Dear info-childes,<br><br>Here is a call for papers for a workshop on dummy auxiliaries in (a)typical first and second language acquisition. <u><b><br><br></b></u><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center">
<b style=""><u><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-GB">Dummy auxiliaries in (a)typical first and second
language acquisition</span></u></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US"> </span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">1-2
July 2010 </span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Radboud</span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US"> University
Nijmegen, Netherlands</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Invited
speakers:</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">María
del Pilar
García Mayo (Universidad del País Vasco; Vitoria-Gasteiz)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Rosemarie
Tracy (Universität Mannheim)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Stephanie
Haberzettl (Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg) <br></span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US"></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Solveig
Chilla (Universität Bremen)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Sjef
Barbiers (Meertens Institute Amsterdam)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";">Shalom Zuckerman (Utrecht University)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";">Jan de Jong (University of Amsterdam)</span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Antje
Orgassa (Radboud University)</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US"></span></b><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US"></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">During
the past few decades, language acquisition studies have reported learners’ use
of semantically empty or ‘dummy verbs’ such as the verb form ‘is’ in the Dutch –
ungrammatical - sentence “Hij is doorrijden” (He is drive). These constructions
resemble English do-support constructions where ‘do’ lacks a proper meaning.
The use of dummy verbs has been reported for English, Dutch and German.
Moreover, dummy constructions are found in the speech of children learning
their native language (L1), second language learners (L2), and children with
specific language impairment (SLI).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Several
explanations have been proposed for learners’ use of dummy verbs: pragmatic
accounts (Huebner, 1989), semantic-pragmatic accounts (Jordens & Dimroth,
2006; Starren, 2002; Verhagen, 2009), and structural accounts framed in a
generative approach (Blom & De Korte, 2008; Fleta, 2003; García Mayo et
al., 2005; Van de Craats, 2009; Van Kampen, 1997; Zuckerman, 2001) or usage-based
approach (Haberzettl, 2003). In addition, researchers have stressed the role of
native language transfer (Van de Craats & Van Hout, in press),
sociolinguistic and regional variation in the input (Zuckerman, 2001), and the
role of dummy verbs as markers of cultural ethnicity (Cornips, 2000).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 8pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Despite
the extensive research in this area, a number of questions are still open or
debated:</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Do dummy verbs have semantic or pragmatic
functions, and if so, which ones?</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">What is the relation between dummy verbs
and the syntactic positions in which they appear? </span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">What are the differences/similarities
between different types of acquisition (L1, L2, SLI)?</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">What is the role of L2 learners’ native
language?</span></p>
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">What is the role of input?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">The aim
of the workshop is to address these questions and thus obtain a better
understanding of the use of dummy verbs in different types of acquisition
processes. <br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">See also: <a href="http://www.ru.nl/cls/events_news/cls-events/cls_agenda_2010/call_for_papers_for_1/">http://www.ru.nl/cls/events_news/cls-events/cls_agenda_2010/call_for_papers_for_1/</a><b style=""></b></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Submission
guidelines:</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Abstracts
for a 45-minute presentation should be in English and include the following (separate)
documents:</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>1.<span style=""> </span>Cover Page: Title of presentation, Authors’
names and affiliations, Contact information (Name, address,<span style=""> </span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>telephone
number and email address of first author).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US"><span style=""> </span>2. <span style=""> </span>Abstract: Title of presentation, Summary of
research undertaken (300 words maximum, single spaced).</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Abstract
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 body of the email)
to: <u><a href="mailto:I.v.d.Craats@let.ru.nl">I.v.d.Craats@let.ru.nl</a>.</u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">Deadline
for abstracts: April 1st 2010 ,<span style=""> </span>Notification
of acceptance: May 1st 2010</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b style=""><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";" lang="EN-US">We explicitly
invite researchers working in different theoretical frameworks, working with
different groups of language learners and working on different languages!</span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";">Organizing committee: <span style=""> </span><span style=""> <br></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";"><span style=""> </span>Ineke
van de Craats (Radboud University Nijmegen),</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 106.2pt; text-indent: 35.4pt; text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: 11pt; font-family: "Lucida Grande","serif";">Josje Verhagen (Utrecht University)</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 106.2pt; text-indent: 35.4pt;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;" lang="EN-US">Elma Blom (University of
Amsterdam/University of Alberta)</span></p>
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