LINGUIST List 22.913 Wed Feb 23 2011 Calls: Language Acquisition, Ling Theories/Greece 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.     Stavroula Stavrakaki , Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition Message 1: Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition Date: 23-Feb-2011 From: Stavroula Stavrakaki <svoulaauth.gr> Subject: Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition Short Title: GALA Date: 06-Sep-2011 - 08-Sep-2011 Location: Thessaloniki, Greece Contact Person: Stavroula Stavrakaki Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Web Site: http://gala2011.web.auth.gr Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Linguistic Theories Call Deadline: 15-Mar-2011 Meeting Description: GALA 2011 will focus on first and second language acquisition, bilingual acquisition, language pathology, the acquisition of sign language and brain imaging research for acquisition and pathology. Besides the main session, two workshops will be held on ‘Phonological representations in early language acquisition’ (organized by Barbara Höhle) and on ‘Syntax and Pragmatics: Division of Labour in Acquisition’ (organized by Joao Costa and Spyridoula Varlokosta). Invited Speakers: Harald Clahsen (University of Essex) Maria Teresa Guasti (University of Milan-Bicocca) Chloe Marshall (City University London) Programme Committee: Sergey Avrutin (University of Utrecht) Naama Friedmann (University of Tel Aviv) Anna Gavarró (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona) Petra Schulz (Goethe-University Frankfurt) Stavroula Stavrakaki (University of Thessaloniki) Arhonto Terzi (Technological Educational Institute of Patras) Laurie Tuller (Université François-Rabelais) Angeliek van Hout (University of Groningen) Organizing Committee: Dora Bahourou Katerina Kalaidzidou Polyxeni Konstantinopoulou Stavroula Stavrakaki Eleni Vletsi Call for Papers: Abstracts should be submitted electronically at gala2011itl.auth.gr Deadline of submission: March 15th, 2011 Notification of acceptance: May 1st, 2011 Talks for the main sessions and the workshops will be 20 minutes long, followed by 10 minutes discussion. At most one single-authored and one joint abstract (or two joint abstracts) per author will be considered. There will be two poster sessions. Please indicate in your submission whether you want your abstract to be considered for the main session, a workshop, for oral presentation, poster, or both. Guidelines for abstracts: Abstracts should be at most two pages, with only figures and references in the second. 12 point Times New Roman, single spaced, should be used, with 2 cm margins. An anonymous abstract and an abstract with author's name/s and affiliation should be sent by email as Word or pdf attachments (if special symbols are used, pdf format is required). The abstract with name and affiliation should be as follows: Title (bold, left justified) Author's name/s (left justified) Affiliation (left justified) Abstract Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 23-Feb-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.