Call for Papers: THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

[Kelley Sacco]

Call for Papers

THE ANNUAL REVIEW OF LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
VOL. 4 (2004)

Editors
Clara C. Levelt, Leiden University
Lynn Santelmann, Portland State University
Maaike Verrips, Taalstudio, the Netherlands

ARLA 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 reported in recently defended PhD theses. The major share of
contributions to the yearbook consists of 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.

ARLA 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, ARLA 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.  In addition to the research reports sketched above, each issue of
the Annual Review contains one state-of-the-art review in a subdomain of
first language acquisition research. This paper is commissioned by the
editors.

Any student who has completed a dissertation in 2002 or 2003 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
editorial board and/or external advisers.

Deadline for submissions to the 2004 issue (Vol. 4): February 15, 2004

Address for correspondence:    Editors of ARLA
                    UIL-OTS, Utrecht University
                    Trans 10
                    3512 JK Utrecht
                    The Netherlands

For further information, write to:     ARLA at let.uu.nl, or visit the
journals section at www.benjamins.com


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