CALL for Papers from the 1999 IASCL Meeting

[Brian MacWhinney]

           CALL FOR PAPERS

Participants from the 8th International Congress for the Study of Child
Language in Donostia-San Sebastian are invited to submit written versions of
their oral presentations, poster presentations, or symposia to be considered
for publication.

Four volumes of selected papers with the following classification are
planned:
a)  Minorized languages, bilingualism and second language acquisition
b)  Syntax, morphology, phonology and the lexicon
c)  Pragmatics and discourse
d)  Language disorders

Each volume will contain about 20 articles of 12-15 printed pages, and the
authors should choose the most appropriate volume for their paper and
indicate it on the title page.

Papers may be submitted in English, French, or Spanish.  However, we
encourage submission in English for authors wishing to reach the widest
audience.

The page limit for submissions is 23 pages, including endnotes and
references. Do not feel obliged to use all the allotted pages, but
definitely do not exceed the limit.

Papers will be reviewed for stylistic quality and academic contribution.
Papers that are accepted for publication will be copy-edited and authors
will be responsible for submitting final corrected copy.

SUBMISSIONS AND DEADLINE

The deadline for submissions is February 10, 2000.  Two copies of the paper
should be mailed to either

Itziar Idiazabal
Department of Basque Philology
University of the Basque Country
Av. Universidades, 5
Vitoria-Gasteiz, E - 01006

Or

Mary MacWhinney
Department of Psychology
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA 15213

COMMUNICATION

All communication between authors and the Publications Committee will take
place by e-mail. To facilitate this, authors¹ e-mail addresses are needed on
the title page.

STYLE SHEET

The volume should use the format of Cascadilla Press, which is the likely
publisher of the four volume set.  Their style sheet
(http://www.cascadilla.com/bucld24style.html)  is as follows:

We need two copies of your paper. Both copies must be single-sided, on 8.5"
x 11" white paper or on A4 white paper. Please mark the proper page number
lightly in pencil on the back of each page. The paper should be
laser-printed. Remember that the paper you give us will be printed exactly
as we receive it, including smudges and typos. (We will not be using disk
copies.) The copies must not be damaged or wrinkled, so send your paper flat
and pack it carefully. Ink jet printout is not acceptable!

There is a one-page example in Acrobat (pdf) format of how your paper  should
look included at http://www.cascadilla.com/busample.pdf. Please  compare it
to how your paper actually looks before you mail in your paper.  Important:
Don't use the shrink-to-fit option when printing the pdf file, or  the page
will print out at a reduced size. The text block should be 4.5  inches across
at its widest point.

PAGE LIMIT

The page limit is 23 pages, including endnotes and references.

Margins

Margins must be exactly as follows: left, right, and bottom margins 2
inches, top margin 1.75 inches. On the first page only, the bottom margin
should be 2.25 inches. No material may go beyond these margins under any
circumstances.

Here's how to increase the bottom margin on the first page: Go to the end  of
the fourth line from the bottom of the page. Use a shift-return to end  the
line; this should keep the last line fully justified. Then add a few  returns
or a page break to force the last few lines onto the second page.

A4 paper is an acceptable substitute for 8.5" x 11" paper. If you are using
A4 paper, margins must be 1.884 inches left and right, 1.75 inches on the
top, and 2.693 inches on the bottom. On the first A4 page only, the bottom
margin should be 3 inches.

Title and Author

The first line of your paper should be the title. For the title, capitalize
the first word, and then capitalize all words except determiners and
prepositions. After the title, skip a line, put your name, and then put the
name of your institution or affiliation (without your department) on the
following line. These lines should be centered and bold. Skip two lines
before the start of your text.

Line Spacing, Indents, and Justification

Text should be single-spaced. Do not skip a space between paragraphs. Each
paragraph should be indented 0.25 inch. Words from examples referred to in
the text should be in italics (this applies to such words in the title as
well). Skip a line between text and  examples. Examples should not be
indented.

Text, endnotes, and  references should be fully justified. Section headings
should be left-justified. Section numbers and headings should be bold, not
underlined. Skip one line between text and section headings.

Endnotes

Endnotes should be at the end of the paper, before the references section.
Skip two lines after the end of your text, then type Endnotes (in bold, not
centered), skip one line, and start the endnotes. Endnotes should be
single-spaced, and should not be indented. Type the number for the endnote,
a period, a tab (set to 1/4"), and start the text of the endnote. Do not
skip lines between endnotes.

Use a * (an asterisk) for your first endnote for acknowledgments (but do  not
put a corresponding * anywhere in the text or title). If you are using
automatic endnotes and cannot get rid of the * in the text, put the * by
itself on the line between the title and the author, and use white-out.
Endnotes should only be content notes, not reference notes.

References

After your endnotes, skip two lines and type References (in bold, not
centered). Then skip one line, and start the references. References should
be single-spaced. Do not skip lines between references. Second and
successive lines for each reference should be indented 0.25 inch. References
and in-text citations should be in APA format.

Font

The font should be Times or Times New Roman 10-point throughout for text,
endnotes, references, examples, diagrams, etc. The title should be 12-point.
Superscripted and subscripted material can be 9-point. If you absolutely
cannot use Times or Times New Roman, you should use something of an
equivalent size. (Note: Times is available for TeX; if you don't know how to
get it, ask your local computer guru to help.) The proceedings look much
better if all the papers have a consistent appearance.

Instructions for Abstracts

When you send us your paper, please also send us an abstract of your paper
on a separate page. We will send the abstract to Linguistics Abstracts and
LLBA to make it easier for other people to find your paper. The abstract
should be written in third person, rather than first person, and should not
be more than 250 words. Put the title and author at the top of the abstract,
and then "Abstract" on a line by itself. No formatting of any sort is
required for the abstract.


-- Itziar Idiazabal and Brian MacWhinney
   for the 1999 IASCL Conference Publication Committee

This Call for Papers can also be found at childes.psy.cmu.edu/call.html