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Subject: 16.3678, Calls: Applied Ling/UK;General Ling/UK

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1)
Date: 19-Dec-2005
From: Emmanuel Defay < emmanuel.defay at univ-lyon2.fr >
Subject: Revisiting Advanced Varieties in L2 Learning

2)
Date: 19-Dec-2005
From: Nuria Yanez-Bouza < pgconference2006 at hotmail.co.uk >
Subject: 15th Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics at Manchester


-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:16:42
From: Emmanuel Defay < emmanuel.defay at univ-lyon2.fr >
Subject: Revisiting Advanced Varieties in L2 Learning


Full Title: Revisiting Advanced Varieties in L2 Learning

Date: 09-Jun-2006 - 10-Jun-2006
Location: Aston University, Birmingham (GB), United Kingdom Contact 
Person: Emmanuelle Labeau
Meeting Email: e.labeau at aston.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.afls.net

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2006

Meeting Description:

In 1997, Bartning collated a series of papers investigating a little 
studied type of L2 learners, the apprenants d'un niveau d'instruction 
élevée. She provided a list of distinctive characteristics of L2 French 
based on studies available at the time. However, much work has been 
devoted to advanced learners since, not only in French (e.g. for tense 
and aspect acquisition of L2 French: Kihlstedt, 1998; Howard, 2002 and 
Labeau, 2002, 2005) but also in other languages: Spanish (Salaberry, 
2000), Italian (Giacolome-Ramat, 2002) etc?

Many different theoretical frameworks other than the descriptive / 
functionalist approach used in the above studies have also paid 
attention to this type of learner; for example, the Universal Grammar 
framework has investigated ultimate attainment in the context of the 
Critical Age Hypothesis (Birdsong 2005), and sociolinguistic and 
pragmatic models have looked at the (non-) acquisition of 
sociolinguistic variation in advanced learners (Dewaele, 2004, Regan & 
Bailey, 2004).

Therefore, in the light of new corpora and findings, it is now time to 
revisit and refine the concept of advanced varieties both in instructed 
and natural settings.

En 1997, Bartning a rassemblé une série d'articles consacrés à un type 
peu étudié d'apprenants de L2, les apprenants d'un niveau d'instruction 
élevée. Elle fournissait une liste de traits distinctifs du français L2 
sur la base des résultats disponibles à cette époque. Cependant, de  
nombreuses études se sont penchées depuis sur les apprenants avancés, 
non seulement en français (ex. pour l'acquisition du temps et de 
l'aspect : Kihlstedt, 1998, Howard, 2002, Labeau, 2002, 2005) mais 
aussi dans d'autres langues : espagnol (Salaberry, 2000) ou italien 
(Giacolome-Ramat, 2002) etc? des cadres théoriques très divers, autres 
qu l'approche descriptive / fonctionnaliste des études susmentionnées 
se sont penchés sur ce type d'apprenant ; par exemple, la Universal 
Grammar a étudié la question de réussite ultime dans le contexte de 
l'hypothèse de l'iage critique (Birdsong, 2005) et des modèles 
sociolinguistiques et pragmatiques ont exploré la (non-_ acquisition de 
la variation linguistique parmi les apprenants avancés (Dewaele, 2004, 
Regan & Bailey, 2004).

Ainsi, à la lueur des nouveaux corpus et des nouvelles découvertes, il 
est temps de se repencher sur le problème et de raffiner le concept de 
variétés avancées en milieu instructionnel ou naturel.

Revisiting advanced varieties in L2 learning
Aston University, Birmingham (UK), Friday 9th - Saturday 10th June 2006
Supported by the Association for French Language Studies (AFLS), the 
Institute for the Study of Language and Society (ISLS) and Aston Staff 
Development

Invited speakers''
Inge Barning (Stockholm University)
David Birdsong (University of Texas at Austin)
Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birckbeck College)
Richard Towell (Salford University)

The present workshop aims at:

1. Clarifying the concept of 'advanced learner'. What is it? How does 
it relate to 'native speaker' or 'near-native speaker' How does 
advancement translate in terms of, for e.g., mental representations of 
formal features, or in terms of sociolinguistic and pragmatic knowledge?

2, Providing new evidence for the understanding of advanced varieties 
in areas such as lexical development, nominal and verbal morphology; 
mood, tense and aspect; syntax; discursive, sociolinguistic or 
pragmatic competence etc? on the basis of the various approaches.

The workshop will focus in the first instance on L2 French but 
contributions on other languages are more than welcome, be it the 
studies of other Romance Languages, contrastive studies or studies that 
provide general insight into advanced varieties.

Practical Information

Abstract deadline:	31st January 2006
Language:		English or French
Proposal:		Anonymous abstract of max. 400 words sent as an attachment 
(word Document) to an email message containing the author's name and 
affiliation, and the title.
Submission:		Send all proposal to e.labeau at aston.ac.uk
Organisers:		Prof. Florence Myles, Newcastle University
			Dr Emmanuelle Labeau, Aston University

Scientific Committee: Inge Barning (Stockholm University), David 
Birdsong (University of Texas at Austin), Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birckbeck 
College), Julia Herschensohn (Washington), Alex Housen (VUB, Brussels), 
Martin Howard (Cork) Emmanuelle Labeau (Aston University), Florence 
Myles (Newcastle), Clive Perdue (Paris 8), Vera Regan (UCD, Dublin), 
Suzanne Schlyter (Lund), Richard Towell (Salford University), Daniel 
Véronique (Aix).


Retour aux variétés avancées dans l'acquisition d'une langue seconde
Aston University, Birmingham (GB), Friday 9th - Saturday 10th June 2006
Avec le soutien de l' ssociation for French Language Studies (AFLS), de 
l'Institute for the Study of Language and Society (ISLS) et de Aston 
Staff Development


Orateurs invités
Inge Barning (Stockholm University)
David Birdsong (University of Texas at Austin)
Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birckbeck College)
Richard Towell (Salford University)

L'atelier a pour but de :

1. Clarifier le concept d' « apprenant avancé ». Qu'est-ce ? Quels sont 
ses rapports avec les concepts de 'locuteur natif' ou  de 'locuteur 
quasi-natif ». Comment l'avancement se traduit-il en termes, par 
exemple, de représentations mentales de traits formels, ou en termes de 
connaissances sociolinguistique et pragmatique ?

2. Fournir de nouveaux éléments pour la compréhension des variétés 
avancées dans des domaines tels que le développement lexical, la 
morphologie nominale et verbale ; le mode, le temps et l'aspect ; la 
syntaxe, la compétence discursive, sociolinguistique ou pragmatique 
etc? sur la base des différentes approches.

L'atelier se concentrera principalement sur le français langue seconde 
mais des contributions consacrées à d'autres langues (études d'autres 
langues romanes, études contrastives ou études générales sur les 
variétés avancées) sont les bienvenues


Informations pratiques
Date de soumission:	31 janvier 2006
Langue:			Français ou anglais
Proposition:	Résumé anonyme de 400 mots max. envoyé en pièce 
jointe(document Word) d'un message électronique contenant le nom et 
l'affiliation de l'auteur, ainsi que le titre de la proposition.
Soumission :		Envoyez vos propositions à e.labeau at aston.ac.uk
Organisatrices :		Prof. Florence Myles, Newcastle University
			Dr Emmanuelle Labeau, Aston University

Comité scientifique : Inge Barning (Stockholm University), David 
Birdsong (University of Texas at Austin), Jean-Marc Dewaele (Birckbeck 
College), Julia Herschensohn (Washington), Alex Housen (VUB, Brussels), 
Martin Howard (Cork) Emmanuelle Labeau (Aston University), Florence 
Myles (Newcastle), Clive Perdue (Paris 8), Vera Regan (UCD, Dublin), 
Suzanne Schlyter (Lund), Richard Towell (Salford University), Daniel 
Véronique (Aix).

References:
Birdsong, D. (2005). Interpreting age effects in second language 
acquisition. In Kroll, J. & A. De Groot (Eds.), Handbook of 
Bilingualism: Psycholinguistic Perspectives (pp. 109-127). Cambridge: 
Cambridge U. Press.
Dewaele, J.M. (2004) The acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in 
French as a foreign language: An overview. In Myles, F. & R. Towell 
(eds.), The acquisition of French as a second language . Special issue 
of Journal of French Language Studies , 14, 301-319.
Howard, M. (2002) 'L'acquisition des temps du passé en français par 
l'apprenant dit avancé: une approche lexicale', in LABEAU, E. & 
LARRIVÉE, P. (dir.), Les temps du passé français et leur enseignement. 
pp. 181-204.
Kihlstedt, M. (1998) La référence au passé dans le dialogue: Etude de 
l'acqui-sition de la temporalité chez des apprenants dits avancés de 
français (Cahiers de la Recherche 6). Stockholm: G. Engwall & J. 
Nystedt ed.
Labeau, E. (2002) The Acquisition of French Past Tenses by tutored 
Anglophone advanced Learners: Is Aspect enough?. Unpublished PhD 
Thesis, Aston University.
Labeau, E. (2005) ) Beyond the Aspect Hypothesis : Tense-Aspect 
Development in advanced L2 French. Peter Lang, Contemporary Studies in 
Descriptive Linguistics vol.5 Regan, V. & R. Bayley (eds.) 
Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition , Special issue of the 
Journal of Sociolinguistics , 8 (3)
Salaberry, R. (2000) The development of past tense morphology in L2 
Spanish. Amsterdam / Philadelphia: John Benjamins (Studies in 
Bilingualism 22).



-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2005 16:16:47
From: Nuria Yanez-Bouza < pgconference2006 at hotmail.co.uk >
Subject: 15th Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics at Manchester



Full Title: 15th Postgraduate Conference in Linguistics at Manchester 
Short Title: PG Conference Manchester

Date: 03-Mar-2006 - 03-Mar-2006
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom Contact Person: Nuria Yanez-Bouza
Meeting Email: pgconference2006 at hotmail.co.uk
Web Site: http://lings.ln.man.ac.uk/news.html

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics

Call Deadline: 10-Jan-2006

Meeting Description:

15th POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE IN LINGUISTICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

The aim of the conference is to bring together postgraduates from 
within the various areas of the discipline for them to present current 
research to their peers. A well known guest speaker will be invited to 
give the plenary talk (to be confirmed). We hope the day will be 
rewarding for all, both in learning and establishing new contacts.

The PG Conference will be held at the University of Manchester on 
Friday 3rd March 2006, from 9.00am to 6.00pm.

Should you require any further information, do not hesitate to contact 
us by email on pgconference2006 at hotmail.co.uk.

15th POSTGRADUATE CONFERENCE IN LINGUISTICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER

Second Call for Papers

Dear Postgraduates,

In March 1992 the University of Manchester hosted its first 
Postgraduate Linguistics Conference. Since then, this annual event has 
gained popularity and it now draws participants from across the world 
to exchange ideas in a relaxed but stimulating environment. The aim of 
the conference is to bring together postgraduates from within the 
various areas of the discipline for them to present current research to 
their peers. We hope the day will be rewarding for all, both in 
learning and establishing new contacts.

The PG Conference will be held at the University of Manchester on 
Friday 3rd March 2006, from 9.00am to 6.00pm in the Roscoe Building 
(Rooms S.3.3 and S.3.4.). We are pleased to announce that Bas Aarts, 
Professor of English Linguistics in the Department of English Language 
and Literature at University College London and the Director of the 
Survey of English Usage (http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~ucledba/), will give the 
plenary talk from 14.00pm to 15.00pm in the Mansfield Cooper Building, 
Room G.19. (Check the website 
http://www.manchester.ac.uk/visitors/travel/ for maps and directions)

Any postgraduate student (MA or PhD) is very welcome to submit an 
abstract on any topic related to linguistics.

Papers will be 20 minutes in length plus 10 minutes discussion. 
Parallel sessions will allow twenty papers to be given.

Refreshments and lunch will be provided during the day (payment 
included in the registration fee), and an informal conference dinner in 
the evening will also be organised for all those interested. 
Suggestions for overnight accommodation can be provided on request.

Please send abstracts by email in Word or PDF version to the conference 
email address <pgconference2006 at hotmail.co.uk> by the 10th of January 
2006. They should have a maximum of 300 words (excluding references). 
If you are using any special font, please attach them to the document 
and let us know. Together with the abstract, you should provide the 
following information: your name, your affiliation (department and 
university), your email address (the one you check regularly), the 
title of the paper, and the area of research (e.g. syntax, phonetics, 
psycholinguistics, etc.).
The selected abstracts will be informed in late January. The papers 
presented will be published in our annual series of proceedings (PLUM).

Further information and updates can be found in the Linguistics and 
English Language website: 
http://www.llc.manchester.ac.uk/SubjectAreas/LinguisticsEnglishLanguage/NewsandEvents/PostgraduateConference2006/. Please check it for updated information from time to 
time.

Should you require any further information, do not hesitate to contact 
us by email on pgconference2006 at hotmail.co.uk (Esther Nunez), or by 
post to the following address:
PostGraduate Conference in Linguistics 2006
Department of Linguistics and English Language
School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures
The University of Manchester
Oxford Road
Manchester, M13 9PL
UK

We hope to see you there.

The Organising Committee




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