Call for Papers: Special Issue of Reading and Writing

A call for papers has been published on LINGUIST List for a special issue of Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal. The subtitle for the special issues is Acquiring Reading in Two Languages: Linguistic and Orthographic Factors. Call deadline is February 1, 2008.

For details, click here.


『Reading and Writing』特別号への投稿募集がLINGUIST Listで通知されました。特別号のサブタイトルはAcquiring Reading in Two Languages: Linguistic and Orthographic Factorsとなっています。募集締め切りは2008年2月1日です。

詳細はこちらをご覧ください。

BBC on Simplified English Spelling

Should we simplify spelling? - BBC News (July 10, 2007)

This article revisits the old and never-ending debate on English spelling reform. It features a series of emails exchanged between Ms. Masha Bell, a member of the Simplified Spelling Society, and Prof. Vivian Cook of Newcastle University. Ms. Bell argues that the current spelling system needs to be simplified to facilitate children's learning to read. Prof. Cook opposes her view from a linguistic standpoint, stressing that spelling is just one of various factors related to literacy.

Reading and Writing, 20(1-5)

Information on the latest issues of Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal (Vol. 20, Nos. 1-5) is now available from the publisher's website.


『Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal』の最新号（20巻1-5号）に関する情報が出版社のウェブサイトで公開されました。

Update: CAASL-2

Programme and other information on the Second Workshop on Computational Approaches to Arabic Script-based Languages (CAASL-2) is now available from the workshop's homepage.