30.2761, Calls: Language Acquisition/France

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LINGUIST List: Vol-30-2761. Mon Jul 15 2019. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 30.2761, Calls: Language Acquisition/France

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Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2019 16:56:47
From: Cecilia Gunnarsson [cecilia.gunnarsson at univ-tlse2.fr]
Subject: International conference of Réseau d'Acquisition des Langues Secondes (RéAL2)

 
Full Title: International conference of Réseau d'Acquisition des Langues Secondes (RéAL2) 
Short Title: RéAL2 2020 

Date: 06-Jul-2020 - 08-Jul-2020
Location: Toulouse, France 
Contact Person: Cecilia Gunnarsson
Meeting Email: cecilia.gunnarsson at univ-tlse2.fr

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2020 

Meeting Description:

Crosslinguistics is the conference thematics of the third bi-annual
international conference organised by the French SLA research network RéAL2
(Réseau d'Acquisition de Langues Secondes). 

The term crosslinguistic influence, introduced by Michael Sharwood-Smith
(1983), was suggested as an alternative to transfer, given the behaviorist
connotations of the latter. Subsequently, generativist and cognitivist
approaches rejected contrastive analysis and the idea of the influence of the
L1 on an L2, and research focussed henceforth more on difficulties intrinsic
to the L2, as well as L2 learners’ internal cognitive processes.

The development of usage based theories has since drawn attention to the
influence that a learner’s previous knowledge of several spoken languages,
even if at varying levels of proficiency, could have in language processes. As
a consequence, the idea of L1 influence on an L2 has been rehabilitated.
Furthermore our increasingly multilingual world has inspired researchers to
study multiple crosslinguistic influences (L1, L2, L3, …) (e.g. De Angelis,
Jessner & Kresic, 2015; Westergard et al., 2017; Schmid & Köpke, 2017). These
studies deal with crosslinguistic influence at several levels (linguistic,
conceptual, cognitive, etc), and in multiple directions (L2-L3, L3-L2, L2-L1,
…). They also consider factors that may be responsible for the emergence of
this influence ((psycho)typology, the speaker’s proficiency in the source and
target languages, the status of L2 or the L2 factor, the level of immediacy of
the source language, …) and the interaction among the different factors (see
for example Cook & Bassetti, 2011; Jarvis & Pavlenko, 2010 ; Pavlenko, 2011).
The complexity of these factors continues to inspire SLA researchers.
Therefore we invite interested researchers to come to Toulouse in order to
collectively discuss and take stock of where research on crosslinguisitcs is
today.

References
Cook, V., & Bassetti, B. (Eds.). (2011). Language and bilingual cognition. New
York: Psychology Press.
De Angelis, Jessner & Kresic (2015). Crosslinguistic influence and
crosslinguistic interaction in multilingual language learning. London:
Bloomsbury.
Jarvis, S., & Pavlenko, A. (2010). Crosslinguistic influence in language and
cognition (paperback ed). New York, NY: Routledge.
Pavlenko, A. (Ed.). (2011). Thinking and speaking in two languages. Bristol:
Multilingual Matters.
Schmid M. S. & Köpke, B. (2017). The relevance of first language attrition to
theories of bilingual development. Linguistic Approaches to Bilingualism, 7
(6), 637-667.
Sharwood-Smith, M. (1983). Cross-linguistic Aspects of Second Language
Acquisition. Applied Linguistics, 4(3), 192-199. 
Westergard, M., Mitrofanova, N., Mykhaylyk, R. & Rodina, Y. (2017).
Crosslinguistic influence in the acquisition of a third language. The
Linguistic Proximity Model. International Journal of Bilingualism, 21 (6),
666-682.

Plenary Speakers:

Benedetta Bassetti, University of Birmingham
Aneta Pavlenko, University of Oslo
Marianne Starren, Radboud University


Call for Papers:

We invite oral and poster presentations addressing all aspects of
crosslinguistic influence in SLA and bilingualism. These include, but are by
no means limited to, linguistic, conceptual, cognitive, emotional, gestural,
etc. aspects in oral and/or written perception, comprehension, and/or
production.

Abstracts:

Abstracts concerning two types of communication can be submitted: oral
presentations or posters.
Oral presentations: presentations of original unpublished research with one or
several authors. The 20 minutes long presentation will be followed by 10
minutes of questions.
Posters: Several poster sessions are planned in the conference program. The
abstracts address original unpublished research and work in progress, which
will be discussed in an informal way during these sessions.

Submission and Evaluation:

The conference languages are French and English. Submissions must be written
in the same language as the planned presentation. Abstracts should not exceed
500 words (references included). Every submission will be evaluated by the
RéAL2 2020 scientific committee. The criteria for acceptance include, the
originality, the quality and the thematic relevance of the abstract. Authors
can submit one abstract as a first author and other abstracts as a co-author.

For information on how to submit, email: cecilia.gunnarsson at univ-tlse2.fr

Calendar / Important Dates:

Start of Call for papers: November 15 2019
Submission deadline: January 15 2020
Date for communication of acceptance decisions: Beginning of March 2020
Deadline for confirmation of presentation at the conference if accepted: March
31 2020
Early birds registration: from March 15 to May 15 2020
Registration: from May 16 2020




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