27.4249, Calls: Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Psycholing/Germany

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Subject: 27.4249, Calls: Applied Ling, Gen Ling, Psycholing/Germany

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Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2016 15:05:38
From: Katharina König [katharina.koenig at wwu.de]
Subject: Elicitation Methods in Multilingualism Research

Full Title: Elicitation Methods in Multilingualism Research 
Short Title: RSEM 2017 

Date: 08-Mar-2017 - 10-Mar-2017
Location: Münster, Germany 
Contact Person: Katharina König
Meeting Email: researchschool at uni-muenster.de
Web Site: http://www.uni-muenster.de/Germanistik/tagungen_sprachdidaktik/GALresearchschool/callforpapers.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; General Linguistics; Morphology; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 13-Nov-2016 

Meeting Description:

The GAL research school aims at introducing junior researchers who have just
started their research projects to a wide range of elicitation methods in
multiligualism research. Participants will be able to discuss the advantages
and disadvantages of observation and experimental elicitation methods with
experienced researchers in this field.

Applied multilingualism research comprises topics such as first, second and
foreign language acquisition, language attitudes, or language biographies.

There are various approaches to data collection in this field of study among
which elicitation methods play a central role. In this methodological
framework, study participants are explicitly asked to produce data. Depending
on how strong the researcher's influence is, the data can be characterized as
natural or experimental to varying degrees. 

Observation and experiments can be conceived of as the two opposite extremes
of a continuum. Depending on the extent of monitoring by the researcher,
elicitation methods can be closer to the pole of (nearly) uncontrolled
observation or closer to the pole of highly controlled experimental methods.

Elicited data always have to be distinguished from naturally occurring or
spontaneous data; however, they also include experimental data.

Call for Papers:

The GAL research school aims at introducing junior researchers who have just
started their research projects to a wide range of elicitation methods.

Participants will be able to discuss the advantages and disadvantages of
observation and experimental elicitation methods. Moreover, the following
methodological issues can be debated as well: 

- Extent to which the researcher monitors data elicitation
- Extent to which the elicitation method is based on natural interactions
- Kinds of data (oral/written, productive/receptive)
- Possible ways of data evaluation (interpretive/statistical data analysis)
- Aims of the research project (generate or test hypotheses)
- Number of participants
- Study design (longitudinal/cross section)

For different levels of linguistic analysis (phonetics/phonology, morphology,
lexis, syntax, discourse, cognitive capabilities), there will be a plenary
with a subsequent workshop in which two junior researchers have the
opportunity to give a 20 minute talk about their projects and discuss
methodological questions. All other projects can be presented in a poster
session. Moreover, there will be three additional plenary talks and a panel
discussion. Conference languages are German and English.

Abstract submission is open from the 15 of July until the 13 of November 2016.

Abstract should be submitted using the following EasyChair page:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=rsem2017

Please refer to our website for details
(http://www.uni-muenster.de/Germanistik/tagungen_sprachdidaktik/GALresearchsch
ool/callforpapers.html).

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