Special Issue of First Language: call for papers

[Evan Kidd]

Dear Colleagues,

Below is a call for papers for a special issue of First Language, focusing on first language acquisition in indigenous contexts. Prospective authors can contact Barbara Kelly (b.kelly at unimelb.edu.au<mailto:b.kelly at unimelb.edu.au>), Gillian Wigglesworth (g.wigglesworth at unimelb.edu.au<mailto:g.wigglesworth at unimelb.edu.au>) and myself (evan.kidd at anu.edu.au<mailto:evan.kidd at anu.edu.au>) to discuss potential contributions. Flyer also attached. Submissions due September 30th 2014.

BW

Evan




Editors: Barbara Kelly, Evan Kidd & Gillian Wigglesworth



Title: Indigenous children's language: Acquisition, preservation and evolution of language in minority contexts



Over the last decade or so there has been a surge in interest in the acquisition of small Indigenous languages across the world. There are a few significant reasons for this growth. Firstly, indigenous languages are dying at an alarming rate, which means that now is often our last chance to study their acquisition. Secondly, there is a broad recognition among child language researchers that our theories of acquisition are skewed by the overrepresentation of data from large European languages (especially English), whereas many children across the world are acquiring typologically under-studied languages (e.g. polysynthetic languages), often in situations of rapid language shift.



Field studies, in contexts such as remote communities, or investigations of minority language users' development in multilingual societies will be of interest. A range of disciplinary perspectives, theoretical positions, and methodological strategies is likely to be represented in the Special Issue.

Prospective authors are encouraged to email the editors to discuss potential contributions (b.kelly at unimelb.edu.au; evan.kidd at anu.edu.au; g.wigglesworth at unimelb.edu.au). Papers should be submitted through the First Language manuscript central site (http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/fla) by 30th. September 2014.



Papers should be not more than 8000 words in length, and conform to the First Language submission guidelines.

All papers will be submitted to the normal review process.



Dr Evan Kidd
Senior Lecturer
Research School of Psychology (Building 39)
The Australian National University
Canberra ACT 0200
AUSTRALIA
Ph: +61 (0) 2 612 52147
Email: evan.kidd at anu.edu.au<mailto:evan.kidd at anu.edu.au>
Web: http:// http://psychology.anu.edu.au/about-us/people/evan-kidd


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