LINGUIST List 7.1802

Thu Dec 19 1996

Calls: Language and cognition in lang.acq.

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1. Dorthe Bleses, conf.: Language and cognition in lang.acq.

 **********FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT**********

 NELAS 6- CMLA 2

 LANGUAGE AND COGNITION IN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION


 A conference to be held at

 UNIVERSITY OF ODENSE, DENMARK

 20-24 AUGUST 1997

This conference combines the 6th in the series of Northern
European Language Acquisition seminars, with the 2nd
workshop "Cognitive Models of Language Acquisition"
which was first held in Tilburg, the Netherlands, in 1994.

The theme of the conference is:

WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND
NON-LINGUISTIC COGNITIVE CAPACITIES AND PROCESSES?

This theme will be addressed in the context of both first and
second language acquisition, with an emphasis upon the former.


 PROGRAMME

 ******Invited Lectures******
 (Confirmed)

Elizabeth Bates,
 University of California San Diego
Werner Deutsch,
 University of Braunschweig
Jerry Feldman,
 University of California Berkeley
Paul van Geert,
 State University of Groningen
Dedre Gentner,
 Northwestern University
Andrew Lock,
 Massey University
Michael Tomasello,
 Emory University
Manfred Pienemann,
 Australian National University


 ******Workshops and Workshop Presenters******
 (to be confirmed)

Language and Cognition in First and Second
Language Acquisition

 Ocke Bohn (University of Aarhus)
 Manfred Pienemann (Australian National University)


The Acquisition of Nordic Languages

 Hrafnhildur Ragnarsdottir (University of Reykjavik)
 Hanne Gram Simonsen (University of Oslo)
 Sven Stroemqvist (University of Gothenburg)


The Emergence and Development of Signification

 Maria Lyra (University of Recife)
 Christian Moro (University of Geneva)
 Cintia Rodriguez (University of Madrid)


 *****Poster Sessions*****


Submissions of abstracts are invited for poster presentations
 of research relevant to the theme of the conference.

No further lectures will be programmed for the conference,
which will consist of plenary lectures, workshops and
poster sessions only. There will be no parallel lecture
sessions. Depending upon the abstracts submitted and accepted
for the poster presentations, one or more further thematic
workshops may be incorporated into the programme.


LOCATION

The conference will be held at the University of Odense,
situated in the old Danish port city of Odense, the
birthplace of Hans Christian Andersen, on the tranquil and
beautiful island of Fyn. Odense is readily accessible by
air and surface transport from Copenhagen.

The programme will include an optional excursion and
conference dinner.


REGISTRATION FEE

The registration fee for the conference will be DKK
(Danish Kroner) 1000,-, including a reception at the
beginning of the conference, lunch (Friday, Saturday and
Sunday), tea and coffee, copies of all abstracts and
participant lists.

It is intended that researchers (including PhD students)
working on a topic related to the theme of the conference,
who are unable to obtain institutional support for the
payment of the registration fee, will be entitled to a
partial waiver of the registration fee if they can send
documentation from their department of its inability to
subsidize the registration fee in whole or in part.


ACCOMMODATION

Information on accommodation will be provided at a later 4
date to individuals pre-registering for the conference.


RELATED EVENT- SUMMER SCHOOL IN LANGUAGE
ACQUISITION

The 1997 European Summer School in Language Acquisition,
funded by the European Union and targetted on European
PhD students and post-doctoral researchers, will take
place at a
nearby location on Fyn during the period 13-22 August,
1997. The organiser of the 1997 European Summer School
in Language Acquisition is Sven Stroemqvist, University
of Gothenburg. Information about the Summer School can
be obtained from:
prof. Sven Stroemqvist (scientist in charge of the proposal)
 Department of Linguistics,
 University of Goeteborg,
 412 98 Goeteborg, Sweden
 Fax +46 31 7734853
 svenling.gu.se


PRE-REGISTRATION

Information regarding accommodation, conference programme
and possibilities for obtaining funding by prospective
participants lacking institutional support, will be sent
to individuals pre-registering for the conference.

THE NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS WILL BE LIMITED IN ORDER
TO FACILITATE DISCUSSION AND INTERCHANGE OF IDEAS.

IT IS THEREFORE ADVISABLE TO MAKE AN EARLY INDICATION
OF YOUR WISH TO ATTEND THE CONFERENCE BY PRE-REGISTERING.

Pre-register by e-mailing the Conference Secretariatat
the following address:

Wagnerdou.dk

Please indicate if you wish to submit an abstract for
a poster presentation, and supply a title. Abstracts will
be required tobe submitted by 1 March 1997.


ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The conference organizers wish to acknowledge the
financial support of the Danish Humanities Research Council
and the Department of Language and Communication,
University of Odense, in making this conference possible.

Conference Organizing Committee

Hans Basboell, Dorthe Bleses, Rineke Brouwer
and Johannes Wagner (University of Odense)
&
Chris Sinha, Kristine Jensen de Lopez
(University of Aarhus)