Call for papers for a special issue of Journal of Child Language

[letty]

Call for papers:

Journal of Child language Special Issue on ATYPICAL Language
Development

This is a call for papers for a special issue of JCL, focusing on
Atypical Language Development.  Such papers would include theory and
data on children who are acquiring their first language in atypical
ways, attributable to either developmental (i.e., genetic, including
but not limited to children with autism, Williams Syndrome, Down
Syndrome, fragile X syndrome, Specific Language Impairment) or
acquired (e.g., neonatal or early experienced brain damage or
maltreatment) etiologies.  Highest priority will go to papers which
are not just descriptions of the problem in various clinical
populations, but test theories and/or compare children cross-
linguistically.

Relevant questions could involve what the attested language delays and
deficits reveal about:
•	the processes of language acquisition:  For example, which processes
of language development proceed similarly to the typical case? Are
some aspects of language development delayed because of deficits in
other aspects that need to be acquired first?
•	the representation & organization of language:  For example, do the
delays/deficits adhere to/follow the subcomponents of language?  To
what extent do the delays/deficits reveal how language relies on non-
linguistic cognition?
•	the biology/neuropsychology/genetics of language: For example, what
is the relationship between the timing of typical and atypical
language development and different aspects of brain development?  How
can we tie together processes at the gene, neural, and behavioral
levels?

Papers should be a maximum of 10,000 words, but shorter papers would
be preferred.  The deadline for submission is June 24th 2011.
Submissions should be made on Manuscript Central: http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/jcl
In your covering letter please state that the manuscript is to be
considered for this special issue. Instructions for Contributors are
available on Manuscript Central.

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