LINGUIST List 23.1518: Confs: Language Acquisition, General Ling/USA

LINGUIST List 23.1518
Mon Mar 26 2012 Confs: Language Acquisition, General Ling/USA Editor for this issue: Amy Brunett <brunettlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 26-Mar-2012 From: Barbara Pearson <bpearsonresearch.umass.edu> Subject: Conference on Formal Approaches to Heritage Language E-mail this message to a friend Conference on Formal Approaches to Heritage Language Date: 21-Apr-2012 - 22-Apr-2012 Location: Amherst, Massachusetts, USA Contact: Barbara Pearson Contact Email: < click here to access email > Meeting URL: http://www.umass.edu/larc/events/FAHL.html Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Language Acquisition Meeting Description: ‘Heritage speakers’ have been described by Polinsky and Kagan (2007) as people raised in a home where one language is spoken, but who subsequently switch to another dominant language. This conference aims to explore the formal properties of Heritage Speaker grammars and where they diverge from both native ‘baseline’ and L2 speaker grammars. The program will also include a workshop on research techniques for heritage languages. Sponsored by the Language Acquisition Research Center of the University of Massachusetts Amherst Invited Speakers: Ana Perez-Leroux, University of Toronto Acrisio Pires, University of Michigan Maria Polinsky, Harvard University We now have the schedule of talks posted http://www.umass.edu/larc/events/FAHL.html Registration is open at http://heritage-workshop.eventbrite.com/ Registration $40 regular/ $20 student--FREE through March 31 Register now. This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! You can donate right now using our secure credit card form at https://linguistlist.org/donation/donate/donate1.cfm Alternatively you can also pledge right now and pay later. To do so, go to: https://linguistlist.org/donation/pledge/pledge1.cfm For all information on donating and pledging, including information on how to donate by check, money order, or wire transfer, please visit: http://linguistlist.org/donation/ The LINGUIST List is under the umbrella of Eastern Michigan University and as such can receive donations through the EMU Foundation, which is a registered 501(c) Non Profit organization. Our Federal Tax number is 38-6005986. These donations can be offset against your federal and sometimes your state tax return (U.S. tax payers only). For more information visit the IRS Web-Site, or contact your financial advisor. Many companies also offer a gift matching program, such that they will match any gift you make to a non-profit organization. Normally this entails your contacting your human resources department and sending us a form that the EMU Foundation fills in and returns to your employer. This is generally a simple administrative procedure that doubles the value of your gift to LINGUIST, without costing you an extra penny. Please take a moment to check if your company operates such a program. Thank you very much for your support of LINGUIST! Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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