
is hosted by the Free University in Berlin, in cooperation with the
Humboldt University, the University of Potsdam and the Centre for
General Linguistics, Typology and Universals Research (ZAS).

The special emphasis topic of the meeting is on "Crosslinguistic and
intercultural aspects of unimpaired and impaired language acquisition: A
window on universal and language particular learning mechanisms".

Specific Topic Areas within the Special Emphasis Topic:
• Methods of crosslinguistic and intercultural research in language
development
• Conceptual and lexical development
• Bootstrapping mechanisms
• Models of learning
• Interaction between morphosyntactic and lexical development
• The neurocognitive basis of language learning
• Genetic aspects of language acquisition
• Language acquisition in children with genetic syndromes
• Origins of specific language disorders
• Bilingual acquisition
• Similarities and differences between the acquisition of sign language
and spoken language
• The acquisition of Pidgins and Creoles

Plenary Speakers
Jeffrey Elman, Dept. of Cognitive Science, University of California, San
Diego
Angela Friederici, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Ray Jackendoff, Linguistics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Elizabeth Spelke, Dept. of Psychology, Harvard University
Joan Bybee, Dept. of Linguistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 15, 2004

Abstracts for papers and poster should provide basic information about
he leading question, the data, the methods, and the results of the
presentation. The abstracts are limited to 500 words.
Abstracts for symposia should briefly describe the question and specific
aim of the symposium, list name, affiliation of the contributors and
should include a brief abstract of each contribution. The symposium
abstracts should not exceed 1200 words.
For presentation by each submitter a maximum of 1 first authored
paper/poster and a maximum of 2 papers/posters in any other autorship
status will be accepted.

If you intend to submit an abstract (English Language), please
exclusively use the internet abstract form
(http://www.ctw-congress.de/iascl/papers.html). Abstracts submitted by
fax, mail or e-mail are not accepted.

Please consider the following dates:

Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 15, 2004
Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2005
Deadline for early registration: March 31, 2005


From ks7t at andrew.cmu.edu  Tue Sep 28 14:18:22 2004
From: ks7t at andrew.cmu.edu (Kelley Sacco)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:18:22 -0400
Subject: Job Opportunity in Human Functional Neuroimaging & Cardiovascular
 Health
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.101822.0400.KS7T@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>

Job Opportunity in Human Functional Neuroimaging & Cardiovascular Health

    We are seeking a full time Research Associate to work on studies
investigating how the human brain controls cardiovascular reactions to
stress, and how biological responses to stress relate to the risk for
developing cardiovascular disease.

    Individuals who wish to pursue a career in the neurosciences or in the
field of biobehavioral health will benefit most from this position.
Interested individuals should have a Bachelor¹s or Master¹s degree in a
natural or quantitative science or in one of the following areas:
Psychology, Neuroscience, Statistics, Biostatistics, Engineering, Computer
Science, or Mathematics.

    We will consider individuals who will complete their degrees by the end
of 2004. Preference will be given to individuals who have some background in
UNIX, MATLAB, database management, and a statistical package, such as SPSS
or SAS.

    Interested individuals should send a cover letter and a resume or a
curriculum vitae to Leslie Mitrik by email (mitrikla at upmc.edu
<mailto:mitrikla at upmc.edu> ) or regular mail (Cardiovascular Behavioral
Medicine Program, 3811 O¹Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213). For more
information, call 412-246-5966.

 


From seungwan at bu.edu  Tue Sep 28 15:31:20 2004
From: seungwan at bu.edu (Seungwan Ha)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:31:20 -0400
Subject: soliciting questions for BUCLD Crain/Tomasello debate
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.113120.0400.>

Soliciting questions for BUCLD debate between Stephen Crain and Michael
Tomasello:
"Where does grammar come from? A debate on the nature of child language
acquisition"

This year's Boston University Conference on Language Development (Nov.
5-7) will feature a 2-hour debate between Stephen Crain and Michael
Tomasello entitled: "Where does grammar come from? A debate on the
nature of child language acquisition." The speakers will first present
their own positions on this question, and then respond to each other's
positions.  During the last half hour or so, they will respond to
questions submitted in advance by you, members of the language
development community.  So I'm writing now to solicit your questions.
Any questions are welcome, representing any theoretical perspective or
about any topic relevant to the debate.  So here's your chance to ask
that question that's always been bothering you, or that you could never
understand, or that you just want to know about.

Please send any and all questions to Seungwan Ha at <langconf at bu.edu>
by October 15, 2004.

For more information about BUCLD, or to pre-register, check out our
website: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/index.htm


From aworcest at brookespublishing.com  Tue Sep 28 21:02:19 2004
From: aworcest at brookespublishing.com (Anastasia Worcester)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:02:19 -0400
Subject: New book from Brookes Publishing: Bilingual Language Development
 & Disorders in Spanish-English Speakers by Brian Goldstein, Ph.D.
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.170219.0400.AWORCEST@BROOKESPUBLISHING.COM>

Bilingual Language Development and Disorders in Spanish-English Speakers 
Edited by Brian Goldstein, Ph.D.
 

Benefits:
·         This book focuses on the language development of bilingual speakers, not just monolingual speakers.

·         Integrates "best practices" for assessment of Spanish-English bilingual children.

·         The concluding chapter provides a comprehensive focus on language intervention across all domains.



Book Description:
Bilingual Language Development presents the most current information on language development and language disorders of Spanish-English bilingual speakers.  This comprehensive text is one of the few to offer readers in-depth theoretical and practical information on these timely topics. Focusing primarily on children from 4 to 7 years of age, this resource brings together more than a dozen top researchers to present developmental data, best assessment practices, and appropriate intervention approaches in the following areas:

 

  a.. language processing skills 
  b.. lexical development 
  c.. morpho-syntactic development 
  d.. first language loss 
  e.. grammatical impairments 
  f.. semantic development 
  g.. phonological development and disorders 
  h.. narrative development and disorders 
  i.. fluency and stuttering
Table of Contents:
I. Setting the Stage
1.         Bilingual Language Development and Disorders: Introduction and Overview

                        Brian Goldstein

2.         Bilingual Language Acquisition and the Child Socialization Process

                        Carol Scheffner Hammer, Adele W. Miccio, Barbara Rodriguez

II. Lexical and Semantic Aspects
3. Children Learning a Second Language: Processing Skills in Early Sequential Bilinguals 

            Katherine Kohnert

            4.         Bilingual Lexical Development: Influences, Contexts, and Processes

                        Janet L. Patterson, Barbara Zurer Pearson

5.             Semantic Development in Spanish-English Bilinguals: Theory, Assessment, and 

                        Intervention  

                        Elizabeth Peña and Ellen Stubbe Kester
III. From Grammar to Discourse
            6.         Verbal Morphology and Vocabulary in Monolinguals and Emergent Bilinguals

                        Donna Jackson-Maldonado

7.         Morphosyntactic Development

                        Lisa Bedo

            8.         First Language Loss in Spanish-Speaking Children: Patterns of Loss and Implications for Clinical Practice 

            Raquel Anderson

            9.         Grammatical Impairments in Spanish-English Bilingual Children

            María Adelaida Restrepo and Vera F. Gutierrez-Clellen

10.        Narrative Development and Disorders in Bilingual Children 

                        Vera Gutierrez-Clellen

 IV. Speech Characteristics

11.        Phonological Development and Disorders

                        Brian Goldstein

12.        Fluency and Stuttering in Bilingual Children

                        Nan Bernstein Ratner

V. Intervention
13.        Language Intervention with Bilingual Children 

                        Katherine Kohnert and Ann Derr

 



Author Information:

Brian A. Goldstein, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences 

at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

 

To order this book from Brookes Publishing Co. call 1-800-638-3775 in the U.S.A. and Canada; 

other international callers use 1-410-337-9580. Also order online from Brookes Publishing at: 

www.brookespublishing.com/store/books/goldstein-6873/index.htm 

 

*20% discount for listserv members. Mention CHILDES when calling 

or write it in the savings code box when ordering online.

 

September 2004           6 x 9           320 pages

ISBN: 1-55766-687-3/ US $35.00

 

For more information contact:

Anastasia Worcester
Publicity Manager
Brookes Publishing
P.O. Box 10624
Baltimore, MD 21285
410-337-9580
aworcest at brookespublishing.com
www.brookespublishing.com
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From ktcronin at bidmc.harvard.edu  Wed Sep 29 14:26:38 2004
From: ktcronin at bidmc.harvard.edu (ktcronin at bidmc.harvard.edu)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:26:38 -0400
Subject: Word Fluency Task
Message-ID: <WED.29.SEP.2004.102638.0400.>

Hello,

Our lab is interested in adding a word fluency task for children (normals;
ages 5-7 and 9-11) to our test battery, and I am wondering if anyone has any
suggestions. We are looking for a measure that has been normed for children
and is fairly quick to administer. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

Karl Cronin, Research Assistant
Music & Neuroimaging Lab, BIDMC
ktcronin at bidmc.harvard.edu


From joshua.thompson at comcast.net  Thu Sep 30 19:37:28 2004
From: joshua.thompson at comcast.net (joshua.thompson at comcast.net)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:37:28 +0000
Subject: Infant Toddler Cry Samples
Message-ID: <THU.30.SEP.2004.193728.0000.>

Does anyone know where I can find audio or video samples of Infant or Toddler Cries? I need 5-10 samples of different cries of infants and toddlers for a presentation. Any ideas, resources, weblinks, videos, etc?

Josh Thompson PhD
Assistant Professor Early Childhood Education
Texas A&M University-Commerce
http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jthompson/
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From gleason at bu.edu  Thu Sep 30 20:33:26 2004
From: gleason at bu.edu (Jean Berko Gleason)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:33:26 -0400
Subject: Infant Toddler Cry Samples
In-Reply-To: <093020041937.27971.415C60780006587800006D43220073407602019C9F0301089BD20E9A089C0106@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <THU.30.SEP.2004.163326.0400.GLEASON@BU.EDU>

joshua.thompson at comcast.net wrote:

> Does anyone know where I can find audio or video samples of Infant or
> Toddler Cries? I need 5-10 samples of different cries of infants and
> toddlers for a presentation. Any ideas, resources, weblinks, videos, etc?
>
> Josh Thompson PhD
> Assistant Professor Early Childhood Education
> Texas A&M University-Commerce
> http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jthompson/
>

Barry Lester, who is a professor of psychiatry in the medical school at
Brown University probably has such data...he has written extensively on
infant cries and there is a brief clip of him with a crying baby in the
old PBS Nova show produced in 1985, called Baby Talk.   If he doesn't
have any, he must know where some are....

--

Jean Berko Gleason


From morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr  Wed Sep  1 20:55:36 2004
From: morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr (Aliyah MORGENSTERN)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 22:55:36 +0200
Subject: causative constructions
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.225536.0200.MORGEN@IDF.EXT.JUSSIEU.FR>

Dear info-CHILDES,
Does anyone know if children make "mistakes" when using causative
constructions in English such as
"Dad made me go to my room"
(for example adding TO "Dad made me to go to my room" which is the kind of
mistake Polish immigrants make?
And at what age do you think such constructions are acquired by English
speaking children? 

Thank you very much for your help, or for references on the subject,

Aliyah MORGENSTERN
-----------------------------------------------------
Ecole Normale Sup?rieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines
Lyon-France
aliyah.morgenstern at ens-lsh.fr
06 19 53 66 01

12 rue Saint Fiacre
75002 PARIS
morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr
01 42 33 29 05
-----------------------------------------------------


From gleason at bu.edu  Wed Sep  1 22:38:44 2004
From: gleason at bu.edu (Jean Berko Gleason)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 18:38:44 -0400
Subject: The Development of Language, 6e
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.183844.0400.GLEASON@BU.EDU>

I'm pleased to announce the publication of the sixth edition of The
Development of Language, with thanks to a distinguished group of
contributors:

Neil Bohannon, John Bonvillian, Judith Becker Bryant, Richard Ely,
Beverly Goldfield, Lise Menn, Loraine Obler, Barbara Alexander Pan, Nan
Bernstein Ratner, Jacqueline Sachs, Catherine Snow, Carol Stoel-Gammon,
Helen Tager-Flusberg,

http://www.ablongman.com/catalog/academic/product/0,1144,0205394140,00.html

--

Jean Berko Gleason


From snyder at linglab.net  Wed Sep  1 22:47:32 2004
From: snyder at linglab.net (William Snyder)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:47:32 -0700
Subject: causative constructions
In-Reply-To: <BD5C03E8.52CC%morgen@idf.ext.jussieu.fr>
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.154732.0700.>

Dear Aliyah,

In a 1997 paper ("The Structure and Acquisition of English Dative
Constructions," Linguistic Inquiry 28:281-317), Karin Stromswold and I looked
at the age of acquisition of what we called "causative and perceptual report"
constructions.  This category lumped together the following sentence types:

        Fred made John leave.
        Fred made John wash the car.
        Fred saw/watched/heard John leave.


We examined the longitudinal corpora for twelve children in CHILDES, and found
that these constructions were acquired





--- Aliyah MORGENSTERN <morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr> wrote:

> Dear info-CHILDES,
> Does anyone know if children make "mistakes" when using causative
> constructions in English such as
> "Dad made me go to my room"
> (for example adding TO "Dad made me to go to my room" which is the kind of
> mistake Polish immigrants make?
> And at what age do you think such constructions are acquired by English
> speaking children?
>
> Thank you very much for your help, or for references on the subject,
>
> Aliyah MORGENSTERN
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Ecole Normale Sup?rieure Lettres et Sciences Humaines
> Lyon-France
> aliyah.morgenstern at ens-lsh.fr
> 06 19 53 66 01
>
> 12 rue Saint Fiacre
> 75002 PARIS
> morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr
> 01 42 33 29 05
> -----------------------------------------------------
>
>
>
>
>


=====
Prof. William B. Snyder
Department of Linguistics
University of Connecticut


From snyder at linglab.net  Wed Sep  1 22:52:13 2004
From: snyder at linglab.net (William Snyder)
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:52:13 -0700
Subject: causative constructions
In-Reply-To: <BD5C03E8.52CC%morgen@idf.ext.jussieu.fr>
Message-ID: <WED.1.SEP.2004.155213.0700.>

Dear Aliyah,

In a 1997 paper ("The Structure and Acquisition of English Dative
Constructions," Linguistic Inquiry 28:281-317), Karin Stromswold and I looked
at the age of acquisition of what we called "causative and perceptual report"
constructions.  This category lumped together the following sentence types:

        Fred made John leave.
        Fred made John wash the car.
        Fred saw/watched/heard John leave.
        Fred saw/watched/heard John wash the car.

We examined the longitudinal corpora for twelve children in CHILDES, and found
that the age of first clear use ranged from 1;8 to 3;10, with an average of
2;5.  In some cases the first clear use was with _make_, in other cases not.
The frequency of make-causatives and of perceptual-report constructions was low
for many of the children, which makes it hard to pin down the age of
acquisition precisely.

Best,

William Snyder

Department of Linguistics
University of Connecticut


--- Aliyah MORGENSTERN <morgen at idf.ext.jussieu.fr> wrote:

> Dear info-CHILDES,
> Does anyone know if children make "mistakes" when using causative
> constructions in English such as
> "Dad made me go to my room"
> (for example adding TO "Dad made me to go to my room" which is the kind of
> mistake Polish immigrants make?
> And at what age do you think such constructions are acquired by English
> speaking children?
>
> Thank you very much for your help, or for references on the subject,
>
> Aliyah MORGENSTERN


From bleses at language.sdu.dk  Fri Sep  3 07:02:55 2004
From: bleses at language.sdu.dk (Dorthe Bleses)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 09:02:55 +0200
Subject: Job-announcement, Ph.D.-stipend in language acquisition,  Denmark
Message-ID: <FRI.3.SEP.2004.090255.0200.BLESES@LANGUAGE.SDU.DK>

Job-announcement

The Center for Language Acquisition offers a Ph.D.-stipend for appointment 
October 1st, 2004, at the Institute of Language and Communication, 
University of Southern Denmark, Odense.

The Ph.D.-stipend is advertised in affiliation with the project "The 
interaction between segmentation strategies and mental representations of 
language sounds and language production in normal and hearing impaired 
populations" (?sammenh?ngen mellem segmenteringsstrategier og mentale 
repr?sentationer af sproglyde og sprogproduktion i normale og h?reh?mmede 
populationer?), financed by Widex A/S and University of Southern Denmark. 
The aim of the project is to investigate the relations between segmentation 
strategies and mental representations of language sounds in both normal and 
hearing impaired populations. The Ph.D.-stipend will comprise experimental 
investigation of the acquisition of language sounds in normally hearing and 
hearing impaired children in the age-span of 0 to 6 months.

The selected applicant will take part in the research milieu at the Center 
for Language Acquisition as well as in the established Ph.D.-network at the 
Institute of Language and Communication.

Relevant educational prerequisites could be e.g. psychology (preferably 
developmental or cognitive), psycho-linguistics or language psychology, 
phonetics, ?lab-phonology? or audiologopaedics. Experience with working 
experimentally is an advantage.

The job does not necessarily require basic Danish language skills prior to 
employment, which opens the position up for foreign applicants with 
relevant background and research interests, and everyone is therefore 
invited to apply.

A specific project description will be drawn up within the first part of 
the stipend-period. Applicants can obtain further information concerning 
the project as well as the stipend by contacting project-director, 
Center-director Dorthe Bleses: email: 
<mailto:bleses at language.sdu.dk>bleses at language.sdu.dk, tel: +45 6550 3346.

Engagement as a Ph.D. Research Fellow is for three years. Employment stops 
automatically at the end of the period. The holder of the stipend is not 
allowed to have other paid employment during the three-year period.

The successful applicant will be employed in accordance with the agreement 
of 26 May 2000 on salaried Ph.D. fellows between the Ministry of Finance 
and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations).

The University encourages all interested persons to apply, regardless of 
age, gender, religious affiliation or ethnic background.

Please send 4 copies of the application, marked ?Position No. 046013?, and 
appendices, including publications on which the applicant wishes to rely, to

The secretariat of the Faculty of Humanities - Odense
University of Southern Denmark
Campusvej 55
DK?5230 Odense M
Denmark

The application must reach the University no later than Monday September 
20th 2004, at 12.00 hours.



Dorthe Bleses,
Lektor, ph.d,
Leder, Center for Sprogtilegnelse (www.humaniora.sdu.dk/sprogtilegnelse)
Syddansk Universitet
Campusvej 55,
5230 Odense M

TEL     65503346 / 65502586
Email   bleses at language.sdu.dk
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From cchaney at sfsu.edu  Fri Sep  3 19:46:42 2004
From: cchaney at sfsu.edu (Carolyn Chaney)
Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 12:46:42 -0700
Subject: Wanted:  Teacher of Children's Communication
Message-ID: <FRI.3.SEP.2004.124642.0700.CCHANEY@SFSU.EDU>

The Speech and Communication Studies Department at San Francisco State
University has openings for the spring 2005 semester to teach Children's
Communication.  The course includes an overview of language acquisition,
including basic information in the development of phonology,
morphology/syntax, and semantics/lexicon plus a focus on pragmatics and
the acquisition of communication acts, including informing,
persuading/controlling, expressing feelings, ritualizing, and
imagining/play.

One section of the course will be offered at Indian Valley campus of the
College of Marin, as part of a new partnership program.  An additional
section may be offered on our SFSU campus at 19th and Holloway in San
Francisco.

Applicants should have a PhD degree or ABD in communication, linguistics
or a child-related field, and teaching experience in children's
communication. To apply send a complete vita and references by email to
Dr. Gerianne Merrigan, Department Chair (merrigan at sfsu.edu) by September
10, 2004.


From genesee at ego.psych.mcgill.ca  Sat Sep  4 14:05:14 2004
From: genesee at ego.psych.mcgill.ca (Fred Genesee)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:05:14 -0400
Subject: word frequency counts for French
Message-ID: <SAT.4.SEP.2004.100514.0400.GENESEE@EGO.PSYCH.MCGILL.CA>

Does anyone know of frequency counts for words in French like those that
exist for English?

Thanks

Fred Genesee
Psychology Department			Phone: 1-514-398-6022
McGill University 				Fax:       1-514-398-4896
1205 Docteur Penfield Ave.
Montreal QC
Canada H3A 1B1


From danielle.matthews at stud.man.ac.uk  Sat Sep  4 19:16:03 2004
From: danielle.matthews at stud.man.ac.uk (Danielle Matthews)
Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 20:16:03 +0100
Subject: word frequency counts for French
Message-ID: <SAT.4.SEP.2004.201603.0100.DANIELLE.MATTHEWS@STUD.MAN.AC.UK>

Dear Professor Genesee

> Does anyone know of frequency counts for words in French like those that
> exist for English?

Two resources that I have found useful for this are the Lexique and Brulex
online lexical databases:

http://www.lexique.org/

Content, A., Mousty, P., & Radeau, M. (1990). Brulex: Une base de donn?es
lexicales informatis?es pour le fran?ais ?crit et parl?. L'Ann?e
Psychologique, 90, 551-566.

New, B., Pallier, C., Ferrand, L., & Matos, R. (2001). Une base de donn?es
lexicales du fran?ais contemporain sur internet: LEXIQUE. L'Ann?e
Psychologique, 101, 447-462.


Best Wishes
Danielle Matthews

Max Planck Child Study Centre
Department of Psychology
University of Manchester
Oxford Rd Manchester M13 9PL
UNITED KINGDOM

----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Genesee" <genesee at ego.psych.mcgill.ca>
To: <info-childes at mail.talkbank.org>
Sent: Saturday, September 04, 2004 3:05 PM
Subject: word frequency counts for French


> Does anyone know of frequency counts for words in French like those that
> exist for English?
>
> Thanks
>
> Fred Genesee
> Psychology Department Phone: 1-514-398-6022
> McGill University Fax:       1-514-398-4896
> 1205 Docteur Penfield Ave.
> Montreal QC
> Canada H3A 1B1
>
>
>


From mfriend at sciences.sdsu.edu  Mon Sep  6 22:19:58 2004
From: mfriend at sciences.sdsu.edu (Margaret Friend)
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 15:19:58 -0700
Subject: word frequency counts for French
In-Reply-To: <4.1.20040904100435.01c7ae60@ego.psych.mcgill.ca>
Message-ID: <MON.6.SEP.2004.151958.0700.MFRIEND@SCIENCES.SDSU.EDU>

Dear Fred,

Do you mean frequency counts in comprehension and production?  If so,
contact Pascal Zesiger at the University of Geneva
<pascal.zesiger at pse.unige.ch>.  He has frequency counts from the French CDI
norming study data.


At 10:05 AM 9/4/2004 -0400, Fred Genesee wrote:
>Does anyone know of frequency counts for words in French like those that
>exist for English?
>
>Thanks
>
>Fred Genesee
>Psychology Department                   Phone: 1-514-398-6022
>McGill University                               Fax:       1-514-398-4896
>1205 Docteur Penfield Ave.
>Montreal QC
>Canada H3A 1B1

Margaret Friend, Ph.D.
Child Language and Emotion Lab
Department of Psychology and
SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders
San Diego State University
6363 Alvarado Court, Ste.103
San Diego, CA 92120
619-594-0273


From plahey at mindspring.com  Tue Sep  7 15:58:05 2004
From: plahey at mindspring.com (Peg Lahey)
Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2004 11:58:05 -0400
Subject: Bamford-Lahey Scholars Announced
Message-ID: <TUE.7.SEP.2004.115805.0400.PLAHEY@MINDSPRING.COM>

  BAMFORD-LAHEY SCHOLARS FOR 2004 ANNOUNCED
One of the objectives of the Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation is to increase the number of doctoral level professionals who will educate future clinicians and who, through research, will contribute to our understanding of developmental language disorders.  To help accomplish this objective, the Foundation has a scholarship program offering funds of up to $10,000 a year to students who have been accepted into a doctoral program and intend to specialize in child language disorders.   

The Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation is proud to announce the Bamford-Lahey Scholars of 2004.  The winners were selected from a pool of highly qualified applicants who are currently doctoral students in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.  The Scholars for 2004 are:  

            Paola Colozza, The University of British Columbia

            Tammie Spaulding, The University of Arizona

            Liselotte Svensson, The University of Washington

             A short biography about the professional life of each of the Scholars and a picture of each can be found at www.bamford-lahey.org/scholars/html.   Our congratulations to each; we look forward to their contributions to the field. 

Margaret Lahey, President
Bamford-Lahey Children's Foundation
www.Bamford-Lahey.org
mlahey at bamford-lahey.org


 

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From macw at mac.com  Fri Sep 10 21:58:43 2004
From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 17:58:43 -0400
Subject: TENNET XVI Call for Papers
Message-ID: <FRI.10.SEP.2004.175843.0400.MACW@MAC.COM>

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS
  THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY
  (TENNET XVI)
  Montr?al, Canada, June 23-25, 2005
   
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  The 16th Annual conference on Theoretical and Experimental  
Neuropsychology,
  TENNET XVI, will be held in June 2005 in Montr?al, Qu?bec, Canada at
  Universit? du Qu?bec, Montr?al. This year marks the 16th anniversary of
  TENNET. It also marks a passing of the baton from Henri Cohen and Peter
  Snyder to Barbara Bulman-Fleming, Mike Dixon, and their colleagues at  
the
  University of Waterloo. The conference will still be held in Montr?al  
at the
  usual time in June (we don't wish to mess with success). We wish to  
thank
  Henri Cohen, Sid Segalowitz, Pete Snyder, Harry Whitaker and the staff  
and
  students at UQAM for their dedication and hard work in making TENNET  
the
  favourite conference for many of us.

  The basic conference structure will be identical: (a) two invited  
thematic
  symposia of 3 hours each day, followed by (b) refereed poster papers.  
The
  poster papers are discussed after the second symposium, each  
afternoon. The
  two-hour period for lunch allows ample time for strolling around to  
find one
  of the many charming restaurants in the area.

  The procedure for TENNET submissions is slightly different this year.  
There
  are now two streams: ABSTRACT submissions (to TENNET) and MANUSCRIPT
  submissions (to Brain and Cognition, not to TENNET - see below).

  ABSTRACT SUBMISSION
  Abstracts (maximum 250 words) can be submitted to the TENNET committee  
for
  review. Abstracts that are accepted will enable the authors to present  
a
  poster during TENNET. The 250-word abstracts will be printed in a  
separate
  issue of Brain and Cognition devoted to conference proceedings. At  
least one
  of the authors must be present to discuss the poster at the conference  
in
  order for the abstract to be published.

  The deadline for ABSTRACT submissions, via e-mail only  
(tennet at uwaterloo.ca ),
  is January 17th, 2005. Note the new email address in your address  
books,
  please.


  MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION
  In addition to submitting the abstracts, we encourage authors to  
continue to
  submit longer MANUSCRIPTS on the same topic (either brief papers or  
longer
  papers). But as of this year all manuscripts (short or long) will  
undergo the
  same peer review, editorial, and technical editing (i.e., galley  
proofs, etc.)
  process as any formal submission to Brain and Cognition. Thus if you  
wish to
  prepare a "short paper" or a "long paper" based on your poster, by all  
means
  do so. These should be submitted directly to the Journal (i.e. NOT to  
the
  TENNET email address). Accepted papers will appear in the main body of  
Brain
  and Cognition, rather than in the issue devoted to the conference
  proceedings. The website for Brain and Cognition is  
http://www.ees.elsevier/brcg
  Please follow the links to the "Guide for Authors" for submission  
details.
  Please submit online: see instructions at that website for 'Online  
submission'.


  IMPORTANT:
  Information for ABSTRACTS
  All submissions should deal with a well-defined topic or problem in  
any domain
  of experimental, clinical or theoretical neuropsychology, including
  neurolinguistics, development, and history. The title of the  
presentation, the
  full name(s) of author(s) (and complete mailing address, with  
institutional
  affiliation, if any, telephone number and e-mail) and acknowledgments  
should
  appear with the abstract. This information is needed to properly  
prepare the
  program if your abstract is accepted.

  As mentioned above, one type of submission will be considered: An  
abstract of
  250 words or fewer, for publication as part of the conference  
proceedings, and
  to serve as an archival record of a poster presentation. If a  
submission is
  accepted, then one of the authors must attend the conference to  
present the
  poster in order for the abstract to be published in the Journal.

  Your abstract should arrive by the January 17th deadline at the  
following
  email address: tennet at uwaterloo.ca . IMPORTANT: Please check your  
submission
  with an updated general-purpose antivirus application before sending  
it by e-
  mail. Attached files should be in PDF, MS Word or RTF.
  Manuscript submissions should be sent to: Brain and Cognition - see the
  following website:
http://authors.elsevier.com/JournalDetail.html?PubID=622798&Precis=DESC
   
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  Further information about accommodation, registration, program and past
  conferences can be found at http://www.tennet.ca



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From macw at mac.com  Fri Sep 10 22:39:07 2004
From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 18:39:07 -0400
Subject: new corpus on Chinese narrative development
Message-ID: <FRI.10.SEP.2004.183907.0400.MACW@MAC.COM>

Dear Info-CHILDES,
    I am happy to announce the addition to CHILDES of a new corpus
studying narrative development in Chinese-speaking
children from Chienju Chang of National Taiwan Normal University.  The
study examines 24 children between the ages of
3 and 6 using methods for toy play and narrative elicitation from
Hemphill et al (1994).  The files are currently in Chinese
characters, but we will eventually supplement this with a full %mor
line.
    Many thanks to Chienju for the contribution of this corpus.

--Brian MacWhinney


From dthal at mail.sdsu.edu  Tue Sep 14 16:56:02 2004
From: dthal at mail.sdsu.edu (Donna Thal)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 09:56:02 -0700
Subject: positions at SDSU
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.095602.0700.DTHAL@MAIL.SDSU.EDU>

To Whom It May Concern:

Please post the following position announcements.  Thanks you!

Speech Scientist (Rank Open): San Diego State University invites
applications for a tenure-track faculty position. A Ph.D., excellence in
teaching, a commitment to working in a multi-cultural environment with
students from diverse backgrounds, and strong research abilities are
required.  Clinical experience and certification (CCC-SLP) are highly
desirable, though not mandatory.  Primary responsibilities include teaching
at the undergraduate and graduate (MA and Ph.D.) levels in the area of
speech sciences, supervising theses/dissertations, and pursuing a research
program in the area of personal scholarly interests. Looking for a person
to develop and direct a speech science laboratory, and to build
collaborations with key faculty at SDSU, UCSD, and nationally.  Salary and
rank dependent on candidate's qualifications and budget
considerations.  Join 18 other full-time faculty and over 200 students in a
stimulating work environment, excellent lab/clinical facilities, and a
beautiful place to live (see more information at
http://chhs.sdsu.edu/slhs/).  Position closes January 30, 2005, with
employment to begin August, 2005.  Send letter of interest, description of
research program, evidence of teaching excellence, vita, reprints, and 3
letters of recommendation to: Dr. Beverly Wulfeck, Interim Chair, School of
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University,
<mailto:wulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu>wulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu with copies to Dr.
Donna Thal, search committee chair,
<mailto:dhtal at mail.sdsu.edu>dhtal at mail.sdsu.edu.  San Diego State
University is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national
origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability, or
veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.


Child language/Neuroscience specialist (Rank Open): San Diego State
University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position. A
Ph.D., excellence in teaching, a commitment to working in a multi-cultural
environment with students from diverse backgrounds, and strong research
abilities are required.  Clinical experience and certification (CCC-SLP)
are highly desirable, though not mandatory.  Primary responsibilities
include teaching at the undergraduate and graduate (MA and Ph.D.) levels in
the area of pediatric neuroscience and language development, supervising
theses/dissertations, and pursuing a research program in the area of
personal scholarly interests. Looking for a person with skills in one of
more of the following areas: language acquisition and childhood language
disorders (may be early development and disorders, SLI, bilingual language
development, autism, etc.), neuro-functional and neuroanatomical correlates
of language development, genetics of developmental language
disorders.  Salary and rank dependent on candidate's qualifications and
budget considerations.  Join 18 other full-time faculty and over 200
students in a stimulating work environment, excellent lab/clinical
facilities, and a beautiful place to live (see more information at
http://chhs.sdsu.edu/slhs/).  First priority will be given to applications
received by January 30, 2005 with position to remain open until filled;
employment to begin Fall semester 2005.   Electronically submit  letter of
interest to include a description of research program; any evidence of
teaching excellence, and/or reprints; a current vita;  and 3 letters of
recommendation to: Dr. Beverly Wulfeck, Interim Director, School of Speech,
Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University,
<mailto:wulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu>wulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu,  with copies to Dr.
Donna Thal, Search Committee Chair,
<mailto:dhtal at mail.sdsu.edu>dhtal at mail.sdsu.edu.  San Diego State
University is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national
origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability, or
veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.


Donna J. Thal, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor
School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
San Diego State University
Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders
San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego

Research Scientist
Center for Research on Language
University of California, San Diego

Address:
Developmental Psycholinguistics Laboratory
6330 Alvarado Road
Suite 231
San Diego, CA 92120-1850

Phone:
Lab         619-594-6350
Office   619-594-7110
Fax         619-594-4570

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chhs/cd/Dpl/DPL
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From dthal at mail.sdsu.edu  Tue Sep 14 17:46:29 2004
From: dthal at mail.sdsu.edu (Donna Thal)
Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 10:46:29 -0700
Subject: faculty positions at SDSU
Message-ID: <TUE.14.SEP.2004.104629.0700.DTHAL@MAIL.SDSU.EDU>

Please note that there were errors in the contact info in the previous ads.
The following ads have the correct infromation.

Speech Scientist (Rank Open): San Diego State University invites
applications for a tenure-track faculty position. A Ph.D., excellence in
teaching, a commitment to working in a multi-cultural environment with
students from diverse backgrounds, and strong research abilities are
required.  Clinical experience and certification (CCC-SLP) are highly
desirable, though not mandatory.  Primary responsibilities include teaching
at the undergraduate and graduate (MA and Ph.D.) levels in the area of
speech sciences, supervising theses/dissertations, and pursuing a research
program in the area of personal scholarly interests. Looking for a person
to develop and direct a speech science laboratory, and to build
collaborations with key faculty at SDSU, UCSD, and nationally.  Salary and
rank dependent on candidate's qualifications and budget
considerations.  Join 18 other full-time faculty and over 200 students in a
stimulating work environment, excellent lab/clinical facilities, and a
beautiful place to live (see more information at
http://chhs.sdsu.edu/slhs/).  Position closes January 30, 2005, with
employment to begin August, 2005.  Send letter of interest, description of
research program, evidence of teaching excellence, vita, reprints, and 3
letters of recommendation to: Dr. Beverly Wulfeck, Interim Chair, School of
Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University,
<mailto:wulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu>bwulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu with copies to Dr.
Donna Thal, search committee chair,
<mailto:dthal at mail.sdsu.edu>dthal at mail.sdsu.edu.  San Diego State
University is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national
origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability, or
veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.


Child language/Neuroscience specialist (Rank Open): San Diego State
University invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position. A
Ph.D., excellence in teaching, a commitment to working in a multi-cultural
environment with students from diverse backgrounds, and strong research
abilities are required.  Clinical experience and certification (CCC-SLP)
are highly desirable, though not mandatory.  Primary responsibilities
include teaching at the undergraduate and graduate (MA and Ph.D.) levels in
the area of pediatric neuroscience and language development, supervising
theses/dissertations, and pursuing a research program in the area of
personal scholarly interests. Looking for a person with skills in one of
more of the following areas: language acquisition and childhood language
disorders (may be early development and disorders, SLI, bilingual language
development, autism, etc.), neuro-functional and neuroanatomical correlates
of language development, genetics of developmental language
disorders.  Salary and rank dependent on candidate's qualifications and
budget considerations.  Join 18 other full-time faculty and over 200
students in a stimulating work environment, excellent lab/clinical
facilities, and a beautiful place to live (see more information at
http://chhs.sdsu.edu/slhs/). First priority will be given to applications
received by January 30, 2005 with position to remain open until filled;
employment to begin Fall semester 2005.   Electronically submit  letter of
interest to include a description of research program; any evidence of
teaching excellence, and/or reprints; a current vita;  and 3 letters of
recommendation to: Dr. Beverly Wulfeck, Interim Director, School of Speech,
Language, and Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University,
<mailto:wulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu>bwulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu,  with copies to Dr.
Donna Thal, Search Committee Chair,
<mailto:dhtal at mail.sdsu.edu>dthal at mail.sdsu.edu.  San Diego State
University is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion, national
origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age, disability, or
veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.


Donna J. Thal, Ph.D.

Distinguished Professor
School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences
San Diego State University
Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders
San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego

Research Scientist
Center for Research on Language
University of California, San Diego

Address:
Developmental Psycholinguistics Laboratory
6330 Alvarado Road
Suite 231
San Diego, CA 92120-1850

Phone:
Lab         619-594-6350
Office   619-594-7110
Fax         619-594-4570

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/chhs/cd/Dpl/DPL
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From aeisrael at patmedia.net  Thu Sep 16 14:12:46 2004
From: aeisrael at patmedia.net (ellen israel)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 10:12:46 -0400
Subject: children's word choice in highly similar recurring situations
Message-ID: <THU.16.SEP.2004.101246.0400.AEISRAEL@PATMEDIA.NET>

Hello everyone,

I am working on my dissertation and am looking for research that investigates young children's choice of words across time in the context of highly similar situations -- for example requesting help opening a particular toy or pretending to feed a doll.  If anyone knows of research on this topic please let me know.  Thanks.

Sincerely, 
Ellen Herr-Israel
Rutgers University
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From seungwan at bu.edu  Thu Sep 16 16:52:20 2004
From: seungwan at bu.edu (Seungwan Ha)
Date: Thu, 16 Sep 2004 12:52:20 -0400
Subject: The 29th Annual Boston University Conference on Language
 Development
Message-ID: <THU.16.SEP.2004.125220.0400.>

The 29th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development will be
held at Boston University, November 5-7, 2004. Our invited speakers are:

Elizabeth S. Spelke, Harvard University
"Language and core knowledge"
Keynote address, Friday, November 5 at 8:00 pm

Ken Wexler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
"Beauty and awe: Language acquisition as high science"
Plenary address, Saturday, November 6 at 5:45 pm

Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
and Stephen Crain, University of Maryland - College Park
"Where does grammar come from? A debate on the nature of child language
acquisition"
Lunchtime symposium, Saturday, November 6 at 12:00 pm

The full conference schedule, with 87 papers and 44 posters, is available at:
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/schedule.htm

Pre-registration for BUCLD 29 is now available at:
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/prereg.htm

More information about BUCLD is available at our website:
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD

We look forward to seeing you at BUCLD 29.

Sincerely,
Alejna Brugos, Rossie Clark-Cotton, and Seungwan Ha
BUCLD 29 Co-organizers


From pcnorton at yahoo.com  Fri Sep 17 19:29:02 2004
From: pcnorton at yahoo.com (Pam Norton)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 12:29:02 -0700
Subject: Research Equipment
Message-ID: <FRI.17.SEP.2004.122902.0700.PCNORTON@YAHOO.COM>

Hello all,
   I am preparing to do a research study in a public
school setting looking at African American children
who speak AAVE, the public school assessment process,
and the speech pathologists who conduct them.  It will
be a qualitative study in which I will both be
interviewing speech pathologists about their
assessment practices and observing them assessing
African American children.  I would like to both
videotape and audiotape them.  I plan to use a laptop
to record my own observations at the school sites and
data regarding the interviews.  I would like to get
suggestions about equipment (I also have a desktop, so
any suggestions on that would be welcome too), from
hardware specifications on the laptop, to software
that could be useful for transcribing interviews as
well as language samples of the children.  I'm sure
this is a big topic but any references and/or
experience would be very welcome.

Thank you,

Pam Norton, M..S., CCC-SLP
Joint Doctoral Program in Special Education at
San Francisco State and UC Berkeley


From macw at mac.com  Fri Sep 17 19:44:16 2004
From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:44:16 -0400
Subject: Research Equipment
In-Reply-To: <20040917192902.61595.qmail@web81408.mail.yahoo.com>
Message-ID: <FRI.17.SEP.2004.154416.0400.MACW@MAC.COM>

Dear Pam,
     For suggestions regarding digital video, you may wish to consult
http://www.talkbank.org/dv/
For suggestions regarding digital audio and microphone technique, you
may wish to consult
http://talkbank.org/da/
    For software to transcribed interviews, you may wish to consider
CLAN, SALT, and TransAna.
Also, regarding the issue of sharing your data with other researchers,
please consult
http://talkbank.org/share

--Brian MacWhinney

On Sep 17, 2004, at 3:29 PM, Pam Norton wrote:

> Hello all,
>    I am preparing to do a research study in a public
> school setting looking at African American children
> who speak AAVE, the public school assessment process,
> and the speech pathologists who conduct them.  It will
> be a qualitative study in which I will both be
> interviewing speech pathologists about their
> assessment practices and observing them assessing
> African American children.  I would like to both
> videotape and audiotape them.  I plan to use a laptop
> to record my own observations at the school sites and
> data regarding the interviews.  I would like to get
> suggestions about equipment (I also have a desktop, so
> any suggestions on that would be welcome too), from
> hardware specifications on the laptop, to software
> that could be useful for transcribing interviews as
> well as language samples of the children.  I'm sure
> this is a big topic but any references and/or
> experience would be very welcome.
>
> Thank you,
>
> Pam Norton, M..S., CCC-SLP
> Joint Doctoral Program in Special Education at
> San Francisco State and UC Berkeley
>


From jbryant at luna.cas.usf.edu  Fri Sep 17 19:50:19 2004
From: jbryant at luna.cas.usf.edu (Judith Becker Bryant)
Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:50:19 -0400
Subject: Positions at the University of South Florida
Message-ID: <FRI.17.SEP.2004.155019.0400.JBRYANT@LUNA.CAS.USF.EDU>

We have recently been authorized to hire up to 2 individuals with the ad
below, which was previously published.  Note that Social and Cognitive
are broadly construed.  We would be quite interested in Developmental
Psychologists who conduct social and/or cognitive work.
             Judy Bryant
Judith Becker Bryant, Ph.D.
Professor and Area Director,
Cognitive and Neural Sciences Program
Psychology, PCD 4118G
University of South Florida
Tampa, FL  33620-7200

(813) 974-0475        fax:  (813) 974-4617


The Department of Psychology at the UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH FLORIDA invites
applications for one new appointment of a tenure track scholar in either
SOCIAL or COGNITIVE psychology, preferably at the Assistant Professor
level, with service to begin as early as August 7, 2005. Applicants
should send statements describing their research program and their
teaching interests, a CV, and up to five reprints and preprints. Three
letters of recommendation should be sent directly to the chair of the
search committee at the address below. Applicants should show evidence
of outstanding research and teaching potential. The successful applicant
will be expected to establish an independent program of research that
can garner extramural support, to supervise and mentor graduate
students, to teach graduate and undergraduate classes, and to
participate in departmental governance. Applicants must have the Ph.D.
degree by the time of the appointment. Post-doctoral experience is
highly desirable. We have a strong preference for applicants whose
research bridges sub disciplines of Psychology.

 We are seeking truly outstanding psychologists who are conducting
empirical, theory-driven research with humans in the broad domains of
either Social Psychology or Cognition. In the area of Social our
interests include, but are not limited to, Social-Health, Social
Development, Social Cognition and Social Neuroscience. In the domain of
Cognition our interests include, but are not limited to, Memory,
Attention, Cognitive Development, Social Cognition, Cognitive
Neuroscience, and Cognitive Aging.

The University of South Florida is a metropolitan-based,
Carnegie-designated Doctoral/Research-Extensive university enrolling
more than 40,000 students. The department of Psychology
(http://www.cas.usf.edu/psychology/content/index.htm) has 33 faculty
members. The Department is housed in a new building that provides ample
space and facilities for research as well as a large, vibrant,
psychological services center. The Psychology Building is located in
close proximity to the Health Sciences complex on the USF campus,
reflecting the strong relationship we maintain with such units as the
Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute, The Florida Mental Health
Institute and the Colleges of Medicine and Public Health. The University
is building a major, state-funded, Center for the study of Alzheimer
Disease. Facilities for radiological neuroimaging are available on
campus. There are excellent facilities for electrophysiological
neuroimaging in the department. For those interested in developmental
processes, there are three NAEYC-accredited day care facilities on
campus as well as two laboratory elementary schools.

The salary is negotiable. Send materials to: Prof. William Sacco Chair,
Psychology Search Committee, Department of Psychology, University of
South Florida, 4202 E. Fowler., PCD 4118G, Tampa, Florida, 33620-7200.
The University of South Florida encourages applications from women and
members of minority groups. The selection process will be conducted
under the provisions of Florida's "Government in the Sunshine" and
Public Records Laws. Anyone requiring special accommodations to complete
an application should contact Sonya Espinosa (813-974-2438).  A review
of the applications will begin on October 1, 2004. In order to receive
full consideration by the search committee your application must be
received by this date. Applications received after October 1, 2004 will
be reviewed and advanced, in cases of compelling merit, up to the
conclusion of the search process.



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From Laida.Restrepo at asu.edu  Mon Sep 20 16:03:32 2004
From: Laida.Restrepo at asu.edu (Laida Restrepo)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 09:03:32 -0700
Subject: Position at ASU
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.090332.0700.LAIDA.RESTREPO@ASU.EDU>

Assistant or Associate Professor of Speech-Language Pathology
Arizona State University, Department of Speech and Hearing Science

Full-time, nine-month, tenure-track appointment beginning August 16,
2005.  Responsibilities include teaching graduate and undergraduate
courses in speech-language pathology or related topics, conducting
research, directing student research, and participating in service
activities.  Requirements include a Ph.D. in speech-language pathology
or related discipline at time of appointment.  For an appointment at the
assistant level evidence of potential for excellence in teaching and
research is required.  For an appointment at the associate level
evidence of excellence in teaching and research, and success in securing
external research funding is required.  Experience with university
teaching, evidence of CCC-SLP, and expertise in adult language disorders
are desired, but not required.  All areas of expertise in
speech-language pathology will be considered. To apply, Send CV, names
and contact information (phone, e-mail, and address) for three
references, and statement of professional goals to: M. Jeanne Wilcox
Ph.D., Search Committee Chair, Department of Speech and Hearing Science,
Arizona State University, P.O. Box 871908, Tempe, AZ  85287-1908.
E-mail applications are encouraged and should be sent to:
mjwilcox at asu.edu.  The application deadline is October 29th or every
Friday therafter until the search is closed. Visit www.asu.edu/clas/shs
for department information. ASU is an EO/AA employer.



M. Adelaida Restrepo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Dep. of Speech and Hearing Science
Arizona State University
P.O. Box 870102
Tempe, AZ 85287
 
voice (480) 727-8795, fax (480) 965-8516
Office 3393 Coor, Email: Laida.Restrepo at asu.edu


From sigal at alum.mit.edu  Mon Sep 20 20:27:21 2004
From: sigal at alum.mit.edu (Sigal Uziel-Karl)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 22:27:21 +0200
Subject: Arabic phonemic transcription
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.222721.0200.>

Dear list members,



Several students of mine are in the process of collecting raw data of
spoken Palestinian Arabic. Eventually, they intend to transcribe the
data using CHAT. To do that, they would like to use broad phonemic
transcription.

In view of that, my question to the list is whether people have used
transcription to transcribe Arabic data, or know of any papers or work
which describe a set of symbols and transcription conventions suited to
transcribe data in Arabic (covering the range of consonants and vowels
and the subtleties involved in their pronunciation), and/or papers
discussing the difficulties in representing Arabic using transcription.

Any input/suggestions would be appreciated.



Sigal Uziel-Karl

sigal at alum.mit.edu



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From macw at mac.com  Mon Sep 20 19:53:51 2004
From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 15:53:51 -0400
Subject: Arabic phonemic transcription
In-Reply-To: <004f01c49f50$3bc2aab0$0700000a@Sigal>
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.155351.0400.MACW@MAC.COM>

Dear Sigal,
     There are a few people who are trying to enter Arabic in Roman for
CHILDES data, but so far I have no real data.  There is Moroccan Arabic
in the AarsenBos corpus, but the documentation and format there is a
bit incomplete.
   If you search the web for "Arabic romanization" you will find the the
ALA Library of Congress System is widely cited.
    I would suggest that if you or other people could agree to accept a
current standard, then we could adopt that for CHILDES purposes
generally.

--Brian MacWhinney


From shahin at interchange.ubc.ca  Mon Sep 20 20:00:34 2004
From: shahin at interchange.ubc.ca (Kimary Shahin)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:00:34 -0700
Subject: Arabic phonemic transcription
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.130034.0700.SHAHIN@INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA>

Thankyou, Brian.
Yes, it will be good to adopt a common standard. I'm trying to finish up my Arabic corpus for CHILDES, so this query has come at a good time. If there are others working up Arabic data, perhaps we can all correspond on this.

Kimary Shahin
-----Original Message-----

> Date: Mon Sep 20 12:53:51 PDT 2004
> From: "Brian MacWhinney" <macw at mac.com>
> Subject: Re: Arabic phonemic transcription
> To: sigal at alum.mit.edu, info-childes at mail.talkbank.org
>
> Dear Sigal,
>      There are a few people who are trying to enter Arabic in Roman for
> CHILDES data, but so far I have no real data.  There is Moroccan Arabic
> in the AarsenBos corpus, but the documentation and format there is a
> bit incomplete.
>    If you search the web for "Arabic romanization" you will find the the
> ALA Library of Congress System is widely cited.
>     I would suggest that if you or other people could agree to accept a
> current standard, then we could adopt that for CHILDES purposes
> generally.
>
> --Brian MacWhinney
>
>


From cegn at pdx.edu  Tue Sep 21 00:45:23 2004
From: cegn at pdx.edu (Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 17:45:23 -0700
Subject: Russian Phonology
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.174523.0700.CEGN@PDX.EDU>

Does anyone have references for phoneme and word shape frequency in Russian?
Thanks in advance.  Christina

*************
Christina Gildersleeve-Neumann, Ph.D., CCC-SLP
Assistant Professor
Speech and Hearing Sciences Department
Portland State University
NH 85, 724 SW Harrison
Portland, OR 97201
Phone:  503.725.3230
Toll free:  1.800.547.8887 x3230
Fax:  503.725.5385



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From stemberg at interchange.ubc.ca  Tue Sep 21 01:27:31 2004
From: stemberg at interchange.ubc.ca (Joe Stemberger)
Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 18:27:31 -0700
Subject: frequencies in Slovene and Zapotec
Message-ID: <MON.20.SEP.2004.182731.0700.STEMBERG@INTERCHANGE.UBC.CA>

I have been unable to find any frequency counts (lexical OR
phonological) for two languages that I am working on:
Slovene
Zapotec

For Zapotec, the statistics probably vary a huge amount between
dialects/languages, but statistics on any variant of Zapotec would be
helpful.

All pointers appreciated.

Thanks.

Joe Stemberger
UBC


From dcavar at indiana.edu  Tue Sep 21 16:26:42 2004
From: dcavar at indiana.edu (Damir Cavar)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 11:26:42 -0500
Subject: Computational Ling: Asst Prof, Indiana U
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.112642.0500.DCAVAR@INDIANA.EDU>

University or Organization: Indiana University
Department: Cognitive Science
Rank of Job: Assistant Professor
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics


Description:

As one of a series of new appointments, the Cognitive Science Program at
Indiana University seeks applicants with a developing strong record of
research in computational linguistics, broadly defined.  We are looking
for someone with vision, energy, and a desire to explore new forms of
interdisciplinary study. Areas of specialty could include, but are not
limited to: computational, statistical, psychological, experimental, and
developmental approaches. The right candidate is more important than the
specific disciplinary background. Although we anticipate appointments at
the junior rank, more senior appointments are also possible for
exceptional applicants.

Applicants should send full dossiers, including letters of
recommendation and sample of papers. Applications received by December
1, 2004 are assured full consideration.  Please see our website:
http://www.cogs.indiana.edu for information regarding additional open
faculty positions.  If you have questions about this position, you may
contact Michael Gasser at gasser at indiana.edu.

Indiana University is an equal opportunity/affirmative action
employer. Applications from women and minority group members are
especially encouraged.


Address for Applications:

	Attn: Professor Richard Shiffrin
	Computational Linguistics Search Committee
	Cognitive Science Program, Indiana University
	1033 E. Third St., Sycamore 0014
	Bloomington, IN 47405
	United States of America

	Applications are due by 01-Dec-2004

Contact Information:

	Professor Michael Gasser
	Email: gasser at indiana.edu
	Tel: +1 (812) 855-7078
	Fax: +1 (812) 855-4829
	Website: http://www.cogs.indiana.edu/


--
Dr. Damir Cavar
Director of the Computational Linguistics Program
Indiana University - Linguistics Department & Cognitive Science
Phone: wired +1 812 855-3268  air +1 812 327-8965
Web: http://mypage.iu.edu/~dcavar/


From dservin at planeta.com.mx  Tue Sep 21 22:15:27 2004
From: dservin at planeta.com.mx (dservin at planeta.com.mx)
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2004 17:15:27 -0500
Subject: Computational Ling: Asst Prof, Indiana U
Message-ID: <TUE.21.SEP.2004.171527.0500.>

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    document
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From yuchikoshi at ucdavis.edu  Wed Sep 22 18:54:12 2004
From: yuchikoshi at ucdavis.edu (Yuuko Uchikoshi)
Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2004 11:54:12 -0700
Subject: language tests: Cantonese, Farsi, Russian
Message-ID: <WED.22.SEP.2004.115412.0700.YUCHIKOSHI@UCDAVIS.EDU>

Dear List Members,

We are interested in looking at the native language development of
bilingual children, in particular Cantonese, Farsi, and Russian, and are in
search of literacy tests (such as phonological awareness, reading, writing,
vocabulary, oral proficiency, verbal memory) developed in these
languages.  Any suggestions would be appreciated.

I will post a summary on the listserve.

Many thanks in advance,
Yuuko Uchikoshi


Yuuko Uchikoshi
Assistant Professor
School of Education
University of California, Davis
2059 Academic Surge
Davis, CA 95616
530-754-6271


From thorasu at tv.is  Thu Sep 23 00:07:29 2004
From: thorasu at tv.is (=?us-ascii?Q?=3Fora_Saunn_Ulfsdottir/Thora_Saeunn_Ulfsdottir?=)
Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2004 00:07:29 -0000
Subject: conference or workshop  in December
In-Reply-To: <OF86256F16.00799FAE-ON86256F16.00799FAE-86256F16.00799FAF@LocalDomain>
Message-ID: <THU.23.SEP.2004.000729.0000.THORASU@TV.IS>

Dear members of the Child's list
I am a Speech Language Pathologist from Iceland.
I enjoy the discussion on the list tremendously.

I will be traveling to Florida in December and would like to use the
opportunity to join a workshop or a conference.

I run a private practice along with other SLP?s where I primarily work with
children. Both preschool age and school age children so I have a wide range
of interest in the field.
At the moment I am concentrating on SLI, treatment issues of syntax and
morphology and narratives.

I also have a new autistic client who uses pecs (The Picture Exchange
Communication System).

If you know of any conference or a workshop on child language in December,
preferable on the east coast I would appreciate the information.

Thank you in advance
Thora Saeunn Ulfsdottir
Speech-Language Pathologist


From wulfeck at crl.ucsd.edu  Fri Sep 24 16:53:42 2004
From: wulfeck at crl.ucsd.edu (Beverly B. Wulfeck)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 09:53:42 -0700
Subject: Faculty position in ASL Studies at San Diego State University
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.095342.0700.WULFECK@CRL.UCSD.EDU>

ASL STUDIES (Rank Open). The School of Speech, Language, and Hearing
Sciences of San Diego State University invites applications for a
tenure-track faculty position. A Ph.D., excellence in teaching, a commitment
to working in a multi-cultural environment with students from diverse
backgrounds, and strong research abilities are required. Professional
experience with deaf and/or hard of hearing individuals and knowledge of
deaf culture are desirable. Primary responsibilities include teaching at the
undergraduate and graduate (MA and Ph.D.) levels, supervising
theses/dissertations, and pursuing a research program in the area of
personal scholarly interests.  Looking for a person to develop and direct an
ASL studies laboratory, and to build collaborations with key faculty at
SDSU, UCSD, and nationally.  Additional responsibilities may include serving
as Division Head within the School. Salary and rank dependent on candidate?s
qualifications and budget considerations.  Join 18 other full-time faculty
and over 200 students in a stimulating work environment, excellent
lab/clinical facilities, and a beautiful place to live (see more information
at http://chhs.sdsu.edu/slhs/. Review of candidates will begin on or shortly
after January 30, 2005 and will continue until the position is filled;
employment to begin Fall semester 2005. Electronically submit letter of
interest that should include a description of research program; also submit
any evidence of teaching excellence, reprints, a current vita, and three
letters of recommendation to: Dr. Beverly Wulfeck (bwulfeck at mail.sdsu.edu),
Interim Director, School of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences, San
Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-1518, with
copies to Dr. Lew Shapiro, Search Committee Chair (shapiro at mail.sdsu.edu).
San Diego State University is a Title IX, equal opportunity employer and
does not discriminate against individuals on the basis of race, religion,
national origin, sexual orientation, gender, marital status, age,
disability, or veteran status, including veterans of the Vietnam era.


From pli at richmond.edu  Fri Sep 24 20:38:16 2004
From: pli at richmond.edu (Ping Li)
Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 16:38:16 -0400
Subject: The APA Style Converter
Message-ID: <FRI.24.SEP.2004.163816.0400.PLI@RICHMOND.EDU>

Dear Colleagues,

If you are submitting articles to journals that require the APA Style, you
might be
interested in a web interface that we have developed, the APA Style
Converter. A description of the Converter is attached below.

You can access the Converter from our web server at:
http://cogsci.richmond.edu/. We welcome your feedback, comments, and
suggestions.

Sincerely

Ping Li
pli at richmond.edu
http://www.richmond.edu/~pli/

Abstract: The APA Style Converter is a web-based tool for authors to
prepare their papers in APA
Style according to the APA Publication Manual (5th ed.). The converter
provides a userfriendly
interface that allows authors to copy and paste text and upload figures
through the
web, and it automatically turns all texts, references, and figures to a
structured article in APA
Style. The output is saved in PDF format, ready for either electronic
submission or hardcopy
printing.

Rationale: While the APA Style has widespread use in the scientific
community, there are several
factors that hinder authors from accurate use of the style. First, many
authors find it difficult
to keep track of all the details specified in the Manual. For example,
when asked, few
researchers are certain about, (a) whether the Footnotes section should
come before or after
the Author Note, (b) whether the Appendices should come before or after
the Tables, or (c)
what a Page Header is, how it is different from a Running Head, and how
these head and
headers should be laid out on the Title Page. Second, some authors who are
familiar with
earlier versions of the APA Style might not have kept up with the newest
changes in the
current version such as the abolition of underlines and the citation for
internet resources.
Third, researchers from countries other than North America and Europe are
relatively
unfamiliar with the APA Style, either because it is not part of their
training or because
writing conventions and publication guidelines for their native languages
differ from the
APA Style. Yet more and more researchers find it necessary to deal with
the APA Style: the style is
widely used in many disciplines, and the journals to which they submit
papers require it.
Researchers from other countries are also under increasing pressure to
publish in
international journals that may require the APA Style.


From macw at mac.com  Mon Sep 27 22:40:27 2004
From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 18:40:27 -0400
Subject: new video corpus
Message-ID: <MON.27.SEP.2004.184027.0400.MACW@MAC.COM>

Dear Info-CHILDES,

     On the occasion of Mid-Autumn Festival through China (September
28),  I am happy to announce the addition to CHILDES of a new video
corpus from Virginia Yip, Stephen Matthews, and Uta Lam at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong.  This corpus tracks the language development
of the highly photogenic Alicia from 1;9 to 3;6.  One set of 38
transcripts, all linked to the video, traces her development in
Cantonese and another set of 38 transcripts from the same time period
traces her development in English. Three other files represent the
code-mixing or switching of Cantonese and English.  These files can be
located for browsing at

http://xml.talkbank.org:8888/talkbank/file/CHILDES/Biling/YipMatthews/

The relevant directories are AliciaCan, AliciaEng, and AliciaMixed.
The zip files of the transcripts are in
http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/data/biling/YipMatthews.zip.
The video files themselves are at
http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/data/video/YipMatthews/

This is the first child in the ever-growing YipMatthews corpus with a
full video record.  Charlotte, Kathryn, and Llywellyn have complete
audio but only Alicia has complete linkage to video.  However, audio
files for Alicia and the other children are also available at
http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/data/audio/YipMatthews/

Many thanks to Virginia and Stephen for this wonderful and entertaining
new resource.

And Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to everyone!

--Brian MacWhinney


From macw at mac.com  Tue Sep 28 01:58:09 2004
From: macw at mac.com (Brian MacWhinney)
Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2004 21:58:09 -0400
Subject: Mid-Autumn Festival
Message-ID: <MON.27.SEP.2004.215809.0400.MACW@MAC.COM>

Dear Info-CHILDES,
    As a footnote, Stephen Matthews and Virginia Yip asked me to add
this information about Mid-Autumn Festival for those who are not too
familiar with it.
--Brian MacWhinney

The Mid-Autumn Festival (??? zung1cau1zit3 in Cantonese), also known as
Moon Festival, or Mooncake Festival (??? jyut6beng2zit3) is a
traditional Chinese festival and holiday on the 15th day of the 8th
month of the Chinese lunar calendar. On this day the full moon is at
its roundest and brightest, which symbolises family unity and
togetherness. According to Chinese traditions, on this day family
members and friends will gather to gaze at the moon, and eat mooncakes
together. This is the time for farmers to celebrate the end of the
agricultural season and the harvest. A very important holiday in the
Chinese calendar for family members to get together and enjoy the full
moon as an auspicious token of abundance, harmony and luck.
For your interest, here?s a link to the popular legendary origin of the
festival:
http://china.tyfo.com/int/art/festival/middle-autumn/mid-tale.htm
Happy Mid-Autumn Festival to everyone!
Virginia and Stephen
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From gagarina at zas.gwz-berlin.de  Tue Sep 28 12:39:04 2004
From: gagarina at zas.gwz-berlin.de (Natalia Gagarina)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 14:39:04 +0200
Subject: Second call for papers: Xth IASCL Congress
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.143904.0200.>

Second call for papers

Xth International Congress of the
International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL)
July 25- 29, 2005
Berlin

Meeting URL: http://www.ctw-congress.de/iascl/
Meeting Email: mail at ctw-congress.de

The Xth International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL)
is hosted by the Free University in Berlin, in cooperation with the
Humboldt University, the University of Potsdam and the Centre for
General Linguistics, Typology and Universals Research (ZAS).

The special emphasis topic of the meeting is on "Crosslinguistic and
intercultural aspects of unimpaired and impaired language acquisition: A
window on universal and language particular learning mechanisms".

Specific Topic Areas within the Special Emphasis Topic:
? Methods of crosslinguistic and intercultural research in language
development
? Conceptual and lexical development
? Bootstrapping mechanisms
? Models of learning
? Interaction between morphosyntactic and lexical development
? The neurocognitive basis of language learning
? Genetic aspects of language acquisition
? Language acquisition in children with genetic syndromes
? Origins of specific language disorders
? Bilingual acquisition
? Similarities and differences between the acquisition of sign language
and spoken language
? The acquisition of Pidgins and Creoles

Plenary Speakers
Jeffrey Elman, Dept. of Cognitive Science, University of California, San
Diego
Angela Friederici, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Ray Jackendoff, Linguistics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Elizabeth Spelke, Dept. of Psychology, Harvard University
Joan Bybee, Dept. of Linguistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 15, 2004

Abstracts for papers and poster should provide basic information about
he leading question, the data, the methods, and the results of the
presentation. The abstracts are limited to 500 words.
Abstracts for symposia should briefly describe the question and specific
aim of the symposium, list name, affiliation of the contributors and
should include a brief abstract of each contribution. The symposium
abstracts should not exceed 1200 words.
For presentation by each submitter a maximum of 1 first authored
paper/poster and a maximum of 2 papers/posters in any other autorship
status will be accepted.

If you intend to submit an abstract (English Language), please
exclusively use the internet abstract form
(http://www.ctw-congress.de/iascl/papers.html). Abstracts submitted by
fax, mail or e-mail are not accepted.

Please consider the following dates:

Deadline for submission of abstracts: November 15, 2004
Notification of acceptance: January 20, 2005
Deadline for early registration: March 31, 2005


From ks7t at andrew.cmu.edu  Tue Sep 28 14:18:22 2004
From: ks7t at andrew.cmu.edu (Kelley Sacco)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 10:18:22 -0400
Subject: Job Opportunity in Human Functional Neuroimaging & Cardiovascular
 Health
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.101822.0400.KS7T@ANDREW.CMU.EDU>

Job Opportunity in Human Functional Neuroimaging & Cardiovascular Health

    We are seeking a full time Research Associate to work on studies
investigating how the human brain controls cardiovascular reactions to
stress, and how biological responses to stress relate to the risk for
developing cardiovascular disease.

    Individuals who wish to pursue a career in the neurosciences or in the
field of biobehavioral health will benefit most from this position.
Interested individuals should have a Bachelor?s or Master?s degree in a
natural or quantitative science or in one of the following areas:
Psychology, Neuroscience, Statistics, Biostatistics, Engineering, Computer
Science, or Mathematics.

    We will consider individuals who will complete their degrees by the end
of 2004. Preference will be given to individuals who have some background in
UNIX, MATLAB, database management, and a statistical package, such as SPSS
or SAS.

    Interested individuals should send a cover letter and a resume or a
curriculum vitae to Leslie Mitrik by email (mitrikla at upmc.edu
<mailto:mitrikla at upmc.edu> ) or regular mail (Cardiovascular Behavioral
Medicine Program, 3811 O?Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213). For more
information, call 412-246-5966.

 


From seungwan at bu.edu  Tue Sep 28 15:31:20 2004
From: seungwan at bu.edu (Seungwan Ha)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:31:20 -0400
Subject: soliciting questions for BUCLD Crain/Tomasello debate
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.113120.0400.>

Soliciting questions for BUCLD debate between Stephen Crain and Michael
Tomasello:
"Where does grammar come from? A debate on the nature of child language
acquisition"

This year's Boston University Conference on Language Development (Nov.
5-7) will feature a 2-hour debate between Stephen Crain and Michael
Tomasello entitled: "Where does grammar come from? A debate on the
nature of child language acquisition." The speakers will first present
their own positions on this question, and then respond to each other's
positions.  During the last half hour or so, they will respond to
questions submitted in advance by you, members of the language
development community.  So I'm writing now to solicit your questions.
Any questions are welcome, representing any theoretical perspective or
about any topic relevant to the debate.  So here's your chance to ask
that question that's always been bothering you, or that you could never
understand, or that you just want to know about.

Please send any and all questions to Seungwan Ha at <langconf at bu.edu>
by October 15, 2004.

For more information about BUCLD, or to pre-register, check out our
website: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/index.htm


From aworcest at brookespublishing.com  Tue Sep 28 21:02:19 2004
From: aworcest at brookespublishing.com (Anastasia Worcester)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2004 17:02:19 -0400
Subject: New book from Brookes Publishing: Bilingual Language Development
 & Disorders in Spanish-English Speakers by Brian Goldstein, Ph.D.
Message-ID: <TUE.28.SEP.2004.170219.0400.AWORCEST@BROOKESPUBLISHING.COM>

Bilingual Language Development and Disorders in Spanish-English Speakers 
Edited by Brian Goldstein, Ph.D.
 

Benefits:
?         This book focuses on the language development of bilingual speakers, not just monolingual speakers.

?         Integrates "best practices" for assessment of Spanish-English bilingual children.

?         The concluding chapter provides a comprehensive focus on language intervention across all domains.



Book Description:
Bilingual Language Development presents the most current information on language development and language disorders of Spanish-English bilingual speakers.  This comprehensive text is one of the few to offer readers in-depth theoretical and practical information on these timely topics. Focusing primarily on children from 4 to 7 years of age, this resource brings together more than a dozen top researchers to present developmental data, best assessment practices, and appropriate intervention approaches in the following areas:

 

  a.. language processing skills 
  b.. lexical development 
  c.. morpho-syntactic development 
  d.. first language loss 
  e.. grammatical impairments 
  f.. semantic development 
  g.. phonological development and disorders 
  h.. narrative development and disorders 
  i.. fluency and stuttering
Table of Contents:
I. Setting the Stage
1.         Bilingual Language Development and Disorders: Introduction and Overview

                        Brian Goldstein

2.         Bilingual Language Acquisition and the Child Socialization Process

                        Carol Scheffner Hammer, Adele W. Miccio, Barbara Rodriguez

II. Lexical and Semantic Aspects
3. Children Learning a Second Language: Processing Skills in Early Sequential Bilinguals 

            Katherine Kohnert

            4.         Bilingual Lexical Development: Influences, Contexts, and Processes

                        Janet L. Patterson, Barbara Zurer Pearson

5.             Semantic Development in Spanish-English Bilinguals: Theory, Assessment, and 

                        Intervention  

                        Elizabeth Pe?a and Ellen Stubbe Kester
III. From Grammar to Discourse
            6.         Verbal Morphology and Vocabulary in Monolinguals and Emergent Bilinguals

                        Donna Jackson-Maldonado

7.         Morphosyntactic Development

                        Lisa Bedo

            8.         First Language Loss in Spanish-Speaking Children: Patterns of Loss and Implications for Clinical Practice 

            Raquel Anderson

            9.         Grammatical Impairments in Spanish-English Bilingual Children

            Mar?a Adelaida Restrepo and Vera F. Gutierrez-Clellen

10.        Narrative Development and Disorders in Bilingual Children 

                        Vera Gutierrez-Clellen

 IV. Speech Characteristics

11.        Phonological Development and Disorders

                        Brian Goldstein

12.        Fluency and Stuttering in Bilingual Children

                        Nan Bernstein Ratner

V. Intervention
13.        Language Intervention with Bilingual Children 

                        Katherine Kohnert and Ann Derr

 



Author Information:

Brian A. Goldstein, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Sciences 

at Temple University in Philadelphia, PA.

 

To order this book from Brookes Publishing Co. call 1-800-638-3775 in the U.S.A. and Canada; 

other international callers use 1-410-337-9580. Also order online from Brookes Publishing at: 

www.brookespublishing.com/store/books/goldstein-6873/index.htm 

 

*20% discount for listserv members. Mention CHILDES when calling 

or write it in the savings code box when ordering online.

 

September 2004           6 x 9           320 pages

ISBN: 1-55766-687-3/ US $35.00

 

For more information contact:

Anastasia Worcester
Publicity Manager
Brookes Publishing
P.O. Box 10624
Baltimore, MD 21285
410-337-9580
aworcest at brookespublishing.com
www.brookespublishing.com
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From ktcronin at bidmc.harvard.edu  Wed Sep 29 14:26:38 2004
From: ktcronin at bidmc.harvard.edu (ktcronin at bidmc.harvard.edu)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2004 10:26:38 -0400
Subject: Word Fluency Task
Message-ID: <WED.29.SEP.2004.102638.0400.>

Hello,

Our lab is interested in adding a word fluency task for children (normals;
ages 5-7 and 9-11) to our test battery, and I am wondering if anyone has any
suggestions. We are looking for a measure that has been normed for children
and is fairly quick to administer. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you!

Karl Cronin, Research Assistant
Music & Neuroimaging Lab, BIDMC
ktcronin at bidmc.harvard.edu


From joshua.thompson at comcast.net  Thu Sep 30 19:37:28 2004
From: joshua.thompson at comcast.net (joshua.thompson at comcast.net)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 19:37:28 +0000
Subject: Infant Toddler Cry Samples
Message-ID: <THU.30.SEP.2004.193728.0000.>

Does anyone know where I can find audio or video samples of Infant or Toddler Cries? I need 5-10 samples of different cries of infants and toddlers for a presentation. Any ideas, resources, weblinks, videos, etc?

Josh Thompson PhD
Assistant Professor Early Childhood Education
Texas A&M University-Commerce
http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jthompson/
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From gleason at bu.edu  Thu Sep 30 20:33:26 2004
From: gleason at bu.edu (Jean Berko Gleason)
Date: Thu, 30 Sep 2004 16:33:26 -0400
Subject: Infant Toddler Cry Samples
In-Reply-To: <093020041937.27971.415C60780006587800006D43220073407602019C9F0301089BD20E9A089C0106@comcast.net>
Message-ID: <THU.30.SEP.2004.163326.0400.GLEASON@BU.EDU>

joshua.thompson at comcast.net wrote:

> Does anyone know where I can find audio or video samples of Infant or
> Toddler Cries? I need 5-10 samples of different cries of infants and
> toddlers for a presentation. Any ideas, resources, weblinks, videos, etc?
>
> Josh Thompson PhD
> Assistant Professor Early Childhood Education
> Texas A&M University-Commerce
> http://faculty.tamu-commerce.edu/jthompson/
>

Barry Lester, who is a professor of psychiatry in the medical school at
Brown University probably has such data...he has written extensively on
infant cries and there is a brief clip of him with a crying baby in the
old PBS Nova show produced in 1985, called Baby Talk.   If he doesn't
have any, he must know where some are....

--

Jean Berko Gleason