Call for papers - International Journal of Bilingualism special issue

[Vicky Chondrogianni]

*Call for papers - International Journal of Bilingualism

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We would like to invite abstracts for the annual thematic issue of the
International Journal of Bilingualism (IJB) to be published in March 2015.
The topic of the proposed thematic issue is *“Cross-linguistic aspects in
child L2 acquisition” *and intends to bring together contributions from
researchers examining the acquisition of interface and syntax-only
phenomena in child L2 learners from a cross-linguistic perspective and/or
by using different methodologies (production, off-line/on-line
comprehension).



Our thematic issue will seek to comprise articles investigating how target
language (TL) properties influence child L2 acquisition, whether
acquisition of different kinds of interface conditions influences transfer
differently, how the acquisition pattern can be mediated by external
factors such as age of onset (AoO), length of exposure (LoE) to the L2 and
quality of input, and how transfer can interact with TL properties to give
rise to different acquisition patterns cross-linguistically. Finally, by
comparing different modalities such as production, off-line and on-line
comprehension, we will address possible (a)symmetries between production
and comprehension, and we will investigate the nature of the potential
production problems in L2 children with different AoO and LoE.



Potential contributions could aim to address the following research
questions:

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1)      How do TL properties influence the acquisition of morpho-syntactic
and semantic phenomena in L2 children cross-linguistically?

2)      Do internal (e.g. syntax-semantics) and external (e.g.
syntax-discourse) interface conditions have different effects on language
development?

3)      How does L1 transfer interact with TL properties in child L2
acquisition and with external factors such as LoE, AoO and quality of input?

4)      Do cross-linguistic differences in TL properties influence
production, on-line and/or off-line comprehension of morpho-syntax and
semantics in L2 children differentially?



If you are interested in contributing to this special issue, please send us
(Vicky Chondrogianni: v.chondrogianni at bangor.ac.uk, Leonie Cornips:
leonie.cornips at meertens.knaw.nl, Nada Vasić: nadavasic at gmail.com) a
500-word abstract stating the research questions, methodology, results,
implications for the field of L2 acquisition. Abstracts should include the
title of the submission as well as the authors’ names and affiliations.



Please note that this is a competitive call and that the thematic issue
cannot comprise more than six papers. Paper selection will follow a
peer-review process, and therefore, eventual publication is not guaranteed
for all manuscript submissions.



The deadline for abstract submissions is *October 15, 2012*. Other relevant
deadlines are listed below:



November 9, 2012:     Contributors notified by editors

May 31, 2013:             Submission of first drafts/ papers sent out to
reviewers

July 14, 2013:              All first round reviews in / final decision on
papers to be included in the special issue reached by editors / selected
papers for second round of reviews, if necessary

September 14, 2013:   Submission of second drafts

September 27, 2013:   Second round of reviews in

October 10, 2013:       Guest editors’ final decision and evaluation

January 24, 2014:       Introduction due from Guest Editors

February 21, 2014:     Final form-corrected copy reviewed by authors

March 28, 2014:         Submission to Sage publications

April-June 2014:         Proofs sent to authors and *IJB* staff



We look forward to receiving your contributions!



Vicky Chondrogianni, Leonie Cornips & Nada Vasić (IJB Guest editors)

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