LINGUIST List 15.3181

Fri Nov 12 2004

Calls: Lang Acquisition/Germany; Ling Theories/Canada

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1. Natalia Gagarina, 10th International Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL)
2. Chung-hye Han, 24th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics

Message 1: 10th International Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL)

Date: 10-Nov-2004
From: Natalia Gagarina <gagarina

zas.gwz-berlin.de>
Subject: 10th International Congress of the International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL)

Full Title: 10th International Congress of the International Association for the
Study of Child Language (IASCL)
Short Title: IASCL

Date: 25-Jul-2005 - 29-Jul-2005
Location: Berlin, Germany
Contact Person: CTW - Congress Organisation Thomas Wiese GmbH
Meeting Email: mail

ctw-congress.de
Web Site: http://www.ctw-congress.de/iascl/info.html

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition

Call Deadline: 15-Dec-2004

Meeting Description:

The special emphasis topic of the meeting is on 'Crosslinguistic and
intercultural aspects of unimpaired and impaired language acquisition: A
window on universal and language particular learning mechanisms'.

Specific topic areas within the special emphasis topic:
- Methods of crosslinguistic and intercultural research in language development
- Conceptual and lexical development
- Bootstrapping mechanisms
- Models of learning
- Interaction between morphosyntactic and lexical development
- The neurocognitive basis of language learning
- Genetic aspects of language acquisition
- Language acquisition in children with genetic syndromes
- Origins of specific language disorders
- Bilingual acquisition
- Similarities and differences between the acquisition of sign language and
spoken language
- The acquisition of Pidgins and Creoles

Plenary Speakers
Jeffrey Elman, Dept. of Cognitive Science, University of California, San Diego
Angela Friederici, MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences, Leipzig
Ray Jackendoff, Linguistics, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA.
Elizabeth Spelke, Dept. of Psychology, Harvard University
Joan Bybee, Dept. of Linguistics, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque

Deadline extention:

The deadline for abstract submission for the Xth International Congress of
the Study of Child Language (International Association for the Study of
Child Language (IASCL)) has been postponed to 15 December 2004.

There will be no restrictions on the number of the first authorships for
abstracts submitted.

The webpage for the Congress: http://www.ctw-congress.de/iascl/

Message 2: 24th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics

Date: 10-Nov-2004
From: Chung-hye Han <chunghye

sfu.ca>
Subject: 24th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics

Full Title: 24th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics
Short Title: WCCFL 24

Date: 18-Mar-2005 - 20-Mar-2005
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Contact Person: Chung-hye Han
Meeting Email: wccfl24

sfu.ca
Web Site: http://www.sfu.ca/~wccfl24

Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories

Call Deadline: 30-Nov-2004

Meeting Description:

The 24th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics (WCCFL 24) will be
held on March 18-20, 2005, at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver, Canada.

LAST CALL FOR PAPERS

The 24th West Coast Conference on Formal Linguistics
(WCCFL24)

March 18-20, 2005

Simon Fraser University (SFU)

We invite abstracts for twenty-minute talks with a ten-minute discussion on
any aspect of theoretical linguistics.  This year, there will be a Special
Session on 'Interfaces in the Grammar'.  Abstracts on the interface between
any modules of the grammar and its implications for the architecture of the
grammar are invited.

INVITED SPEAKERS:

Rose-Marie Dechaine (UBC)
Bruce Hayes (UCLA)
Mark Steedman (Edinburgh)

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ABSTRACT SUBMISSION:

Abstracts must be at most one page long on a letter-size sheet (8''1/2 by
11'') with one-inch margins and typed in at least 11-point font.  An
optional second page is permitted for data and references.  Abstracts must
be anonymous.

Submissions are limited to 1 individual and 1 joint abstract per author, or
2 joint abstracts per author.

Abstracts must be submitted in one of the following formats:

PDF attachment
PS  attachment
hard copy (only if absolutely necessary)

We strongly encourage electronic submissions, which should be sent to the
WCCFL 24 e-mail address:

wccfl24

sfu.ca

Please use 'Abstract' as the Subject header and include the information in
(1) - (6), which should constitute the body of the message. For PDF
attachment, please make sure that all fonts are embedded.

Author Information
1. Name(s) of author(s)
2. Title of talk
3. Area of specialization
4. Affiliation(s)
5. E-mail address(es)
6. Postal address(es)

Hard copy submissions should include the information in (1) - (6) on a
separate sheet, along with ten copies of the abstract. These should be sent
to the WCCFL 24 postal address:

WCCFL 24 Abstracts Committee
Department of Linguistics
Simon Fraser University
8888 University Drive
Burnaby, BC V5A1S6
Canada

DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION:

     Nov. 30, 2004, 5:00 pm Pacific Standard Time
     (Abstracts must be received by this time.)

NOTIFICATION OF ACCEPTANCE:

     Last week of January, 2005

Electronic submissions will receive an email confirmation of the receipt of
the abstract.  For those submitting their abstracts through regular mail,
please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard if you wish to receive
confirmation.

Please visit our web-site for more information:

     http://www.sfu.ca/~wccfl24
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