LINGUIST List 11.2322

Fri Oct 27 2000

Confs: Language Development at Boston University

Editor for this issue: Marie Klopfenstein <marielinguistlist.org>

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1. Applied Linguistics Program, Boston University Conference on Language Development

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 F I N A L A N N O U N C E M E N T
 25th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE 
 ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT 
 November 3, 4 and 5, 2000

Boston University is pleased to announce the 25th Annual Boston
University Conference on Language Development. The preliminary 
conference program and electronic registration materials as well 
as general and travel information are available on our web page at 

 http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/conference.html 


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Keynote speaker: Lois Bloom, Teachers College, Columbia University.

		Language acquisition and the child: 
 Developmental and theoretical tensions
	 Friday, November 3rd, 8:00 PM

Plenary speaker: Nina Hyams, UCLA.

	 Now you hear it, now you don't:
 The nature of optionality in early grammar
	 Saturday, November 4th, 5:00 PM.

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 LUNCHTIME SYMPOSIUM 
 Saturday, November 4th, 12:45 PM

 25 Years of the Boston University Conference on Language Development

	Speakers: Margaret Thomas, Boston College
	 Paula Menyuk, Boston University
	 Peggy McArdle, NICHD
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Please feel free to contact the Conference Office at (617) 353-3085, or
e-mail at langconflouis-xiv.bu.edu if you have any questions.

Please note that hotel prices continue to rise. We have secured a few
blocks of rooms at conference rates, and have found a travel agent and 
consolidator who can help you find the lowest prices. Their names and
numbers are included on the web page.