37.1250, Calls: Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech - "Special Issue: Phonetics Research in Language Acquisition" (Jrnl)

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Date: 27-Mar-2026
From: Yuka Naito [yuka.naito at unimi.it]
Subject: Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech - "Special Issue: Phonetics Research in Language Acquisition" (Jrnl)


Journal: Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech
Issue: Phonetics Research in Language Acquisition

Phonetic research occupies a central and dynamic position within
contemporary studies of language acquisition and speech, offering
indispensable tools for understanding how learners perceive, produce,
and organize spoken language across the life span. Phonetic
investigation enables researchers to track the emergence, development,
and restructuring of speech categories, detailing not only end-state
competence but the trajectory of learning in both typical and atypical
populations. Fine-grained acoustic and articulatory analyses,
perception experiments, longitudinal production studies, and
innovative computational tools uncover how cross-linguistic influence,
age of acquisition, experience with multiple languages, and cognitive
factors jointly shape the organization of speech systems. Such methods
illuminate key questions in second language acquisition, such as the
formation and interaction of phonetic categories, the role of
variability in learner speech, and the interplay between perception
and production. At the same time, such research advances our
theoretical insights regarding the mechanisms underlying language
development more broadly.
This special issue invites contributions that leverage phonetic and
phonological methods to deepen our understanding of speech and
language acquisition across the life span. The goal of the issue is to
bring together theoretical, experimental, and applied perspectives on
how phonetic and phonological properties of speech are acquired,
represented, and processed across monolingual and bilingual contexts.
We welcome contributions focusing on first, second, and heritage
language acquisition, as well as studies involving typical and
atypical development. Submissions may adopt experimental,
corpus-based, or fieldwork-oriented methodologies and may address both
segmental and/or suprasegmental aspects of speech.
Editors: Nicholas Nese, Yuka Naito, Andrea Martocchi & Chiara Meluzzi
(University of Milan, Italy)
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
 - Phonetic development in first and second language acquisition
 - Phonetic variation and category formation in bilingual speakers
 - Perception and production in language learning
 - The role of input, experience, and exposure in phonetic acquisition
 - Experimental and instrumental approaches to phonetics in
acquisition research
 - Cross-linguistic and cross-modal perspectives on speech acquisition
Both empirical and theoretical contributions are welcome. All
submissions will undergo the journal’s standard peer-review process.
Important Dates:
Deadline for submission of abstracts (500 words): April 30, 2026
Notification of accepted abstracts: 31 May, 2026
Full paper submission for peer review:31 October, 2026
Revised paper submission: December 2026
Final 2nd round of revisions
Proofs (ahead of print): Spring 2027
Journal website:
https://utppublishing.com/journals/jmbs/call-for-papers-special-issue-phonetics-research-language-acquisition

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition
                     Phonetics




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