LINGUIST List 26.4088
Wed Sep 16 2015
Calls: Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Writing Systems/Netherlands
Editor for this issue: Anna White <awhitelinguistlist.org>
Date: 15-Sep-2015
From: Terry Joyce <terry
tama.ac.jp>
Subject: 10th International Workshop on Writing Systems and Literacy
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Short Title: AWLL10
Date: 12-May-2016 - 13-May-2016
Location: Nijmegen, Netherlands
Contact Person: Anneke Neijt
Meeting Email:
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http://faculty.tama.ac.jp/joyce/awll/workshops.html
Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics; Writing Systems
Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2016
Meeting Description:
Understanding writing systems: From core issues to implications for written language acquisition
Tenth International Workshop on Writing Systems and Literacy
Nijmegen, The Netherlands, May 12th-13th, 2016
Centre for Language Studies, Radboud University Nijmegen
This workshop is the tenth in a series of international meetings devoted to the issue of writing systems.
The focus of this landmark tenth workshop continues to identify and explore the core issues for understanding writing systems, with special emphasis on how writing and reading are learned or literacy is acquired.
Invited Speakers:
Geoffrey Sampson [University of South Africa], Ineke van de Craats [DigLin, Radboud University Nijmegen] and Anna Bosman [Behavioral Science Institute, Radboud University Nijmegen]
Program Committee:
Lynne Cahill [School of English, University of Sussex], Terry Joyce [Tama University, Tokyo], Martin Neef [Universität Braunschweig], Anneke Neijt [Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen] and Beatrice Primus [University of Cologne]
Local organizers: Anneke Neijt and Mijntje Peters
Participation:
Researchers who would like to attend the workshop without presenting a paper are also welcome. Registration details will be made available nearer the date of the workshop. The workshop program and the abstracts of the accepted papers, along with travel and accommodation information will be circulated electronically well before the workshop.
Call for Papers:
Especially welcome are contributions on the following questions:
- What are the core issues for understanding writing systems? Which aspects of writing should be considered as more peripheral?
- What does the development of writing systems tell us about these core issues? For instance, how do new technologies, like computer-mediated communication, influence writing systems and how do they impact on literacy acquisition?
- How can cross-linguistic studies help to distinguish between the universal and language-specific aspects of writing systems?
- When and how is the written form of a language acquired? Are key factors such as phonological awareness, orthographic depth, and morphological awareness relevant for both young and adult learners and for both L1 and L2 literacy acquisition?
- To what extent is the distinction between rule-based and stored information relevant for understanding writing systems, their acquisition and differences between writing systems?
The workshop will include a plenary discussion session on research issues and other topics concerning the written form of languages. We welcome suggestions for topics to be discussed.
Important Dates:
First call for proposals: September 2015
Second call for proposals: December 2015
Submission deadline: January 15, 2016
Notification of acceptance: February 15, 2016.
Submission Guidelines:
Authors should submit abstracts of no more than 300 words (Font: Times New Roman 12, line spacing: 1.5). Speakers will have 30 minutes for their presentation, and 15 minutes for discussion and questions. Please submit abstracts electronically (rtf, pdf, doc, docx).
Contact: a.neijt
let.ru.nl
AWLL website:
http://faculty.tama.ac.jp/joyce/awll/index.html
Page Updated: 16-Sep-2015