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CALL FOR PAPERS
THE 29th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
NOVEMBER 5 6 & 7 2004
Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth S. Spelke Harvard University "Language and Core Knowledge"
Plenary Speaker: Ken Wexler Massachusetts Institute of Technology "Investigations in the Development of Language"
Lunch Symposium
"Where does grammar come from? A debate on the nature of child language acquisition"
Michael Tomasello Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Stephen Crain University of Maryland - College Park
All topics in the fields of first and second language acquisition from all theoretical perspectives will be fully considered including:
Bilingualism Cognition & Language Creoles & Pidgins Discourse Exceptional Language Input & Interaction Language Disorders Linguistic Theory (Syntax Semantics Phonology Morphology Lexicon) Literacy & Narrative Neurolinguistics Pragmatics Pre-linguistic Development Signed Languages Sociolinguistics Speech Perception & Production
Presentations will be 20 minutes long followed by a 10 minute question period. Posters will be on display for a full day with two attended sessions during the day.
ABSTRACT FORMAT AND CONTENT
Abstracts submitted must represent original unpublished research. Abstracts should be anonymous clearly titled and no more than 450 words in length. They should also fit on one page with an optional second page for references or figures if required. Abstracts longer than 450 words will be rejected without being evaluated. Please note the word count at the bottom of the abstract. Note that words counts need not include the abstract title or the list of references.
A suggested format and style for abstracts is available at the conference website:
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/template.html
DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST May 15 2004.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Information regarding the conference may be accessed at
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD
Boston University Conference on Language Development
96 Cummington Street Room 244
Boston MA 02215
U.S.A.
Telephone: (617) 353-3085
Email: langconf@bu.edu
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD
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