LINGUIST List 2.47

Saturday, 23 Feb 1991

Calls: Lang development, Lang origins

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1. , Call for Papers - 1991 BU Conference

PLEASE POST THE FOLLOWING CALL FOR PAPERS: 

 The 16th Annual
 BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
 October 18, 19 & 20, 1991

 Keynote Speaker: STEVEN PINKER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

 * CALL FOR PAPERS *

 Papers in the following areas are encouraged, although other topics 
 in Language Acquisition will be fully considered:

Linguistic Theory Input & Interaction
 (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology) Early Linguistic Development
Development of the Lexicon Speech Perception & Production
Signed Languages Discourse Processing 
Creolization Discourse
Cognitive Development & Language Literacy 
Neurolinguistic Development Narrative
Exceptional Language & Language Disorders Sociolinguistics 
 including a special session on Dyslexia Bilingualism

 IN RELATION TO 
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 FIRST & SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION 
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REQUIREMENTS 1) Original research that has never been presented or published
 2) 450-WORD SUMMARY for anonymous review 
 3) 150-WORD ABSTRACT with title, topic, name & affiliation
 (to appear in conference handbook)

SUBMIT 1) SIX copies of the summary, clearly titled
 2) TWO copies of the abstract
 3) ONE 3 x 5 card stating:
 a) Title b) Name(s) c) Affiliation(s) d) Topic area
 e) Current address f) Summer address g) e-mail address
 h) Telephone number i) Summer number j) Audiovisual needs

 NOTE NEW ADDRESS

Boston University Telephone: (617) 353-3085
Conference on Language Development e-mail: langconflouis-xiv.bu.edu
138 Mountfort Street 
Boston, MA 02215 USA 

DEADLINE: All submissions must be POSTMARKED BY *May 1, 1991*. Please include
self-addressed, stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt. Notification
of acceptance or rejection will be sent by June 30.