33.3431, Calls: Applied Linguistics / Languages (Jrnl)

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Subject: 33.3431, Calls:  Applied Linguistics / Languages (Jrnl)

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Date: Fri, 04 Nov 2022 00:27:43
From: Georgeta Cislaru [georgeta.cislaru at sorbonne-nouvelle.fr]
Subject: Applied Linguistics / Languages (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Languages 


Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Nov-2022 

Call for Papers:

Deadline for abstracts: 11/15/2022
Deadline for manuscript submissions: June 30, 2023

Adult and Child Sentence Processing When Reading or Writing
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special_issues/3Q7A465TQ8

Keywords: reading, writing, sentence (processing), child, adult, typical,
non-typical

When reading or writing, language speakers deal with linguistic units
belonging to different levels of length and complexity. Sentence is the
intermediate level between minimal units like phonemes or graphemes and
maximal units like text/discourse; traditional grammar defines sentence as a
semantically complete syntactic unit that expresses an assertion, a question,
an exclamation or performs a speech act (order, wish). Lexical quality and
idiomaticity, semantic or syntactic ambiguity, figures, context and
situational information, salience and reference strategies, verb-specific
constraints, word-order, length, planification, etc. step in sentence
processing, as well as error correction. The degree of automatization of
various linguistic skills, operations like parsing and chunking, the
functioning of working memory, running speech working memory, encyclopaedical
knowledge, disfluency, interference with automatic correction, all play a role
in sentence processing and can make a difference in sentence quality and speed
processing in adults and children. The internal structure of a language – word
order, tones… – and its nature – sign languages – are also involved.

Literacy instruction is specifically in search for tools helping to improve
sentence processing: produce meaningful and situation/genre adapted sentences,
better understand and interpret sentences, etc. Sentence is also a kind of
“basic level” in accompanying typical and atypical children and adults’
literacy skills development, for instance in reading aloud practices.

Nevertheless, the notion of semantic completeness is difficult to grasp, and
the concept of syntactic borders may be challenged: in reading, for instance,
intonation and pauses may interfere with grammar in sentence processing;
punctuation may impose a typographical frontier in hyperbaton, etc. During the
writing process, pauses, revisions and punctuation constantly challenge
sentence structure and borders.

In this Special Issue, original research articles, reviews, and squib-like
articles (no longer than 5000 words) are welcome. Contributions may range from
descriptive to formal and experimental approaches, including eye-movements,
brain imaging, etc. Comparative studies are strongly encouraged (between
populations, languages, reading and writing…) as well as questioning the
nature of linguistic mechanisms in production and reception.

We request that, prior to submitting a full manuscript, interested authors
initially submit a proposed title and abstract of approximately 400–600 words,
summarizing their intended contribution. Please send it to both the Guest
Editors, Georgeta Cislaru (gcislaru at parisnanterre.fr) and Philippe Martin
(philippe.martin at utoronto.ca), as well as to the Languages Editorial Office
(languages at mdpi.com). Abstracts will be reviewed by the Guest Editors for the
purposes of ensuring proper fit within the scope of the Special Issue. Full
manuscripts will undergo double-blind peer review.

More information at:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special_issues/3Q7A465TQ8




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