Hi Kirsten,<br><br>I can give you quite some information on this. It will be sent to you by Mettje Hunneman.<br><br>Hope it's of any use.<br><br>All the best,<br><br>Antje van Oosten<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Nov 13, 2009 at 7:53 AM, Kirsten Abbot-Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kirsten.abbot-smith@plymouth.ac.uk">kirsten.abbot-smith@plymouth.ac.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Is anyone up-to-date on whether digital video cameras which record onto DVD or even better straight onto some kind of memory stick / hard drive are now also capable of the kind of quality of audio recording which we need as child language researchers? I am loath to purchase yet another camera which records onto mini video cassettes....<br>
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I had a quick look and many of these cameras do not seem to have an external mic-in.<br>
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Best,<br>
Kirsten<br>
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TOPIC: Pace of early language development<br>
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Date: Mon, Aug 3 2009 2:34 pm<br>
From: Margaret Fleck<br>
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Ok, so then the generational split is between parents and caregivers in<br>
their twenties (or even late teens) and academics/politicians with enough<br>
experience to have strong opinions about long-term trends, which would make<br>
them at least 40?<br>
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From: Brian MacWhinney <<a href="mailto:macw@cmu.edu">macw@cmu.edu</a>><br>
Subject: Re: Pace of early language development<br>
To: <a href="mailto:info-childes@googlegroups.com">info-childes@googlegroups.com</a><br>
Date: Monday, August 3, 2009, 9:19 AM<br>
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Matthew,<br>
Actually, my analysis was based on this same assumption. The Doppler effect should be clearest between adults and young teens. Labov also emphasizes the role of women in their twenties, alongside young male teens, but the general point is that young people in various social configurations are the chief instigators of new sound patterns, grammaticalizations, neologisms, and the rest. Toddlers are certainly not the sources. Although younger children not innovators in this way, they can play another role in terms of implementing cue hierarchy reconfiguration and leveling. Regarding the famous working class/middle class split in the UK and Basil Bernstein's ideas about a restricted code, you may find this analysis of UK preschools interesting, if only historically:<br>
MacWhinney, B., & Osser, H. (1977). Verbal planning functions in children's speech. Child Development, 48, 978-985.<br>
Of course that was all before the large expansion of immigrant populations in the UK. When one factors in the role of having additional L1 sources, then the Linguistic Special Relativity effect would be enhanced. Please don't ask me to do the math.<br>
-- Brian<br>
On Aug 3, 2009, at 6:28 AM, Matthew Saxton wrote:<br>
I think Brian’s suggestion is ingenious. However, to my knowledge, language change is especially driven by young people in the teenage years – with the introduction of new meanings, terms and phrases – rather than by toddlers. The perception of a linguistic decline over successive generations is sometimes driven by political considerations. A recent U.K. example is the Bercow Review (by the same John Bercow who is now Speaker of the House of Commons). Without citing any specific sources, his report suggests that: Approximately 50% of children in some socio-economically disadvantaged populations have speech and language skills that are significantly lower than those of other children of the same age. The implication is that a steep decline is in train within the U.K., ascribable to socioeconomic factors. One such factor is whether or not English is the child’s first language. It has become increasingly common for very young children, who<br>
have had little exposure to English, to be placed in English-language Nursery settings. Such children will naturally depress average scores on standardised language tests, especially in the early stages of their exposure to English. But one could not argue from such data that the language learning capacities of children had declined in any way. Regards, Matthew Saxton. ********************************************************************************************************* Department of Psychology and Human Development,Institute of Education,University of London,25 Woburn Square,London,WC1H 0AA. Tel: 020-7612-6509Fax: 020-7612-6304 <a href="http://www.ioe.ac.uk" target="_blank">http://www.ioe.ac.uk</a><br>
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TOPIC: Call for papers: Child Language Seminar, City University London, June<br>
24-25 2010<br>
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Date: Tues, Aug 4 2009 1:27 am<br>
From: Chloe<br>
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Dear Info-CHILDES members,<br>
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The next Child Language Seminar will be held at City University<br>
London, June 24-25 2010 (with registration and wine reception on the<br>
evening of June 23). Please see our webpage for further details,<br>
<a href="http://www.city.ac.uk/lcs/childlanguageseminar.html" target="_blank">http://www.city.ac.uk/lcs/childlanguageseminar.html</a>. These details<br>
will be updated regularly. Meanwhile, the current details are<br>
duplicated below:<br>
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The Child Language Seminar (CLS) was first held in 1977. It is an<br>
interdisciplinary conference attracting a diverse audience of, among<br>
others, psychologists, linguists and speech and language therapists,<br>
and provides a forum for research on first and second language<br>
acquisition in typically and atypically developing children.<br>
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Please follow the links below for further information. If you can't<br>
find what you need, please e-mail Chloe Marshall at Chloe.Marshall.<br>
<a href="mailto:1@city.ac.uk">1@city.ac.uk</a>.<br>
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Organising committee / Programme / Keynote speakers / Call for<br>
papers / Key dates / Registration / Venue / Accommodation /<br>
Travel<br>
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Organising committee:<br>
Nicola Botting, Shula Chiat and Chloe Marshall (co-chairs)<br>
Lucy Dipper<br>
Barbara Dodd<br>
Andrea Dohmen<br>
Natalie Hasson<br>
Ros Herman<br>
Hannah Hockey<br>
Rachael Anne Knight<br>
Abigail Levin<br>
Wolfgang Mann<br>
Gary Morgan<br>
Lucy Myers<br>
Michele Pettinato<br>
Kamila Polisenska<br>
Belinda Seeff-Gabriel<br>
David Williams<br>
Anne Zimmer-Stahl<br>
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Programme:<br>
More details will follow soon...<br>
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Keynote speakers:<br>
Our keynote speakers will be:<br>
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Professor Sue Gathercole (University of York) - "Working memory,<br>
language and classroom learning"<br>
Dr Ann Senghas (Barnard College of Columbia University, New York) -<br>
"From gestures to grammar - How learners created Nicaraguan Sign<br>
Language"<br>
Dr Simon Fisher (Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at the<br>
University of Oxford) - "Building bridges between genes, brains and<br>
language"<br>
There will also be an invited symposium on autism and language led by<br>
Dr David Williams (City University London).<br>
More details will follow soon...<br>
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Call for papers:<br>
Proposals are invited for papers and posters related to child language<br>
acquisition and disorders. Proposals will be considered on any aspect<br>
of children’s first or subsequent language development (e.g., grammar,<br>
phonology, lexicon, pragmatics, discourse, literacy, bilingualism,<br>
sign language, psycholinguistic processing) or on any aspect relating<br>
to children with language difficulties (e.g., description, assessment,<br>
remediation). The CLS is a peer-reviewed research conference and all<br>
proposals will be reviewed blindly by members of the organising<br>
committee.<br>
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Presentation format<br>
Proposals should indicate whether an oral presentation or poster is<br>
preferred. The programme committee views both formats as having equal<br>
value but reserves the right to switch formats to suit the programme.<br>
Presenters will be notified about the final format of their<br>
presentation at the time their proposal is accepted.<br>
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Oral presentations will last 20 mins, plus 10 mins for discussion<br>
Posters may be viewed all day, with a wine reception at which authors<br>
will be present in the evening<br>
Proposal format<br>
Proposals must be written in English and include the following:<br>
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Cover Page:<br>
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Title of presentation<br>
Authors’ names and affiliations<br>
Name, address, telephone number and email address of contact person<br>
Preferred presentation format (oral presentation or poster)<br>
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Abstract:<br>
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Title of presentation<br>
Summary of research undertaken (300 words maximum, single spaced)<br>
Do not include authors’ names<br>
Submitting proposals<br>
Proposals must be composed in either MS Word or RTF format with paper<br>
size set to A4 and submitted as an attachment to an email (not as part<br>
of the mail body of the email) to: <a href="mailto:Chloe.Marshall.1@city.ac.uk">Chloe.Marshall.1@city.ac.uk</a><br>
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Key dates:<br>
Submission of abstracts: 31 December 2009<br>
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Notification of acceptance/rejection: 31 January 2010<br>
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Registration open: 1 February 2010<br>
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Programme published on website: 1 April 2010<br>
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Early registration deadline (reduced fee): 1 May 2010<br>
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Registration and wine reception: 23 June 2010<br>
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CLS meeting: 24-25 June 2010, with conference dinner 24 June<br>
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Registration<br>
We are currently working out the costings for the conference, and will<br>
endeavour to keep the registration fee as low as possible, with a<br>
discount for students. As a guide, when the CLS was last held<br>
(University of Reading, 2007), the fees were £185 for early<br>
registration (and only £135 for students). We do not envisage the fees<br>
being higher than that this time round, although we will have to<br>
charge separately for the conference dinner.<br>
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Venue<br>
The CLS will be held at City University London. Founded in 1894 as the<br>
Northampton Institute on its present site and awarded full university<br>
status in 1966, City University London has special links with the City<br>
of London and plays an active role in the business and professional<br>
life of the capital. We pride ourselves on our close contacts with the<br>
leading professional institutions and with business and industry, both<br>
at home and abroad. Our success is demonstrated by our graduate<br>
employment record, which is one of the best in the country. We are<br>
also the sixth most popular university in the UK for student<br>
applications. Our reputation extends worldwide: of almost 10,000 City<br>
University London students, more than 40 per cent are international,<br>
the majority of these from outside the European Union.<br>
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The Department of Language and Communication Science is a member of<br>
the School of Community and Health Sciences. We have been providing<br>
education to Speech and Language Therapists for over 50 years. We<br>
developed from the London Hospital School of Speech Therapy, founded<br>
by Winifred Kingdon Ward in 1942. In 1982 we linked with City<br>
University London, becoming a full Department in 1986.<br>
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We are the largest teaching, research and clinical department in the<br>
UK, providing courses leading both to registration as a practitioner<br>
in speech and language therapy and post-registration opportunities for<br>
a range of professionals working in communication disability.<br>
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We are a dynamic and forward-thinking department in which<br>
contributions to professional developments, teaching and learning,<br>
research and clinical application are flourishing.<br>
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The Department of Language and Communication Science is located in the<br>
Social Science Building, part of the main university campus in<br>
Northampton Square. You can find more information about the Department<br>
here, and maps of City University London here.<br>
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Accommodation<br>
We are asking delegates to kindly book their own conference<br>
accommodation, as there are lots of hotels near to City University<br>
London. Some that we recommend are:<br>
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Harlingford Hotel<br>
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Hilton Hotel Islington<br>
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Holiday Inn Kings Cross<br>
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Jurys Inn Islington<br>
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Thistle Hotel Barbican<br>
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Travelodge Kings Cross<br>
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Travel<br>
City University London is located only 15 minutes by foot from St<br>
Pancras International, making us easily accessible to delegates who<br>
wish to arrive by Eurostar.<br>
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If you prefer to fly, trains from Luton Airport and Gatwick Airport<br>
run direct to St Pancras International. The nearest tube stations to<br>
City University London are Angel, on the Northern Line, and<br>
Farringdon, on the Circle/Hammersmith & City/Metropolitan lines. If<br>
you arrive at Stansted Airport there's a train to Liverpool Street<br>
Station which is a quick tube journey away from Farringdon, and if you<br>
come in to Heathrow Airport the tube journey is under an hour to Kings<br>
Cross, which is then one stop away from Angel. You can get further<br>
details on travelling in London here.<br>
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You can find all sorts of useful travel information at <a href="http://www.travelinlondon.org/" target="_blank">http://www.travelinlondon.org/</a>.<br>
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We look forward to seeing you at CLS in 2010!<br>
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