>From Linguist List:
The 24th Annual
Boston University Conference on Language Development
Call for Papers
November 5, 6 and 7, 1999
Keynote Speaker: Elissa Newport, University of Rochester
Plenary Speaker: Stephen Crain, University of Maryland
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FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION
All topics in the field of language acquisition will be fully considered,
including:
Bilingualism Literacy & Narrative
Cognition & Language Neurolinguistics
Creoles & Pidgins Pragmatics
Discourse Pre-linguistic Development
Exceptional Language Signed Languages
Input &Interaction Sociolinguistics
Language Disorders Speech Perception &
Production
Linguistic Theory (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology,
Lexicon)
Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished research.
Presentations will be 20 minutes long, plus 10 minutes for questions.
Please submit:
1) ten copies of an anonymous, clearly titled 450-word summary
for review. Include word count at the bottom of the page.
2) one copy of a 150-word abstract for use in the conference
program book if your abstract is accepted. If your paper is
accepted, this abstract will be scanned into the conference
handbook. No changes in title or authors will be possible
after acceptance. Include word count at the bottom of the
page.
3) for EACH author, one copy of the information form printed
at the bottom of this sheet.
Please include email address or a self-addressed, stamped postcard for
acknowledgment of receipt. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be
sent to the first author by early August. Pre-registration materials
and preliminary schedule will be available in late August, 1999.
All authors who present papers at the conference will be invited to
contribute their papers to the Proceedings Volumes. Those papers will
be due in January, 2000.
Note: All conference papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts
submitted. Although each abstract will be evaluated individually, we
will attempt to honor requests to schedule accepted papers together
in group sessions.
DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by May 14, 1999.
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