25.770, Calls: Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics/ Frontiers in Psychology (Jrnl)

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Subject: 25.770, Calls: Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics/ Frontiers in Psychology (Jrnl)

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Date: Sat, 15 Feb 2014 10:25:20
From: carmelos at umich.edu O'Shannessy [carmelos at umich.edu]
Subject: Language Acquisition, Sociolinguistics/ Frontiers in Psychology (Jrnl)

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Full Title: Frontiers in Psychology 


Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 14-Mar-2014 

Abstracts are invited for a Frontiers Research Topic called 'Acquisition in Contact', to be published in Frontiers in Psychology, division of Language Sciences. The research topic asks: What are the roles of different age groups in contact-induced language change? It will provide multiple perspectives on the under-studied area of child language development in complex multilingual or multidialectal (multi-codal) contexts, bridging boundaries between sociolinguistics, language acquisition, psycholinguistics and linguistic anthropology. 

The mechanisms of how language use transitions across generations are not well understood. Specifically, the role of different age cohorts in creating linguistic innovation vs conserving prior conventions in complex environments has received little attention. Research from diverse perspectives - creoles, mixed languages, sign languages, koines, single language contexts - suggests that change takes place in social interaction, but with differing roles for age. 

Some multiple-code contexts are relatively linguistically stable, some of the codes are endangered, and in some communities new codes are being created. Most often the sociolinguistic motivations for contact-induced language change are hypothesized long after the change has taken place, but we are now able to observe contexts in which change is underway or in which the potential for change appears to be immediate. 

Papers that contribute from a range of linguistic and linguistic anthropological perspectives and methods are invited. The deadline for submissions is March 14, 2014.

For more information, including about the Frontiers publication method, please go to http://www.frontiersin.org/language_sciences/researchtopics/acquisition_in_contact/2401






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