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<span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont;margin:0px;text-decoration:none">We are delighted to announce the launch
of<span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-style:italic;font-family:Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont;margin:0px;text-decoration:none">The
Acquisition Sketch Project</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont;margin:0px;text-decoration:none">, an
initiative that aims at increasing knowledge about the acquisition of understudied languages. Published as a Special Publication in the Open Access journal<span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-style:italic;font-family:Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont;margin:0px;text-decoration:none">Language
Documentation and Conservati</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-style: italic; font-family: Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; background-color: white;">on<span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"> </span></span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; background-color: white;">(</span><span style="font-family: Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; background-color: yellow;"><a href="https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/sp28-the-acquisition-sketch-project/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-linkindex="0" class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"><span style="margin: 0px; background-color: white;">https://nflrc.hawaii.edu/ldc/sp28-the-acquisition-sketch-project/</span></a></span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family: Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont; margin: 0px; text-decoration: none; background-color: white;">),</span><span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont;margin:0px;text-decoration:none"><span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px"> </span>we
present a model of how researchers can write an “Acquisition Sketch” of a language based on as little as 5 hours of naturalistic data. The model combines insights from Child Language Acquisition and Language Documentation, providing a detailed description
of how to collect data and write a sketch.</span></p>
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and so more sketches will appear in it in the coming weeks and years. We encourage anyone who is interested in following the sketch format to submit their work to the project. To facilitate this process, we will be doing the following:</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;line-height:1.2"><span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="margin:0px;text-decoration:none">Bi-monthly online
meetings that serve to guide researchers through the process of writing a sketch.</span></p>
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workshop at the International Association for the Study of Child Language conference in Prague, July 2024.</span></p>
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<span class="x_x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_x_ContentPasted0 x_x_ContentPasted0 x_ContentPasted0 ContentPasted0" style="font-family:Cambria, serif, serif, EmojiFont;margin:0px;text-decoration:none">If you are interested in writing a sketch
and being involved in our online meetings, we would love to hear from you. Our first online meeting will be on May 17 @ 5pm AEST/9am CET. The next meeting will be on July 19th, same time and place.</span></p>
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