LINGUIST List 21.3361 Sat Aug 21 2010 Calls: Applied Ling, Cog Sci, Disc Analysis/Australia Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Susan Douglas, Children's Play, Storytelling and Pretence Message 1: Children's Play, Storytelling and Pretence Date: 19-Aug-2010 From: Susan Douglas <sdouglasunimelb.edu.au> Subject: Children's Play, Storytelling and Pretence E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Children's Play, Storytelling and Pretence Short Title: CPSP Date: 14-Jul-2011 - 16-Jul-2011 Location: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Contact Person: Susan Douglas Meeting Email: sdouglasunimelb.edu.au Web Site: http://www.arts.unimelb.edu.au/events/2011/cpsp/index.php Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; Discourse Analysis Call Deadline: 26-Nov-2010 Meeting Description: This conference aims to bring together researchers from a range of discipline areas including linguistics, speech pathology, psychology, education and developmental paediatrics, all with an interest in children's pretend play and storytelling in both typical and atypical development. The conference aims to address questions such as the following: - What can the kinds of stories which arise dynamically in the course of children's pretend play tell us about the development of narrative ability in typical and atypical children? - What are the differences and similarities between narrative and pretend play? - What can the nexus of pretend play and storytelling tell us about the nature of cognitive development in clinical populations such as Autism Spectrum Disorder? The conference will feature a mixture of invited presentations, research papers and a number of discussion panels. Presenters will be invited to submit their papers for publication in an edited collection on the conference theme. The keynote speakers are: Dr Cheryl Dissanayake, School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University; Olga Tennison Autism Research Centre. Dr Ageliki Nicolopoulou, Department of Psychology, Lehigh University. Dr Artin Göncü, Department of Educational Psychology, College of Education, University of Illinois at Chicago. Call For Papers The closing date for abstract submission will be the 26th of November and notifications of acceptance sent in January. However, we invite you to register your interest early and receive direct updates about the conference: sdouglasunimelb.edu.au Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 21-Aug-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.