LINGUIST List 21.5040 Mon Dec 13 2010 Calls: Gen. Ling, App. Ling, Cog. Sci / Journal of Child Language (Jrnl) Editor for this issue: Dayn Schulert <daynlinguistlist.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.     Martine Walsh , Journal of Child Language Message 1: Journal of Child Language Date: 10-Dec-2010 From: Martine Walsh <mwalshcambridge.org> Subject: Journal of Child Language E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Journal of Child Language Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics Call Deadline: 24-Jun-2011 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. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 13-Dec-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.