LINGUIST List 31.934
Mon Mar 09 2020
Confs: English; Cognitive Science, Language Acquisition, Neurolinguistics, Psycholinguistics/Netherlands
Editor for this issue: Lauren Perkins <laurenlinguistlist.org>
Date: 09-Mar-2020
From: Anika van der Kils <lauren
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Subject: Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research
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Short Title: EMLAR
Date: 15-Apr-2020 - 17-Apr-2020
Location: Utrecht, Netherlands
Contact: Shalom Zuckerman
Contact Email:
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https://emlar.wp.hum.uu.nl/
Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics
Subject Language(s): English
Meeting Description:
The Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS is pleased to announce the 16th edition of EMLAR, taking place in Utrecht (the Netherlands) from April 15-17, 2020. The workshop aims at training PhD students and advanced MA students in methods of experimental research in first and second language acquisition. Experts in various domains of language acquisition research will give lectures and hands-on tutorials. We will also provide the opportunity to present a poster. Please specify in your registration form whether you wish to present a poster. Depending on the number of applications there might be a selection procedure.
Conference Schedule:
10.15 – 11.00 Arjan van Hessen – Utrecht University, University of Twente
Tentative title: Speech recognition
11.00 – 11.45 Willemijn Heeren – Leiden University
Variation in L1 and L2 speech through the lens of forensic speech science
11.45 – 12.00 Coffee break
12:00 – 12:45 Sita ter Haar – Utrecht University
About the birds and the babies: Parallels between speech and birdsong acquisition
12:45 – 13:00 Poster pitches
One-minute poster presentations
13.00 – 14.30 Lunch break
14.30 – 16.30 Tutorial Session I
16.30 – 18.00 Poster session and drinks
Thursday, April 16th
9.30 – 11.30 Tutorial Session II
11.30 – 11.45 Coffee break
11.45 – 12.30 Sible Andringa – University of Amsterdam
Using eye-tracking as a measure implicit learning in language acquisition research
12.30 – 13.45 Lunch break
13.45 – 15.45 Tutorial Session III
15.45 – 16.00 Short break
16.00 – 16.45 Keynote Speaker: Padraic Monaghan – University of Amsterdam/Lancaster University
How are vocabulary and grammar acquired? Insights from artificial language learning studies
16.45 – 18.30 Free time
18.30 Conference dinner
Friday, April 17th
9.30 – 10.15 Evelyn Bosma – Leiden University, Utrecht University
Cognate facilitation in Frisian-Dutch bilingual children’s sentence reading: An eye-tracking study
10.15 – 11.00 Hugo Schnack – Utrecht University
An introduction to machine learning and its applications in language research
11.00 – 11.30 Coffee break
11.30 – 12.15 Rachel Romeo – Boston Children’s Hospital, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Structural and functional neural correlates of early language experience with MRI
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