LINGUIST List 6.1161

Sat Aug 26 1995

Confs: BU Conf on Language Development

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1. BU Conference on Language Development, BU Conf on Language Development '95- Announcement

 20th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development

 November 3, 4, 5, 1995


 KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Lila Gleitman

 PLENARY SPEAKER: Lydia White

Sessions include first and second language acquisition of syntax,
morphology, phonology, lexical and conceptual knowledge, discourse,
narrative and literacy, social and cultural aspects of language use, as
well as exceptional language, language processing, and bilingualism.
Ninety papers are scheduled to be presented.

All conference sessions will be held on the Boston University campus
in the George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston.

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For more information:

 A preliminary program, pre-registration form, and information about
hotels, discounts on domestic air fares, and child care arrangements,
are available via e-mail. If you send a message to infolouis-xiv.bu.edu
you will receive an automated reply that contains these materials.

 These materials are also sent by regular mail to those who are on
our mailing list (speakers are urged to wait to pre-register until
they receive that mailing).

 Anyone who plans to attend the conference is advised to make hotel
arrangements as soon as possible.

 If you have any questions, or if you would like to add your address
to our regular mailing list or inform us of a change in address,
please send e-mail to langconflouis-xiv.bu.edu, phone 617-353-3085, or
write to:

 Boston University Conference on Language Development
 138 Mountfort Street
 Brookline, MA 02146-4083


 **Should you find yourself on the Conference schedule, and you
 have not yet received an acceptance letter concerning details,
 please contact us by e-mail immediately so that we can send you
 a virtual copy of the details. We mailed out our reply letters
 to all authors on every submission on Aug. 11th, but as of the
 24th, many submitters had still not received their letters. We
 apologize for the inconvenience.