LINGUIST List 22.4933 Thu Dec 08 2011 Calls: Language Acquisition, Cognitive Sci/Spain Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.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.     Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo , L3 Acquisition: A Focus on Cognitive Approaches Message 1: L3 Acquisition: A Focus on Cognitive Approaches Date: 08-Dec-2011 From: Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo <mariapilar.garciamayoehu.es> Subject: L3 Acquisition: A Focus on Cognitive Approaches E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: L3 Acquisition: A Focus on Cognitive Approaches Short Title: L3A: Cognitive Approaches Date: 24-May-2012 - 25-May-2012 Location: Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain Contact Person: Maria del Pilar Garcia Mayo Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://www.laslab.org Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition Call Deadline: 09-Jan-2012 Meeting Description: Workshop on Third Language (L3) Acquisition: A Focus on Cognitive Approaches Convener: Language and Speech Laboratory (http://www.laslab.org) - University of the Basque Country Conference dates: 24-25 May, 2012 This workshop is a follow-up of the successful meetings that took place in Stockholm (January 2009) and Iowa City (June 2010). Its main goal is to bring together researchers who are interested in the acquisition and use of a third (L3) language and whose work is carried out within a cognitive perspective. The main motivation behind research done within cognitive approaches to L3 acquisition so far has been to find explanations for the complex cognitive nature of the multilingual mind, that is, how issues that have been dealt with in bilingualism would fare when one individual juggles three linguistic systems. The plenary speakers invited to this workshop will consider the L3 phenomenon from a gamut of cognitive-based approaches and their work will touch upon issues which contribute to the debate on the representation and processing of lexical items, the role of control processes, the mental representation of morphosyntax, the reanalysis of different linguistic systems over time and incomplete acquisition, among others. All contributions would aim at understanding the cognitive underpinnings of L3 acquisition. The list of plenary speakers is as follows: Peter Ecke (University of Arizona): Word Associations in Tip-of-the-tongue States and Developmental Changes in the Multilingual Lexicon Judith F. Kroll (1), Janet G. van Hell (2) and M. Teresa Bajo (3) (1&2 Pennsylvania State University and 3 Universidad de Granada): A Cognitive View of Multilingualism: The Role of Control Processes in Modulating the Activity of More than One Language Jason Rothman (University of Florida): The L3 Connection: Highlighting the Value of Third Language (L3) Syntactic Transfer Data for General Linguistic and Psycholinguistic Questions Kees de Bot (University of Groningen) and Carol Jaensch (University of Essex): What's Special about Multilingualism? Maria Polinsky (Harvard University): Heritage Speakers' Adventures in Re-learning: Can an L1 Become an L3? Call for Papers: We seek high quality papers that contribute to these larger issues, but also those that examine specific empirical questions related to the acquisition of L3/Ln morphosyntax, phonology, the lexicon, semantics and pragmatics from a cognitive perspective. Abstracts must be 500 words or less (not including title, figures and references) and fit on one page, with a second page for data and references. Abstracts are due on 9 January 2012 and should be sent to L3Gasteizgmail.com. A limited number of papers following peer review will be selected for oral or poster presentation. Acceptance will be announced on 1 March. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 08-Dec-2011       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.