From pul8 at psu.edu Wed Sep 1 19:17:38 2010 From: pul8 at psu.edu (Ping Li) Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 15:17:38 -0400 Subject: Call for Submission: Computational Modeling of Bilingualism Message-ID: Call for Submission: ‘Computational Modeling of Bilingualism’ A Special Issue in Bilingualism: Language and Cognition While a number of computational models have previously been applied to the study of bilingualism, the interaction between modelers and bilingual researchers has been limited, and progress has been slow compared with advances in the computational modeling of monolingual representation and acquisition. At the same time, however, researchers have noted the importance of computational models in identifying mechanisms underlying bilingual language representation and processing (Dijkstra & van Heuven, 2002; Roelofs & Verhoef, 2006; Thomas & van Heuven, 2005) and in capturing developmental patterns across the lifespan of the bilingual learner (French & Jacquet, 2004; Hernandez, Li, & MacWhinney, 2005; Li & Farkas, 2002; Zhao & Li, 2010). In this Special Issue for Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilingualism:_Language_and_Cognition), we propose to integrate research findings from recent computational studies of bilingualism, including but not limited to models of simultaneous and sequential L1-L2 acquisition, bilingual language competition and interaction, bilingual speech production, and L1-L2 language attrition and relearning. Models that rely on different computational architectures and algorithms are welcome. Please submit a one-page abstract (~200 words) of your proposed manuscript to Ping Li via email (pul8 at psu.edu) by October 31, 2010. Abstracts will be reviewed with regard to their fit to the aims and scope of both the journal and the Special Issue. Authors will be notified of the decisions on their abstracts by Dec. 31, 2010. Full-article submissions will be invited and will undergo the journal’s regular review process in 2011. ----------------------------------------------- Ping Li, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, Information Sciences & Technology Director, University Park Graduate Program in Neuroscience Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802, USA Email: pul8 at psu.edu http://cogsci.psu.edu ----------------------------------------------- -- 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 tmintz at usc.edu Fri Sep 3 17:57:24 2010 From: tmintz at usc.edu (Toby Mintz) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:57:24 -0700 Subject: Position in Developmental Psychology at the University of Southern California Message-ID: The University of Southern California Department of Psychology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in Developmental Psychology. The appointment will be at the Assistant Professor level, to begin in fall, 2011. Among the areas of interest are early cognitive development (with a particular interest in social cognition, language and neuroimaging approaches), developmental psychopathology (focusing on any age level from early childhood to adolescence) and multivariate approaches to socially significant problems (e.g., educational achievement, child and adolescent health). All applicants should provide a CV, a statement of teaching experience and interests, a statement of research interests, representative scholarly papers, and three letters of reference. Screening of applicants will begin October 15, 2010, and continue until the position is filled. USC strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment. Women and men, and members of all racial and ethnic groups are encouraged to apply. Apply by e- mail to devpsyc at college.usc.edu or to Chair, Developmental Search, Psychology Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061. -- 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 Tue Sep 7 18:57:35 2010 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:57:35 -0400 Subject: posting for Eve Clark Message-ID: Dear all: I am looking for recommendations for inclusion in a Bibliography for First Language Acquisition -- -- (a) textbooks on first language acquisition, at different levels – (b) specialized monographs/texts on specific aspects of FLA (your favorites) Many thanks, Eve Clark Eve V. Clark R. W. Lyman Professor & Professor of Linguistics Stanford University -- 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 cristina.mckean at newcastle.ac.uk Fri Sep 10 14:16:39 2010 From: cristina.mckean at newcastle.ac.uk (Cristina McKean) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:16:39 +0100 Subject: First call for papers for the next Child Language Seminar June 2011 Message-ID: First call for papers for the next Child Language Seminar CLS 2011 will be held at Newcastle University, 13th & 14th June 2011 (with registration and wine reception on the evening of the 12th of June). The Child Language Seminar (CLS) is an interdisciplinary conference with a long tradition which attracts a diverse international audience of, among others, psychologists, linguists and speech and language therapists, and provides a forum for research on language acquisition in all its diversity. Proposals for papers and posters are invited relating to all aspects of child language acquisition and disorders. Those which speak to the four key themes of the conference are particularly welcome. CLS 2011 will focus on four key themes in the field of child language research * Child Language and Literacy * Children with Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) * Capturing change in child language * Bilingual and cross-linguistic perspectives on child language Keynote speakers: We are very pleased to announce that our confirmed keynote speakers are: * Professor Maggie Snowling (University of York) * Professor James Law (Newcastle University) * Professor Sheena Reilly (University of Melbourne) * Professor Elizabeth Pena (University of Texas) More details to follow soon (Our webpage is in development and further calls and links to the webpage will be circulated in due course) Call for papers: Proposals are invited for papers and posters related to all aspects of child language acquisition and disorders. Proposals will be considered on children's first or subsequent language development (e.g., grammar, phonology, lexicon, pragmatics, discourse, literacy, bilingualism, sign language, psycholinguistic processing) or on any aspect relating to children with language difficulties (e.g., description, assessment, remediation). The CLS is a peer-reviewed research conference and all proposals will be reviewed anonymously by members of the organising committee. Presentation format Proposals should indicate whether an oral presentation or poster is preferred. The programme committee views both formats as having equal value but reserves the right to switch formats to suit the programme. Presenters will be notified about the final format of their presentation at the time their proposal is accepted. Proposal format Proposals must be written in English and include the following: Cover Page: Title of presentation Authors' names and affiliations Name, address, telephone number and email address of contact person Preferred presentation format (oral presentation or poster) Abstract: Title of presentation Summary of research undertaken (300 words maximum, single spaced) Do not include authors' names Submitting proposals: Proposals must be composed in either MS Word or RTF format with paper size set to A4 and submitted as an attachment to an email (not as part of the mail body of the email) to: cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk Key dates: Submission of abstracts: 1st January 2011 Notification of acceptance/rejection: 1st February 2011 Registration open: 1st February 2011 Programme published on website: 1 April 2011 Early registration deadline (reduced fee): 15th April 2011 Registration and wine reception: 12th June CLS meeting: 13th-14th June 2010, with conference dinner 13th June Registration: Exact costings have not been finalised and will be published as soon as possible on the conference website. We will offer an early registration discount and a discount for students. As a guide, fees will not differ significantly from those for CLS 2010. Venue: The CLS 2011 will be hosted by Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, one of the UK's leading universities. Newcastle is a research - intensive university, with a reputation for teaching and learning of the highest quality and for its role in the economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University is one of the leading teaching and research units in the UK devoted to the study of normal communicative processes and communication disorders in children and adults. The core aims of Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle is to deliver high quality teaching, and excellent research and to work collaboratively with the profession to impact on practice. These activities contribute to our high standing within health and education both nationally and internationally. Newcastle was the first university in the UK to award a degree in Speech and Language Therapy (1967), recently celebrated 50 years of Speech and Language Therapy Training and continues to be one of the UK's leading SLT training programmes. Our research involves the study of normal and impaired human communication processes, assessment and intervention for individuals with communication disorders, and sociolinguistics, the RAE 2008 can be found here. Many staff are members of larger collaborative research groups within the university, including the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences and the Institute of Health and Society. We also collaborate with researchers throughout the UK and abroad (Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand). Newcastle: Newcastle upon Tyne was voted England's favourite city break destination by readers of the Guardian and Observer for four consecutive years and has been voted the UK's best University City 2010 by MSN travel. Located in the North East of England, the city is easily accessible by rail (1½ hours from Edinburgh, 3 hours from London) and air (direct flights to over 25 destinations and excellent connections though London and Amsterdam). Known for the friendly welcome visitors receive, the city has impressive Georgian architecture, inspiring cultural venues and is within easy reach of the beautiful Northumbrian coastline, Hadrian's Wall, the Scottish Borders and stunning Durham city and cathedral. Accommodation: We are asking delegates to kindly book their own conference accommodation. There are many excellent places to stay within the city and good public transport links to and from the university. More details of specific accommodation and transport arrangements will be available soon on the conference website. Further details will be circulated in due course and the conference website launched in the near future. If you have any queries please contact Cristina McKean cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk We look forward to welcoming you to the CLS in 2011 Cristina McKean, Helen Stringer, James Law Co-chairs CLS 2011 organising committee Dr Cristina McKean | Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology |(Developmental Speech and Language Disorders) | Speech and Language Sciences Section |School of Education Communication and Language Sciences |Room 2.18a |King George VI Building |Newcastle University | Queen Victoria Rd |NE1 7RU | 0191 222 6528 CPD for SLTs & Allied Professionals: Accredited, advanced modules in Professional Practice www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/sltcpd For information about the MSc in Evidence Based Practice in Communication Disorders go to http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/ebpcd -- 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. 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Joseph Mwansa PhD student University of Leeds School of Modern Languages and Cultures -- 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 k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk Mon Sep 13 20:49:23 2010 From: k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk (Alcock, Katie) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:49:23 +0100 Subject: Calculating MLU with CLAN Message-ID: Dear Joseph Brian Macwhinney was working with me quite some time ago on a MOR system for Kiswahili but we only made a few steps into nouns. It's a huge job, probably a PhD in itself. Some researchers think MLU in words is fine though. I am not far from Leeds, in Lancaster - we should meet up. We have regular child language reading groups, mainly in Manchester. I'll make sure you're invited. Who's your supervisor in Leeds? Katie Alcock -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Mwansa Sent: 13 September 2010 20:18 To: info-childes at googlegroups.com Subject: Calculating MLU with CLAN Dear All, I am a PhD student researching the acquisition of object markers in Bemba, a Bantu language widely spoken in Zambia. I would like to calculate MLU of the children I am studying but have realized that using words as units of measurement is not an accurate way of finding the MLU in an agglutinating language like Bemba. I would appreciate learning from those who have faced a similar problem and how they solved it using CLAN. Thank you. Joseph Mwansa PhD student University of Leeds School of Modern Languages and Cultures -- 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. -- 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 k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk Mon Sep 13 21:48:40 2010 From: k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk (Alcock, Katie) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:48:40 +0100 Subject: Calculating MLU with CLAN In-Reply-To: <30dc01cb5385$66bb5496$06125894@lancs.local> Message-ID: I accidentally sent that to the list, sorry about that! But I don't think there was anything that I didn't want anyone else to read, perhaps someone else can provide a reference for MLU in words or argue the pros and cons - I'm sure someone else will weigh in! Katie > -----Original Message----- > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info- > childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alcock, Katie > Sent: 13 September 2010 21:49 > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Calculating MLU with CLAN > > Dear Joseph > Brian Macwhinney was working with me quite some time ago on a MOR > system for Kiswahili but we only made a few steps into nouns. It's a > huge job, probably a PhD in itself. > > Some researchers think MLU in words is fine though. I am not far from > Leeds, in Lancaster - we should meet up. We have regular child language > reading groups, mainly in Manchester. I'll make sure you're invited. > > Who's your supervisor in Leeds? > > Katie Alcock > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Mwansa > Sent: 13 September 2010 20:18 > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Subject: Calculating MLU with CLAN > > Dear All, > I am a PhD student researching the acquisition of object markers in > Bemba, a > Bantu language widely spoken in Zambia. I would like to calculate MLU > of > the children I am studying but have realized that using words as units > of > measurement is not an accurate way of finding the MLU in an > agglutinating > language like Bemba. I would appreciate learning from those who have > faced a > similar problem and how they solved it using CLAN. > Thank you. > Joseph Mwansa > PhD student > University of Leeds > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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 mwenya.mwansa at gmail.com Mon Sep 13 22:35:20 2010 From: mwenya.mwansa at gmail.com (Joseph Mwansa) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:35:20 +0100 Subject: Calculating MLU with CLAN In-Reply-To: <30dc01cb5385$66bb5496$06125894@lancs.local> Message-ID: Dear Katie, This would be wonderful. I would certainly like to attend these meetings of yours. Thanks. Best, Joseph On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Alcock, Katie wrote: > Dear Joseph > Brian Macwhinney was working with me quite some time ago on a MOR system > for Kiswahili but we only made a few steps into nouns. It's a huge job, > probably a PhD in itself. > > Some researchers think MLU in words is fine though. I am not far from > Leeds, in Lancaster - we should meet up. We have regular child language > reading groups, mainly in Manchester. I'll make sure you're invited. > > Who's your supervisor in Leeds? > > Katie Alcock > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Mwansa > Sent: 13 September 2010 20:18 > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Subject: Calculating MLU with CLAN > > Dear All, > I am a PhD student researching the acquisition of object markers in Bemba, > a > Bantu language widely spoken in Zambia. I would like to calculate MLU of > the children I am studying but have realized that using words as units of > measurement is not an accurate way of finding the MLU in an agglutinating > language like Bemba. I would appreciate learning from those who have faced > a > similar problem and how they solved it using CLAN. > Thank you. > Joseph Mwansa > PhD student > University of Leeds > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > > -- 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 grupolcvl at gmail.com Tue Sep 14 10:38:36 2010 From: grupolcvl at gmail.com (grupolcvl) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:38:36 -0700 Subject: Syntactic measures Message-ID: Apart from MLU and megrasp, does someone know any measure for syntactic complexity to work with a Spanish corpus? Thank you. -- 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 slornat at psi.ucm.es Tue Sep 14 12:13:21 2010 From: slornat at psi.ucm.es (Susana Lopez Ornat) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:13:21 +0200 Subject: Syntactic measures Message-ID: There is a very classic and, I think, reliable measure devised for use in longitudinal data over 24 or 30 months of age, by Gerardo Aguado G.Aguado (1988) Valoración de la competencia morfosintáctica en el niño de dos años y medio. Infancia y Aprendizaje 43, 73-93. G.Aguado (1995) El desarrollo del lenguaje de 0 a 3 años. Madrid Cepe. Dra.Susana López Ornat www.ucm.es/info/equial Dpto. Psicología Básica II Facultad de Psicología Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid 28223 ----- Original Message ----- From: "grupolcvl" To: "Info-CHILDES" Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:38 PM Subject: Syntactic measures > Apart from MLU and megrasp, does someone know any measure for > syntactic complexity to work with a Spanish corpus? Thank you. > > -- > 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. > -- 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 gmail.com Tue Sep 14 15:41:42 2010 From: nick.riches at gmail.com (Nick Riches) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:41:42 -0700 Subject: First call for papers, Child Language Seminar 2011 Message-ID: First call for papers for the next Child Language Seminar CLS 2011 will be held at Newcastle University, 13th & 14th June 2011 (with registration and wine reception on the evening of the 12th of June). The Child Language Seminar (CLS) is an interdisciplinary conference with a long tradition which attracts a diverse international audience of, among others, psychologists, linguists and speech and language therapists, and provides a forum for research on language acquisition in all its diversity. Proposals for papers and posters are invited relating to all aspects of child language acquisition and disorders. Those which speak to the four key themes of the conference are particularly welcome. CLS 2011 will focus on four key themes in the field of child language research • Child Language and Literacy • Children with Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) • Capturing change in child language • Bilingual and cross-linguistic perspectives on child language Keynote speakers: We are very pleased to announce that our confirmed keynote speakers are: • Professor Maggie Snowling (University of York) • Professor James Law (Newcastle University) • Professor Sheena Reilly (University of Melbourne) • Professor Elizabeth Pena (University of Texas) More details to follow soon (Our webpage is in development and further calls and links to the webpage will be circulated in due course) - Call for papers: Proposals are invited for papers and posters related to all aspects of child language acquisition and disorders. Proposals will be considered on children’s first or subsequent language development (e.g., grammar, phonology, lexicon, pragmatics, discourse, literacy, bilingualism, sign language, psycholinguistic processing) or on any aspect relating to children with language difficulties (e.g., description, assessment, remediation). The CLS is a peer-reviewed research conference and all proposals will be reviewed anonymously by members of the organising committee. - Presentation format Proposals should indicate whether an oral presentation or poster is preferred. The programme committee views both formats as having equal value but reserves the right to switch formats to suit the programme. Presenters will be notified about the final format of their presentation at the time their proposal is accepted. - Proposal format Proposals must be written in English and include the following: Cover Page: Title of presentation Authors’ names and affiliations Name, address, telephone number and email address of contact person Preferred presentation format (oral presentation or poster) Abstract: Title of presentation Summary of research undertaken (300 words maximum, single spaced) Do not include authors’ names - Submitting proposals: Proposals must be composed in either MS Word or RTF format with paper size set to A4 and submitted as an attachment to an email (not as part of the mail body of the email) to: cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk - Key dates: Submission of abstracts: 1st January 2011 Notification of acceptance/rejection: 1st February 2011 Registration open: 1st February 2011 Programme published on website: 1 April 2011 Early registration deadline (reduced fee): 15th April 2011 Registration and wine reception: 12th June CLS meeting: 13th-14th June 2010, with conference dinner 13th June - Registration: Exact costings have not been finalised and will be published as soon as possible on the conference website. We will offer an early registration discount and a discount for students. As a guide, fees will not differ significantly from those for CLS 2010. - Venue: The CLS 2011 will be hosted by Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, one of the UK's leading universities. Newcastle is a research - intensive university, with a reputation for teaching and learning of the highest quality and for its role in the economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University is one of the leading teaching and research units in the UK devoted to the study of normal communicative processes and communication disorders in children and adults. The core aims of Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle is to deliver high quality teaching, and excellent research and to work collaboratively with the profession to impact on practice. These activities contribute to our high standing within health and education both nationally and internationally. Newcastle was the first university in the UK to award a degree in Speech and Language Therapy (1967), recently celebrated 50 years of Speech and Language Therapy Training and continues to be one of the UK’s leading SLT training programmes. Our research involves the study of normal and impaired human communication processes, assessment and intervention for individuals with communication disorders, and sociolinguistics, the RAE 2008 can be found here. Many staff are members of larger collaborative research groups within the university, including the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences and the Institute of Health and Society. We also collaborate with researchers throughout the UK and abroad (Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand). - Newcastle: Newcastle upon Tyne was voted England's favourite city break destination by readers of the Guardian and Observer for four consecutive years and has been voted the UK’s best University City 2010 by MSN travel. Located in the North East of England, the city is easily accessible by rail (1½ hours from Edinburgh, 3 hours from London) and air (direct flights to over 25 destinations and excellent connections though London and Amsterdam). Known for the friendly welcome visitors receive, the city has impressive Georgian architecture, inspiring cultural venues and is within easy reach of the beautiful Northumbrian coastline, Hadrian's Wall, the Scottish Borders and stunning Durham city and cathedral. - Accommodation: We are asking delegates to kindly book their own conference accommodation. There are many excellent places to stay within the city and good public transport links to and from the university. More details of specific accommodation and transport arrangements will be available soon on the conference website. Further details will be circulated in due course and the conference website launched in the near future. If you have any queries please contact Cristina McKean cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk We look forward to welcoming you to the CLS in 2011 Cristina McKean, Helen Stringer, James Law Co-chairs CLS 2011 organising committee Dr Cristina McKean | Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology | (Developmental Speech and Language Disorders) | Speech and Language Sciences Section |School of Education Communication and Language Sciences |Room 2.18a |King George VI Building |Newcastle University | Queen Victoria Rd |NE1 7RU | 0191 222 6528 CPD for SLTs & Allied Professionals: Accredited, advanced modules in Professional Practice www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/sltcpd For information about the MSc in Evidence Based Practice in Communication Disorders go to http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/ebpcd -- 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 editor.iascl.clbulletin at gmail.com Wed Sep 15 05:42:01 2010 From: editor.iascl.clbulletin at gmail.com (IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:42:01 -0700 Subject: Call for Papers: Morphological Complexity: Implications for Psycholinguistics Message-ID: Apologies for multiple postings I'm forwarding this call for papers for Dunstan Brown from the University of Surrey. The call deadline is October 31. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for papers The Surrey Morphology Group and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics will host a one-day workshop entitled Morphological Complexity: Implications for Psycholinguistics, as part of a European Research Council project (grant number: ERC-2008-AdG-230268 MORPHOLOGY). The workshop will be held on 28 Jan (Friday), 2011, at the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen, with guest speakers Mirjam Ernestus (MPI Nijmegen and Radboud University) and Alice Harris (University of Massachussetts, Amherst). By the term morphological complexity, we understand the extra layer of structure that morphological systems may introduce in between meaning and its expression, such as inflection classes or stem alternations. This layer may operate at cross-purposes to functional distinctions, attaining in some languages an astonishing degree of complexity. Such phenomena are a key resource for understanding mental processes as they represent an unconscious and yet highly structured autonomous system. This is the second in a series of workshops exploring the implications that morphological complexity has for various branches of linguistics. The first, held in January 2010 at Harvard, addressed questions of general linguistic theory. The present workshop focuses on psycholinguistics : how does the mind cope with apparently gratuitous morphological elaboration? We invite proposals for 20 minute talks (plus a 10-minute question period) on the theme of morphological complexity and psycholinguistics. Anonymous abstracts should be no more than one page, and should be sent as an e-mail attachment (in PDF or Word) to morphological.complexity AT googlemail.com. The due date is October 31, 2010. In order to provide some background on the larger project, we have made the original project position paper available on the project website (http://www.morphology.surrey.ac.uk/). Any questions may be addressed to m.baerman AT surrey.ac.uk. -------------------------- Matthew Baerman, Greville G. Corbett and Dunstan Brown Surrey Morphology Group, University of Surrey -- 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 grupolcvl at gmail.com Wed Sep 15 07:48:44 2010 From: grupolcvl at gmail.com (grupolcvl) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:48:44 -0700 Subject: Syntactic measures In-Reply-To: <0DD03573AF6F47798AA8238D503DB077@equipo> Message-ID: Thank you. The problem is that we work with older children and youngsters. All of them have intelectual dissability. That´s why we have problems to find some suitable measure. If you can help us, we would be grateful. On 14 sep, 14:13, Susana Lopez Ornat wrote: > There is a very classic and, I think, reliable measure devised for use in > longitudinal data over 24 or 30 months of age, by Gerardo Aguado > >  G.Aguado (1988) Valoraci n de la competencia morfosint ctica en el ni o de > dos a os y medio. Infancia y Aprendizaje 43, 73-93. > > G.Aguado (1995) El desarrollo del lenguaje de 0 a 3 a os. Madrid > Cepe. > > Dra.Susana L pez Ornatwww.ucm.es/info/equial > Dpto. Psicolog a B sica II > Facultad de Psicolog a > Universidad Complutense de Madrid > Madrid 28223 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "grupolcvl" > To: "Info-CHILDES" > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:38 PM > Subject: Syntactic measures > > > Apart from MLU and megrasp, does someone know any measure for > > syntactic complexity to work with a Spanish corpus? Thank you. > > > -- > > 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.- Ocultar texto de la cita - > > - Mostrar texto de la cita - -- 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. 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From caroline.floccia at plymouth.ac.uk Wed Sep 15 12:31:18 2010 From: caroline.floccia at plymouth.ac.uk (Caroline Floccia) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:31:18 +0100 Subject: PhD position at the University of Plymouth Message-ID: Dear all, Please find enclosed an advert for a fully funded PhD position opening up at the University of Plymouth in January 2011. The project is to work on the role of consonants and vowels in speech and language processing. Please note that the usual UK research councils rules apply: only UK citizens or EU citizens who have been resident in the UK 3 years before the starting date are eligible (see the advert for more details). Thanks, Caroline -- Dr. Caroline Floccia Lecturer PSQ A213 School of Psychology University of Plymouth Drake Circus Devon PL4 8AA tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 -- 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. 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Competence in one or more of the following areas will be an advantage: second language acquisition, discourse analysis, bilingualism, language policy, and bilingual education. Candidates should send a CV (including a list of funded research if applicable), a statement of research and teaching interests, copies of 2 reprints or other written work, teaching evaluations (if available), and the names of three references. Hard copies of reference letters should be sent *directly* to the search committee. Send materials to: Search Committee, Hispanic Linguistics, Dept. of Linguistics, 2816 CL, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) 624 5900; Fax (412) 624 6130. E-mail inquiries should be directed to Professor Yasuhiro Shirai, Chair, at yshirai at pitt.edu. The web page for the department is http://www.linguistics.pitt.edu/*.* To ensure full consideration, complete applications should be received by December 1, 2010. Preliminary interviews will be held at the LSA meeting in Pittsburgh in January 2011. The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups under-represented in academia are especially encouraged to apply. Yasuhiro Shirai Professor and Chair Department of Linguistics 2801 Cathedral of Learning University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Tel: 412-624-5933 URL: http://www.linguistics.pitt.edu/people/faculty/shirai.htm -- 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 wulfeck at crl.ucsd.edu Wed Sep 22 22:32:40 2010 From: wulfeck at crl.ucsd.edu (Beverly Wulfeck) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:32:40 -0700 Subject: SDSU/UCSD Doctoral program 2011 Message-ID: DOCTORAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO JOINT DOCTORAL PROGRAM LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS Program Directors: Vic Ferreira (UCSD) and Beverly Wulfeck (SDSU) APPLICATION DEADLINE for FALL, 2011 ADMISSION: JANUARY 20, 2011 To obtain admission information and to download our application for Fall 2011 visit our website at: http://slhs.sdsu.edu/phdmain.php The doctoral program in Language and Communicative Disorders is designed to educate a new generation of scientists who are interested in applying research skills to the disorders. This interdisciplinary program provides training in typical (spoken and signed) and atypical language, and in the neural bases of language learning, use and loss. In Fall 2008, our program at SDSU moved into a new clinical, research and academic building with state-of-the-art Speech-Language and Audiology clinics, wonderful high-tech labs, and great new instructional facilities. These resources combined with the outstanding facilities at UCSD provide doctoral students with the best possible training environment. GOALS: 1. To provide doctoral training in the study of language and communicative behavior with an interdisciplinary focus that integrates state-of-the-art knowledge from the fields of communicative disorders, cognitive sciences, neurosciences, psychology and linguistics represented by the expertise of core faculty from SDSU and UCSD. 2. To prepare professionals, educated in the interface between behavioral and cognitive neuroscience methodologies, who will provide critical leadership in research and health services. 3. To prepare Ph.D.-level scientists in the field of language and communicative disorders to serve as faculty in university programs and scientists in a variety of settings to carry out much-needed research on the processes of language development, disorders, assessment and intervention. 4. To prepare researchers to carry out much-needed research in communicative behavior and disorders in bilingualism and multiculturalism. ASHA CLINICAL CERTIFICATION: Although this is a research Ph.D. program, doctoral students wishing to obtain academic preparation for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology may do so concurrently with their doctoral studies as our program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA). We also have a means for students wishing to complete their CFY while enrolled in our program. SUPPORT: Several different funding sources are used to support doctoral students including program scholarships, Graduate assistantships, in-state and out-of-state fee support and faculty grant support. For the past five years we have received funding through our NIH-NIDCD training grant “Neurocognitive Approaches to Communication Disorders” that provides up to two years of funding for trainees who have the appropriate interests and qualifications. The renewal application is currently under review. Contact Dr. Lew Shapiro (shapiro at mail.sdsu.edu) for more information regarding this training grant. ASHA CONVENTION 2010: Doctoral faculty will be attending ASHA in Philadelphia in November. Interested students planning on attending are invited to contact us and meet us at the Graduate Fair November 18-19. SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego, California 92182-1518 Telephone: (619) 594-6775 phdlancd at mail.sdsu.edu -- 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 meh at psych.uw.edu.pl Thu Sep 23 08:34:36 2010 From: meh at psych.uw.edu.pl (Ewa Haman) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:34:36 -0700 Subject: Seventh International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism Message-ID: Seventh International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism Warsaw 15-17 September 2011 Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw under the auspices of Professor Katarzyna Chałasińska-Macukow, Rector of the University of Warsaw Call for Papers The Seventh International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism will be held at the University of Warsaw, Poland, on 15-17 September 2011. We welcome original and previously unpublished papers on research on acquisition or use of three or more languages. The language of the conference is predominantly English, but shall also consider contributions in other languages. Abstracts for parallel session papers and symposia should be sent in English or in the language of presentation accompanied by an English translation. Individual papers will be assigned 30 minutes slots: 20 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for questions. Themed symposia have 2 hour slots (4 papers): proposers should include the chair's name, participants' names, titles and abstracts for the papers in their symposium after obtaining their agreement to participate. Topics include multilingualism in relation to:  acquisition of 3rd, 4th, 5th… languages;  multiple language acquisition in multilingual contexts;  psycholinguistics;  neurolinguistics;  speech processing in multilinguals;  affect (attitudes, emotions);  multilingual families;  mobility and migration of multilinguals;  multilingual majorities/minorities;  sociolinguistic studies of multilinguals in their communities;  multilingual cultures;  language policies;  educational language policies;  literacy in multiple languages (pluriliteracy);  multilingualism in educational settings;  standards, assessment and evaluation;  teacher training in multilingual contexts;  higher education;  education and immersion in multiple languages;  languages and globalization;  languages and economics;  translation, interpreting, and mediation. Seventh International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism Warsaw 15-17 September 2011 Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw under the auspices of Professor Katarzyna Chałasińska-Macukow, Rector of the University of Warsaw Keynote speakers Professor Britta Hufeisen (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany) Professor Hanna Komorowska (University of Warsaw, Poland) Dr Waldemar Martyniuk (European Centre for Modern Languages, Austria) Professor Terence Odlin (Ohio State University, USA) Scientific Committee Dr Larissa Aronin (Oranim Academic College, Israel) Professor Raphael Berthele (University of Fribourg, Germany) Professor Jasone Cenoz (University of the Basque Country, Spain) Professor Maria Dakowska (University of Warsaw, Poland) Dr Gessica De Angelis (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy) Professor Jean Marc Dewaele (University of London, Great Britain) Professor Suzanne Flynn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Professor Danuta Gabryś-Barker (University of Silesia, Poland) Professor Britta Hufeisen (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany) Professor Ulrike Jessner (University of Innsbruck, Austria) Dr Agnieszka Otwinowska-Kasztelanic (University of Warsaw, Poland) Organisers Professor Emma Harris, Head of the Institute of English Studies, UW (honorary chairperson) Professor Maria Dakowska (University of Warsaw) Professor Danuta Gabryś-Barker (University of Silesia) Dr Agnieszka Otwinowska-Kasztelanic (University of Warsaw) Dr Joanna Janecka (University of Warsaw) Katarzyna Kłosińska (University of Warsaw) Abstracts Please send your abstract (up to 300 words) through 31 January 2011 to L3conference at uw.edu.pl, providing your name and affiliation on the second page separately. Conference website www.angli.uw.edu.pl/L3 -- 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 Fri Sep 24 14:08:51 2010 From: Florence.Chenu at univ-lyon2.fr (Florence Chenu) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:08:51 +0200 Subject: [conference] 4th International conference of the French Cognitive Linguistics Association (AFLiCo IV; 24-27 May 2011; Lyon, France) Message-ID: AFLiCo IV Fourth International Conference of the French Cognitive Linguistics Association, Lyon, France, 24th-27th May 2011 (French version follows) CONFERENCE THEME of AFLiCo IV The theme of the 2011 conference is: 'Cognitive Linguistics and Typology: Language diversity, variation and change '. This conference aims to bring together linguists engaged in cognitively-oriented research with those working in a functional-typological framework on cross-linguistic variation and on language description. The emphasis will be on (1) language diversity of both spoken and signed languages; (2) inter- and intra-linguistic variation; (3) language change. The conference will bring together linguists working with various methodological approaches and using various kinds of spontaneous and elicited data, including spoken and written corpora, fieldwork data, and experimental data. Proposals are invited for workshops/thematic sessions, for general session papers, and for posters, on topics related to the theme, and on topics in Cognitive Linguistics generally. Papers that report empirically-grounded research on less-studied languages and on typologically, genetically and areally diverse languages will be particularly welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to: - methods and data in cognitive linguistics and in language typology and description - convergence and divergence between cognitive linguistics and functional-typological linguistics - studies from a cognitive and/or typological perspective in phonetics, phonology, morphosyntax, semantics and pragmatics - language variation within and across languages, both spoken and signed - language change from a cognitive and/or typological perspective - language acquisition - studies and advances in construction grammar - language and gesture in cross-linguistic perspective LANGUAGES OF THE CONFERENCE The languages of the conference are French and English. ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS Proposals are invited for 30-minute slots (20-minute presentation plus question time) in the general sessions and for posters (A1 size). WORKSHOPS, INCLUDING THEMATIC SESSIONS Proposals are invited for half-day or full-day workshops/thematic sessions. Each workshop proposal should contain the following information: - the names and contact details of two workshop organizers - the title of the proposed workshop - an overview of the topic and aims of the workshop (up to 2 pages) - an indication of the desired schedule (number of slots: 4, 6 or 10; half day or full day; number and nature of presentations, discussions, round tables, etc. that the workshop will comprise). Note that, within a workshop, each presentation, discussion or round table will occupy one 30-minute slot in parallel with one general session slot. - an abstract (consistent with the indications below under 'Submission procedure') for each proposed 30-minute presentation Workshop proposals will be refereed in the same way as general session and poster proposals. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Proposals should be submitted online following the instructions to be found at the following address: http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/colloques/AFLICO_IV/ Author information (name, affiliation, email address) will be required on the submission website. An author may submit a maximum of two abstracts, of which at least one must be co-authored. In the case of co-authored abstracts, the first-named author will be the contact person. Abstracts will be anonymously reviewed and notification of acceptance will be sent out from 25th February 2011. The anonymous abstracts must be in 12 point Times or Times New Roman font, formatted for A4 or US Letter size paper with margins of 2.5 cm or 1 inch. The maximum length for the text of the abstract is one page; a second page may be used only for figures, glossed examples and bibliographical references. Deadline for general session papers: 22nd December 2010 Deadline for workshops/thematic sessions: 18th December 2010 ******************************************************* ******************************************************* AFLiCo IV Quatrième Colloque International de l’Association Française de Linguistique Cognitive Lyon, France, 24-27 Mai 2011 THÈME DU COLLOQUE AFLiCo IV ‘Linguistique cognitive et typologie : diversité des langues, variation et changement’. L’objectif de ce colloque est de réunir des linguistes travaillant dans le domaine de la linguistique cognitive et/ou dans le domaine de la linguistique fonctionnelle-typologique sur la variation inter-linguistique et la description des langues. L’accent du colloque sera mis sur (1) la diversité des systèmes linguistiques aussi bien oraux que signés, (2) la variation qui s’opère sur les plans inter- et intra- linguistiques et (3) les changements des systèmes linguistiques. Dans cette perspective, le colloque rassemblera des chercheurs qui travaillent sur des terrains linguistiques variés, qui abordent leur objet d’étude dans une perspective synchronique et/ou diachronique et qui utilisent différentes méthodes et différents types de données telles que des données spontanées ou élicitées, y compris orales ou écrites, des données de terrain ou encore des données expérimentales. Nous attendons des propositions de sessions thématiques, des propositions de présentations orales de sessions générales et de posters sur des problématiques en lien avec le thème du colloque et dans le domaine de la linguistique cognitive en général. Les propositions portant sur des langues moins bien décrites et des langues qui varient du point de vue typologique, génétique et aréal seront particulièrement appréciées. Les thématiques incluent, mais ne se limitent pas aux suivantes : - méthodes et données en linguistique cognitive, typologie et description des langues ; - convergence et divergence entre linguistique cognitive et linguistique fonctionnelle-typologique ; - études menées dans une perspective cognitive et/ou typologique dans les domaines de la phonétique, phonologie, morphosyntaxe, sémantique et pragmatique ; - variation inter- et intra-linguistique dans les langues parlées et les langues signées ; - changements linguistiques dans une perspective cognitive et/ou typologique ; - acquisition du langage ; - recherches et avancées dans le domaine de la grammaire des constructions ; - langue et geste dans une perspective inter-linguistique. LANGUES OFFICIELLES DU COLLOQUE Les deux langues du colloque sont le français et l’anglais. COMMUNICATIONS ET POSTERS Nous invitons des propositions de communication aux sessions générales de 30 minutes (20 minutes de présentation et 10 minutes de questions) et des propositions de posters (format A1). ATELIERS ET SESSIONS THÉMATIQUES Nous accueillons des propositions d’une demi-journée ou d’une journée entière pour des ateliers et/ou sessions thématiques. Ces ateliers/sessions thématiques doivent être proposés par deux organisateurs. Chaque proposition doit inclure les informations suivantes : - les noms et les coordonnées des deux organisateurs - le titre de la session - une présentation du thème et des objectifs de la session (2 pages maximum) - une précision concernant le temps souhaité (nombre de créneaux horaires : 4, 6 ou 10 ; une journée ou une journée entière ; nombre et nature des présentations, discussions, tables rondes, etc.). - un résumé d’une page pour chaque présentation (une deuxième page peut être utilisée pour des figures, exemples glosés et références bibliographiques) Les propositions d’ateliers et/ou de sessions thématiques seront soumises à la même procédure d’évaluation que les propositions pour les sessions générales et les posters. La notification d’acceptation sera envoyée aux deux organisateurs à partir du 25 février 2011. SOUMISSION DES PROPOSITIONS Les propositions seront soumises en ligne suivant les instructions indiquées à l’adresse suivante : http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/colloques/AFLICO_IV/ Un auteur ne peut soumettre que deux propositions de communication dont une au moins devrait être en co-auteur. Les informations concernant l’auteur (nom, affiliation, adresse email) seront requises lors de la soumission en ligne mais les propositions seront évaluées de façon anonyme. Dans le cas des propositions en co-auteur le premier auteur sera la personne référente/contact. Les propositions seront examinées de façon anonyme par 2 membres experts du comité scientifique. La notification d’acceptation sera envoyée aux auteurs à partir du 25 février 2011. Les propositions ne devront pas dépasser une page. Une deuxième page peut être utilisée pour des figures, exemples glosés et références bibliographiques. Format des propositions : papier A4, marges 2,5 cm, police Times ou Times New Roman. 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URL: From Serratrice at manchester.ac.uk Sun Sep 26 19:23:30 2010 From: Serratrice at manchester.ac.uk (Ludovica Serratrice) Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2010 12:23:30 -0700 Subject: IASCL: Call for nominations for the Triennial Roger Brown Award Message-ID: Dear info-CHILDES members, The Officers and Executive Committee of IASCL (International Association for the Study of Child Language) have agreed to set up a triennial ‘Roger Brown Award’ to be presented at the Congress of the Association. The award is for outstanding contributions to the field of child language acquisition, particularly those that have advanced knowledge through methodological innovation (experimental or analytical) and/or those that have helped the research community to work together effectively. The award will consist of an engraved shield to be presented at the Triennial Congress by the President, and of the Congress fee. Additional travel/accommodation support to allow the recipient to attend the Congress will be considered if necessary, to be decided by the selection committee. Nominations should reach the President (Elena Lieven: lieven at eva.mpg.de) by no later than 9am, Central European Time, on Tuesday 2nd December, 2010. Nominations: (1) The reasons for the nomination should be stated in a paragraph of no more than 500 words, should be accompanied by the CV of the nominee and by the signatures of the nominators. (2) Nominations must be supported by at least 5 members of IASCL not more than one coming from the same institution as the nominee and not more than two from the same country. The decision will be taken by a 3-person selection committee consisting of the President and two people from the elected representatives to be chosen by the President. The three members of this committee must be from different countries and institutions. Elena Lieven President, IASCL -- 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 vincenttorrens at gmail.com Mon Sep 27 10:33:23 2010 From: vincenttorrens at gmail.com (torrens) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:33:23 -0700 Subject: conference on experimental psycholinguistics - call for papers Message-ID: NEW TRENDS ON EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLINGUISTICS Madrid 29th-30th September 2011 Plenary Speakers: Harald Clahsen (Essex University) Michael Ullman (Georgetown University) Call for papers We invite submissions on language processing, language acquisition or language disorders of phonetics, phonology, syllable structure, lexicon, morphosyntax or pragmatics using new experimental methods (eye tracking, reaction times, ERPs, fMRI, visual preference paradigm, genetics, neural networks) Deadline for submission: 1st april 2011 Acknowledgement of acceptance: 1st may 2011 Sonia Mariscal Vicenç Torrens Facultad de Psicología Facultad de Psicología U.N.E.D. U.N.E.D. C/ Juan del Rosal, 10 C/ Juan del Rosal, 10 40424 Madrid 40424 Madrid smariscal at psi.uned.es vtorrens at psi.uned.es http://www.linguistic-institute.info/experimental.htm -- 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 vincenttorrens at gmail.com Mon Sep 27 10:41:23 2010 From: vincenttorrens at gmail.com (torrens) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:41:23 -0700 Subject: conference on experimental psycholinguistics - call for papers Message-ID: NEW TRENDS ON EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLINGUISTICS Madrid 29th-30th September 2011 Plenary Speakers Harald Clahsen (Essex University) Michael Ullman (Georgetown University) Call for papers We invite submissions on language processing, language acquisition or language disorders of phonetics, phonology, syllable structure, lexicon, morphosyntax or pragmatics using new experimental methods (eye tracking, reaction times, ERPs, fMRI, visual preference paradigm, genetics, neural networks) Deadline for submission: 1st april 2011 Acknowledgement of acceptance: 1st may 2011 Sonia Mariscal Facultad de Psicología U.N.E.D. C/ Juan del Rosal, 10 40424 Madrid smariscal at psi.uned.es Vicenç Torrens Facultad de Psicología U.N.E.D. C/ Juan del Rosal, 10 40424 Madrid vtorrens at psi.uned.es http://www.linguistic-institute.info/experimental.htm -- 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 judithbryant at usf.edu Mon Sep 27 16:35:02 2010 From: judithbryant at usf.edu (Judith B. Bryant) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:35:02 -0400 Subject: upcoming NOVA with Jean Berko Gleason In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Please mark your calendars for an upcoming segment of NOVA's Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers on Oct 6. It will feature our own Jean Berko Gleason. See > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/secretlife/ Judy -- 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: judithbryant at 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 edy.veneziano at paris5.sorbonne.fr Tue Sep 28 20:53:00 2010 From: edy.veneziano at paris5.sorbonne.fr (edy veneziano) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:53:00 +0200 Subject: ComSym2011 New extended deadline CALL for Posters Message-ID: NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE: October 20th 2010 International Conference Autism ComSym 2011: Communicative and symbolic behaviors in children with autism: Functional specificities and conditions of appearance Paris, France, 4-5 February 2011 CALL FOR POSTERS Extended deadline: October 20th 2010 see : http://lewebpedagogique.com/comsym2011/ and below for further information on the conference Submissions of Posters Proposals are invited on any topic of this conference. The goal of these poster sessions is to provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to share their knowledge and experience. Presentations can thus cover experimental work, controlled observational studies as well as applied research (assessment of clinical/ educational interventions) from practitioners. Proposals from doctoral students are welcome. Language : French or English Abstract maximal length : 300 words The abstract will include an introduction presenting the aim of the study, the methodology used, the results and some elements of discussion. Submissions are anonymous. Name(s) and personal information (affiliation, address for correspondence and email) of author(s) should figure on a separate page. Submissions have to be sent to : AutismComSym2011 at psychologie.parisdescartes.fr Notification of acceptance will be sent no later than December 15th 2010. Registration of at least one of the communicating authors is necessary for the accepted poster to be inserted in the program International Conference Autism ComSym 2011 Children with autism are often characterized by their deficits. Thus, their poor communication, their lack of pretend play and/or imitation, their scarce understanding of others’ mental states, are considered as characteristic features of their pathology. Although, this remains generally true, facts are far from being so neat and clear-cut. Scientific observation of family videos and studies of children in supporting interactional contexts have shown that many children with autism do present some capacities in the above domains. And therapists working with them observe these capacities in their everyday practices. The aim of this conference is to provide a more precise understanding of the specificities of communicative and symbolic behaviors of children with autism, as well as to characterize under which conditions and how they occur, allowing to delineate their particular developmental profiles in comparison with that of typically developing children. Within this perspective, analyses that take into account the dynamics of interaction between partners will be emphasized. From a methodological standpoint, this conference will present a diversity of approaches (case studies, experimental studies, observation in controlled, semi-controlled or natural situations). Such diversity as well as the sharing of knowledge and experience between therapists and researchers, are expected to stimulate innovative research and intervention practices in the field. The conference will focus on the following topics: 1. The bases of communication: Emotion and sensorimotor behaviors 2. Indicators of implicit Theory of Mind 3. Symbolic abilities 4. Language and communication Speakers: Melissa Allen (Lancaster University, UK) Tony Charman (University of London, UK) Dorota Chadzynski (Centre d’Education, Paris) Laurent Danon Boileau (Université Paris Descartes - CNRS) Bruno Gepner (CH Montperrin, Aix-en-Provence, chercheur associé CNRS, Aix-Marseille) Peter Hobson (University College London, UK) Jessica Hobson (University College London, UK) Chris Jarrold (Bristol University, UK) Mary-Annick Morel (Université Paris 3) Peter C. Mundy (UC Davis M.I.N.D Institute, USA) Tom Muskett (University of Sheffield, UK) Jacqueline Nadel (Centre Emotion-CNRS - Paris) Marie-Hélène Plumet (Université Paris Descartes - INSERM) Patricia Prelock (University of Vermont, USA) Vasudevi Reddy (University of Portsmouth, UK) Helen Tager-Flusberg (Boston University, USA) Bernard Touati (Centre Alfred Binet, Paris) Edy Veneziano (Université Paris Descartes - CNRS) Scientific organization Laurent Danon-Boileau (Université Paris Descartes, CNRS UMR 7114, MoDyCo) Marie-Hélène Plumet (Université Paris Descartes – INSERM U663) Edy Veneziano (Université Paris Descartes, CNRS UMR 7114, MoDyCo) Registration fees before Nov 15, 2010 after Nov 15, 2010 Professionals, continued training 100€ 120 Academics 60€ 80 Students 35€ 50 Others 100€ 120 To register : Download the registration form IN THE WEBSITE OF THE CONFERENCE http://lewebpedagogique.com/comsym2011/ and send it to Mme Catherine Rumen AxentPro, 53 av Secrétan, 75019 PARIS, France For all information email: infocomsym2011 at orange.fr -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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URL: From cparisse at u-paris10.fr Wed Sep 29 16:12:38 2010 From: cparisse at u-paris10.fr (Christophe Parisse) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:12:38 +0200 Subject: Tools and Research based on Language Acquisition Corpora Message-ID: Conference announcement : call for participation Outils et Recherches pour les Corpus d’Acquisition du Langage Tools and Research based on Language Acquisition Corpora Version française (see English version below) Outils et Recherches pour les Corpus d’Acquisition du Langage 18-19 Novembre 2010, PARIS Centre CNRS Pouchet, 59 rue Pouchet, 75017 PARIS Contact : cparisse at u-paris10.fr Les corpus de langues orales ou signées sont aujourd’hui largement utilisés dans les recherches sur l’acquisition du langage. Cette évolution a nécessité de nouveaux outils, de nouvelles pratiques de recherche et de nouvelles théories qui ont amené des changements majeurs dans les recherches en linguistique et en acquisition du langage. Il est nécessaire de partager et diffuser auprès des chercheurs et des étudiants les résultats, les techniques et les transformations récentes qui résultent de cette évolution. En effet, ces produits viennent d’un effort collectif qu’il faut encourager et amplifier afin d’arriver à encore mieux créer, utiliser, partager, diffuser les données de corpus de langage spontané. C’est en utilisant mieux les outils et corpus récents que la recherche, nationale et internationale, pourra s’enrichir et prospérer. Pour cela, un workshop incluant des tutoriels et des présentations sur les outils et la recherche utilisant les corpus d’acquisition de langage sera organisé par le GDR « Langues, langage oral et cognition : acquisition et dysfonctionnements – nouvelles approches » et financé par le CNRS. Ce workshop est conçu pour : * présenter et introduire des outils utilisés fréquemment pour créer et éditer des corpus de langage oral (langues orales ou signées). Un tutoriel concernera les usages avancés des corpus ; * présenter et discuter les évolutions en matière d’outils pour corpus de langage oral ; * présenter et discuter l’intérêt et les apports des recherches utilisant des corpus de langage oral. Programme L’organisation de ces tutoriels (Jeudi 18 novembre) pourra évoluer en fonction du nombre de personnes intéressées. Pour cela, toute personne intéressée par ces tutoriels doit écrire à Christophe Parisse (cparisse at u-paris10.fr) pour se préinscrire. La journée du 19 novembre est ouverte à tous et à accès libre. Jeudi 18 novembre 2010 (Matin) Présentation et introduction aux logiciels CLAN et PHON ; transcription et utilisation pour la recherche. Les présentations se focaliseront sur les principes de base et fourniront des exemples de recherches effectivement menées avec ces outils. Elles seront organisées sous forme de tutoriels et seront ouvertes à des utilisateurs novices. 9h00 – 10h30: Stéphanie Caet (Prismes – Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3) CLAN pour les Néophytes : découvrir, comprendre et utiliser un nouvel outil de transcription et d’analyse des interactions 10h45 – 12h15: Naomi Yamaguchi (LPP – Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, SFL – CNRS-Paris 8) Transcription phonétique et analyse phonologique avec PHON. Jeudi 18 novembre 2010 (Après-Midi) Présentation et introduction au logiciel ELAN ; transcription et utilisation pour la recherche. Utilisation de corpus déjà existants : comment traiter ces corpus, comment réaliser des statistiques, comment réaliser une analyse syntaxique ou lexicale. 14h00 – 16h00: Simon Harrison & Vito Evola (Natural Media & Engineering, HumTec Center, RWTH Aachen University) Une introduction à ELAN pour l’analyse et la transcription de données multilingues (présentation en anglais) 16h15 – 17h45: Christophe Parisse (MoDyCo-INSERM, CNRS-Université Paris Ouest Nanterre) Utiliser, traiter et interroger des corpus existants Vendredi 19 novembre 2010 (Matin) Nouvelles tendances et évolutions dans les outils et les corpus de langage oral, annotation et traitement des corpus. Comment est-il possible d’utiliser efficacement des outils pour travailler sur l’acquisition du langage oral ? Quels avantages ces outils offrent-ils pour la recherche ? Quelles améliorations attendre en particulier dans le traitement de corpus multimédia et de langage oral ? Est-ce que les outils actuels vont évoluer ou de nouveaux outils vont-ils se développer ? 9h30-10h15: Han Sloetjes (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen) ELAN – développements récents et futurs (présentation en anglais) 10h15-11h00: Michael Kipp (Saarland University, Germany) ANVIL: un outil de codage et d’analyse vidéo multi-niveaux (présentation en anglais) 11h20: 12h05: Thomas Schmidt (Universität Hamburg, Germany) EXMARaLDA : système de formats et outils pour la transcription et l'annotation de la langue parlée (présentation en anglais) Vendredi 19 novembre 2010 (Après-Midi) Nouvelles tendances dans les recherches en acquisition du langage. Qu’est-ce que l’utilisation de corpus a apporté aux recherches en acquisition du langage ? Comment ont évolué les liens entre recherche théorique et applications pratiques ? Des présentations seront réalisées par des invités sur des thèmes allant de la création de données de corpus à l’utilisation de ces données pour la recherche en acquisition du langage ou en linguistique computationnelle : 14h-14h50: Susanne Miyata (Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagoya, Japan) CHILDES: Corpus en langue japonaise et recherches en acquisition du langage (présentation en anglais) 14h50-15h40: Heidi Waterfall (Cornell University, NY, USA) La variété est le sel de l’analyse longitudinale (présentation en anglais) 16h-17h: Elena Lieven (MPI-EVA, Leipzig –Germany- and University of Manchester - UK) Recherches basées sur des corpus: évolutions récentes, difficultés et ouvertures (présentation en anglais) Le workshop et les tutoriels se dérouleront à Paris, au Laboratoire SFL (UMR 7023, CNRS), Centre CNRS Pouchet, 59 rue Pouchet, PARIS. Comité d’organisation : Christophe Parisse (Modyco, INSERM, CNRS/Université Paris Ouest Nanterre la Défense, France) Aliyah Morgenstern (Prismes, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France) Maya Hickmann (SFL, CNRS-Paris 8, Paris, France) Financé par le GDR CNRS « Langue, Langage Oral et Cognition: acquisition et dysfonctionnements - nouvelles approches », responsable Maya Hickmann. Tools and Research based on Language Acquisition Corpora November 18-19 2010, PARIS (FRANCE) CNRS Pouchet center, 59 rue Pouchet, 75017 PARIS (FRANCE) Contact: Christophe Parisse cparisse at u-paris10.fr Multimodal language corpora of spoken and signed languages are now widely and extensively used in language acquisition studies. This has required new tools, new research practices, new theories which has brought about ground breaking changes in research in linguistics and in psycholinguistics. These recent transformations, techniques and results need to be shared with a large community of researchers and students in the field of language acquisition. Creating, using, sharing, analyzing spontaneous oral data with the relevant tools for each researcher’s specific needs can only help improve and enrich national and international research on language acquisition, and collective efforts are needed to attain this goal. A Workshop including tutorials and various presentations, will be organized by the GDR “Language, oral language and cognition: Language acquisition – new approaches” and funded by the CNRS. This workshop is designed to: * present and provide introductions to tools used for creating and analyzing corpora of spontaneous oral (spoken and signed) language (separate tutorials will target beginners and advanced corpora users); * present and discuss trends about tools for oral language data; * present and discuss trends about research using oral language corpora. Program The organization of the tutorials (Thursday 18 program) may change according to the number of people interested. Please send an e-mail to Christophe Parisse (cparisse at u-paris10.fr) to make a pre-registration. Friday November 19th is free and open access. Thursday November 18th 2010 – Morning session Introductory presentations and examples of researches conducted using CLAN and PHON. Presentations will present the basic requirements when using these tools and provide examples of actual research conducted with these tools. They will also provide information to more advanced users. 9h00 – 10h30: Stéphanie Caet (Prismes – Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3) CLAN for Beginners: discovering and learning how to use new tools for transcribing and analysing interaction data (presentation in French) 10h45 – 12h15: Naomi Yamaguchi (LPP – Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, SFL – CNRS-Paris 8) Phonetic transcription and phonological analyses using PHON (presentation in French) Thursday November 18th 2010 – Afternoon session Introductory presentations and examples of researches conducted using ELAN, and other advanced software for corpus analysis. 14h00 – 16h00: Simon Harrison & Vito Evola (Natural Media & Engineering, HumTec Center, RWTH Aachen University) An introduction to ELAN for the analysis and transcription of multimodal linguistic data 16h15 – 17h45: Christophe Parisse (MoDyCo-INSERM, CNRS-Université Paris Ouest Nanterre) Using, processing and querying existing corpora (presentation in French) Friday November 19th 2010 – Morning session New trends about tools for oral language corpus annotation and processing. How is it possible to use tools for research on Language Acquisition Corpora efficiently? What do these tools offer to the researcher? Which improvements, which changes are of interest to work with oral and multimodal language corpus? Will existing tools evolve or new tools develop? 9h30-10h15: Han Sloetjes (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen) ELAN - recent and (possible) future developments 10h15-11h00: Michael Kipp (Saarland University, Germany) ANVIL: A multi-level video coding and analysis tool 11h20: 12h05: Thomas Schmidt (Universität Hamburg, Germany) EXMARaLDA: system of concepts, data formats and tools for the computer assisted transcription and annotation of spoken language Friday November 19th 2010 – Afternoon session New trends in language acquisition research. What does corpus analysis bring to language acquisition research? How has it changed the relationship between theoretical and applied work? 14h-14h50: Susanne Miyata (Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagoya, Japan) CHILDES: Japanese corpora and language acquisition research 14h50-15h40: Heidi Waterfall (Cornell University, NY, USA). Variety is the Spice of Longitudinal Analysis 16h-17h: Elena Lieven (MPI-EVA, Leipzig –Germany- and University of Manchester - UK) Corpus-based research: Recent developments, problems and possibilities The workshop will be held in Paris, at the SFL Lab (UMR 7023, CNRS), CNRS Pouchet center, 59 rue Pouchet, Paris, FRANCE. Organizing committee: Christophe Parisse (Modyco, INSERM, CNRS/Paris Ouest Nanterre University, France) Aliyah Morgenstern (Prismes, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France) Maya Hickmann (SFL, CNRS-Paris 8, Paris, France) Funded by the CNRS, GDR « Langue, Langage Oral et Cognition: acquisition et dysfonctionnements - nouvelles approches », scientific director Maya Hickmann. Abstracts (alphabetical) Stéphanie Caet (Prismes – Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3) CLAN for Beginners: discovering and learning how to use new tools for transcribing and analysing interaction data This 1.30-hour workshop aims at familiarizing beginners with the interface and basic principles of the CLAN software. Three main functions of CLAN will be approached: - alignment between video or sound and text. This not only facilitates the transcription work, it also enables researchers to keep track at all times of the contexts in which utterances were produced; - quantitative analyses of transcribed utterances or annotations added by the researcher himself, such as frequency counts (number of utterances produced, total number of words, number of different words, number of particular forms of annotations) MLU computation, and automatic localisation of words or constructions in the text and their context; - automatic morphosyntactic analysis of utterances, to which frequency counts and textual localisation may also be applied. Illustrative analyses will be guided by a realistic research question and will be performed from data sets available on the CHILDES database (http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/). French version (this talk will be presented in French) CLAN pour les Néophytes : découvrir, comprendre et utiliser un nouvel outil de transcription et d’analyse des interactions Cet atelier d’1h30 a pour but de familiariser des utilisateurs novices à l’interface et aux principes de base d’utilisation du logiciel CLAN. Les trois fonctions principales de CLAN seront abordées: - l’alignement entre de la vidéo ou du son avec du texte, qui d’une part facilite le travail de transcription et d’autre part permet un va-et-vient permanent entre la transcription et le contexte de production des énoncés ; - l’analyse quantitative des énoncés transcrits ou des annotations créées par le chercheur (calcul de fréquences : nombre d’énoncés, nombre total de mots, nombre de mots différents, fréquence de certaines formes d’annotations ; calcul de la LME ; repérage automatique de mots ou de constructions dans le texte et dans leur contexte etc.) ; - l’analyse morphosyntaxique automatique des énoncés, à laquelle sont également applicables calculs de fréquence et repérage textuel. Les analyses illustratives seront réalisées à partir de données disponibles sur la base de données CHILDES (http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/) auxquelles nous appliquerons une problématique de recherche potentielle qui servira de fil conducteur à ce tutoriel. Simon Harrison & Vito Evola (Natural Media & Engineering, HumTec Center, RWTH Aachen University) An introduction to ELAN for the analysis and transcription of multimodal linguistic data In this workshop we acquaint participants with the basic skills required to collect, analyse, and transcribe multimodal linguistic data in ELAN. Michael Kipp (Saarland University, Germany) ANVIL: A multi-level video coding and analysis tool This talk presents ANVIL, a widely used video coding tool that allows the encoding of linguistic data on multiple tiers according to a user-defined coding scheme. The talk's focus will introduce both basic coding functionality and more recent extensions for analyzing coding reliability and event association. Elena Lieven (MPI-EVA, Leipzig and University of Manchester) Corpus-based research: Recent developments, problems and possibilities Corpus-based research has always been central to the study of child language development since it provides evidence of children’s speech and their language environment in relatively naturalistic settings. As such, it forms the basis for describing the overall course of language development and for the development of hypotheses that can be tested either using data from the corpora or through experimentation. In this talk I will first briefly discuss two important methodological issues: the nature of the sampling frame and the level of analysis. I then turn to some recent studies that illustrate the various possible approaches to the analysis of corpora, including the production of novel utterances and grammar extraction by young English-speaking children; productivity measures for morphological marking in Spanish and Polish; and calculations of cue validity from the input to predict the development of the transitive in Cantonese, English and German. I return to the issue of sampling and of cross-linguistic and cross-cultural comparisons at the end of the talk. Susanne Miyata (Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagoya, Japan) CHILDES: Japanese corpora and language acquisition The focus on spontaneous speech has some tradition in Japan. In the 1950's the National Institute for Japanese Language started to collect a wide variety of speech data, and Junya Noji began his monumental diary collection of the utterances of his son Sumihare. However, because of a lack of powerful linguistic computer tools, it was only in the late 1990's that these data became object of in-depth research. My talk describes the process of CHILDES-related tool development for an agglutinative null-argument language with a mixed ideogram-phonogram script without word boundaries, and its impact on current language acquisition research. Christophe Parisse (MoDyCo-INSERM, CNRS-Université Paris Ouest Nanterre). Using, processing and querying existing corpora Presentation on using existing corpora: how to process them, how to obtain statistical results, how to generate syntactic and lexical analyses (using tools such as Excel, R statistical and text processing software, textometric software). This presentation will also be focused on more advanced users, for CLAN as well as other software. French version (this talk will be presented in French) Utiliser, traiter et interroger des corpus existants Cette présentation a pour but de donner des outils et des moyens de traiter les corpus de langage une fois qu’ils sont transcrits : comment les traiter, comment obtenir des résultats statistiques, comment réaliser des analyses linguistiques sur le lexique ou la syntaxe (en utilisant des outils comme par exemple Excel, le logiciel de statistiques et de traitements de corpus R, des outils textométriques). Cette présentation est particulièrement destinée aux utilisateurs avancés de CLAN ou d’autres logiciels de transcription. Thomas Schmidt (Universität Hamburg, Germany). EXMARaLDA: system of concepts, data formats and tools for the computer assisted transcription and annotation of spoken language My talk will give an overview of EXMARaLDA, a system for the computer-assisted construction, management and analysis of spoken language corpora. EXMARaLDA is developed at the Research Centre on Multilingualism at the University of Hamburg with the principal aim of providing researchers with an environment in which spoken language data can be efficiently created, flexibly analysed, and reliably exchanged between people and computer tools. Presently nearing its 10th anniversary, EXMARaLDA is now widely used for doing conversation and discourse analysis, research into first and second language acquisition, dialectology and phonology. In my talk, I will use examples from learner corpora to demonstrate the functionality of EXMARaLDA. I will devote special attention to questions of interoperability, considering both the present situation and possible future developments. Han Sloetjes (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen) ELAN - recent and (possible) future developments This talk will spotlight a number of recent and often lesser known improvements on the annotation tool ELAN. Considerable attention will be given to current functionality in terms of querying and modifying multiple files. Extension of this kind of operations on a complete or on a section of a local corpus is planned for future releases. Furthermore developments in the realm of semi-automatic annotation and interaction with lexicon tools will be discussed Heidi Waterfall (Cornell University, NY, USA). Variety is the Spice of Longitudinal Analysis In this presentation, I will explore the ‘variety’ present both in language acquisition corpora and in the methods used to analyze them. First, I will argue that while it is necessary to calculate measures of quantity (e.g., number of tokens, number of utterances), it is also critical to examine the variety or diversity of structures present in the data (e.g., number of different kinds of complex sentences). Second, I will demonstrate the importance of analyzing the transcript on various different linguistic levels (e.g., lexical and cross-sentential) in order to understand the input. Lastly, I will address how using a variety of tools, specifically, the combination of manual and computational analysis can yield interesting new areas of research. Naomi Yamaguchi (LPP – Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, SFL – CNRS-Paris 8) Phonetical transcription and phonological analysis using PHON French version (this talk will be presented in French) Transcription phonétique et analyse phonologique avec PHON Cet atelier d’1h30 a pour but de familiariser des utilisateurs novices à l’interface et aux principes de base d’utilisation du logiciel PHON. Nous aborderons : - la segmentation d'un corpus, la transcription phonétique en utilisateur simple et en double aveugle, la visualisation du signal audio, la syllabification des énoncés ; - quelques recherches possibles concernant les productions transcrites, comme établir l'inventaire segmental pour une position syllabique donnée, rechercher des traits distinctifs, rechercher des harmonies ou des métathèses, et effectuer des recherches personnalisées. Les données illustratives font partie de différents projets de recherche en cours, qui seront par la suite données au projet PhonBank. -- 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. 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At the same time, however, researchers have noted the importance of computational models in identifying mechanisms underlying bilingual language representation and processing (Dijkstra & van Heuven, 2002; Roelofs & Verhoef, 2006; Thomas & van Heuven, 2005) and in capturing developmental patterns across the lifespan of the bilingual learner (French & Jacquet, 2004; Hernandez, Li, & MacWhinney, 2005; Li & Farkas, 2002; Zhao & Li, 2010). In this Special Issue for Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilingualism:_Language_and_Cognition), we propose to integrate research findings from recent computational studies of bilingualism, including but not limited to models of simultaneous and sequential L1-L2 acquisition, bilingual language competition and interaction, bilingual speech production, and L1-L2 language attrition and relearning. Models that rely on different computational architectures and algorithms are welcome. Please submit a one-page abstract (~200 words) of your proposed manuscript to Ping Li via email (pul8 at psu.edu) by October 31, 2010. Abstracts will be reviewed with regard to their fit to the aims and scope of both the journal and the Special Issue. Authors will be notified of the decisions on their abstracts by Dec. 31, 2010. Full-article submissions will be invited and will undergo the journal?s regular review process in 2011. ----------------------------------------------- Ping Li, Ph.D. Professor of Psychology, Linguistics, Information Sciences & Technology Director, University Park Graduate Program in Neuroscience Pennsylvania State University University Park, PA 16802, USA Email: pul8 at psu.edu http://cogsci.psu.edu ----------------------------------------------- -- 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 tmintz at usc.edu Fri Sep 3 17:57:24 2010 From: tmintz at usc.edu (Toby Mintz) Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 10:57:24 -0700 Subject: Position in Developmental Psychology at the University of Southern California Message-ID: The University of Southern California Department of Psychology, College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, invites applications for a tenure track faculty position in Developmental Psychology. The appointment will be at the Assistant Professor level, to begin in fall, 2011. Among the areas of interest are early cognitive development (with a particular interest in social cognition, language and neuroimaging approaches), developmental psychopathology (focusing on any age level from early childhood to adolescence) and multivariate approaches to socially significant problems (e.g., educational achievement, child and adolescent health). All applicants should provide a CV, a statement of teaching experience and interests, a statement of research interests, representative scholarly papers, and three letters of reference. Screening of applicants will begin October 15, 2010, and continue until the position is filled. USC strongly values diversity and is committed to equal opportunity in employment. Women and men, and members of all racial and ethnic groups are encouraged to apply. Apply by e- mail to devpsyc at college.usc.edu or to Chair, Developmental Search, Psychology Department, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089-1061. -- 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 Tue Sep 7 18:57:35 2010 From: macw at cmu.edu (Brian MacWhinney) Date: Tue, 7 Sep 2010 14:57:35 -0400 Subject: posting for Eve Clark Message-ID: Dear all: I am looking for recommendations for inclusion in a Bibliography for First Language Acquisition -- -- (a) textbooks on first language acquisition, at different levels ? (b) specialized monographs/texts on specific aspects of FLA (your favorites) Many thanks, Eve Clark Eve V. Clark R. W. Lyman Professor & Professor of Linguistics Stanford University -- 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 cristina.mckean at newcastle.ac.uk Fri Sep 10 14:16:39 2010 From: cristina.mckean at newcastle.ac.uk (Cristina McKean) Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2010 15:16:39 +0100 Subject: First call for papers for the next Child Language Seminar June 2011 Message-ID: First call for papers for the next Child Language Seminar CLS 2011 will be held at Newcastle University, 13th & 14th June 2011 (with registration and wine reception on the evening of the 12th of June). The Child Language Seminar (CLS) is an interdisciplinary conference with a long tradition which attracts a diverse international audience of, among others, psychologists, linguists and speech and language therapists, and provides a forum for research on language acquisition in all its diversity. Proposals for papers and posters are invited relating to all aspects of child language acquisition and disorders. Those which speak to the four key themes of the conference are particularly welcome. CLS 2011 will focus on four key themes in the field of child language research * Child Language and Literacy * Children with Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) * Capturing change in child language * Bilingual and cross-linguistic perspectives on child language Keynote speakers: We are very pleased to announce that our confirmed keynote speakers are: * Professor Maggie Snowling (University of York) * Professor James Law (Newcastle University) * Professor Sheena Reilly (University of Melbourne) * Professor Elizabeth Pena (University of Texas) More details to follow soon (Our webpage is in development and further calls and links to the webpage will be circulated in due course) Call for papers: Proposals are invited for papers and posters related to all aspects of child language acquisition and disorders. Proposals will be considered on children's first or subsequent language development (e.g., grammar, phonology, lexicon, pragmatics, discourse, literacy, bilingualism, sign language, psycholinguistic processing) or on any aspect relating to children with language difficulties (e.g., description, assessment, remediation). The CLS is a peer-reviewed research conference and all proposals will be reviewed anonymously by members of the organising committee. Presentation format Proposals should indicate whether an oral presentation or poster is preferred. The programme committee views both formats as having equal value but reserves the right to switch formats to suit the programme. Presenters will be notified about the final format of their presentation at the time their proposal is accepted. Proposal format Proposals must be written in English and include the following: Cover Page: Title of presentation Authors' names and affiliations Name, address, telephone number and email address of contact person Preferred presentation format (oral presentation or poster) Abstract: Title of presentation Summary of research undertaken (300 words maximum, single spaced) Do not include authors' names Submitting proposals: Proposals must be composed in either MS Word or RTF format with paper size set to A4 and submitted as an attachment to an email (not as part of the mail body of the email) to: cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk Key dates: Submission of abstracts: 1st January 2011 Notification of acceptance/rejection: 1st February 2011 Registration open: 1st February 2011 Programme published on website: 1 April 2011 Early registration deadline (reduced fee): 15th April 2011 Registration and wine reception: 12th June CLS meeting: 13th-14th June 2010, with conference dinner 13th June Registration: Exact costings have not been finalised and will be published as soon as possible on the conference website. We will offer an early registration discount and a discount for students. As a guide, fees will not differ significantly from those for CLS 2010. Venue: The CLS 2011 will be hosted by Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, one of the UK's leading universities. Newcastle is a research - intensive university, with a reputation for teaching and learning of the highest quality and for its role in the economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University is one of the leading teaching and research units in the UK devoted to the study of normal communicative processes and communication disorders in children and adults. The core aims of Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle is to deliver high quality teaching, and excellent research and to work collaboratively with the profession to impact on practice. These activities contribute to our high standing within health and education both nationally and internationally. Newcastle was the first university in the UK to award a degree in Speech and Language Therapy (1967), recently celebrated 50 years of Speech and Language Therapy Training and continues to be one of the UK's leading SLT training programmes. Our research involves the study of normal and impaired human communication processes, assessment and intervention for individuals with communication disorders, and sociolinguistics, the RAE 2008 can be found here. Many staff are members of larger collaborative research groups within the university, including the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences and the Institute of Health and Society. We also collaborate with researchers throughout the UK and abroad (Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand). Newcastle: Newcastle upon Tyne was voted England's favourite city break destination by readers of the Guardian and Observer for four consecutive years and has been voted the UK's best University City 2010 by MSN travel. Located in the North East of England, the city is easily accessible by rail (1? hours from Edinburgh, 3 hours from London) and air (direct flights to over 25 destinations and excellent connections though London and Amsterdam). Known for the friendly welcome visitors receive, the city has impressive Georgian architecture, inspiring cultural venues and is within easy reach of the beautiful Northumbrian coastline, Hadrian's Wall, the Scottish Borders and stunning Durham city and cathedral. Accommodation: We are asking delegates to kindly book their own conference accommodation. There are many excellent places to stay within the city and good public transport links to and from the university. More details of specific accommodation and transport arrangements will be available soon on the conference website. Further details will be circulated in due course and the conference website launched in the near future. If you have any queries please contact Cristina McKean cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk We look forward to welcoming you to the CLS in 2011 Cristina McKean, Helen Stringer, James Law Co-chairs CLS 2011 organising committee Dr Cristina McKean | Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology |(Developmental Speech and Language Disorders) | Speech and Language Sciences Section |School of Education Communication and Language Sciences |Room 2.18a |King George VI Building |Newcastle University | Queen Victoria Rd |NE1 7RU | 0191 222 6528 CPD for SLTs & Allied Professionals: Accredited, advanced modules in Professional Practice www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/sltcpd For information about the MSc in Evidence Based Practice in Communication Disorders go to http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/ebpcd -- 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. 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Joseph Mwansa PhD student University of Leeds School of Modern Languages and Cultures -- 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 k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk Mon Sep 13 20:49:23 2010 From: k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk (Alcock, Katie) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 21:49:23 +0100 Subject: Calculating MLU with CLAN Message-ID: Dear Joseph Brian Macwhinney was working with me quite some time ago on a MOR system for Kiswahili but we only made a few steps into nouns. It's a huge job, probably a PhD in itself. Some researchers think MLU in words is fine though. I am not far from Leeds, in Lancaster - we should meet up. We have regular child language reading groups, mainly in Manchester. I'll make sure you're invited. Who's your supervisor in Leeds? Katie Alcock -----Original Message----- From: Joseph Mwansa Sent: 13 September 2010 20:18 To: info-childes at googlegroups.com Subject: Calculating MLU with CLAN Dear All, I am a PhD student researching the acquisition of object markers in Bemba, a Bantu language widely spoken in Zambia. I would like to calculate MLU of the children I am studying but have realized that using words as units of measurement is not an accurate way of finding the MLU in an agglutinating language like Bemba. I would appreciate learning from those who have faced a similar problem and how they solved it using CLAN. Thank you. Joseph Mwansa PhD student University of Leeds School of Modern Languages and Cultures -- 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. -- 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 k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk Mon Sep 13 21:48:40 2010 From: k.j.alcock at lancaster.ac.uk (Alcock, Katie) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 22:48:40 +0100 Subject: Calculating MLU with CLAN In-Reply-To: <30dc01cb5385$66bb5496$06125894@lancs.local> Message-ID: I accidentally sent that to the list, sorry about that! But I don't think there was anything that I didn't want anyone else to read, perhaps someone else can provide a reference for MLU in words or argue the pros and cons - I'm sure someone else will weigh in! Katie > -----Original Message----- > From: info-childes at googlegroups.com [mailto:info- > childes at googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Alcock, Katie > Sent: 13 September 2010 21:49 > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: Calculating MLU with CLAN > > Dear Joseph > Brian Macwhinney was working with me quite some time ago on a MOR > system for Kiswahili but we only made a few steps into nouns. It's a > huge job, probably a PhD in itself. > > Some researchers think MLU in words is fine though. I am not far from > Leeds, in Lancaster - we should meet up. We have regular child language > reading groups, mainly in Manchester. I'll make sure you're invited. > > Who's your supervisor in Leeds? > > Katie Alcock > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Mwansa > Sent: 13 September 2010 20:18 > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Subject: Calculating MLU with CLAN > > Dear All, > I am a PhD student researching the acquisition of object markers in > Bemba, a > Bantu language widely spoken in Zambia. I would like to calculate MLU > of > the children I am studying but have realized that using words as units > of > measurement is not an accurate way of finding the MLU in an > agglutinating > language like Bemba. I would appreciate learning from those who have > faced a > similar problem and how they solved it using CLAN. > Thank you. > Joseph Mwansa > PhD student > University of Leeds > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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 mwenya.mwansa at gmail.com Mon Sep 13 22:35:20 2010 From: mwenya.mwansa at gmail.com (Joseph Mwansa) Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 23:35:20 +0100 Subject: Calculating MLU with CLAN In-Reply-To: <30dc01cb5385$66bb5496$06125894@lancs.local> Message-ID: Dear Katie, This would be wonderful. I would certainly like to attend these meetings of yours. Thanks. Best, Joseph On Mon, Sep 13, 2010 at 9:49 PM, Alcock, Katie wrote: > Dear Joseph > Brian Macwhinney was working with me quite some time ago on a MOR system > for Kiswahili but we only made a few steps into nouns. It's a huge job, > probably a PhD in itself. > > Some researchers think MLU in words is fine though. I am not far from > Leeds, in Lancaster - we should meet up. We have regular child language > reading groups, mainly in Manchester. I'll make sure you're invited. > > Who's your supervisor in Leeds? > > Katie Alcock > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joseph Mwansa > Sent: 13 September 2010 20:18 > To: info-childes at googlegroups.com > Subject: Calculating MLU with CLAN > > Dear All, > I am a PhD student researching the acquisition of object markers in Bemba, > a > Bantu language widely spoken in Zambia. I would like to calculate MLU of > the children I am studying but have realized that using words as units of > measurement is not an accurate way of finding the MLU in an agglutinating > language like Bemba. I would appreciate learning from those who have faced > a > similar problem and how they solved it using CLAN. > Thank you. > Joseph Mwansa > PhD student > University of Leeds > School of Modern Languages and Cultures > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Info-CHILDES" group. 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From slornat at psi.ucm.es Tue Sep 14 12:13:21 2010 From: slornat at psi.ucm.es (Susana Lopez Ornat) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 14:13:21 +0200 Subject: Syntactic measures Message-ID: There is a very classic and, I think, reliable measure devised for use in longitudinal data over 24 or 30 months of age, by Gerardo Aguado G.Aguado (1988) Valoraci?n de la competencia morfosint?ctica en el ni?o de dos a?os y medio. Infancia y Aprendizaje 43, 73-93. G.Aguado (1995) El desarrollo del lenguaje de 0 a 3 a?os. Madrid Cepe. Dra.Susana L?pez Ornat www.ucm.es/info/equial Dpto. Psicolog?a B?sica II Facultad de Psicolog?a Universidad Complutense de Madrid Madrid 28223 ----- Original Message ----- From: "grupolcvl" To: "Info-CHILDES" Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:38 PM Subject: Syntactic measures > Apart from MLU and megrasp, does someone know any measure for > syntactic complexity to work with a Spanish corpus? Thank you. > > -- > 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. > -- 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 gmail.com Tue Sep 14 15:41:42 2010 From: nick.riches at gmail.com (Nick Riches) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 08:41:42 -0700 Subject: First call for papers, Child Language Seminar 2011 Message-ID: First call for papers for the next Child Language Seminar CLS 2011 will be held at Newcastle University, 13th & 14th June 2011 (with registration and wine reception on the evening of the 12th of June). The Child Language Seminar (CLS) is an interdisciplinary conference with a long tradition which attracts a diverse international audience of, among others, psychologists, linguists and speech and language therapists, and provides a forum for research on language acquisition in all its diversity. Proposals for papers and posters are invited relating to all aspects of child language acquisition and disorders. Those which speak to the four key themes of the conference are particularly welcome. CLS 2011 will focus on four key themes in the field of child language research ? Child Language and Literacy ? Children with Speech Language and Communication Needs (SLCN) ? Capturing change in child language ? Bilingual and cross-linguistic perspectives on child language Keynote speakers: We are very pleased to announce that our confirmed keynote speakers are: ? Professor Maggie Snowling (University of York) ? Professor James Law (Newcastle University) ? Professor Sheena Reilly (University of Melbourne) ? Professor Elizabeth Pena (University of Texas) More details to follow soon (Our webpage is in development and further calls and links to the webpage will be circulated in due course) - Call for papers: Proposals are invited for papers and posters related to all aspects of child language acquisition and disorders. Proposals will be considered on children?s first or subsequent language development (e.g., grammar, phonology, lexicon, pragmatics, discourse, literacy, bilingualism, sign language, psycholinguistic processing) or on any aspect relating to children with language difficulties (e.g., description, assessment, remediation). The CLS is a peer-reviewed research conference and all proposals will be reviewed anonymously by members of the organising committee. - Presentation format Proposals should indicate whether an oral presentation or poster is preferred. The programme committee views both formats as having equal value but reserves the right to switch formats to suit the programme. Presenters will be notified about the final format of their presentation at the time their proposal is accepted. - Proposal format Proposals must be written in English and include the following: Cover Page: Title of presentation Authors? names and affiliations Name, address, telephone number and email address of contact person Preferred presentation format (oral presentation or poster) Abstract: Title of presentation Summary of research undertaken (300 words maximum, single spaced) Do not include authors? names - Submitting proposals: Proposals must be composed in either MS Word or RTF format with paper size set to A4 and submitted as an attachment to an email (not as part of the mail body of the email) to: cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk - Key dates: Submission of abstracts: 1st January 2011 Notification of acceptance/rejection: 1st February 2011 Registration open: 1st February 2011 Programme published on website: 1 April 2011 Early registration deadline (reduced fee): 15th April 2011 Registration and wine reception: 12th June CLS meeting: 13th-14th June 2010, with conference dinner 13th June - Registration: Exact costings have not been finalised and will be published as soon as possible on the conference website. We will offer an early registration discount and a discount for students. As a guide, fees will not differ significantly from those for CLS 2010. - Venue: The CLS 2011 will be hosted by Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University, one of the UK's leading universities. Newcastle is a research - intensive university, with a reputation for teaching and learning of the highest quality and for its role in the economic, social and cultural development of the North East of England. Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle University is one of the leading teaching and research units in the UK devoted to the study of normal communicative processes and communication disorders in children and adults. The core aims of Speech and Language Sciences at Newcastle is to deliver high quality teaching, and excellent research and to work collaboratively with the profession to impact on practice. These activities contribute to our high standing within health and education both nationally and internationally. Newcastle was the first university in the UK to award a degree in Speech and Language Therapy (1967), recently celebrated 50 years of Speech and Language Therapy Training and continues to be one of the UK?s leading SLT training programmes. Our research involves the study of normal and impaired human communication processes, assessment and intervention for individuals with communication disorders, and sociolinguistics, the RAE 2008 can be found here. Many staff are members of larger collaborative research groups within the university, including the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language Sciences and the Institute of Health and Society. We also collaborate with researchers throughout the UK and abroad (Europe, USA, Australia and New Zealand). - Newcastle: Newcastle upon Tyne was voted England's favourite city break destination by readers of the Guardian and Observer for four consecutive years and has been voted the UK?s best University City 2010 by MSN travel. Located in the North East of England, the city is easily accessible by rail (1? hours from Edinburgh, 3 hours from London) and air (direct flights to over 25 destinations and excellent connections though London and Amsterdam). Known for the friendly welcome visitors receive, the city has impressive Georgian architecture, inspiring cultural venues and is within easy reach of the beautiful Northumbrian coastline, Hadrian's Wall, the Scottish Borders and stunning Durham city and cathedral. - Accommodation: We are asking delegates to kindly book their own conference accommodation. There are many excellent places to stay within the city and good public transport links to and from the university. More details of specific accommodation and transport arrangements will be available soon on the conference website. Further details will be circulated in due course and the conference website launched in the near future. If you have any queries please contact Cristina McKean cristina.mckean at ncl.ac.uk We look forward to welcoming you to the CLS in 2011 Cristina McKean, Helen Stringer, James Law Co-chairs CLS 2011 organising committee Dr Cristina McKean | Lecturer in Speech and Language Pathology | (Developmental Speech and Language Disorders) | Speech and Language Sciences Section |School of Education Communication and Language Sciences |Room 2.18a |King George VI Building |Newcastle University | Queen Victoria Rd |NE1 7RU | 0191 222 6528 CPD for SLTs & Allied Professionals: Accredited, advanced modules in Professional Practice www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/sltcpd For information about the MSc in Evidence Based Practice in Communication Disorders go to http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/ebpcd -- 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 editor.iascl.clbulletin at gmail.com Wed Sep 15 05:42:01 2010 From: editor.iascl.clbulletin at gmail.com (IASCL Child Language Bulletin Editor) Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2010 22:42:01 -0700 Subject: Call for Papers: Morphological Complexity: Implications for Psycholinguistics Message-ID: Apologies for multiple postings I'm forwarding this call for papers for Dunstan Brown from the University of Surrey. The call deadline is October 31. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for papers The Surrey Morphology Group and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics will host a one-day workshop entitled Morphological Complexity: Implications for Psycholinguistics, as part of a European Research Council project (grant number: ERC-2008-AdG-230268 MORPHOLOGY). The workshop will be held on 28 Jan (Friday), 2011, at the Max Planck Institute in Nijmegen, with guest speakers Mirjam Ernestus (MPI Nijmegen and Radboud University) and Alice Harris (University of Massachussetts, Amherst). By the term morphological complexity, we understand the extra layer of structure that morphological systems may introduce in between meaning and its expression, such as inflection classes or stem alternations. This layer may operate at cross-purposes to functional distinctions, attaining in some languages an astonishing degree of complexity. Such phenomena are a key resource for understanding mental processes as they represent an unconscious and yet highly structured autonomous system. This is the second in a series of workshops exploring the implications that morphological complexity has for various branches of linguistics. The first, held in January 2010 at Harvard, addressed questions of general linguistic theory. The present workshop focuses on psycholinguistics : how does the mind cope with apparently gratuitous morphological elaboration? We invite proposals for 20 minute talks (plus a 10-minute question period) on the theme of morphological complexity and psycholinguistics. Anonymous abstracts should be no more than one page, and should be sent as an e-mail attachment (in PDF or Word) to morphological.complexity AT googlemail.com. The due date is October 31, 2010. In order to provide some background on the larger project, we have made the original project position paper available on the project website (http://www.morphology.surrey.ac.uk/). Any questions may be addressed to m.baerman AT surrey.ac.uk. -------------------------- Matthew Baerman, Greville G. Corbett and Dunstan Brown Surrey Morphology Group, University of Surrey -- 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 grupolcvl at gmail.com Wed Sep 15 07:48:44 2010 From: grupolcvl at gmail.com (grupolcvl) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 00:48:44 -0700 Subject: Syntactic measures In-Reply-To: <0DD03573AF6F47798AA8238D503DB077@equipo> Message-ID: Thank you. The problem is that we work with older children and youngsters. All of them have intelectual dissability. That?s why we have problems to find some suitable measure. If you can help us, we would be grateful. On 14 sep, 14:13, Susana Lopez Ornat wrote: > There is a very classic and, I think, reliable measure devised for use in > longitudinal data over 24 or 30 months of age, by Gerardo Aguado > > ?G.Aguado (1988) Valoraci n de la competencia morfosint ctica en el ni o de > dos a os y medio. Infancia y Aprendizaje 43, 73-93. > > G.Aguado (1995) El desarrollo del lenguaje de 0 a 3 a os. Madrid > Cepe. > > Dra.Susana L pez Ornatwww.ucm.es/info/equial > Dpto. Psicolog a B sica II > Facultad de Psicolog a > Universidad Complutense de Madrid > Madrid 28223 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "grupolcvl" > To: "Info-CHILDES" > Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 12:38 PM > Subject: Syntactic measures > > > Apart from MLU and megrasp, does someone know any measure for > > syntactic complexity to work with a Spanish corpus? Thank you. > > > -- > > 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.- Ocultar texto de la cita - > > - Mostrar texto de la cita - -- 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. 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From caroline.floccia at plymouth.ac.uk Wed Sep 15 12:31:18 2010 From: caroline.floccia at plymouth.ac.uk (Caroline Floccia) Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:31:18 +0100 Subject: PhD position at the University of Plymouth Message-ID: Dear all, Please find enclosed an advert for a fully funded PhD position opening up at the University of Plymouth in January 2011. The project is to work on the role of consonants and vowels in speech and language processing. Please note that the usual UK research councils rules apply: only UK citizens or EU citizens who have been resident in the UK 3 years before the starting date are eligible (see the advert for more details). Thanks, Caroline -- Dr. Caroline Floccia Lecturer PSQ A213 School of Psychology University of Plymouth Drake Circus Devon PL4 8AA tel: (+0044) 1752 584822 -- 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. 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Competence in one or more of the following areas will be an advantage: second language acquisition, discourse analysis, bilingualism, language policy, and bilingual education. Candidates should send a CV (including a list of funded research if applicable), a statement of research and teaching interests, copies of 2 reprints or other written work, teaching evaluations (if available), and the names of three references. Hard copies of reference letters should be sent *directly* to the search committee. Send materials to: Search Committee, Hispanic Linguistics, Dept. of Linguistics, 2816 CL, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15260; (412) 624 5900; Fax (412) 624 6130. E-mail inquiries should be directed to Professor Yasuhiro Shirai, Chair, at yshirai at pitt.edu. The web page for the department is http://www.linguistics.pitt.edu/*.* To ensure full consideration, complete applications should be received by December 1, 2010. Preliminary interviews will be held at the LSA meeting in Pittsburgh in January 2011. The University of Pittsburgh is an Affirmative Action, Equal Opportunity Employer. Women and members of minority groups under-represented in academia are especially encouraged to apply. Yasuhiro Shirai Professor and Chair Department of Linguistics 2801 Cathedral of Learning University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA 15260 Tel: 412-624-5933 URL: http://www.linguistics.pitt.edu/people/faculty/shirai.htm -- 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 wulfeck at crl.ucsd.edu Wed Sep 22 22:32:40 2010 From: wulfeck at crl.ucsd.edu (Beverly Wulfeck) Date: Wed, 22 Sep 2010 15:32:40 -0700 Subject: SDSU/UCSD Doctoral program 2011 Message-ID: DOCTORAL PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO JOINT DOCTORAL PROGRAM LANGUAGE AND COMMUNICATIVE DISORDERS Program Directors: Vic Ferreira (UCSD) and Beverly Wulfeck (SDSU) APPLICATION DEADLINE for FALL, 2011 ADMISSION: JANUARY 20, 2011 To obtain admission information and to download our application for Fall 2011 visit our website at: http://slhs.sdsu.edu/phdmain.php The doctoral program in Language and Communicative Disorders is designed to educate a new generation of scientists who are interested in applying research skills to the disorders. This interdisciplinary program provides training in typical (spoken and signed) and atypical language, and in the neural bases of language learning, use and loss. In Fall 2008, our program at SDSU moved into a new clinical, research and academic building with state-of-the-art Speech-Language and Audiology clinics, wonderful high-tech labs, and great new instructional facilities. These resources combined with the outstanding facilities at UCSD provide doctoral students with the best possible training environment. GOALS: 1. To provide doctoral training in the study of language and communicative behavior with an interdisciplinary focus that integrates state-of-the-art knowledge from the fields of communicative disorders, cognitive sciences, neurosciences, psychology and linguistics represented by the expertise of core faculty from SDSU and UCSD. 2. To prepare professionals, educated in the interface between behavioral and cognitive neuroscience methodologies, who will provide critical leadership in research and health services. 3. To prepare Ph.D.-level scientists in the field of language and communicative disorders to serve as faculty in university programs and scientists in a variety of settings to carry out much-needed research on the processes of language development, disorders, assessment and intervention. 4. To prepare researchers to carry out much-needed research in communicative behavior and disorders in bilingualism and multiculturalism. ASHA CLINICAL CERTIFICATION: Although this is a research Ph.D. program, doctoral students wishing to obtain academic preparation for the Certificate of Clinical Competence in Speech-Language Pathology may do so concurrently with their doctoral studies as our program is accredited by the Council on Academic Accreditation in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (CAA). We also have a means for students wishing to complete their CFY while enrolled in our program. SUPPORT: Several different funding sources are used to support doctoral students including program scholarships, Graduate assistantships, in-state and out-of-state fee support and faculty grant support. For the past five years we have received funding through our NIH-NIDCD training grant ?Neurocognitive Approaches to Communication Disorders? that provides up to two years of funding for trainees who have the appropriate interests and qualifications. The renewal application is currently under review. Contact Dr. Lew Shapiro (shapiro at mail.sdsu.edu) for more information regarding this training grant. ASHA CONVENTION 2010: Doctoral faculty will be attending ASHA in Philadelphia in November. Interested students planning on attending are invited to contact us and meet us at the Graduate Fair November 18-19. SDSU/UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in Language and Communicative Disorders San Diego State University 5500 Campanile Drive San Diego, California 92182-1518 Telephone: (619) 594-6775 phdlancd at mail.sdsu.edu -- 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 meh at psych.uw.edu.pl Thu Sep 23 08:34:36 2010 From: meh at psych.uw.edu.pl (Ewa Haman) Date: Thu, 23 Sep 2010 01:34:36 -0700 Subject: Seventh International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism Message-ID: Seventh International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism Warsaw 15-17 September 2011 Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw under the auspices of Professor Katarzyna Cha?asi?ska-Macukow, Rector of the University of Warsaw Call for Papers The Seventh International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism will be held at the University of Warsaw, Poland, on 15-17 September 2011. We welcome original and previously unpublished papers on research on acquisition or use of three or more languages. The language of the conference is predominantly English, but shall also consider contributions in other languages. Abstracts for parallel session papers and symposia should be sent in English or in the language of presentation accompanied by an English translation. Individual papers will be assigned 30 minutes slots: 20 minutes for the presentation and 10 minutes for questions. Themed symposia have 2 hour slots (4 papers): proposers should include the chair's name, participants' names, titles and abstracts for the papers in their symposium after obtaining their agreement to participate. Topics include multilingualism in relation to: ? acquisition of 3rd, 4th, 5th? languages; ? multiple language acquisition in multilingual contexts; ? psycholinguistics; ? neurolinguistics; ? speech processing in multilinguals; ? affect (attitudes, emotions); ? multilingual families; ? mobility and migration of multilinguals; ? multilingual majorities/minorities; ? sociolinguistic studies of multilinguals in their communities; ? multilingual cultures; ? language policies; ? educational language policies; ? literacy in multiple languages (pluriliteracy); ? multilingualism in educational settings; ? standards, assessment and evaluation; ? teacher training in multilingual contexts; ? higher education; ? education and immersion in multiple languages; ? languages and globalization; ? languages and economics; ? translation, interpreting, and mediation. Seventh International Conference on Third Language Acquisition and Multilingualism Warsaw 15-17 September 2011 Institute of English Studies, University of Warsaw under the auspices of Professor Katarzyna Cha?asi?ska-Macukow, Rector of the University of Warsaw Keynote speakers Professor Britta Hufeisen (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany) Professor Hanna Komorowska (University of Warsaw, Poland) Dr Waldemar Martyniuk (European Centre for Modern Languages, Austria) Professor Terence Odlin (Ohio State University, USA) Scientific Committee Dr Larissa Aronin (Oranim Academic College, Israel) Professor Raphael Berthele (University of Fribourg, Germany) Professor Jasone Cenoz (University of the Basque Country, Spain) Professor Maria Dakowska (University of Warsaw, Poland) Dr Gessica De Angelis (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy) Professor Jean Marc Dewaele (University of London, Great Britain) Professor Suzanne Flynn (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) Professor Danuta Gabry?-Barker (University of Silesia, Poland) Professor Britta Hufeisen (Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany) Professor Ulrike Jessner (University of Innsbruck, Austria) Dr Agnieszka Otwinowska-Kasztelanic (University of Warsaw, Poland) Organisers Professor Emma Harris, Head of the Institute of English Studies, UW (honorary chairperson) Professor Maria Dakowska (University of Warsaw) Professor Danuta Gabry?-Barker (University of Silesia) Dr Agnieszka Otwinowska-Kasztelanic (University of Warsaw) Dr Joanna Janecka (University of Warsaw) Katarzyna K?osi?ska (University of Warsaw) Abstracts Please send your abstract (up to 300 words) through 31 January 2011 to L3conference at uw.edu.pl, providing your name and affiliation on the second page separately. Conference website www.angli.uw.edu.pl/L3 -- 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 Fri Sep 24 14:08:51 2010 From: Florence.Chenu at univ-lyon2.fr (Florence Chenu) Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2010 16:08:51 +0200 Subject: [conference] 4th International conference of the French Cognitive Linguistics Association (AFLiCo IV; 24-27 May 2011; Lyon, France) Message-ID: AFLiCo IV Fourth International Conference of the French Cognitive Linguistics Association, Lyon, France, 24th-27th May 2011 (French version follows) CONFERENCE THEME of AFLiCo IV The theme of the 2011 conference is: 'Cognitive Linguistics and Typology: Language diversity, variation and change '. This conference aims to bring together linguists engaged in cognitively-oriented research with those working in a functional-typological framework on cross-linguistic variation and on language description. The emphasis will be on (1) language diversity of both spoken and signed languages; (2) inter- and intra-linguistic variation; (3) language change. The conference will bring together linguists working with various methodological approaches and using various kinds of spontaneous and elicited data, including spoken and written corpora, fieldwork data, and experimental data. Proposals are invited for workshops/thematic sessions, for general session papers, and for posters, on topics related to the theme, and on topics in Cognitive Linguistics generally. Papers that report empirically-grounded research on less-studied languages and on typologically, genetically and areally diverse languages will be particularly welcome. Topics include, but are not limited to: - methods and data in cognitive linguistics and in language typology and description - convergence and divergence between cognitive linguistics and functional-typological linguistics - studies from a cognitive and/or typological perspective in phonetics, phonology, morphosyntax, semantics and pragmatics - language variation within and across languages, both spoken and signed - language change from a cognitive and/or typological perspective - language acquisition - studies and advances in construction grammar - language and gesture in cross-linguistic perspective LANGUAGES OF THE CONFERENCE The languages of the conference are French and English. ORAL PRESENTATIONS AND POSTERS Proposals are invited for 30-minute slots (20-minute presentation plus question time) in the general sessions and for posters (A1 size). WORKSHOPS, INCLUDING THEMATIC SESSIONS Proposals are invited for half-day or full-day workshops/thematic sessions. Each workshop proposal should contain the following information: - the names and contact details of two workshop organizers - the title of the proposed workshop - an overview of the topic and aims of the workshop (up to 2 pages) - an indication of the desired schedule (number of slots: 4, 6 or 10; half day or full day; number and nature of presentations, discussions, round tables, etc. that the workshop will comprise). Note that, within a workshop, each presentation, discussion or round table will occupy one 30-minute slot in parallel with one general session slot. - an abstract (consistent with the indications below under 'Submission procedure') for each proposed 30-minute presentation Workshop proposals will be refereed in the same way as general session and poster proposals. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Proposals should be submitted online following the instructions to be found at the following address: http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/colloques/AFLICO_IV/ Author information (name, affiliation, email address) will be required on the submission website. An author may submit a maximum of two abstracts, of which at least one must be co-authored. In the case of co-authored abstracts, the first-named author will be the contact person. Abstracts will be anonymously reviewed and notification of acceptance will be sent out from 25th February 2011. The anonymous abstracts must be in 12 point Times or Times New Roman font, formatted for A4 or US Letter size paper with margins of 2.5 cm or 1 inch. The maximum length for the text of the abstract is one page; a second page may be used only for figures, glossed examples and bibliographical references. Deadline for general session papers: 22nd December 2010 Deadline for workshops/thematic sessions: 18th December 2010 ******************************************************* ******************************************************* AFLiCo IV Quatri?me Colloque International de l?Association Fran?aise de Linguistique Cognitive Lyon, France, 24-27 Mai 2011 TH?ME DU COLLOQUE AFLiCo IV ?Linguistique cognitive et typologie : diversit? des langues, variation et changement?. L?objectif de ce colloque est de r?unir des linguistes travaillant dans le domaine de la linguistique cognitive et/ou dans le domaine de la linguistique fonctionnelle-typologique sur la variation inter-linguistique et la description des langues. L?accent du colloque sera mis sur (1) la diversit? des syst?mes linguistiques aussi bien oraux que sign?s, (2) la variation qui s?op?re sur les plans inter- et intra- linguistiques et (3) les changements des syst?mes linguistiques. Dans cette perspective, le colloque rassemblera des chercheurs qui travaillent sur des terrains linguistiques vari?s, qui abordent leur objet d??tude dans une perspective synchronique et/ou diachronique et qui utilisent diff?rentes m?thodes et diff?rents types de donn?es telles que des donn?es spontan?es ou ?licit?es, y compris orales ou ?crites, des donn?es de terrain ou encore des donn?es exp?rimentales. Nous attendons des propositions de sessions th?matiques, des propositions de pr?sentations orales de sessions g?n?rales et de posters sur des probl?matiques en lien avec le th?me du colloque et dans le domaine de la linguistique cognitive en g?n?ral. Les propositions portant sur des langues moins bien d?crites et des langues qui varient du point de vue typologique, g?n?tique et ar?al seront particuli?rement appr?ci?es. Les th?matiques incluent, mais ne se limitent pas aux suivantes : - m?thodes et donn?es en linguistique cognitive, typologie et description des langues ; - convergence et divergence entre linguistique cognitive et linguistique fonctionnelle-typologique ; - ?tudes men?es dans une perspective cognitive et/ou typologique dans les domaines de la phon?tique, phonologie, morphosyntaxe, s?mantique et pragmatique ; - variation inter- et intra-linguistique dans les langues parl?es et les langues sign?es ; - changements linguistiques dans une perspective cognitive et/ou typologique ; - acquisition du langage ; - recherches et avanc?es dans le domaine de la grammaire des constructions ; - langue et geste dans une perspective inter-linguistique. LANGUES OFFICIELLES DU COLLOQUE Les deux langues du colloque sont le fran?ais et l?anglais. COMMUNICATIONS ET POSTERS Nous invitons des propositions de communication aux sessions g?n?rales de 30 minutes (20 minutes de pr?sentation et 10 minutes de questions) et des propositions de posters (format A1). ATELIERS ET SESSIONS TH?MATIQUES Nous accueillons des propositions d?une demi-journ?e ou d?une journ?e enti?re pour des ateliers et/ou sessions th?matiques. Ces ateliers/sessions th?matiques doivent ?tre propos?s par deux organisateurs. Chaque proposition doit inclure les informations suivantes : - les noms et les coordonn?es des deux organisateurs - le titre de la session - une pr?sentation du th?me et des objectifs de la session (2 pages maximum) - une pr?cision concernant le temps souhait? (nombre de cr?neaux horaires : 4, 6 ou 10 ; une journ?e ou une journ?e enti?re ; nombre et nature des pr?sentations, discussions, tables rondes, etc.). - un r?sum? d?une page pour chaque pr?sentation (une deuxi?me page peut ?tre utilis?e pour des figures, exemples glos?s et r?f?rences bibliographiques) Les propositions d?ateliers et/ou de sessions th?matiques seront soumises ? la m?me proc?dure d??valuation que les propositions pour les sessions g?n?rales et les posters. La notification d?acceptation sera envoy?e aux deux organisateurs ? partir du 25 f?vrier 2011. SOUMISSION DES PROPOSITIONS Les propositions seront soumises en ligne suivant les instructions indiqu?es ? l?adresse suivante : http://www.ddl.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr/colloques/AFLICO_IV/ Un auteur ne peut soumettre que deux propositions de communication dont une au moins devrait ?tre en co-auteur. Les informations concernant l?auteur (nom, affiliation, adresse email) seront requises lors de la soumission en ligne mais les propositions seront ?valu?es de fa?on anonyme. Dans le cas des propositions en co-auteur le premier auteur sera la personne r?f?rente/contact. Les propositions seront examin?es de fa?on anonyme par 2 membres experts du comit? scientifique. La notification d?acceptation sera envoy?e aux auteurs ? partir du 25 f?vrier 2011. Les propositions ne devront pas d?passer une page. Une deuxi?me page peut ?tre utilis?e pour des figures, exemples glos?s et r?f?rences bibliographiques. Format des propositions : papier A4, marges 2,5 cm, police Times ou Times New Roman. Date limite pour les sessions g?n?rales : 22 d?cembre 2010 Date limite pour les sessions th?matiques : 18 d?cembre 2010 -- 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. 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The award is for outstanding contributions to the field of child language acquisition, particularly those that have advanced knowledge through methodological innovation (experimental or analytical) and/or those that have helped the research community to work together effectively. The award will consist of an engraved shield to be presented at the Triennial Congress by the President, and of the Congress fee. Additional travel/accommodation support to allow the recipient to attend the Congress will be considered if necessary, to be decided by the selection committee. Nominations should reach the President (Elena Lieven: lieven at eva.mpg.de) by no later than 9am, Central European Time, on Tuesday 2nd December, 2010. Nominations: (1) The reasons for the nomination should be stated in a paragraph of no more than 500 words, should be accompanied by the CV of the nominee and by the signatures of the nominators. (2) Nominations must be supported by at least 5 members of IASCL not more than one coming from the same institution as the nominee and not more than two from the same country. The decision will be taken by a 3-person selection committee consisting of the President and two people from the elected representatives to be chosen by the President. The three members of this committee must be from different countries and institutions. Elena Lieven President, IASCL -- 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 vincenttorrens at gmail.com Mon Sep 27 10:33:23 2010 From: vincenttorrens at gmail.com (torrens) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:33:23 -0700 Subject: conference on experimental psycholinguistics - call for papers Message-ID: NEW TRENDS ON EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLINGUISTICS Madrid 29th-30th September 2011 Plenary Speakers: Harald Clahsen (Essex University) Michael Ullman (Georgetown University) Call for papers We invite submissions on language processing, language acquisition or language disorders of phonetics, phonology, syllable structure, lexicon, morphosyntax or pragmatics using new experimental methods (eye tracking, reaction times, ERPs, fMRI, visual preference paradigm, genetics, neural networks) Deadline for submission: 1st april 2011 Acknowledgement of acceptance: 1st may 2011 Sonia Mariscal Vicen? Torrens Facultad de Psicolog?a Facultad de Psicolog?a U.N.E.D. U.N.E.D. C/ Juan del Rosal, 10 C/ Juan del Rosal, 10 40424 Madrid 40424 Madrid smariscal at psi.uned.es vtorrens at psi.uned.es http://www.linguistic-institute.info/experimental.htm -- 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 vincenttorrens at gmail.com Mon Sep 27 10:41:23 2010 From: vincenttorrens at gmail.com (torrens) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 03:41:23 -0700 Subject: conference on experimental psycholinguistics - call for papers Message-ID: NEW TRENDS ON EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLINGUISTICS Madrid 29th-30th September 2011 Plenary Speakers Harald Clahsen (Essex University) Michael Ullman (Georgetown University) Call for papers We invite submissions on language processing, language acquisition or language disorders of phonetics, phonology, syllable structure, lexicon, morphosyntax or pragmatics using new experimental methods (eye tracking, reaction times, ERPs, fMRI, visual preference paradigm, genetics, neural networks) Deadline for submission: 1st april 2011 Acknowledgement of acceptance: 1st may 2011 Sonia Mariscal Facultad de Psicolog?a U.N.E.D. C/ Juan del Rosal, 10 40424 Madrid smariscal at psi.uned.es Vicen? Torrens Facultad de Psicolog?a U.N.E.D. C/ Juan del Rosal, 10 40424 Madrid vtorrens at psi.uned.es http://www.linguistic-institute.info/experimental.htm -- 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 judithbryant at usf.edu Mon Sep 27 16:35:02 2010 From: judithbryant at usf.edu (Judith B. Bryant) Date: Mon, 27 Sep 2010 12:35:02 -0400 Subject: upcoming NOVA with Jean Berko Gleason In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Please mark your calendars for an upcoming segment of NOVA's Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers on Oct 6. It will feature our own Jean Berko Gleason. See > http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/secretlife/ Judy -- 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: judithbryant at 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 edy.veneziano at paris5.sorbonne.fr Tue Sep 28 20:53:00 2010 From: edy.veneziano at paris5.sorbonne.fr (edy veneziano) Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 22:53:00 +0200 Subject: ComSym2011 New extended deadline CALL for Posters Message-ID: NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE: October 20th 2010 International Conference Autism ComSym 2011: Communicative and symbolic behaviors in children with autism: Functional specificities and conditions of appearance Paris, France, 4-5 February 2011 CALL FOR POSTERS Extended deadline: October 20th 2010 see : http://lewebpedagogique.com/comsym2011/ and below for further information on the conference Submissions of Posters Proposals are invited on any topic of this conference. The goal of these poster sessions is to provide an opportunity for researchers and practitioners to share their knowledge and experience. Presentations can thus cover experimental work, controlled observational studies as well as applied research (assessment of clinical/ educational interventions) from practitioners. Proposals from doctoral students are welcome. Language : French or English Abstract maximal length : 300 words The abstract will include an introduction presenting the aim of the study, the methodology used, the results and some elements of discussion. Submissions are anonymous. Name(s) and personal information (affiliation, address for correspondence and email) of author(s) should figure on a separate page. Submissions have to be sent to : AutismComSym2011 at psychologie.parisdescartes.fr Notification of acceptance will be sent no later than December 15th 2010. Registration of at least one of the communicating authors is necessary for the accepted poster to be inserted in the program International Conference Autism ComSym 2011 Children with autism are often characterized by their deficits. Thus, their poor communication, their lack of pretend play and/or imitation, their scarce understanding of others? mental states, are considered as characteristic features of their pathology. Although, this remains generally true, facts are far from being so neat and clear-cut. Scientific observation of family videos and studies of children in supporting interactional contexts have shown that many children with autism do present some capacities in the above domains. And therapists working with them observe these capacities in their everyday practices. The aim of this conference is to provide a more precise understanding of the specificities of communicative and symbolic behaviors of children with autism, as well as to characterize under which conditions and how they occur, allowing to delineate their particular developmental profiles in comparison with that of typically developing children. Within this perspective, analyses that take into account the dynamics of interaction between partners will be emphasized. From a methodological standpoint, this conference will present a diversity of approaches (case studies, experimental studies, observation in controlled, semi-controlled or natural situations). Such diversity as well as the sharing of knowledge and experience between therapists and researchers, are expected to stimulate innovative research and intervention practices in the field. The conference will focus on the following topics: 1. The bases of communication: Emotion and sensorimotor behaviors 2. Indicators of implicit Theory of Mind 3. Symbolic abilities 4. Language and communication Speakers: Melissa Allen (Lancaster University, UK) Tony Charman (University of London, UK) Dorota Chadzynski (Centre d?Education, Paris) Laurent Danon Boileau (Universit? Paris Descartes - CNRS) Bruno Gepner (CH Montperrin, Aix-en-Provence, chercheur associ? CNRS, Aix-Marseille) Peter Hobson (University College London, UK) Jessica Hobson (University College London, UK) Chris Jarrold (Bristol University, UK) Mary-Annick Morel (Universit? Paris 3) Peter C. Mundy (UC Davis M.I.N.D Institute, USA) Tom Muskett (University of Sheffield, UK) Jacqueline Nadel (Centre Emotion-CNRS - Paris) Marie-H?l?ne Plumet (Universit? Paris Descartes - INSERM) Patricia Prelock (University of Vermont, USA) Vasudevi Reddy (University of Portsmouth, UK) Helen Tager-Flusberg (Boston University, USA) Bernard Touati (Centre Alfred Binet, Paris) Edy Veneziano (Universit? Paris Descartes - CNRS) Scientific organization Laurent Danon-Boileau (Universit? Paris Descartes, CNRS UMR 7114, MoDyCo) Marie-H?l?ne Plumet (Universit? Paris Descartes ? INSERM U663) Edy Veneziano (Universit? 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URL: From cparisse at u-paris10.fr Wed Sep 29 16:12:38 2010 From: cparisse at u-paris10.fr (Christophe Parisse) Date: Wed, 29 Sep 2010 18:12:38 +0200 Subject: Tools and Research based on Language Acquisition Corpora Message-ID: Conference announcement : call for participation Outils et Recherches pour les Corpus d?Acquisition du Langage Tools and Research based on Language Acquisition Corpora Version fran?aise (see English version below) Outils et Recherches pour les Corpus d?Acquisition du Langage 18-19 Novembre 2010, PARIS Centre CNRS Pouchet, 59 rue Pouchet, 75017 PARIS Contact : cparisse at u-paris10.fr Les corpus de langues orales ou sign?es sont aujourd?hui largement utilis?s dans les recherches sur l?acquisition du langage. Cette ?volution a n?cessit? de nouveaux outils, de nouvelles pratiques de recherche et de nouvelles th?ories qui ont amen? des changements majeurs dans les recherches en linguistique et en acquisition du langage. Il est n?cessaire de partager et diffuser aupr?s des chercheurs et des ?tudiants les r?sultats, les techniques et les transformations r?centes qui r?sultent de cette ?volution. En effet, ces produits viennent d?un effort collectif qu?il faut encourager et amplifier afin d?arriver ? encore mieux cr?er, utiliser, partager, diffuser les donn?es de corpus de langage spontan?. C?est en utilisant mieux les outils et corpus r?cents que la recherche, nationale et internationale, pourra s?enrichir et prosp?rer. Pour cela, un workshop incluant des tutoriels et des pr?sentations sur les outils et la recherche utilisant les corpus d?acquisition de langage sera organis? par le GDR ? Langues, langage oral et cognition : acquisition et dysfonctionnements ? nouvelles approches ? et financ? par le CNRS. Ce workshop est con?u pour : * pr?senter et introduire des outils utilis?s fr?quemment pour cr?er et ?diter des corpus de langage oral (langues orales ou sign?es). Un tutoriel concernera les usages avanc?s des corpus ; * pr?senter et discuter les ?volutions en mati?re d?outils pour corpus de langage oral ; * pr?senter et discuter l?int?r?t et les apports des recherches utilisant des corpus de langage oral. Programme L?organisation de ces tutoriels (Jeudi 18 novembre) pourra ?voluer en fonction du nombre de personnes int?ress?es. Pour cela, toute personne int?ress?e par ces tutoriels doit ?crire ? Christophe Parisse (cparisse at u-paris10.fr) pour se pr?inscrire. La journ?e du 19 novembre est ouverte ? tous et ? acc?s libre. Jeudi 18 novembre 2010 (Matin) Pr?sentation et introduction aux logiciels CLAN et PHON ; transcription et utilisation pour la recherche. Les pr?sentations se focaliseront sur les principes de base et fourniront des exemples de recherches effectivement men?es avec ces outils. Elles seront organis?es sous forme de tutoriels et seront ouvertes ? des utilisateurs novices. 9h00 ? 10h30: St?phanie Caet (Prismes ? Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3) CLAN pour les N?ophytes : d?couvrir, comprendre et utiliser un nouvel outil de transcription et d?analyse des interactions 10h45 ? 12h15: Naomi Yamaguchi (LPP ? Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, SFL ? CNRS-Paris 8) Transcription phon?tique et analyse phonologique avec PHON. Jeudi 18 novembre 2010 (Apr?s-Midi) Pr?sentation et introduction au logiciel ELAN ; transcription et utilisation pour la recherche. Utilisation de corpus d?j? existants : comment traiter ces corpus, comment r?aliser des statistiques, comment r?aliser une analyse syntaxique ou lexicale. 14h00 ? 16h00: Simon Harrison & Vito Evola (Natural Media & Engineering, HumTec Center, RWTH Aachen University) Une introduction ? ELAN pour l?analyse et la transcription de donn?es multilingues (pr?sentation en anglais) 16h15 ? 17h45: Christophe Parisse (MoDyCo-INSERM, CNRS-Universit? Paris Ouest Nanterre) Utiliser, traiter et interroger des corpus existants Vendredi 19 novembre 2010 (Matin) Nouvelles tendances et ?volutions dans les outils et les corpus de langage oral, annotation et traitement des corpus. Comment est-il possible d?utiliser efficacement des outils pour travailler sur l?acquisition du langage oral ? Quels avantages ces outils offrent-ils pour la recherche ? Quelles am?liorations attendre en particulier dans le traitement de corpus multim?dia et de langage oral ? Est-ce que les outils actuels vont ?voluer ou de nouveaux outils vont-ils se d?velopper ? 9h30-10h15: Han Sloetjes (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen) ELAN ? d?veloppements r?cents et futurs (pr?sentation en anglais) 10h15-11h00: Michael Kipp (Saarland University, Germany) ANVIL: un outil de codage et d?analyse vid?o multi-niveaux (pr?sentation en anglais) 11h20: 12h05: Thomas Schmidt (Universit?t Hamburg, Germany) EXMARaLDA : syst?me de formats et outils pour la transcription et l'annotation de la langue parl?e (pr?sentation en anglais) Vendredi 19 novembre 2010 (Apr?s-Midi) Nouvelles tendances dans les recherches en acquisition du langage. Qu?est-ce que l?utilisation de corpus a apport? aux recherches en acquisition du langage ? Comment ont ?volu? les liens entre recherche th?orique et applications pratiques ? Des pr?sentations seront r?alis?es par des invit?s sur des th?mes allant de la cr?ation de donn?es de corpus ? l?utilisation de ces donn?es pour la recherche en acquisition du langage ou en linguistique computationnelle : 14h-14h50: Susanne Miyata (Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagoya, Japan) CHILDES: Corpus en langue japonaise et recherches en acquisition du langage (pr?sentation en anglais) 14h50-15h40: Heidi Waterfall (Cornell University, NY, USA) La vari?t? est le sel de l?analyse longitudinale (pr?sentation en anglais) 16h-17h: Elena Lieven (MPI-EVA, Leipzig ?Germany- and University of Manchester - UK) Recherches bas?es sur des corpus: ?volutions r?centes, difficult?s et ouvertures (pr?sentation en anglais) Le workshop et les tutoriels se d?rouleront ? Paris, au Laboratoire SFL (UMR 7023, CNRS), Centre CNRS Pouchet, 59 rue Pouchet, PARIS. Comit? d?organisation : Christophe Parisse (Modyco, INSERM, CNRS/Universit? Paris Ouest Nanterre la D?fense, France) Aliyah Morgenstern (Prismes, Universit? Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris, France) Maya Hickmann (SFL, CNRS-Paris 8, Paris, France) Financ? par le GDR CNRS ? Langue, Langage Oral et Cognition: acquisition et dysfonctionnements - nouvelles approches ?, responsable Maya Hickmann. Tools and Research based on Language Acquisition Corpora November 18-19 2010, PARIS (FRANCE) CNRS Pouchet center, 59 rue Pouchet, 75017 PARIS (FRANCE) Contact: Christophe Parisse cparisse at u-paris10.fr Multimodal language corpora of spoken and signed languages are now widely and extensively used in language acquisition studies. This has required new tools, new research practices, new theories which has brought about ground breaking changes in research in linguistics and in psycholinguistics. These recent transformations, techniques and results need to be shared with a large community of researchers and students in the field of language acquisition. Creating, using, sharing, analyzing spontaneous oral data with the relevant tools for each researcher?s specific needs can only help improve and enrich national and international research on language acquisition, and collective efforts are needed to attain this goal. A Workshop including tutorials and various presentations, will be organized by the GDR ?Language, oral language and cognition: Language acquisition ? new approaches? and funded by the CNRS. This workshop is designed to: * present and provide introductions to tools used for creating and analyzing corpora of spontaneous oral (spoken and signed) language (separate tutorials will target beginners and advanced corpora users); * present and discuss trends about tools for oral language data; * present and discuss trends about research using oral language corpora. Program The organization of the tutorials (Thursday 18 program) may change according to the number of people interested. Please send an e-mail to Christophe Parisse (cparisse at u-paris10.fr) to make a pre-registration. Friday November 19th is free and open access. Thursday November 18th 2010 ? Morning session Introductory presentations and examples of researches conducted using CLAN and PHON. Presentations will present the basic requirements when using these tools and provide examples of actual research conducted with these tools. They will also provide information to more advanced users. 9h00 ? 10h30: St?phanie Caet (Prismes ? Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3) CLAN for Beginners: discovering and learning how to use new tools for transcribing and analysing interaction data (presentation in French) 10h45 ? 12h15: Naomi Yamaguchi (LPP ? Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, SFL ? CNRS-Paris 8) Phonetic transcription and phonological analyses using PHON (presentation in French) Thursday November 18th 2010 ? Afternoon session Introductory presentations and examples of researches conducted using ELAN, and other advanced software for corpus analysis. 14h00 ? 16h00: Simon Harrison & Vito Evola (Natural Media & Engineering, HumTec Center, RWTH Aachen University) An introduction to ELAN for the analysis and transcription of multimodal linguistic data 16h15 ? 17h45: Christophe Parisse (MoDyCo-INSERM, CNRS-Universit? Paris Ouest Nanterre) Using, processing and querying existing corpora (presentation in French) Friday November 19th 2010 ? Morning session New trends about tools for oral language corpus annotation and processing. How is it possible to use tools for research on Language Acquisition Corpora efficiently? What do these tools offer to the researcher? Which improvements, which changes are of interest to work with oral and multimodal language corpus? Will existing tools evolve or new tools develop? 9h30-10h15: Han Sloetjes (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen) ELAN - recent and (possible) future developments 10h15-11h00: Michael Kipp (Saarland University, Germany) ANVIL: A multi-level video coding and analysis tool 11h20: 12h05: Thomas Schmidt (Universit?t Hamburg, Germany) EXMARaLDA: system of concepts, data formats and tools for the computer assisted transcription and annotation of spoken language Friday November 19th 2010 ? Afternoon session New trends in language acquisition research. What does corpus analysis bring to language acquisition research? How has it changed the relationship between theoretical and applied work? 14h-14h50: Susanne Miyata (Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagoya, Japan) CHILDES: Japanese corpora and language acquisition research 14h50-15h40: Heidi Waterfall (Cornell University, NY, USA). Variety is the Spice of Longitudinal Analysis 16h-17h: Elena Lieven (MPI-EVA, Leipzig ?Germany- and University of Manchester - UK) Corpus-based research: Recent developments, problems and possibilities The workshop will be held in Paris, at the SFL Lab (UMR 7023, CNRS), CNRS Pouchet center, 59 rue Pouchet, Paris, FRANCE. Organizing committee: Christophe Parisse (Modyco, INSERM, CNRS/Paris Ouest Nanterre University, France) Aliyah Morgenstern (Prismes, Sorbonne Nouvelle University, Paris, France) Maya Hickmann (SFL, CNRS-Paris 8, Paris, France) Funded by the CNRS, GDR ? Langue, Langage Oral et Cognition: acquisition et dysfonctionnements - nouvelles approches ?, scientific director Maya Hickmann. Abstracts (alphabetical) St?phanie Caet (Prismes ? Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3) CLAN for Beginners: discovering and learning how to use new tools for transcribing and analysing interaction data This 1.30-hour workshop aims at familiarizing beginners with the interface and basic principles of the CLAN software. Three main functions of CLAN will be approached: - alignment between video or sound and text. This not only facilitates the transcription work, it also enables researchers to keep track at all times of the contexts in which utterances were produced; - quantitative analyses of transcribed utterances or annotations added by the researcher himself, such as frequency counts (number of utterances produced, total number of words, number of different words, number of particular forms of annotations) MLU computation, and automatic localisation of words or constructions in the text and their context; - automatic morphosyntactic analysis of utterances, to which frequency counts and textual localisation may also be applied. Illustrative analyses will be guided by a realistic research question and will be performed from data sets available on the CHILDES database (http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/). French version (this talk will be presented in French) CLAN pour les N?ophytes : d?couvrir, comprendre et utiliser un nouvel outil de transcription et d?analyse des interactions Cet atelier d?1h30 a pour but de familiariser des utilisateurs novices ? l?interface et aux principes de base d?utilisation du logiciel CLAN. Les trois fonctions principales de CLAN seront abord?es: - l?alignement entre de la vid?o ou du son avec du texte, qui d?une part facilite le travail de transcription et d?autre part permet un va-et-vient permanent entre la transcription et le contexte de production des ?nonc?s ; - l?analyse quantitative des ?nonc?s transcrits ou des annotations cr??es par le chercheur (calcul de fr?quences : nombre d??nonc?s, nombre total de mots, nombre de mots diff?rents, fr?quence de certaines formes d?annotations ; calcul de la LME ; rep?rage automatique de mots ou de constructions dans le texte et dans leur contexte etc.) ; - l?analyse morphosyntaxique automatique des ?nonc?s, ? laquelle sont ?galement applicables calculs de fr?quence et rep?rage textuel. Les analyses illustratives seront r?alis?es ? partir de donn?es disponibles sur la base de donn?es CHILDES (http://childes.psy.cmu.edu/) auxquelles nous appliquerons une probl?matique de recherche potentielle qui servira de fil conducteur ? ce tutoriel. Simon Harrison & Vito Evola (Natural Media & Engineering, HumTec Center, RWTH Aachen University) An introduction to ELAN for the analysis and transcription of multimodal linguistic data In this workshop we acquaint participants with the basic skills required to collect, analyse, and transcribe multimodal linguistic data in ELAN. Michael Kipp (Saarland University, Germany) ANVIL: A multi-level video coding and analysis tool This talk presents ANVIL, a widely used video coding tool that allows the encoding of linguistic data on multiple tiers according to a user-defined coding scheme. The talk's focus will introduce both basic coding functionality and more recent extensions for analyzing coding reliability and event association. Elena Lieven (MPI-EVA, Leipzig and University of Manchester) Corpus-based research: Recent developments, problems and possibilities Corpus-based research has always been central to the study of child language development since it provides evidence of children?s speech and their language environment in relatively naturalistic settings. As such, it forms the basis for describing the overall course of language development and for the development of hypotheses that can be tested either using data from the corpora or through experimentation. In this talk I will first briefly discuss two important methodological issues: the nature of the sampling frame and the level of analysis. I then turn to some recent studies that illustrate the various possible approaches to the analysis of corpora, including the production of novel utterances and grammar extraction by young English-speaking children; productivity measures for morphological marking in Spanish and Polish; and calculations of cue validity from the input to predict the development of the transitive in Cantonese, English and German. I return to the issue of sampling and of cross-linguistic and cross-cultural comparisons at the end of the talk. Susanne Miyata (Aichi Shukutoku University, Nagoya, Japan) CHILDES: Japanese corpora and language acquisition The focus on spontaneous speech has some tradition in Japan. In the 1950's the National Institute for Japanese Language started to collect a wide variety of speech data, and Junya Noji began his monumental diary collection of the utterances of his son Sumihare. However, because of a lack of powerful linguistic computer tools, it was only in the late 1990's that these data became object of in-depth research. My talk describes the process of CHILDES-related tool development for an agglutinative null-argument language with a mixed ideogram-phonogram script without word boundaries, and its impact on current language acquisition research. Christophe Parisse (MoDyCo-INSERM, CNRS-Universit? Paris Ouest Nanterre). Using, processing and querying existing corpora Presentation on using existing corpora: how to process them, how to obtain statistical results, how to generate syntactic and lexical analyses (using tools such as Excel, R statistical and text processing software, textometric software). This presentation will also be focused on more advanced users, for CLAN as well as other software. French version (this talk will be presented in French) Utiliser, traiter et interroger des corpus existants Cette pr?sentation a pour but de donner des outils et des moyens de traiter les corpus de langage une fois qu?ils sont transcrits : comment les traiter, comment obtenir des r?sultats statistiques, comment r?aliser des analyses linguistiques sur le lexique ou la syntaxe (en utilisant des outils comme par exemple Excel, le logiciel de statistiques et de traitements de corpus R, des outils textom?triques). Cette pr?sentation est particuli?rement destin?e aux utilisateurs avanc?s de CLAN ou d?autres logiciels de transcription. Thomas Schmidt (Universit?t Hamburg, Germany). EXMARaLDA: system of concepts, data formats and tools for the computer assisted transcription and annotation of spoken language My talk will give an overview of EXMARaLDA, a system for the computer-assisted construction, management and analysis of spoken language corpora. EXMARaLDA is developed at the Research Centre on Multilingualism at the University of Hamburg with the principal aim of providing researchers with an environment in which spoken language data can be efficiently created, flexibly analysed, and reliably exchanged between people and computer tools. Presently nearing its 10th anniversary, EXMARaLDA is now widely used for doing conversation and discourse analysis, research into first and second language acquisition, dialectology and phonology. In my talk, I will use examples from learner corpora to demonstrate the functionality of EXMARaLDA. I will devote special attention to questions of interoperability, considering both the present situation and possible future developments. Han Sloetjes (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen) ELAN - recent and (possible) future developments This talk will spotlight a number of recent and often lesser known improvements on the annotation tool ELAN. Considerable attention will be given to current functionality in terms of querying and modifying multiple files. Extension of this kind of operations on a complete or on a section of a local corpus is planned for future releases. Furthermore developments in the realm of semi-automatic annotation and interaction with lexicon tools will be discussed Heidi Waterfall (Cornell University, NY, USA). Variety is the Spice of Longitudinal Analysis In this presentation, I will explore the ?variety? present both in language acquisition corpora and in the methods used to analyze them. First, I will argue that while it is necessary to calculate measures of quantity (e.g., number of tokens, number of utterances), it is also critical to examine the variety or diversity of structures present in the data (e.g., number of different kinds of complex sentences). Second, I will demonstrate the importance of analyzing the transcript on various different linguistic levels (e.g., lexical and cross-sentential) in order to understand the input. Lastly, I will address how using a variety of tools, specifically, the combination of manual and computational analysis can yield interesting new areas of research. Naomi Yamaguchi (LPP ? Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3, SFL ? CNRS-Paris 8) Phonetical transcription and phonological analysis using PHON French version (this talk will be presented in French) Transcription phon?tique et analyse phonologique avec PHON Cet atelier d?1h30 a pour but de familiariser des utilisateurs novices ? l?interface et aux principes de base d?utilisation du logiciel PHON. Nous aborderons : - la segmentation d'un corpus, la transcription phon?tique en utilisateur simple et en double aveugle, la visualisation du signal audio, la syllabification des ?nonc?s ; - quelques recherches possibles concernant les productions transcrites, comme ?tablir l'inventaire segmental pour une position syllabique donn?e, rechercher des traits distinctifs, rechercher des harmonies ou des m?tath?ses, et effectuer des recherches personnalis?es. Les donn?es illustratives font partie de diff?rents projets de recherche en cours, qui seront par la suite donn?es au projet PhonBank. -- 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. 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