SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS

IX INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS FOR THE STUDY OF CHILD LANGUAGE AND THE SYMPOSIUM ON RESEARCH IN CHILD LANGUAGE DISORDERS (IASCL/SRCLD)

July 16-21, 2002

University of Wisconsin – Madison
Madison, WI
USA

The 22^nd Annual Symposium on Research in Child Language Disorders  and the 9^th  International Congress for the Study of Child Language will host a joint meeting presenting research in language development and language disorders.  The meeting will be held in Madison, Wisconsin in July of 2002.
We invite you to submit papers, posters and symposia for this unique meeting.  The setting will be the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Monona Terrace Convention Center in Madison, on the shore of Lake Monona.  You can visit the Convention Center from the SRCLD web site at: www.waisman.wisc.edu/srcld/.  This meeting will provide an exciting opportunity to share your research with colleagues from around the world, integrating basic research on language development with new research on disordered language performance.

Special Emphasis Topic:
Informing developmental theory and the nature of language              disorders through research:  influences and relationships.

Papers
Papers on language development and language disorders in
the following areas will be included:
        Assessment
        Augmentative and alternative communication
        Bilingualism and multilingualism
        Child-directed speech
        Cross linguistic comparisons
        Cognition and language
        Conversation and discourse
        Genetics and language development
        Lexicon
        Literacy
        Metalinguistic Awareness
        Morphology
   Neurological development and language
        Phonetics
        Pragmatics
        Prelinguistic communication
    Signed languages
     Speech perception
     Syntax
Papers on topics not listed will also be considered. Work on acquisition and/or disorders in minority languages or previously unexplored languages are particularly welcome.  To facilitate the review process, please identify the topic area on your summary.  Please submit all abstracts in English.
Submissions can be in one of  three forms:  The program committee reserves the right to switch format type to develop the best possible program.

Papers will be presented orally, 20 minutes, with 10 minutes for discussion
Posters will be mounted on 4 X 8 foot (122 cm. x 244 cm.) easels for 90 minutes, allowing authors to discuss their work with participants in more depth and at a leisurely pace.  The Convention Center provides ample room for movement through the poster area.
Symposia will offer several presenters to address a common theme over an extended period of time.  These sessions have provided an excellent opportunity to develop book length proceedings.

All submissions must contain a face page with the following information:
        Title
        Topic area
        List of authors (full name) and affiliation
        Contact person and include:
        Current address
        Email address
        Fax number
  *All communication with the Program Committee will be through the designated contact person.

As in previous meetings, a blind review process of summaries will be used so please make sure your abstract is anonymous.

All summaries should be in English.
For papers and posters: an anonymous summary not exceeding 600 words (or approximately 1 page) with title, and key word(s) on the upper right corner designating the topic area of study according to the list above.

For symposia:  an anonymous summary (up to 1200 words or approximately 2 pages) describing briefly each contribution as well as the relations among the individual presentations, with title, and key word(s) on the upper right corner designating the topic area of study.

Submission Method: We are offering two methods for submitting papers: electronically via email, the preferred method, or by mail. Each submission should contain a cover page and a summary and can be submitted electronically in the same file.

Electronic Submission:Submissions must be composed in MS Word or WordPerfect word processing programs and sent as an email attachment, or as a part of the main body of the email. Please email to the Program Committee at:  srcld@waisman.wisc.edu

Mail  submissions:  Send five copies to:
                2002 IASCL/SRCLD Congress
                University of Wisconsin – Madison
                1975 Willow Drive
                Madison, WI  53706
        USA 

Submission Deadline: Deadline dates for submissions (revised).  Please note the change in  deadlines for submissions of papers and posters:
        Papers and Posters deadline: January 15, 2002.
        Symposia deadline:  June 1, 2001

If you need to receive notification of the status of your submission by September 15, 2001, please send your summary by the original deadline date of June 1, 2000.  Otherwise, you will b e informed of the Program Committee’s decision by March 1, 2002.

You will be informed of the Program Committee’s decision by March 1, 2002.
Visit the SRCLD web site  ( www.waisman.wisc.edu/SRCLD/ )for updated information on the IASCL/SRCLD meeting.