<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Dear colleagues, <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">We would like to inform that the international conference "<i class="">ATYLANG - Atypical Language : what are we really talking about ?"</i> will be held on 27-28 november 2015 at University Paris Ouest Nanterre. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Please find all informations on the website <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/atylang1english/" class="">https://sites.google.com/site/atylang1english/</a></div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></b></div><div class=""><b class=""><i class="">Call for Papers</i></b></div><div class=""><span style="text-align: justify;" class=""><br class=""></span></div><div class=""><span style="text-align: justify;" class="">The term atypical, which is used in everyday language to refer to specific and unclassifiable behavior, has also recently started to emerge in research, well beyond the clinical setting and the field of language development. The notion of atypical language is increasingly encountered within the field of linguistics without however being clearly defined. Among numerous individual variations, certain language behaviors intrigue researchers by their “atypicality” and are thus characterized as unusual. But atypical language, which can involve all levels of a linguistic system, from minimal to maximal items, may sometimes reveal a pathological dimension in language use, in which real difficulties, deficits and disorders are present. While it is not always easy to differentiate individual and unusual variation from genuine language disorders, it is important to establish this distinction in view of the fundamental and crucial role that language plays in social interaction at different ages across the lifespan. </span></div><div class=""><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">We are thus faced with a paradoxical situation, which, despite its stimulating character, challenges both research and practice. A single notion, at the crossroads of different disciplines, fields and specializations, concerned with fundamental research, applied research and clinical reality is used with different definitions. This raises the question as to what we are basically talking about. Is it possible to identify a concept, a common denominator, that unites the different uses of “atypical” between clearly distinct domains? If so, what is this common concept?</span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">Thus, the underlying question of the Atylang conference on clinical linguistics is as follows: how can we move from the intuitive use of the term Atypical language towards a usage based on an explicit and well thought out definition, which allows us to create a consensus on how to problematize the issue, while avoiding, from the outset, limiting it solely to the field of dysfunctions and handicap? More specifically:</span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">(i)<span class="" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>At what moment is there a change from a singular, strange and unusual language behavior to a pathological one? And how can we distinguish a short-term atypical phenomenon from a chronic and established dysfunctional one? Thus, from a developmental viewpoint, how can we characterize and distinguish atypical development from an atypical delay and an apparent specific disorder? As regards ageing, what observable evidence can be found to identify atypical constructions that not only appear as simple markers, inevitably associated to ageing, but turn into clear indicators of pathological ageing?</span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;"> (ii) What references should the arguments that underpin and justify the scientific use of the term atypical be based on: the community in which atypical language may occur (family or school environment), the developmental theories suggested in research, clinical practice? What precise indicators and measures can be applied?</span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">(iii) What is the status of the observer (individual vs. collective, expert vs. non expert, researcher and/or clinician), and, as a result, what are his/her expectations and integrated norms (or observed usage)? Finally, to what extent do phenomena that are considered atypical and specific in one context appear as perfectly natural in another? </span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">Taking these questions as a starting point, the purpose of the Atylang conference is to provide points of reference for practitioners, allowing them to approach the notion of atypical language in a reflective and problematizing manner. A second aim is to provide the opportunity for researchers to benefit from feedback based on actual fieldwork, thus enabling them to explore the continuum covered by this notion, to determine its scope, limits and interest for scientific description.</span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">In practice, this conference aims at including simultaneously the issue of so-called atypical uses and the linguistic markers that account for them. In other words, the focus is on the formal and communicative dimension of the central issue. We welcome papers on 10 major non-exclusive domains, both from clinical experience on the field and from research: </span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">(i)<span class="" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Developmental and ageing language use </span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">(ii)<span class="" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Oral and/or written language </span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">(iii)<span class="" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Vocal language and sign language </span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">(iv)<span class="" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Gestures and multimodality</span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">(v)<span class="" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Atypical Language at the structural vs. the pragmatic level</span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">(vi)<span class="" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Developmental versus acquired disorders </span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">(vii)<span class="" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Diagnosis and remediation</span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">(viii)<span class="" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Family support (development, ageing) </span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">(ix)<span class="" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Delay versus deviance / disorder</span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><span class="" style="line-height: normal;">(x)<span class="" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>Atypical language in monolinguals and bilinguals</span></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><br class=""></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;"><b style="line-height: normal; text-align: start;" class=""><i class="">Call for Papers</i></b></p><p class="" style="line-height: 21px; margin-bottom: 6pt; text-align: justify;">Submissions on EasyChair <a href="https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=atylang1" rel="nofollow" style="color: rgb(131, 94, 165); text-decoration: none;" class="">https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=atylang1</a></p><div class="" style="line-height: 21px;"><b class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></b></div><div class="" style="line-height: 21px;"><b class=""><i class="">Languages: French, English and French Sign Language (LSF)</i></b></div><div class="" style="line-height: 21px;"><b class=""><i class=""><br class=""></i></b></div><div class="" style="line-height: 21px;"><b class=""><br class=""></b></div><div class="" style="line-height: 21px;"><span class="">Best, </span></div><div class="" style="line-height: 21px;">Caroline Bogliotti</div></div><div class=""><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div></div><div class="">
<div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class="">*******</div><div class="">27 et 28 novembre 2015 - Colloque ATYLANG</div><div class=""><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/atylang1/home" class="">https://sites.google.com/site/atylang1/home</a></div></div></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class="">--<br class="">Caroline Bogliotti<br class="">MCF en Sciences du Langage<br class="">Université Paris Ouest Nanterre & Laboratoire MODYCO - CNRS UMR 7114 (bât A.)<br class="">200 av de la République<br class="">92000 Nanterre<br class=""><br class="">+33 (0)1 40 97 74 89 ou 76 15<br class=""><br class=""><a href="https://sites.google.com/site/carolinebogliotti/" class="">https://sites.google.com/site/carolinebogliotti/</a></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""></div><div style="orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; widows: auto; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><br class=""><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); letter-spacing: normal; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;" class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""><br class=""></div></div></div></div></div>
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