From guidetti at univ-tlse2.fr Mon Sep 1 16:01:15 2008 From: guidetti at univ-tlse2.fr (=?iso-8859-1?Q?Mich=E8le_Guidetti?=) Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 18:01:15 +0200 Subject: Multimod 2009 - Second Call for Papers Message-ID: The Multimod 2009 conference - Multimodality of communication in children: gestures, emotions, language and cognition is being organized jointly by psychologists and linguists from the Universities of Toulouse (Toulouse II) and Grenoble (Grenoble III) and will take place in Toulouse (France) from Thursday 9th July to Saturday 11th July 2009. The aim of the conference will be to assess research on theories, concepts and methods relating to multimodality in children. The invited speakers are : - Susan Goldin-Meadow (University of Chicago, USA), - Jana Iverson (University of Pittsburg, USA), - Paul Harris (Harvard University, USA), - Judy Reilly (San Diego State University, USA), - Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon (University of Stirling, UK), - Marianne Gullberg (MPI Nijmegen, The Netherlands). We invite you to submit proposals for symposia, individual papers or posters of original, previously unpublished research on all aspects of multimodal communication in children, including: - Gestures and language development, both typical and atypical - Emotional development, both typical and atypical - Multimodality of communication and bilingualism - Gestural and/or emotional communication in non-human and human primates - Multimodality of communication and didactics - Multimodality of communication in the classroom - Multimodality of communication and brain development - Prosodic (emotional) aspects of language and communication development - Pragmatic aspects of multimodality development Please visit the conference website http://w3.eccd.univ-tlse2.fr/multimod2009/ to find all useful Information about submissions (individual papers, posters and symposia); the deadline for submissions is December 15th, 2008. Michèle Guidetti (Université Toulouse II - Octogone-ECCD) Jean-Marc Colletta (Université Grenoble III - Lidilem) Conference Chairs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From h.vanderlely at ucl.ac.uk Tue Sep 2 09:24:08 2008 From: h.vanderlely at ucl.ac.uk (Heather van der Lely) Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2008 10:24:08 +0100 Subject: Post-Graduate Position at DLDCN Centre, UCL London Message-ID: An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Typically, models will use corpus data as input and observed patterns in the child's productions as output. However, other well-specified computational frameworks are also invited. The guest editor for this issue is Brian MacWhinney. Papers will go through the regular review process. They should be submitted electronically though Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcl ) and should follow the regular guidelines for the Journal (available on: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JCL). Authors should indicate that their paper is to be considered for the special issue. The deadline for submissions is November 28, 2008. Questions about possible submissions should be sent to Brian MacWhinney (macw at cmu.edu) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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URL: From c.l.cannizzaro at rug.nl Fri Sep 5 15:01:54 2008 From: c.l.cannizzaro at rug.nl (C Cannizzaro) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:01:54 -0700 Subject: Second Call for Papers - RASCAL Conference 2009 Message-ID: 2nd Call for papers for Relating Asymmetries between Speech & Comprehension in the Acquisition of Language (RASCAL) Conference University of Groningen, the Netherlands January 24th & January 25th, 2009 DEADLINE: SEPTEMBER 22, 2008 Background: In the past decades, research on language acquisition has identified several asymmetries between production and comprehension in various languages and in various components of the grammar (e.g., with respect to word order, referring expressions such as pronouns, tense/aspect, and contrastive stress). Many of these asymmetries came as a surprise to their investigators, because no asymmetries are expected under the traditional view of the grammar as a direction-insensitive system of rules. The aim of this conference is to bring together empirical and theoretical research addressing symmetries and asymmetries in language production and comprehension. Important questions that we hope to address at the conference are: Are production/comprehension asymmetries purely pragmatic phenomena, or do they arise in all modules of the grammar? If one language displays a particular asymmetry, do we find the same asymmetry in other languages? At what ages do we find such asymmetries and at what age do these asymmetries gen-erally disappear? Is it methodologically valid to compare performance in production with performance in comprehension? What is the relation between production/com-prehension asymmetries and general cognitive measures such as working memory capacity and Theory of Mind abilities? Invited speakers: Lila Gleitman, University of Pennsylvania Helen Tager-Flusberg, Boston University Panel Discussion: “Asymmetries in Child Language: Where do they come from?” We welcome contributions related to the following fields: - Linguistic Theory - First language acquisition - Second language acquisition - Bilingualism - Language Disorders - Cognition & Language - Psycholinguistics - Semantics - Syntax - Pragmatics - Discourse & Narrative The topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to: - Symmetries and asymmetries in language comprehension and production - The relation between production and comprehension and the role of grammar therein - Methodological problems in comparing performance in comprehension with performance in production - Asymmetries between comprehension and production in language disorders Abstracts: Abstracts are invited for 30 minute talks (with 15 minutes for discussion), as well as poster presentations. The conference language is English. Submissions should include: - A cover page with the title of the paper/poster, all authors’ names and affiliations,and contact information of the 1st author (postal address, email address, telephone). On the cover page, include 2-4 key words relating to research fields and indicate whether you would like your abstract to be considered for a poster, a paper, or both. - A one-page abstract (single-spaced with at least size 11 font), with an optional second page for examples, data and references. No identity properties of the author should be found on the abstract page(s). Cover page and abstract must be submitted electronically to rascal at rug.nl, in PDF FORMAT. Please title the email “Abstract RASCAL” + the first author’s last name. All authors will be invited to submit their paper for a journal proceedings volume. The deadline for abstract submission is September 22, 2008 and notification of acceptance will be sent no later than October 27, 2008. Further information is available on our website: www.rug.nl/let/RASCAL2009 rascal at rug.nl Co-located events: LOT Winter School 2009 Organizers: Charlotte Koster, Sanne Kuijper, Gisi Cannizzaro, Petra Hendriks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From michele.pettinato at downsed.org Fri Sep 5 15:26:21 2008 From: michele.pettinato at downsed.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mich=E8le_Pettinato?=) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:26:21 -0700 Subject: UK Down Syndrome Research Forum October 16th and 17th Message-ID: -Apologies for cross-postings- You are warmly invited to the next meeting of the UK Down Syndrome Research Forum to be held at The Sarah Duffen Centre, Portsmouth on the 16th and 17th October, 2008, with the support of Down Syndrome Education International. The Forum aims to provide an opportunity to share work in progress and seek support and advice from others working or interested in the area of Down syndrome research. It is usually well attended by researchers in the field and is especially helpful for postgraduate students. In order to energise the field with new ideas, we thought it would be useful if at this year’s meeting people might also present research which touches on issues affecting people with Down syndrome, but which might not have directly involved participants with Down syndrome. For example, intervention strategies which have worked with other populations but which may also work with children/adults with Down syndrome, or how to approach cultural differences in attitudes to disability when involving parents in intervention. Researchers and practitioners may therefore also present literature reviews or ongoing research with other populations. Similarly, presenters may suggest new topics for research which have previously not been addressed in the literature on Down syndrome but which would make a significant contribution to the field. The format, for those new to the Forum, is informal presentations of work in progress by those attending. The group are very helpful to one another and useful advice on how to take a project forward and new collaborations have been outcomes from earlier meetings. The Forum meeting will start at 10.30 on 16th October and finish at 3pm on 17th October (these times can be adjusted to suit participants) DownsEd will provide buffet lunches on both days and there is no fee for attending. Bed and breakfast accommodation at reasonable prices is available close to the venue. At present DownsEd is not able to subsidise travel or accommodation costs for all delegates, though we can offer a limited number of bursaries of up to £150 towards travel and accommodation to postgraduate students who have no other funds available to them. If you plan to attend, please let me (michele.pettinato at downsed.org) know as soon as possible - deadline for submissions 30th September, with the title and abstract (250 words) of any presentation that you wish to make and we will then put a programme together. Please do forward this invitation on to any colleagues and students who you think would be interested in attending. Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible in October, Michèle Pettinato Research Associate Down Syndrome Education International Registered charity no. 1062823 www.downsed.org Tel: +44 (0)23 9285 5322 Fax: +44 (0)23 9285 5320 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From pli at richmond.edu Fri Sep 5 23:02:20 2008 From: pli at richmond.edu (Ping Li) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 19:02:20 -0400 Subject: Early Vocabulary Inventory for Mandarin Chinese In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20080902102000.053fedb0@pop2-server.ucl.ac.uk> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Some of you might be interested in a recent instrument (similar to the CDI) that we developed to study lexical acquisition in Mandarin Chinese. The word lists and databases are also downloadable from our website, as described in the following paper: Hao, M., Shu, H., Xing, A., & Li, P. (2008). Early vocabulary inventory for Mandarin Chinese. Behavior Research Methods, 40, 728-733. http://cogsci.richmond.edu/Mandarin_vocab.php Best wishes, and comments welcome. Ping -------------------- Ping Li, Ph.D. Program Director, Cognitive Neuroscience Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230, USA http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?org=BCS On-leave from: Professor of Psychology and Linguistics Department of Psychology & Center for Language Science Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802, USA http://psych.la.psu.edu/directory/faculty-bios/li.html http://lsrg.psu.edu/people/faculty/li_ping.shtml --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From jbryant at shell.cas.usf.edu Mon Sep 8 19:01:16 2008 From: jbryant at shell.cas.usf.edu (Judith Bryant) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:01:16 -0400 Subject: information requested regarding content analyses of children's testimony In-Reply-To: <48C536F0.9000507@shell.cas.usf.edu> Message-ID: A colleague of mine in the area of Psychology and Law is seeking scholars who do content analyses of children's speech when they are being interrogated/interviewed in a legal situation or giving testimony in court. Any suggestions? > Judy Bryant > -- Judith Becker Bryant, Ph.D. Professor and Area Director, Program in Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology Department of Psychology, PCD 4118G University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620-7200 phone: (813) 974-0475 fax: (813) 974-4617 email: jbryant at shell.cas.usf.edu office location: PCD 4152 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From macw at cmu.edu Mon Sep 8 19:13:17 2008 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:13:17 -0400 Subject: information requested regarding content analyses of children's testimony In-Reply-To: <48C5767C.9070301@shell.cas.usf.edu> Message-ID: Dear Judy, The work that comes immediately to mind is that of Gail Goodman (ggoodman at ucdavis.com ) at UC Davis. She tends to focus more on memory properties, rather than the verbal expression of the memories, but I assume that one needs to really consider the two in conjunction. The other obvious pointer is to Roger Shuy and his remarkable work on governmental distortions of recordings and testimony. That works is heavy in content analysis, although it never focuses on children. However, the mechanisms of testimony and distortion that Shuy has studied may be applicable in this case too. --Brian MacWhinney On Sep 8, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Judith Bryant wrote: > > A colleague of mine in the area of Psychology and Law is seeking > scholars who do content analyses of children's speech when they are > being interrogated/interviewed in a legal situation or giving > testimony > in court. Any suggestions? > >> Judy Bryant >> > -- > Judith Becker Bryant, Ph.D. > Professor and Area Director, Program in Cognition, Neuroscience, and > Social Psychology > Department of Psychology, PCD 4118G > University of South Florida > Tampa, FL 33620-7200 > > phone: (813) 974-0475 > fax: (813) 974-4617 > > email: jbryant at shell.cas.usf.edu > > office location: PCD 4152 > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From meredithrowe at yahoo.com Mon Sep 8 19:33:38 2008 From: meredithrowe at yahoo.com (Meredith Rowe) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:33:38 -0700 Subject: information requested regarding content analyses of children's testimony Message-ID: Dear Judy - there is also the work of Stephen Ceci at Cornell and Michelle Leichtman at the University of New Hampshire. Their work looks at suggestibility of children's memory, and at children's testimony. Best, Meredith Rowe, Ed.D. Postdoctoral Scholar University of Chicago ----- Original Message ---- From: Brian MacWhinney To: info-childes at googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 8, 2008 2:13:17 PM Subject: Re: information requested regarding content analyses of children's testimony Dear Judy, The work that comes immediately to mind is that of Gail Goodman (ggoodman at ucdavis.com ) at UC Davis. She tends to focus more on memory properties, rather than the verbal expression of the memories, but I assume that one needs to really consider the two in conjunction. The other obvious pointer is to Roger Shuy and his remarkable work on governmental distortions of recordings and testimony. That works is heavy in content analysis, although it never focuses on children. However, the mechanisms of testimony and distortion that Shuy has studied may be applicable in this case too. --Brian MacWhinney On Sep 8, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Judith Bryant wrote: > > A colleague of mine in the area of Psychology and Law is seeking > scholars who do content analyses of children's speech when they are > being interrogated/interviewed in a legal situation or giving > testimony > in court. Any suggestions? > >> Judy Bryant >> > -- > Judith Becker Bryant, Ph.D. > Professor and Area Director, Program in Cognition, Neuroscience, and > Social Psychology > Department of Psychology, PCD 4118G > University of South Florida > Tampa, FL 33620-7200 > > phone: (813) 974-0475 > fax: (813) 974-4617 > > email: jbryant at shell.cas.usf.edu > > office location: PCD 4152 > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From barriere.isa at gmail.com Mon Sep 8 21:31:21 2008 From: barriere.isa at gmail.com (isa barriere) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:31:21 -0400 Subject: information requested regarding content analyses of children's testimony In-Reply-To: <48C5767C.9070301@shell.cas.usf.edu> Message-ID: Hi, In the mid-nineties, Constable C. Clarke in London received police award scheme to examine the effects of three types interviewers on children's testimony: - education professionals who work with young children; - police officers trained to interview children; - police officers not trained to interview children. I was an RA on this project and I vaguely remember that the results revealed an interviewers' effects on the use of passive constructions and leading questions atht in turn had an effects on the contents of children's testimony.. There may be a way to have access to this work through the UK Home Office/Police award scheme. Good luck, Isabelle Barriere, PhD On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Judith Bryant wrote: > > A colleague of mine in the area of Psychology and Law is seeking > scholars who do content analyses of children's speech when they are > being interrogated/interviewed in a legal situation or giving testimony > in court. Any suggestions? > > > Judy Bryant > > > -- > Judith Becker Bryant, Ph.D. > Professor and Area Director, Program in Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social > Psychology > Department of Psychology, PCD 4118G > University of South Florida > Tampa, FL 33620-7200 > > phone: (813) 974-0475 > fax: (813) 974-4617 > > email: jbryant at shell.cas.usf.edu > > office location: PCD 4152 > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From J.deJong1 at uva.nl Tue Sep 9 11:23:17 2008 From: J.deJong1 at uva.nl (Jong, J. de) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:23:17 +0200 Subject: Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam Message-ID: Sorry for the previous message - this is the announcement -- Jan de Jong Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam Date: Monday, December 15th - Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Place: PC Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 138, Amsterdam, Room 104 The Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) will host a workshop on different aspects of inflection. During the workshop, inflection will be addressed from a variety of research angles: first and second language acquisition, specific language impairment, language processing, language change and micro-variation. The purpose of the workshop is to show how different research perspectives shed light on the same questions. The background of this workshop is the finalization of two projects: 'Variation in Inflection' (Variflex) and 'Disentangling Bilingualism and SLI' (BISLI) and the beginning of a new crosslinguistic project on bilingual SLI and processing. For additional information on these projects, visit: http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex / List of speakers: Suzanne Aalberse, University of Amsterdam Anne Baker, University of Amsterdam Josef Bayer, Universität Konstanz Elma Blom, University of Alberta / University of Amsterdam Vicky Chondrogianni, University of Reading Harald Clahsen, University of Essex Leonie Cornips, Meertens Instituut Eric Fuß, Universität Frankfurt Aafke Hulk, University of Amsterdam Jan de Jong, University of Amsterdam Michiel van Lambalgen, University of Amsterdam Alies Maclean, University of Amsterdam / Meertens Instituut Theo Marinis, University of Reading Antje Orgassa, University of Amsterdam Johanne Paradis, University of Alberta Monika Rothweiler, Universität Hamburg Petra Schulz, Universität Frankfurt Antonella Sorace, University of Edinburgh Sharon Unsworth, Utrecht University / Meertens Instituut Nada Vasic, University of Amsterdam Fred Weerman, University of Amsterdam Participation fee : 100 euro including dinner on Monday night. 50 Euro (no dinner included) Payment in cash at conference site. Please register by sending an e-mail to : windowsoninflection at yahoo.com . A full program will be made available soon on the ACLC website (, under 'Events'). The organizing committee : Suzanne Aalberse, Anne Baker, Jan Don, Jan de Jong, Fred Weerman and Hedde Zeijlstra. Contact: windowsoninflection at yahoo.com . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: Announcement defdef.doc Type: application/msword Size: 509952 bytes Desc: Announcement defdef.doc URL: From abugovn at gmail.com Tue Sep 9 12:14:32 2008 From: abugovn at gmail.com (Neta Abugov) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 15:14:32 +0300 Subject: Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam In-Reply-To: <3E5C5B18CD1F014C865FA1195884848003382D9F@devries.uva.nl> Message-ID: Hi Dorit, What do you think? I will probably be in Berlin 11-14/12 anyway. Would it be useful for me? Netta On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Jong, J. de wrote: > Sorry for the previous message - this is the announcement -- > Jan de Jong > > *Announcement:** Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam* > > Date: Monday, December 15th - Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 > Place: PC Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 138, Amsterdam, Room 104 > > The Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) will host a > workshop on different aspects of inflection. During the workshop, inflection > will be addressed from a variety of research angles: first and second > language acquisition, specific language impairment, language processing, > language change and micro-variation. The purpose of the workshop is to show > how different research perspectives shed light on the same questions. > > The background of this workshop is the finalization of two projects: > 'Variation in Inflection' (Variflex) and 'Disentangling Bilingualism and > SLI' (BISLI) and the beginning of a new crosslinguistic project on bilingual > SLI and processing. For additional information on these projects, visit: > http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex / > > *List of speakers:* > Suzanne Aalberse, University of Amsterdam > Anne Baker, University of Amsterdam > Josef Bayer, Universität Konstanz > Elma Blom, University of Alberta / University of Amsterdam > Vicky Chondrogianni, University of Reading > Harald Clahsen, University of Essex > Leonie Cornips, Meertens Instituut > Eric Fuß, Universität Frankfurt > Aafke Hulk, University of Amsterdam > Jan de Jong, University of Amsterdam > Michiel van Lambalgen, University of Amsterdam > Alies Maclean, University of Amsterdam / Meertens Instituut > Theo Marinis, University of Reading > Antje Orgassa, University of Amsterdam > Johanne Paradis, University of Alberta > Monika Rothweiler, Universität Hamburg > Petra Schulz, Universität Frankfurt > Antonella Sorace, University of Edinburgh > Sharon Unsworth, Utrecht University / Meertens Instituut > Nada Vasic, University of Amsterdam > Fred Weerman, University of Amsterdam > > *Participation fee* : 100 euro including dinner on Monday night. > > 50 Euro (no dinner included) > Payment in cash at conference site. > > *Please register* by sending an e-mail to : windowsoninflection at yahoo.com< > mailto:windowsoninflection at yahoo.com >. > A full program will be made available soon on the ACLC website (< > http://www.hum.uva.nl/aclc/>, under 'Events'). The organizing committee : > Suzanne Aalberse, Anne Baker, Jan Don, Jan de Jong, Fred Weerman and Hedde > Zeijlstra. Contact: windowsoninflection at yahoo.com < > mailto:windowsoninflection at yahoo.com >. > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From doritr at post.tau.ac.il Tue Sep 9 13:38:06 2008 From: doritr at post.tau.ac.il (Dorit Ravid) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:38:06 +0300 Subject: Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam Message-ID: it might be! And Berlin, that's nice!! D. =========================== Dorit Ravid, Professor School of Education and the Department of Communications Disorders Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL doritr at post.tau.ac.il Tel (o) ++972 3 6406045, 6408626 Tel (h) ++ 972 3 5364304 Tel (m) ++ 972 544 482401 Fax ++ 972 3 6405067, 5360394 http://www.tau.ac.il/education/homepg/dorit-ravid.html http://education.tau.ac.il/manage.asp?siteID=42&lang=1&pageID=3715 Please send hardmail to the School of Education ----- Original Message ----- From: Neta Abugov To: info-childes at googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 3:14 PM Subject: Re: Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam Hi Dorit, What do you think? I will probably be in Berlin 11-14/12 anyway. Would it be useful for me? Netta On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Jong, J. de wrote: Sorry for the previous message - this is the announcement -- Jan de Jong Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam Date: Monday, December 15th - Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Place: PC Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 138, Amsterdam, Room 104 The Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) will host a workshop on different aspects of inflection. During the workshop, inflection will be addressed from a variety of research angles: first and second language acquisition, specific language impairment, language processing, language change and micro-variation. The purpose of the workshop is to show how different research perspectives shed light on the same questions. The background of this workshop is the finalization of two projects: 'Variation in Inflection' (Variflex) and 'Disentangling Bilingualism and SLI' (BISLI) and the beginning of a new crosslinguistic project on bilingual SLI and processing. For additional information on these projects, visit: http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex / List of speakers: Suzanne Aalberse, University of Amsterdam Anne Baker, University of Amsterdam Josef Bayer, Universität Konstanz Elma Blom, University of Alberta / University of Amsterdam Vicky Chondrogianni, University of Reading Harald Clahsen, University of Essex Leonie Cornips, Meertens Instituut Eric Fuß, Universität Frankfurt Aafke Hulk, University of Amsterdam Jan de Jong, University of Amsterdam Michiel van Lambalgen, University of Amsterdam Alies Maclean, University of Amsterdam / Meertens Instituut Theo Marinis, University of Reading Antje Orgassa, University of Amsterdam Johanne Paradis, University of Alberta Monika Rothweiler, Universität Hamburg Petra Schulz, Universität Frankfurt Antonella Sorace, University of Edinburgh Sharon Unsworth, Utrecht University / Meertens Instituut Nada Vasic, University of Amsterdam Fred Weerman, University of Amsterdam Participation fee : 100 euro including dinner on Monday night. 50 Euro (no dinner included) Payment in cash at conference site. Please register by sending an e-mail to : windowsoninflection at yahoo.com . A full program will be made available soon on the ACLC website (, under 'Events'). The organizing committee : Suzanne Aalberse, Anne Baker, Jan Don, Jan de Jong, Fred Weerman and Hedde Zeijlstra. Contact: windowsoninflection at yahoo.com . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abugovn at gmail.com Tue Sep 9 13:42:38 2008 From: abugovn at gmail.com (Neta Abugov) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:42:38 +0300 Subject: Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam In-Reply-To: <05a501c91281$4aa1d210$d87e1aac@LENOVOBC1286B0> Message-ID: Oy Vey,I sent the message to the whole group of info-childes.. Will talk to you about Berlin... we'll go to Elton John's concert!!! Thanks Netta On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Dorit Ravid wrote: > it might be! And Berlin, that's nice!! D. > =========================== > Dorit Ravid, Professor > School of Education and the Department of Communications Disorders > Tel Aviv University > Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL > doritr at post.tau.ac.il > > Tel (o) ++972 3 6406045, 6408626 > Tel (h) ++ 972 3 5364304 > Tel (m) ++ 972 544 482401 > Fax ++ 972 3 6405067, 5360394 > http://www.tau.ac.il/education/homepg/dorit-ravid.html > http://education.tau.ac.il/manage.asp?siteID=42&lang=1&pageID=3715 > > > Please send hardmail to the School of Education > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Neta Abugov > *To:* info-childes at googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 09, 2008 3:14 PM > *Subject:* Re: Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of > Amsterdam > > Hi Dorit, > What do you think? I will probably be in Berlin 11-14/12 anyway. > Would it be useful for me? > Netta > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Jong, J. de wrote: > >> Sorry for the previous message - this is the announcement -- >> Jan de Jong >> >> *Announcement:** Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam* >> >> Date: Monday, December 15th - Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 >> Place: PC Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 138, Amsterdam, Room 104 >> >> The Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) will host a >> workshop on different aspects of inflection. During the workshop, inflection >> will be addressed from a variety of research angles: first and second >> language acquisition, specific language impairment, language processing, >> language change and micro-variation. The purpose of the workshop is to show >> how different research perspectives shed light on the same questions. >> >> The background of this workshop is the finalization of two projects: >> 'Variation in Inflection' (Variflex) and 'Disentangling Bilingualism and >> SLI' (BISLI) and the beginning of a new crosslinguistic project on bilingual >> SLI and processing. For additional information on these projects, visit: >> http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex / >> >> *List of speakers:* >> Suzanne Aalberse, University of Amsterdam >> Anne Baker, University of Amsterdam >> Josef Bayer, Universität Konstanz >> Elma Blom, University of Alberta / University of Amsterdam >> Vicky Chondrogianni, University of Reading >> Harald Clahsen, University of Essex >> Leonie Cornips, Meertens Instituut >> Eric Fuß, Universität Frankfurt >> Aafke Hulk, University of Amsterdam >> Jan de Jong, University of Amsterdam >> Michiel van Lambalgen, University of Amsterdam >> Alies Maclean, University of Amsterdam / Meertens Instituut >> Theo Marinis, University of Reading >> Antje Orgassa, University of Amsterdam >> Johanne Paradis, University of Alberta >> Monika Rothweiler, Universität Hamburg >> Petra Schulz, Universität Frankfurt >> Antonella Sorace, University of Edinburgh >> Sharon Unsworth, Utrecht University / Meertens Instituut >> Nada Vasic, University of Amsterdam >> Fred Weerman, University of Amsterdam >> >> *Participation fee* : 100 euro including dinner on Monday night. >> >> 50 Euro (no dinner included) >> Payment in cash at conference site. >> >> *Please register* by sending an e-mail to : windowsoninflection at yahoo.com< >> mailto:windowsoninflection at yahoo.com >. >> A full program will be made available soon on the ACLC website (< >> http://www.hum.uva.nl/aclc/>, under 'Events'). The organizing committee : >> Suzanne Aalberse, Anne Baker, Jan Don, Jan de Jong, Fred Weerman and Hedde >> Zeijlstra. Contact: windowsoninflection at yahoo.com < >> mailto:windowsoninflection at yahoo.com >. >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Two questions which I'm hoping you can give me feedback on: 1) Who has used this task other than Heather? I know of a few papers, e.g., some work by Harald Clahsen and Dorothy Bishop, but my guess is there is more out there than I'm aware of (Heather wasn't sure either who might have used the task till now). 2) Any thoughts on the task? Of course it has its advantages and disadvantages, like any task... I'd appreciate any opinions on it. All my best, Michael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From roeper at linguist.umass.edu Tue Sep 23 13:34:05 2008 From: roeper at linguist.umass.edu (Tom Roeper) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:34:05 -0400 Subject: TAPS In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20080923083930.05fedf90@georgetown.edu> Message-ID: We have extensive examples of passive that look at implied agents, resultivity, and other features that have been tested on 1000 children in the DELV test from Harcourt (now Pearson). These subtle aspects of the passive are crucial to understanding whether children know the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement. I would be glad to give you further connections and information. YOu might consult the DELV website for more information too. Tom Roeper On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Michael Ullman wrote: > > > Hi, > > We are considering giving TAPS-R (Test of Active and Passive > Sentences-Revised), > designed by Heather van der Lely, to some of the developmental disorder > groups we study, in addition to giving them our own set of language > and memory tasks. > > Two questions which I'm hoping you can give me feedback on: > > 1) Who has used this task other than Heather? I know of > a few papers, e.g., some work by Harald Clahsen and Dorothy Bishop, > but my guess is there is more out there than I'm aware of > (Heather wasn't sure either who might have used the task till now). > > 2) Any thoughts on the task? Of course it has its advantages and > disadvantages, like any task... I'd appreciate any opinions on it. > > All my best, > > Michael > > > > > -- Tom Roeper Dept of Lingiustics UMass South College Amherst, Mass. 01003 ISA 413 256 0390 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nick.riches at googlemail.com Wed Sep 24 10:22:26 2008 From: nick.riches at googlemail.com (Nick Riches) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:22:26 -0700 Subject: TAPS In-Reply-To: <41e87b220809230634m1a83fab2m61c872a824792c4a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi I'm also interested in a test of passive use. I've had a trawl through the information on Harcourt about the DELV, but while there is a lot of information about overall aims and standardisation, there is little information on how the test actually functions. I presume it's a forced-choice comprehension task, just like the TAPS-R? Could you possibly let us know how it differs from the TAPS-R (which also tests the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement)? It sounds as if the DELV manipulates the semantic properties of the verb, e.g. resultivity, which sounds like an extremely interesting development. Perhaps you could provide a link to a resource which provides more details about the test? Many thanks Nick Riches University of Reading, UK. On Sep 23, 2:34 pm, "Tom Roeper" wrote: > We have extensive examples of passive that look at implied agents, > resultivity, > and other features that have been tested on 1000 children in the DELV test > from Harcourt (now Pearson). >     These subtle aspects of the passive are crucial to understanding whether > children know the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement. >    I would be glad to give you further connections and information.  YOu > might > consult the DELV website for more information too. > > Tom Roeper > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Michael Ullman wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > We are considering giving TAPS-R (Test of Active and Passive > > Sentences-Revised), > > designed by Heather van der Lely, to some of the developmental disorder > > groups we study, in addition to giving them our own set of language > > and memory tasks. > > > Two questions which I'm hoping you can give me feedback on: > > > 1) Who has used this task other than Heather? I know of > > a few papers, e.g., some work by Harald Clahsen and Dorothy Bishop, > > but my guess is there is more out there than I'm aware of > > (Heather wasn't sure either who might have used the task till now). > > > 2) Any thoughts on the task? Of course it has its advantages and > > disadvantages, like any task... I'd appreciate any opinions on it. > > > All my best, > > > Michael > > -- > Tom Roeper > Dept of Lingiustics > UMass South College > Amherst, Mass. 01003 ISA > 413 256 0390 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From Florence.Chenu at univ-lyon2.fr Wed Sep 24 12:05:27 2008 From: Florence.Chenu at univ-lyon2.fr (Florence Chenu) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:05:27 +0200 Subject: HELP for authorizations in taking recordings In-Reply-To: <6179654a-93a5-4087-b75d-cd68d85b3cf7@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Dear Adriano, We have been working in France in primary schools and "colleges". To my experience, you need to get the authorization from the "académie" and from the parents. I can send you the consent form we used for parents and help you write yours. Florence. Florence CHENU Laboratoire Dynamique Du Langage Institut des Sciences de l'Homme 14 avenue Berthelot F-69363 LYON Cedex 07 -----Message d'origine----- De : info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] De la part de Adriano Fazzari Envoyé : mercredi 24 septembre 2008 13:51 À : Info-CHILDES Objet : HELP for authorizations in taking recordings Actually I'm in Paris. I'm going to work with some terminal classes in two "lycées" of Paris (L2 Italian) and I would collect some recordings of their lessons. How could I do to ask authorizations to their parents? I don't know how they actually do in France. Maintenat je suis à Paris. Je vais travailler avec des classes terminales dans deux lycées parisiens (ils étudient italien comme langue seconde, LV1) et je voudrais enregistrer leurs leçons. Comment devrais-je faire pour demander des autorisations à leur parents? Je ne connais pas la procédure française. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From adriano.fazzari at gmail.com Wed Sep 24 11:51:07 2008 From: adriano.fazzari at gmail.com (Adriano Fazzari) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:51:07 -0700 Subject: HELP for authorizations in taking recordings Message-ID: Actually I'm in Paris. I'm going to work with some terminal classes in two "lycées" of Paris (L2 Italian) and I would collect some recordings of their lessons. How could I do to ask authorizations to their parents? I don't know how they actually do in France. Maintenat je suis à Paris. Je vais travailler avec des classes terminales dans deux lycées parisiens (ils étudient italien comme langue seconde, LV1) et je voudrais enregistrer leurs leçons. Comment devrais-je faire pour demander des autorisations à leur parents? Je ne connais pas la procédure française. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From nick.riches at googlemail.com Wed Sep 24 13:23:03 2008 From: nick.riches at googlemail.com (Nick Riches) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:23:03 -0700 Subject: TAPS In-Reply-To: <2821e60f-7b0f-4853-a667-fa956b3eca1d@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: A colleague at work is using the test, so I can have a look at it. Thanks Nick Riches On Sep 24, 11:22 am, Nick Riches wrote: > Hi > > I'm also interested in a test of passive use. I've had a trawl through > the information on Harcourt about the DELV, but while there is a lot > of information about overall aims and standardisation, there is little > information on how the test actually functions. I presume it's a > forced-choice comprehension task, just like the TAPS-R? Could you > possibly let us know how it differs from the TAPS-R (which also tests > the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement)? It > sounds as if the DELV manipulates the semantic properties of the verb, > e.g. resultivity, which sounds like an extremely interesting > development. Perhaps you could provide a link to a resource which > provides more details about the test? > > Many thanks > > Nick Riches > > University of Reading, UK. > > On Sep 23, 2:34 pm, "Tom Roeper" wrote: > > > We have extensive examples of passive that look at implied agents, > > resultivity, > > and other features that have been tested on 1000 children in the DELV test > > from Harcourt (now Pearson). > >     These subtle aspects of the passive are crucial to understanding whether > > children know the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement. > >    I would be glad to give you further connections and information.  YOu > > might > > consult the DELV website for more information too. > > > Tom Roeper > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Michael Ullman wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > We are considering giving TAPS-R (Test of Active and Passive > > > Sentences-Revised), > > > designed by Heather van der Lely, to some of the developmental disorder > > > groups we study, in addition to giving them our own set of language > > > and memory tasks. > > > > Two questions which I'm hoping you can give me feedback on: > > > > 1) Who has used this task other than Heather? I know of > > > a few papers, e.g., some work by Harald Clahsen and Dorothy Bishop, > > > but my guess is there is more out there than I'm aware of > > > (Heather wasn't sure either who might have used the task till now). > > > > 2) Any thoughts on the task? Of course it has its advantages and > > > disadvantages, like any task... I'd appreciate any opinions on it. > > > > All my best, > > > > Michael > > > -- > > Tom Roeper > > Dept of Lingiustics > > UMass South College > > Amherst, Mass. 01003 ISA > > 413 256 0390 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From roeper at linguist.umass.edu Wed Sep 24 13:29:21 2008 From: roeper at linguist.umass.edu (Tom Roeper) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:29:21 -0400 Subject: TAPS In-Reply-To: <2821e60f-7b0f-4853-a667-fa956b3eca1d@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: This has a more extensive description---as well there is a paper in BU 2003 roughly by Barbara Pearson which has more details. You might also write her, she has control of all of the DELV materials and results "Barbara Pearson" , Let me know if you find this useful. It is being pursued in a wide variety of other languages through the COST project. Tom On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:22 AM, Nick Riches wrote: > > Hi > > I'm also interested in a test of passive use. I've had a trawl through > the information on Harcourt about the DELV, but while there is a lot > of information about overall aims and standardisation, there is little > information on how the test actually functions. I presume it's a > forced-choice comprehension task, just like the TAPS-R? Could you > possibly let us know how it differs from the TAPS-R (which also tests > the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement)? It > sounds as if the DELV manipulates the semantic properties of the verb, > e.g. resultivity, which sounds like an extremely interesting > development. Perhaps you could provide a link to a resource which > provides more details about the test? > > Many thanks > > Nick Riches > > University of Reading, UK. > > On Sep 23, 2:34 pm, "Tom Roeper" wrote: > > We have extensive examples of passive that look at implied agents, > > resultivity, > > and other features that have been tested on 1000 children in the DELV > test > > from Harcourt (now Pearson). > > These subtle aspects of the passive are crucial to understanding > whether > > children know the difference between adjectival analysis and real > movement. > > I would be glad to give you further connections and information. YOu > > might > > consult the DELV website for more information too. > > > > Tom Roeper > > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Michael Ullman >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > We are considering giving TAPS-R (Test of Active and Passive > > > Sentences-Revised), > > > designed by Heather van der Lely, to some of the developmental disorder > > > groups we study, in addition to giving them our own set of language > > > and memory tasks. > > > > > Two questions which I'm hoping you can give me feedback on: > > > > > 1) Who has used this task other than Heather? I know of > > > a few papers, e.g., some work by Harald Clahsen and Dorothy Bishop, > > > but my guess is there is more out there than I'm aware of > > > (Heather wasn't sure either who might have used the task till now). > > > > > 2) Any thoughts on the task? Of course it has its advantages and > > > disadvantages, like any task... 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The invited speakers are : - Susan Goldin-Meadow (University of Chicago, USA), - Jana Iverson (University of Pittsburg, USA), - Paul Harris (Harvard University, USA), - Judy Reilly (San Diego State University, USA), - Gwyneth Doherty-Sneddon (University of Stirling, UK), - Marianne Gullberg (MPI Nijmegen, The Netherlands). We invite you to submit proposals for symposia, individual papers or posters of original, previously unpublished research on all aspects of multimodal communication in children, including: - Gestures and language development, both typical and atypical - Emotional development, both typical and atypical - Multimodality of communication and bilingualism - Gestural and/or emotional communication in non-human and human primates - Multimodality of communication and didactics - Multimodality of communication in the classroom - Multimodality of communication and brain development - Prosodic (emotional) aspects of language and communication development - Pragmatic aspects of multimodality development Please visit the conference website http://w3.eccd.univ-tlse2.fr/multimod2009/ to find all useful Information about submissions (individual papers, posters and symposia); the deadline for submissions is December 15th, 2008. Mich?le Guidetti (Universit? 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Typically, models will use corpus data as input and observed patterns in the child's productions as output. However, other well-specified computational frameworks are also invited. The guest editor for this issue is Brian MacWhinney. Papers will go through the regular review process. They should be submitted electronically though Manuscript Central (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcl ) and should follow the regular guidelines for the Journal (available on: http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayJournal?jid=JCL). Authors should indicate that their paper is to be considered for the special issue. The deadline for submissions is November 28, 2008. Questions about possible submissions should be sent to Brian MacWhinney (macw at cmu.edu) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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The aim of this conference is to bring together empirical and theoretical research addressing symmetries and asymmetries in language production and comprehension. Important questions that we hope to address at the conference are: Are production/comprehension asymmetries purely pragmatic phenomena, or do they arise in all modules of the grammar? If one language displays a particular asymmetry, do we find the same asymmetry in other languages? At what ages do we find such asymmetries and at what age do these asymmetries gen-erally disappear? Is it methodologically valid to compare performance in production with performance in comprehension? What is the relation between production/com-prehension asymmetries and general cognitive measures such as working memory capacity and Theory of Mind abilities? Invited speakers: Lila Gleitman, University of Pennsylvania Helen Tager-Flusberg, Boston University Panel Discussion: ?Asymmetries in Child Language: Where do they come from?? We welcome contributions related to the following fields: - Linguistic Theory - First language acquisition - Second language acquisition - Bilingualism - Language Disorders - Cognition & Language - Psycholinguistics - Semantics - Syntax - Pragmatics - Discourse & Narrative The topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to: - Symmetries and asymmetries in language comprehension and production - The relation between production and comprehension and the role of grammar therein - Methodological problems in comparing performance in comprehension with performance in production - Asymmetries between comprehension and production in language disorders Abstracts: Abstracts are invited for 30 minute talks (with 15 minutes for discussion), as well as poster presentations. The conference language is English. Submissions should include: - A cover page with the title of the paper/poster, all authors? names and affiliations,and contact information of the 1st author (postal address, email address, telephone). On the cover page, include 2-4 key words relating to research fields and indicate whether you would like your abstract to be considered for a poster, a paper, or both. - A one-page abstract (single-spaced with at least size 11 font), with an optional second page for examples, data and references. No identity properties of the author should be found on the abstract page(s). Cover page and abstract must be submitted electronically to rascal at rug.nl, in PDF FORMAT. Please title the email ?Abstract RASCAL? + the first author?s last name. All authors will be invited to submit their paper for a journal proceedings volume. The deadline for abstract submission is September 22, 2008 and notification of acceptance will be sent no later than October 27, 2008. Further information is available on our website: www.rug.nl/let/RASCAL2009 rascal at rug.nl Co-located events: LOT Winter School 2009 Organizers: Charlotte Koster, Sanne Kuijper, Gisi Cannizzaro, Petra Hendriks --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From michele.pettinato at downsed.org Fri Sep 5 15:26:21 2008 From: michele.pettinato at downsed.org (=?ISO-8859-1?Q?Mich=E8le_Pettinato?=) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 08:26:21 -0700 Subject: UK Down Syndrome Research Forum October 16th and 17th Message-ID: -Apologies for cross-postings- You are warmly invited to the next meeting of the UK Down Syndrome Research Forum to be held at The Sarah Duffen Centre, Portsmouth on the 16th and 17th October, 2008, with the support of Down Syndrome Education International. The Forum aims to provide an opportunity to share work in progress and seek support and advice from others working or interested in the area of Down syndrome research. It is usually well attended by researchers in the field and is especially helpful for postgraduate students. In order to energise the field with new ideas, we thought it would be useful if at this year?s meeting people might also present research which touches on issues affecting people with Down syndrome, but which might not have directly involved participants with Down syndrome. For example, intervention strategies which have worked with other populations but which may also work with children/adults with Down syndrome, or how to approach cultural differences in attitudes to disability when involving parents in intervention. Researchers and practitioners may therefore also present literature reviews or ongoing research with other populations. Similarly, presenters may suggest new topics for research which have previously not been addressed in the literature on Down syndrome but which would make a significant contribution to the field. The format, for those new to the Forum, is informal presentations of work in progress by those attending. The group are very helpful to one another and useful advice on how to take a project forward and new collaborations have been outcomes from earlier meetings. The Forum meeting will start at 10.30 on 16th October and finish at 3pm on 17th October (these times can be adjusted to suit participants) DownsEd will provide buffet lunches on both days and there is no fee for attending. Bed and breakfast accommodation at reasonable prices is available close to the venue. At present DownsEd is not able to subsidise travel or accommodation costs for all delegates, though we can offer a limited number of bursaries of up to ?150 towards travel and accommodation to postgraduate students who have no other funds available to them. If you plan to attend, please let me (michele.pettinato at downsed.org) know as soon as possible - deadline for submissions 30th September, with the title and abstract (250 words) of any presentation that you wish to make and we will then put a programme together. Please do forward this invitation on to any colleagues and students who you think would be interested in attending. Looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible in October, Mich?le Pettinato Research Associate Down Syndrome Education International Registered charity no. 1062823 www.downsed.org Tel: +44 (0)23 9285 5322 Fax: +44 (0)23 9285 5320 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From pli at richmond.edu Fri Sep 5 23:02:20 2008 From: pli at richmond.edu (Ping Li) Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 19:02:20 -0400 Subject: Early Vocabulary Inventory for Mandarin Chinese In-Reply-To: <6.2.1.2.2.20080902102000.053fedb0@pop2-server.ucl.ac.uk> Message-ID: Dear Colleagues, Some of you might be interested in a recent instrument (similar to the CDI) that we developed to study lexical acquisition in Mandarin Chinese. The word lists and databases are also downloadable from our website, as described in the following paper: Hao, M., Shu, H., Xing, A., & Li, P. (2008). Early vocabulary inventory for Mandarin Chinese. Behavior Research Methods, 40, 728-733. http://cogsci.richmond.edu/Mandarin_vocab.php Best wishes, and comments welcome. Ping -------------------- Ping Li, Ph.D. Program Director, Cognitive Neuroscience Division of Behavioral and Cognitive Sciences National Science Foundation 4201 Wilson Boulevard Arlington, VA 22230, USA http://www.nsf.gov/div/index.jsp?org=BCS On-leave from: Professor of Psychology and Linguistics Department of Psychology & Center for Language Science Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802, USA http://psych.la.psu.edu/directory/faculty-bios/li.html http://lsrg.psu.edu/people/faculty/li_ping.shtml --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From jbryant at shell.cas.usf.edu Mon Sep 8 19:01:16 2008 From: jbryant at shell.cas.usf.edu (Judith Bryant) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:01:16 -0400 Subject: information requested regarding content analyses of children's testimony In-Reply-To: <48C536F0.9000507@shell.cas.usf.edu> Message-ID: A colleague of mine in the area of Psychology and Law is seeking scholars who do content analyses of children's speech when they are being interrogated/interviewed in a legal situation or giving testimony in court. Any suggestions? > Judy Bryant > -- Judith Becker Bryant, Ph.D. Professor and Area Director, Program in Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social Psychology Department of Psychology, PCD 4118G University of South Florida Tampa, FL 33620-7200 phone: (813) 974-0475 fax: (813) 974-4617 email: jbryant at shell.cas.usf.edu office location: PCD 4152 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From macw at cmu.edu Mon Sep 8 19:13:17 2008 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 15:13:17 -0400 Subject: information requested regarding content analyses of children's testimony In-Reply-To: <48C5767C.9070301@shell.cas.usf.edu> Message-ID: Dear Judy, The work that comes immediately to mind is that of Gail Goodman (ggoodman at ucdavis.com ) at UC Davis. She tends to focus more on memory properties, rather than the verbal expression of the memories, but I assume that one needs to really consider the two in conjunction. The other obvious pointer is to Roger Shuy and his remarkable work on governmental distortions of recordings and testimony. That works is heavy in content analysis, although it never focuses on children. However, the mechanisms of testimony and distortion that Shuy has studied may be applicable in this case too. --Brian MacWhinney On Sep 8, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Judith Bryant wrote: > > A colleague of mine in the area of Psychology and Law is seeking > scholars who do content analyses of children's speech when they are > being interrogated/interviewed in a legal situation or giving > testimony > in court. Any suggestions? > >> Judy Bryant >> > -- > Judith Becker Bryant, Ph.D. > Professor and Area Director, Program in Cognition, Neuroscience, and > Social Psychology > Department of Psychology, PCD 4118G > University of South Florida > Tampa, FL 33620-7200 > > phone: (813) 974-0475 > fax: (813) 974-4617 > > email: jbryant at shell.cas.usf.edu > > office location: PCD 4152 > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From meredithrowe at yahoo.com Mon Sep 8 19:33:38 2008 From: meredithrowe at yahoo.com (Meredith Rowe) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 12:33:38 -0700 Subject: information requested regarding content analyses of children's testimony Message-ID: Dear Judy - there is also the work of Stephen Ceci at Cornell and Michelle Leichtman at the University of New Hampshire. Their work looks at suggestibility of children's memory, and at children's testimony. Best, Meredith Rowe, Ed.D. Postdoctoral Scholar University of Chicago ----- Original Message ---- From: Brian MacWhinney To: info-childes at googlegroups.com Sent: Monday, September 8, 2008 2:13:17 PM Subject: Re: information requested regarding content analyses of children's testimony Dear Judy, The work that comes immediately to mind is that of Gail Goodman (ggoodman at ucdavis.com ) at UC Davis. She tends to focus more on memory properties, rather than the verbal expression of the memories, but I assume that one needs to really consider the two in conjunction. The other obvious pointer is to Roger Shuy and his remarkable work on governmental distortions of recordings and testimony. That works is heavy in content analysis, although it never focuses on children. However, the mechanisms of testimony and distortion that Shuy has studied may be applicable in this case too. --Brian MacWhinney On Sep 8, 2008, at 3:01 PM, Judith Bryant wrote: > > A colleague of mine in the area of Psychology and Law is seeking > scholars who do content analyses of children's speech when they are > being interrogated/interviewed in a legal situation or giving > testimony > in court. Any suggestions? > >> Judy Bryant >> > -- > Judith Becker Bryant, Ph.D. > Professor and Area Director, Program in Cognition, Neuroscience, and > Social Psychology > Department of Psychology, PCD 4118G > University of South Florida > Tampa, FL 33620-7200 > > phone: (813) 974-0475 > fax: (813) 974-4617 > > email: jbryant at shell.cas.usf.edu > > office location: PCD 4152 > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From barriere.isa at gmail.com Mon Sep 8 21:31:21 2008 From: barriere.isa at gmail.com (isa barriere) Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 17:31:21 -0400 Subject: information requested regarding content analyses of children's testimony In-Reply-To: <48C5767C.9070301@shell.cas.usf.edu> Message-ID: Hi, In the mid-nineties, Constable C. Clarke in London received police award scheme to examine the effects of three types interviewers on children's testimony: - education professionals who work with young children; - police officers trained to interview children; - police officers not trained to interview children. I was an RA on this project and I vaguely remember that the results revealed an interviewers' effects on the use of passive constructions and leading questions atht in turn had an effects on the contents of children's testimony.. There may be a way to have access to this work through the UK Home Office/Police award scheme. Good luck, Isabelle Barriere, PhD On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Judith Bryant wrote: > > A colleague of mine in the area of Psychology and Law is seeking > scholars who do content analyses of children's speech when they are > being interrogated/interviewed in a legal situation or giving testimony > in court. Any suggestions? > > > Judy Bryant > > > -- > Judith Becker Bryant, Ph.D. > Professor and Area Director, Program in Cognition, Neuroscience, and Social > Psychology > Department of Psychology, PCD 4118G > University of South Florida > Tampa, FL 33620-7200 > > phone: (813) 974-0475 > fax: (813) 974-4617 > > email: jbryant at shell.cas.usf.edu > > office location: PCD 4152 > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From J.deJong1 at uva.nl Tue Sep 9 11:23:17 2008 From: J.deJong1 at uva.nl (Jong, J. de) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:23:17 +0200 Subject: Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam Message-ID: Sorry for the previous message - this is the announcement -- Jan de Jong Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam Date: Monday, December 15th - Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Place: PC Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 138, Amsterdam, Room 104 The Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) will host a workshop on different aspects of inflection. During the workshop, inflection will be addressed from a variety of research angles: first and second language acquisition, specific language impairment, language processing, language change and micro-variation. The purpose of the workshop is to show how different research perspectives shed light on the same questions. The background of this workshop is the finalization of two projects: 'Variation in Inflection' (Variflex) and 'Disentangling Bilingualism and SLI' (BISLI) and the beginning of a new crosslinguistic project on bilingual SLI and processing. For additional information on these projects, visit: http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex / List of speakers: Suzanne Aalberse, University of Amsterdam Anne Baker, University of Amsterdam Josef Bayer, Universit?t Konstanz Elma Blom, University of Alberta / University of Amsterdam Vicky Chondrogianni, University of Reading Harald Clahsen, University of Essex Leonie Cornips, Meertens Instituut Eric Fu?, Universit?t Frankfurt Aafke Hulk, University of Amsterdam Jan de Jong, University of Amsterdam Michiel van Lambalgen, University of Amsterdam Alies Maclean, University of Amsterdam / Meertens Instituut Theo Marinis, University of Reading Antje Orgassa, University of Amsterdam Johanne Paradis, University of Alberta Monika Rothweiler, Universit?t Hamburg Petra Schulz, Universit?t Frankfurt Antonella Sorace, University of Edinburgh Sharon Unsworth, Utrecht University / Meertens Instituut Nada Vasic, University of Amsterdam Fred Weerman, University of Amsterdam Participation fee : 100 euro including dinner on Monday night. 50 Euro (no dinner included) Payment in cash at conference site. Please register by sending an e-mail to : windowsoninflection at yahoo.com . A full program will be made available soon on the ACLC website (, under 'Events'). The organizing committee : Suzanne Aalberse, Anne Baker, Jan Don, Jan de Jong, Fred Weerman and Hedde Zeijlstra. Contact: windowsoninflection at yahoo.com . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From J.deJong1 at uva.nl Tue Sep 9 11:17:58 2008 From: J.deJong1 at uva.nl (Jong, J. de) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 13:17:58 +0200 Subject: FW: Announcement Message-ID: > Dear Info-childes, > [] Please distribute the announcement attached to this message via the mailing list [] --- > > Many thanks,> > <> > > Jan de Jong > Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication > University of Amsterdam > Spuistraat 134, Room 419 > 1012 VB Amsterdam > The Netherlands > Tel. ++31 20 5254691 > E-mail: J.deJong1 at uva.nl > http://home.medewerker.uva.nl/j.dejong1 > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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Netta On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Jong, J. de wrote: > Sorry for the previous message - this is the announcement -- > Jan de Jong > > *Announcement:** Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam* > > Date: Monday, December 15th - Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 > Place: PC Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 138, Amsterdam, Room 104 > > The Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) will host a > workshop on different aspects of inflection. During the workshop, inflection > will be addressed from a variety of research angles: first and second > language acquisition, specific language impairment, language processing, > language change and micro-variation. The purpose of the workshop is to show > how different research perspectives shed light on the same questions. > > The background of this workshop is the finalization of two projects: > 'Variation in Inflection' (Variflex) and 'Disentangling Bilingualism and > SLI' (BISLI) and the beginning of a new crosslinguistic project on bilingual > SLI and processing. For additional information on these projects, visit: > http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex / > > *List of speakers:* > Suzanne Aalberse, University of Amsterdam > Anne Baker, University of Amsterdam > Josef Bayer, Universit?t Konstanz > Elma Blom, University of Alberta / University of Amsterdam > Vicky Chondrogianni, University of Reading > Harald Clahsen, University of Essex > Leonie Cornips, Meertens Instituut > Eric Fu?, Universit?t Frankfurt > Aafke Hulk, University of Amsterdam > Jan de Jong, University of Amsterdam > Michiel van Lambalgen, University of Amsterdam > Alies Maclean, University of Amsterdam / Meertens Instituut > Theo Marinis, University of Reading > Antje Orgassa, University of Amsterdam > Johanne Paradis, University of Alberta > Monika Rothweiler, Universit?t Hamburg > Petra Schulz, Universit?t Frankfurt > Antonella Sorace, University of Edinburgh > Sharon Unsworth, Utrecht University / Meertens Instituut > Nada Vasic, University of Amsterdam > Fred Weerman, University of Amsterdam > > *Participation fee* : 100 euro including dinner on Monday night. > > 50 Euro (no dinner included) > Payment in cash at conference site. > > *Please register* by sending an e-mail to : windowsoninflection at yahoo.com< > mailto:windowsoninflection at yahoo.com >. > A full program will be made available soon on the ACLC website (< > http://www.hum.uva.nl/aclc/>, under 'Events'). The organizing committee : > Suzanne Aalberse, Anne Baker, Jan Don, Jan de Jong, Fred Weerman and Hedde > Zeijlstra. Contact: windowsoninflection at yahoo.com < > mailto:windowsoninflection at yahoo.com >. > > > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From doritr at post.tau.ac.il Tue Sep 9 13:38:06 2008 From: doritr at post.tau.ac.il (Dorit Ravid) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:38:06 +0300 Subject: Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam Message-ID: it might be! And Berlin, that's nice!! D. =========================== Dorit Ravid, Professor School of Education and the Department of Communications Disorders Tel Aviv University Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL doritr at post.tau.ac.il Tel (o) ++972 3 6406045, 6408626 Tel (h) ++ 972 3 5364304 Tel (m) ++ 972 544 482401 Fax ++ 972 3 6405067, 5360394 http://www.tau.ac.il/education/homepg/dorit-ravid.html http://education.tau.ac.il/manage.asp?siteID=42&lang=1&pageID=3715 Please send hardmail to the School of Education ----- Original Message ----- From: Neta Abugov To: info-childes at googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 3:14 PM Subject: Re: Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam Hi Dorit, What do you think? I will probably be in Berlin 11-14/12 anyway. Would it be useful for me? Netta On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Jong, J. de wrote: Sorry for the previous message - this is the announcement -- Jan de Jong Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam Date: Monday, December 15th - Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 Place: PC Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 138, Amsterdam, Room 104 The Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) will host a workshop on different aspects of inflection. During the workshop, inflection will be addressed from a variety of research angles: first and second language acquisition, specific language impairment, language processing, language change and micro-variation. The purpose of the workshop is to show how different research perspectives shed light on the same questions. The background of this workshop is the finalization of two projects: 'Variation in Inflection' (Variflex) and 'Disentangling Bilingualism and SLI' (BISLI) and the beginning of a new crosslinguistic project on bilingual SLI and processing. For additional information on these projects, visit: http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex / List of speakers: Suzanne Aalberse, University of Amsterdam Anne Baker, University of Amsterdam Josef Bayer, Universit?t Konstanz Elma Blom, University of Alberta / University of Amsterdam Vicky Chondrogianni, University of Reading Harald Clahsen, University of Essex Leonie Cornips, Meertens Instituut Eric Fu?, Universit?t Frankfurt Aafke Hulk, University of Amsterdam Jan de Jong, University of Amsterdam Michiel van Lambalgen, University of Amsterdam Alies Maclean, University of Amsterdam / Meertens Instituut Theo Marinis, University of Reading Antje Orgassa, University of Amsterdam Johanne Paradis, University of Alberta Monika Rothweiler, Universit?t Hamburg Petra Schulz, Universit?t Frankfurt Antonella Sorace, University of Edinburgh Sharon Unsworth, Utrecht University / Meertens Instituut Nada Vasic, University of Amsterdam Fred Weerman, University of Amsterdam Participation fee : 100 euro including dinner on Monday night. 50 Euro (no dinner included) Payment in cash at conference site. Please register by sending an e-mail to : windowsoninflection at yahoo.com . A full program will be made available soon on the ACLC website (, under 'Events'). The organizing committee : Suzanne Aalberse, Anne Baker, Jan Don, Jan de Jong, Fred Weerman and Hedde Zeijlstra. Contact: windowsoninflection at yahoo.com . --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From abugovn at gmail.com Tue Sep 9 13:42:38 2008 From: abugovn at gmail.com (Neta Abugov) Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2008 16:42:38 +0300 Subject: Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam In-Reply-To: <05a501c91281$4aa1d210$d87e1aac@LENOVOBC1286B0> Message-ID: Oy Vey,I sent the message to the whole group of info-childes.. Will talk to you about Berlin... we'll go to Elton John's concert!!! Thanks Netta On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 4:38 PM, Dorit Ravid wrote: > it might be! And Berlin, that's nice!! D. > =========================== > Dorit Ravid, Professor > School of Education and the Department of Communications Disorders > Tel Aviv University > Tel Aviv 69978, ISRAEL > doritr at post.tau.ac.il > > Tel (o) ++972 3 6406045, 6408626 > Tel (h) ++ 972 3 5364304 > Tel (m) ++ 972 544 482401 > Fax ++ 972 3 6405067, 5360394 > http://www.tau.ac.il/education/homepg/dorit-ravid.html > http://education.tau.ac.il/manage.asp?siteID=42&lang=1&pageID=3715 > > > Please send hardmail to the School of Education > > ----- Original Message ----- > *From:* Neta Abugov > *To:* info-childes at googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 09, 2008 3:14 PM > *Subject:* Re: Announcement: Windows on Inflection, University of > Amsterdam > > Hi Dorit, > What do you think? I will probably be in Berlin 11-14/12 anyway. > Would it be useful for me? > Netta > > On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 2:23 PM, Jong, J. de wrote: > >> Sorry for the previous message - this is the announcement -- >> Jan de Jong >> >> *Announcement:** Windows on Inflection, University of Amsterdam* >> >> Date: Monday, December 15th - Tuesday, December 16th, 2008 >> Place: PC Hoofthuis, Spuistraat 138, Amsterdam, Room 104 >> >> The Amsterdam Center for Language and Communication (ACLC) will host a >> workshop on different aspects of inflection. During the workshop, inflection >> will be addressed from a variety of research angles: first and second >> language acquisition, specific language impairment, language processing, >> language change and micro-variation. The purpose of the workshop is to show >> how different research perspectives shed light on the same questions. >> >> The background of this workshop is the finalization of two projects: >> 'Variation in Inflection' (Variflex) and 'Disentangling Bilingualism and >> SLI' (BISLI) and the beginning of a new crosslinguistic project on bilingual >> SLI and processing. For additional information on these projects, visit: >> http://home.hum.uva.nl/variflex / >> >> *List of speakers:* >> Suzanne Aalberse, University of Amsterdam >> Anne Baker, University of Amsterdam >> Josef Bayer, Universit?t Konstanz >> Elma Blom, University of Alberta / University of Amsterdam >> Vicky Chondrogianni, University of Reading >> Harald Clahsen, University of Essex >> Leonie Cornips, Meertens Instituut >> Eric Fu?, Universit?t Frankfurt >> Aafke Hulk, University of Amsterdam >> Jan de Jong, University of Amsterdam >> Michiel van Lambalgen, University of Amsterdam >> Alies Maclean, University of Amsterdam / Meertens Instituut >> Theo Marinis, University of Reading >> Antje Orgassa, University of Amsterdam >> Johanne Paradis, University of Alberta >> Monika Rothweiler, Universit?t Hamburg >> Petra Schulz, Universit?t Frankfurt >> Antonella Sorace, University of Edinburgh >> Sharon Unsworth, Utrecht University / Meertens Instituut >> Nada Vasic, University of Amsterdam >> Fred Weerman, University of Amsterdam >> >> *Participation fee* : 100 euro including dinner on Monday night. >> >> 50 Euro (no dinner included) >> Payment in cash at conference site. >> >> *Please register* by sending an e-mail to : windowsoninflection at yahoo.com< >> mailto:windowsoninflection at yahoo.com >. >> A full program will be made available soon on the ACLC website (< >> http://www.hum.uva.nl/aclc/>, under 'Events'). The organizing committee : >> Suzanne Aalberse, Anne Baker, Jan Don, Jan de Jong, Fred Weerman and Hedde >> Zeijlstra. Contact: windowsoninflection at yahoo.com < >> mailto:windowsoninflection at yahoo.com >. >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Two questions which I'm hoping you can give me feedback on: 1) Who has used this task other than Heather? I know of a few papers, e.g., some work by Harald Clahsen and Dorothy Bishop, but my guess is there is more out there than I'm aware of (Heather wasn't sure either who might have used the task till now). 2) Any thoughts on the task? Of course it has its advantages and disadvantages, like any task... I'd appreciate any opinions on it. All my best, Michael --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From roeper at linguist.umass.edu Tue Sep 23 13:34:05 2008 From: roeper at linguist.umass.edu (Tom Roeper) Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2008 09:34:05 -0400 Subject: TAPS In-Reply-To: <6.2.5.6.2.20080923083930.05fedf90@georgetown.edu> Message-ID: We have extensive examples of passive that look at implied agents, resultivity, and other features that have been tested on 1000 children in the DELV test from Harcourt (now Pearson). These subtle aspects of the passive are crucial to understanding whether children know the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement. I would be glad to give you further connections and information. YOu might consult the DELV website for more information too. Tom Roeper On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Michael Ullman wrote: > > > Hi, > > We are considering giving TAPS-R (Test of Active and Passive > Sentences-Revised), > designed by Heather van der Lely, to some of the developmental disorder > groups we study, in addition to giving them our own set of language > and memory tasks. > > Two questions which I'm hoping you can give me feedback on: > > 1) Who has used this task other than Heather? I know of > a few papers, e.g., some work by Harald Clahsen and Dorothy Bishop, > but my guess is there is more out there than I'm aware of > (Heather wasn't sure either who might have used the task till now). > > 2) Any thoughts on the task? Of course it has its advantages and > disadvantages, like any task... I'd appreciate any opinions on it. > > All my best, > > Michael > > > > > -- Tom Roeper Dept of Lingiustics UMass South College Amherst, Mass. 01003 ISA 413 256 0390 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From nick.riches at googlemail.com Wed Sep 24 10:22:26 2008 From: nick.riches at googlemail.com (Nick Riches) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 03:22:26 -0700 Subject: TAPS In-Reply-To: <41e87b220809230634m1a83fab2m61c872a824792c4a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Hi I'm also interested in a test of passive use. I've had a trawl through the information on Harcourt about the DELV, but while there is a lot of information about overall aims and standardisation, there is little information on how the test actually functions. I presume it's a forced-choice comprehension task, just like the TAPS-R? Could you possibly let us know how it differs from the TAPS-R (which also tests the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement)? It sounds as if the DELV manipulates the semantic properties of the verb, e.g. resultivity, which sounds like an extremely interesting development. Perhaps you could provide a link to a resource which provides more details about the test? Many thanks Nick Riches University of Reading, UK. On Sep 23, 2:34?pm, "Tom Roeper" wrote: > We have extensive examples of passive that look at implied agents, > resultivity, > and other features that have been tested on 1000 children in the DELV test > from Harcourt (now Pearson). > ? ? These subtle aspects of the passive are crucial to understanding whether > children know the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement. > ? ?I would be glad to give you further connections and information. ?YOu > might > consult the DELV website for more information too. > > Tom Roeper > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Michael Ullman wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > We are considering giving TAPS-R (Test of Active and Passive > > Sentences-Revised), > > designed by Heather van der Lely, to some of the developmental disorder > > groups we study, in addition to giving them our own set of language > > and memory tasks. > > > Two questions which I'm hoping you can give me feedback on: > > > 1) Who has used this task other than Heather? I know of > > a few papers, e.g., some work by Harald Clahsen and Dorothy Bishop, > > but my guess is there is more out there than I'm aware of > > (Heather wasn't sure either who might have used the task till now). > > > 2) Any thoughts on the task? Of course it has its advantages and > > disadvantages, like any task... I'd appreciate any opinions on it. > > > All my best, > > > Michael > > -- > Tom Roeper > Dept of Lingiustics > UMass South College > Amherst, Mass. 01003 ISA > 413 256 0390 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From Florence.Chenu at univ-lyon2.fr Wed Sep 24 12:05:27 2008 From: Florence.Chenu at univ-lyon2.fr (Florence Chenu) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:05:27 +0200 Subject: HELP for authorizations in taking recordings In-Reply-To: <6179654a-93a5-4087-b75d-cd68d85b3cf7@m73g2000hsh.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: Dear Adriano, We have been working in France in primary schools and "colleges". To my experience, you need to get the authorization from the "acad?mie" and from the parents. I can send you the consent form we used for parents and help you write yours. Florence. Florence CHENU Laboratoire Dynamique Du Langage Institut des Sciences de l'Homme 14 avenue Berthelot F-69363 LYON Cedex 07 -----Message d'origine----- De?: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info-childes at googlegroups.com] De la part de Adriano Fazzari Envoy??: mercredi 24 septembre 2008 13:51 ??: Info-CHILDES Objet?: HELP for authorizations in taking recordings Actually I'm in Paris. I'm going to work with some terminal classes in two "lyc?es" of Paris (L2 Italian) and I would collect some recordings of their lessons. How could I do to ask authorizations to their parents? I don't know how they actually do in France. Maintenat je suis ? Paris. Je vais travailler avec des classes terminales dans deux lyc?es parisiens (ils ?tudient italien comme langue seconde, LV1) et je voudrais enregistrer leurs le?ons. Comment devrais-je faire pour demander des autorisations ? leur parents? Je ne connais pas la proc?dure fran?aise. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From adriano.fazzari at gmail.com Wed Sep 24 11:51:07 2008 From: adriano.fazzari at gmail.com (Adriano Fazzari) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 04:51:07 -0700 Subject: HELP for authorizations in taking recordings Message-ID: Actually I'm in Paris. I'm going to work with some terminal classes in two "lyc?es" of Paris (L2 Italian) and I would collect some recordings of their lessons. How could I do to ask authorizations to their parents? I don't know how they actually do in France. Maintenat je suis ? Paris. Je vais travailler avec des classes terminales dans deux lyc?es parisiens (ils ?tudient italien comme langue seconde, LV1) et je voudrais enregistrer leurs le?ons. Comment devrais-je faire pour demander des autorisations ? leur parents? Je ne connais pas la proc?dure fran?aise. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From nick.riches at googlemail.com Wed Sep 24 13:23:03 2008 From: nick.riches at googlemail.com (Nick Riches) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 06:23:03 -0700 Subject: TAPS In-Reply-To: <2821e60f-7b0f-4853-a667-fa956b3eca1d@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: A colleague at work is using the test, so I can have a look at it. Thanks Nick Riches On Sep 24, 11:22?am, Nick Riches wrote: > Hi > > I'm also interested in a test of passive use. I've had a trawl through > the information on Harcourt about the DELV, but while there is a lot > of information about overall aims and standardisation, there is little > information on how the test actually functions. I presume it's a > forced-choice comprehension task, just like the TAPS-R? Could you > possibly let us know how it differs from the TAPS-R (which also tests > the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement)? It > sounds as if the DELV manipulates the semantic properties of the verb, > e.g. resultivity, which sounds like an extremely interesting > development. Perhaps you could provide a link to a resource which > provides more details about the test? > > Many thanks > > Nick Riches > > University of Reading, UK. > > On Sep 23, 2:34?pm, "Tom Roeper" wrote: > > > We have extensive examples of passive that look at implied agents, > > resultivity, > > and other features that have been tested on 1000 children in the DELV test > > from Harcourt (now Pearson). > > ? ? These subtle aspects of the passive are crucial to understanding whether > > children know the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement. > > ? ?I would be glad to give you further connections and information. ?YOu > > might > > consult the DELV website for more information too. > > > Tom Roeper > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Michael Ullman wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > We are considering giving TAPS-R (Test of Active and Passive > > > Sentences-Revised), > > > designed by Heather van der Lely, to some of the developmental disorder > > > groups we study, in addition to giving them our own set of language > > > and memory tasks. > > > > Two questions which I'm hoping you can give me feedback on: > > > > 1) Who has used this task other than Heather? I know of > > > a few papers, e.g., some work by Harald Clahsen and Dorothy Bishop, > > > but my guess is there is more out there than I'm aware of > > > (Heather wasn't sure either who might have used the task till now). > > > > 2) Any thoughts on the task? Of course it has its advantages and > > > disadvantages, like any task... I'd appreciate any opinions on it. > > > > All my best, > > > > Michael > > > -- > > Tom Roeper > > Dept of Lingiustics > > UMass South College > > Amherst, Mass. 01003 ISA > > 413 256 0390 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. To post to this group, send email to info-childes at googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to info-childes+unsubscribe at googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/info-childes?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- From roeper at linguist.umass.edu Wed Sep 24 13:29:21 2008 From: roeper at linguist.umass.edu (Tom Roeper) Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:29:21 -0400 Subject: TAPS In-Reply-To: <2821e60f-7b0f-4853-a667-fa956b3eca1d@l64g2000hse.googlegroups.com> Message-ID: This has a more extensive description---as well there is a paper in BU 2003 roughly by Barbara Pearson which has more details. You might also write her, she has control of all of the DELV materials and results "Barbara Pearson" , Let me know if you find this useful. It is being pursued in a wide variety of other languages through the COST project. Tom On Wed, Sep 24, 2008 at 6:22 AM, Nick Riches wrote: > > Hi > > I'm also interested in a test of passive use. I've had a trawl through > the information on Harcourt about the DELV, but while there is a lot > of information about overall aims and standardisation, there is little > information on how the test actually functions. I presume it's a > forced-choice comprehension task, just like the TAPS-R? Could you > possibly let us know how it differs from the TAPS-R (which also tests > the difference between adjectival analysis and real movement)? It > sounds as if the DELV manipulates the semantic properties of the verb, > e.g. resultivity, which sounds like an extremely interesting > development. Perhaps you could provide a link to a resource which > provides more details about the test? > > Many thanks > > Nick Riches > > University of Reading, UK. > > On Sep 23, 2:34 pm, "Tom Roeper" wrote: > > We have extensive examples of passive that look at implied agents, > > resultivity, > > and other features that have been tested on 1000 children in the DELV > test > > from Harcourt (now Pearson). > > These subtle aspects of the passive are crucial to understanding > whether > > children know the difference between adjectival analysis and real > movement. > > I would be glad to give you further connections and information. YOu > > might > > consult the DELV website for more information too. > > > > Tom Roeper > > > > On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:52 AM, Michael Ullman >wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > We are considering giving TAPS-R (Test of Active and Passive > > > Sentences-Revised), > > > designed by Heather van der Lely, to some of the developmental disorder > > > groups we study, in addition to giving them our own set of language > > > and memory tasks. > > > > > Two questions which I'm hoping you can give me feedback on: > > > > > 1) Who has used this task other than Heather? I know of > > > a few papers, e.g., some work by Harald Clahsen and Dorothy Bishop, > > > but my guess is there is more out there than I'm aware of > > > (Heather wasn't sure either who might have used the task till now). > > > > > 2) Any thoughts on the task? Of course it has its advantages and > > > disadvantages, like any task... 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