LINGUIST List 22.3738 Sun Sep 25 2011 Confs: Language Acquisition/USA Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.     Sarah Baiz , Boston University Conference on Language Development Message 1: Boston University Conference on Language Development Date: 23-Sep-2011 From: Sarah Baiz <langconfbu.edu> Subject: Boston University Conference on Language Development E-mail this message to a friend Boston University Conference on Language Development Short Title: BUCLD Date: 04-Nov-2011 - 06-Nov-2011 Location: Boston, MA, USA Contact: Amelia Kimball Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.bu.edu/bucld Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition Meeting Description: 36th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development November 4-6, 2011 The BUCLD includes presentations in such areas as theoretical approaches to language acquisition, cross-cultural language development, second language development, language disorders, and literacy development. Each year, close to 500 abstracts are submitted to the conference, from which about 87 papers and 66 posters are chosen for presentation. Internationally renowned researchers also give keynote and plenary addresses, as well as a lunch symposium on a topic of current interest. Keynote Speaker: Sandra Waxman, Northwestern University ‘What's in a Word? Links between Linguistic and Conceptual Organization in Infants and Young Children’ Plenary Speaker: Cornelia Hamann, University of Oldenburg ‘Bilingual Development and Language Assessment’ Lunch Symposium: ‘Morphology in Second Language Acquisition and Processing’ Harald Clahsen, University of Essex/University of Potsdam Holger Hopp, University of Mannheim Donna Lardiere, Georgetown University Silvina Montrul (organizer), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign We are pleased to announce that pre-registration for BUCLD 36 is now available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/registration/ The 36th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development will be held at Boston University, on November 4 to November 6. Our invited speakers are: Keynote Speaker: Sandra Waxman, Northwestern University 'What's in a word? Links between linguistic and conceptual organization in infants and young children' Plenary Speaker: Cornelia Hamann, University of Oldenburg 'Bilingual development and language assessment' Lunch Symposium: 'Morphology in second language acquisition and processing' Harald Clahsen, University of Essex/University of Potsdam Holger Hopp, University of Mannheim Donna Lardiere, Georgetown University Silvina Montrul, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign The full conference schedule is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/schedule/ The Society for Language Development will hold their Annual Symposium on November 3. Please check their webpage for the most current information at: http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/sld/symposium.html Reminder to student presenters: The Paula Menyuk Student Travel Award 2011 will be given to about 20 student presenters (Bachelor, Master's or PhD). The award entails the reimbursement of travel costs of up to $300. For detailed requirements and more information please see our website and fill out our application (http://www.bu.edu/bucld/travel-hotel/travel-award/). The deadline for receiving applications is October 7, 2011. More information about BUCLD, including information about accommodations in the area, is available at our website: http://www.bu.edu/bucld We look forward to seeing you at BUCLD 36! Sincerely, Alia Biller, Esther Chung, and Amelia Kimball, BUCLD 36 Co-organizers Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 25-Sep-2011       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.