Call for papers: ANNUAL REVIEW OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION (topics in cluding bilingual first language acquisition) -- DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSIONS 1 APRIL

[Scott McGinnis]

CALL FOR PAPERS
John Benjamins Publishing Company invites submissions for
THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION, VOL. 2 (2002)
Editors:
Lynn Santelmann, Portland State University
Maaike Verrips, Utrecht University
Frank Wijnen, Utrecht University

The Annual Review is devoted to research in the domain of first language
acquisition, i.e., the process of acquiring command of a first language.
It
focuses on research which has been reported in recently defended Ph.D.
theses. The major share of contributions to the yearbook consist of
10.000
word (approximately) excerpts from, or edited summaries of,
dissertations
addressing issues in first language acquisition, including bilingual
first
language acquisition. These papers should be written by the original
author
of the dissertation, conform to the format of a journal article, and
thus be
comprehensible without reference to the source text.
The Annual Review publishes reports of original research pertaining to
various approaches to first language and bilingual first language
acquisition, be it experimental, observational, computational, clinical
or
theoretical, provided that the work is of high quality. The Annual
Review
also welcomes studies in which first language acquisition is compared to
second language acquisition, as well as studies on language acquisition
under abnormal conditions. In all of the areas covered, the Annual
Review of
Language Acquisition is dedicated to creative and groundbreaking
research.
The yearbook, in its printed form, will be supplemented by an attractive
website. The website will give access to electronic copies of the
printed
papers, but, more importantly, will also present background materials
such
as a resume for the author, excerpts of audio or video materials related
to
the reported research, tips for further reading, and links to relevant
websites.
Any student who has a dissertation completed between October 1999 and
December 2000 is invited to submit a manuscript based on this work. In
order
to be eligible for publication, the manuscript should be of outstanding
quality. Particularly, contributions are sought which excel with regard
to
the integration of behavioral data and (psycho)linguistic theorizing.
More
specifically, the Annual Review solicits papers which:
· develop new theoretical ideas to account for a set of facts;
· open up a new empirical domain or new set of data, e.g. explore a
relatively unknown language, or apply a new or unknown experimental
approach;
· report findings that are considered important for pertinent debates
in the field.
Submitted papers will be thoroughly reviewed by at least two members of
the
editiorial board and/or external advisers.
In addition to the research reports sketched above, each issue of the
Annual
Review will contain one critical review of the state-of-the-art in a
subdomain of first language acquisition research. This paper will be
commissioned by the editors.
Deadline for submissions to the 2002 issue (Vol. 2): April 1, 2001
Address for correspondence: Editors of ARLA
UIL-OTS, Utrecht University
Trans 10
3512 JK Utrecht
The Netherlands
For further information, write to: mailto:ARLA at let.uu.nl

ARLA Editorial Board
Peter Culicover, The Ohio State University
Katherine Demuth, Brown University
Jeff Elman, UCSD
Louann Gerken, University of Arizona
Marco Haverkort, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Jack Hoeksema, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Angeliek van Hout, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen
Nina Hyams, UCLA
Claartje Levelt, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Laurence B. Leonard, Purdue University
Natascha Müller, Universität Hamburg
Johanne Paradis, University of Alberta
William Philip, Universiteit Utrecht
Susan Powers, Universität Potsdam
Thomas Roeper, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Petra Schulz, Universität Konstanz
Ann Senghas, Barnard College
William Snyder, University of Connecticut
Daniel Swingley, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Karin Stromswold, Rutgers University
Jill de Villiers, Smith College

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Lynn Santelmann, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Applied Linguistics
Portland State University
P.O. Box 751
239 East Hall
Portland, OR 97201

Phone: (503) 725-4140
Fax: (503) 725-4139
e-mail: santelmannl at pdx.edu (last name + FIRST initial)
www.ling.pdx.edu
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