Conference on the acquisition of referring expressions - call for papers

[Anne Salazar Orvig]

Université Sorbonne Nouvelle Paris 3
Université Charles de Gaulle, Lille 3
Université de Neuchâtel
CNRS
ANR



ACQUISITION OF REFERRING EXPRESSIONS:
CROSSED PERSPECTIVES

Date of conference: October 25-26, 2013
Location: Paris

CALL FOR PAPERS

Deadline for submission of abstracts: March 1st, 2013

Contact : aeref2013 at univ-paris3.fr
Website : http://www.univ-paris3.fr/aeref-2013


The conference focuses on the acquisition of pronouns and determiners
as a key process in children’s linguistic and communicative
development. The gradual mastery of these grammatical units marks
children’s entry into grammar and provides evidence of their first
attempts to construct discourse, participate in verbal interaction,
and take their interlocutor's knowledge and point of view into
account.
Pronouns and determiners are thus at the interface of the structural
(systems, forms, structures) and functional (pragmatics, discourse,
dialogue) dimensions of language. Analyzing these devices can offer
important clarifications regarding the relationships between different
levels of language structure and use.
A large body of research on pronouns and determiners, both as
grammatical morphemes and as referring expressions, has been conducted
in the past few years. These studies have explored some of the stages
and modalities in the development of various paradigms (fillers,
distribution, mastery of an abstract grammatical category, etc.) and
have underlined the linguistic factors involved in their development,
such as the semantic, phonetic or prosodic dimensions.
The first studies on reference looked mainly at narratives or
experimental situations. They showed how children’s use of language
develops very gradually before becoming adult-like. Other studies
dealing mostly with children’s productions in dialogues and in natural
contexts investigated the conditions under which referring expressions
are first employed. They demonstrated the impact of factors such as
the accessibility of the referent and its occurrence in previous
discourse. Other interesting aspects studied so far include the links
between referring expressions, joint attention and gestures or
cognitive development. Referring expressions have also been approached
in relation to the type of discourse, dialogue, or activity being
carried out, in a variety of contexts.
Results of these series of studies suggest that determiners and
pronouns need to be examined in connection with each of these
dimensions jointly. This approach could help fuel a more general
discussion of the acquisition of grammar and grammatical categories,
and can contribute to the debate on its theoretical underpinnings.

The aim of the conference “Acquisition of Referring Expressions:
Crossed Perspectives” is to promote scientific encounters and
discussions between researchers who work on these issues in different
fields and from different theoretical perspectives. We hope to
initiate a debate about topics like the interaction between linguistic
levels, statistical and distributional factors in usage and input,
cognitive and socio-cognitive development, and dialogue and pragmatic-
discursive factors, and thereby enrich our knowledge of the processes
underlying language acquisition in general.

The conference will combine:

- plenary sessions (keynote speakers will be announced shortly) ;
- oral presentations (20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for
discussion). It is also possible to organize panels of 4
presentations ;
- poster presentations.

The conference languages will be French and English.

The oral presentations and posters will tackle the issue of children’s
referring expressions in one or more domains:

- Construction of reference
- Pragmatics
- Cognitive development
- Morphosyntax
- Semantics
- Phonetics and phonology
- Prosody
- Gesture
- Dialogue
- Genres and types of discourse
- Types of activities and situations
- Background-dependent variations (sociocultural, family/educational
environment)
- Cross-linguistic perspectives
- Bilingualism
- Speech and language pathology

Submissions will be examined by our scientific committee in regards to
both their relevance to the conference theme and their scientific
quality.

Proposal Format

Presentation proposals will be registered on-line, via the Easychair
platform (https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=aeref2013) until
March 1st. You will find more precise indications on the submission
procedure on the conference website (http://www.univ-paris3.fr/
aeref-2013).
Abstracts should not exceed 500 words (references excluded).
Presenters who wish to propose a panel should also submit an abstract
describing the theme of the panel (250 words + title of each
presentation). Participants of the panel will submit their own
presentation proposal according to the regular procedure for oral
presentations, with the additional indication of the panel title in
the abstract.

Agenda

Deadline for abstract submission
	March 1st 2013
Notification of acceptance	April 15th


Organizing Committee

Anne Salazar Orvig, Annie Rialland, Rouba Hassan, Geneviève de Weck,
Aliyah Morgenstern, Haydée Marcos, Jocelyne Leber-Marin, Gwendoline
Fox, Julien Heurdier, Stéphane Jullien, Marine Le Mené, Christine da
Silva, Elise Vinel, Naomi Yamaguchi

Scientific Committee
Mehmet-Ali AKINCI (Université de Rouen,  DYSOLA), Shanley E. M. ALLEN
(Technische Universität Kaiserslautern), Dominique BASSANO (SFL- CNRS
Université Vincennes St Denis - Paris 8), Josie BERNICOT (Université
de Poitiers), Eve V. CLARK (Stanford University), Jean-Marc COLLETTA
(Université Stendhal - Grenoble 3, LIDILEM), Geneviève DE WECK
(Université de Neuchâtel), Régine DELAMOTTE (Université de Rouen,
DYSOLA), Francis GROSSMANN (Université Stendhal - Grenoble 3,
LIDILEM), Michèle GUIDETTI (Université Le Mirail - Toulouse 2,
OCTOGONE), Rouba HASSAN (Université Charles-de-Gaulle - Lille 3,
THEODILE-CIREL), Maya HICKMANN (SFL – CNRS - Université Vincennes St
Denis - Paris 8), Christian HUDELOT (BCL – CNRS/Université Nice -
Sophia Antipolis), Harriet JISA (Université Lumière – Lyon 2/ DDL -
CNRS), Sophie KERN (DDL, CNRS-Université Lumière - Lyon 2), Anne
LACHERET (Université Paris-Ouest Nanterre La Défense, MODYCO), Marie
LEROY COLLOMBEL (Université Descartes - Paris 5, MODYCO) Haydée MARCOS
(CNRS), Aliyah MORGENSTERN (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle -  Paris 3,
PRISMES), Christophe PARISSE (MODYCO INSERM/Université Paris-Ouest
Nanterre La Défense), Simona PEKAREK (Université de Neuchâtel), Yves
REUTER (Université Charles-de-Gaulle - Lille 3- THEODILE-CIREL), Annie
RIALLAND (LPP- CNRS - Université Sorbonne Nouvelle - Paris 3), Anne
SALAZAR ORVIG (Université Sorbonne Nouvelle – Paris 3- RFC), Ludovica
SERRATRICE (University of Manchester), Edy VENEZIANO (Université
Descartes - Paris 5/MODYCO), Sophie WAUQUIER (SFL – CNRS Université
Vincennes St Denis - Paris 8).

Contact : aeref2013 at univ-paris3.fr
Website : http://www.univ-paris3.fr/aeref-2013

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