LINGUIST List 13.2788

Tue Oct 29 2002

Confs: Boston Univ Conference on Lang Development

Editor for this issue: Karolina Owczarzak <karolinalinguistlist.org>

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1. Boston University Conference on Language Development, 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

27TH ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE
ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
November 1, 2 and 3, 2002

We are pleased to announce the final schedule for the 27th Annual
Boston University Conference on Language Development. We also wish to
highlight the keynote and plenary addresses, the lunchtime symposium,
and the special funding and BUCLD business sessions.

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Special Session: BUCLD Business Meeting

This presentation will include information on how papers are selected
for BUCLD and will give statistics on what kinds of papers have been
received and selected in the last two years.

Speaker: Shanley Allen

Friday, November 1st, 12:45PM
Box lunches will be available at the reception desk for $6.75

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Special Session: Federal funding: What's hot and how to apply

Speakers: Peggy McCardle (NIH), Marita Hopmann (NIH) and Cecile McKee (NSF)

Saturday, November 2nd, 8:00AM

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Lunchtime Symposium: The role of input in the acquisition of signed
languages

Speakers: Rachel Mayberry, Elena Pizzuto, Bencie Woll

Saturday, November 2nd, 12:45PM
Box lunches will be available at the reception desk for $6.75

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Keynote Speaker: Susan Goldin-Meadow, University of Chicago

The resilience of language

Friday, November 1st, 8:00PM

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Plenary Speaker: Bonnie Schwartz, University of Hawai'i

Child L2 acquisition: Paving the way

Saturday, November 2nd, 5:30PM

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The full conference program as well as general and travel information are
available on our web page at

http://web.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/

Please feel free to contact the Conference Office at (617) 353-3085, or
e-mail at langconfbu.edu if you have any questions.

Sincerely,

Barbara Beachley, Amanda Brown, and Frances Conlin
BUCLD 2002 Conference Organizers