24.5196, Calls: Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics/ Frontiers in Psychology (Jrnl)

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Subject: 24.5196, Calls: Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics/ Frontiers in Psychology (Jrnl)

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Date: Sun, 15 Dec 2013 09:44:04
From: Christos Pliatsikas [c.pliatsikas at kent.ac.uk]
Subject: Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics/ Frontiers in Psychology (Jrnl)

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Full Title: Frontiers in Psychology 


Linguistic Field(s): Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 30-Apr-2014 

We would like to invite abstracts for a Frontiers Research Topic entitled 'Learning a non-native language in a naturalistic environment: Insights from behavioural and neuroimaging research', to be published in Frontiers in Psychology, division of Language Sciences. The proposed Research Topic aims to bring together studies on the effects of learning and speaking a non-native language in a naturalistic environment. These effects may include more efficient or 'native-like' processing in behavioural tasks tapping on language (lexicon, morphology, syntax), as well as changes in the brain structure and function, as revealed by neuroimaging studies.

It is largely accepted in the relevant literature that successful learning of one or more non-native languages is affected by a number of factors that are independent of the target language(s) per se; these factors include the age of acquisition (AoA) of the target language(s), the type and amount of formal instruction the learners have received, as well as the amount of language use that the learners demonstrate. Recent experimental evidence suggests that one crucial factor for efficient native-like performance in the non-native language is the amount of naturalistic exposure, or immersion, that the learners receive to that language. This can be broadly defined as the degree to which language learners use their non-native language outside the classroom and for their day-to-day activities, and usually presupposes that the learners live in an environment where their non-native language is exclusively or mostly used. 

Existing literature has suggested that linguistic immersion can be beneficial for lexical and semantic acquisition in a non-native language, as well as for non-native morphological and syntactic processing. More recent evidence has also suggested that naturalistic learning of a non-native language can also have an impact on the patterns of brain activity underlying language processing, as well as on the structure of brain regions that are involved, expressed as changes in the grey matter structure.

Potential contributions could include original papers employing a variety of methods: behavioural (comprehension and production, visual and auditory, online and offline, at the word and at the sentence level), eye-tracking, neuroimaging (ERP, functional and structural MRI, MEG, TMS). Of particular interest would be longitudinal studies investigating the course of language acquisition by highly immersed learners, as well as studies looking at learners who speak non-native languages with different typology and/or alphabet to their native language.

For more information, and for submitting your contribution, please visit: 

http://www.frontiersin.org/Language_Sciences/researchtopics/Learning_a_non-native_language/2118


Topic editors: 

Christos Pliatsikas, University of Kent (c.pliatsikas at kent.ac.uk)
Vicky Chondrogiani, Bangor University (v.chondrogianni at bangor.ac.uk)


Deadlines:

April 30th, 2014: Submission of first drafts / papers sent out to reviewers

May 20, 2014: All first round reviews in / selected papers for second round of reviews, if necessary 

May 31, 2014: Contributors notified regarding independent review / interactive system open for re-submissions and interactive review process. 

We look forward to receiving your contributions!






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