[EDLING:58] CFP: BU Conference on Language Development

[Francis M Hult]

> > CALL FOR PAPERS REMINDER 
> > 
> > THE 32nd ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE 
> > DEVELOPMENT 
> > NOVEMBER 2-4, 2007 
> > 
> > Keynote Speaker: 
> > Ellen Bialystok, York University 
> > "Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism Across the Lifespan" 
> > 
> > Plenary Speaker: 
> > William O'Grady, University of Hawai'i at Manoa 
> > "Does Emergentism Have a Chance?" 
> > 
> > Lunch Symposium: 
> > "The Production and Processing of Grammatical Morphemes" 
> > Katherine Demuth, Brown University 
> > Anne Fernald, Stanford University 
> > Lee Osterhout, University of Washington 
> > Virginia Valian, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate Center 
> > 
> > Submissions which present research on any topic in the fields of 
> > first 
> > and second language acquisition from any theoretical perspectives 
> > will 
> > be fully considered, including: 
> > 
> > * Bilingualism 
> > * Cognition & Language 
> > * Creoles & Pidgins 
> > * Dialects 
> > * Discourse and Narrative 
> > * Gesture 
> > * Hearing Impairment and Deafness 
> > * Input & Interaction 
> > * Language Disorders (Autism, Down Syndrome, SLI, Williams 
> > Syndrome, 
> > etc.) 
> > * Linguistic Theory (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology, 
> > Lexicon) 
> > * Neurolinguistics 
> > * Pragmatics 
> > * Pre-linguistic Development 
> > * Reading and Literacy 
> > * 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 * Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished 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 
> > 500 
> > words in length. Text of abstract should fit on one page, with a 
> > second 
> > page for examples, figures, or references. Abstracts longer than 
> > 500 
> > words will be rejected without being evaluated. 
> > * Please note the word count at the bottom of the abstract. Note 
> > that 
> > word counts should not include the abstract title, figure or table 
> > titles, examples, or the list of references. 
> > * A suggested format and style for abstracts is available at: 
> > http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/template.html 
> > * Three examples of how to formulate the content of the abstract 
> > can be 
> > found at: 
> > http://www.lsadc.org/info/dec02bulletin/model.html 
> > http://www.linguistics.ucsb.edu/faculty/bucholtz/sociocultural/ 
> > abstracttips.html 
> > http://www.ulcl.leidenuniv.nl/index.php3?m=5&c=124 
> > * The criteria used by the reviewers to evaluate abstracts can be 
> > found 
> > at: 
> > http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/reviewprocess.html#rate 
> > * All abstracts must be submitted as PDF documents. Specific 
> > instructions for how to create PDF documents are available at: 
> > http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/pdfinfo.html. 
> > If you encounter a problem creating a PDF file, please contact us 
> > for 
> > further assistance. 
> > Please use the first author's last name as the file name (eg. 
> > Smith.pdf). No author 
> > information should appear anywhere in the contents of the PDF file 
> > itself. 
> > 
> > SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS 
> > 
> > * Electronic submission: To facilitate the abstract submission 
> > process, 
> > abstracts will be 
> > submitted using the form available at the conference website at 
> > http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/abstract.htm. 
> > * Specific instructions for abstract submission are available on 
> > this 
> > website. 
> > * Abstracts will be accepted between April 1 and May 15. 
> > * Contact information for each author must be submitted via 
> > webform. No 
> > author information should appear anywhere in the abstract PDF. 
> > * At the time of submission you will be asked whether you would 
> > like 
> > your abstract to be 
> > considered for a poster, a paper, or both. Note that this 
> > preference is 
> > not revealed to the reviewers, and thus is not considered in the 
> > review 
> > process. 
> > * Although each author may submit as many abstracts as desired, we 
> > will 
> > accept for 
> > presentation by each author: (a) a maximum of 1 first authored 
> > paper/poster, and (b) a 
> > maximum of 2 papers/posters in any authorship status. Note that no 
> > changes in authorship (including deleting an author or changing 
> > author 
> > order) will be possible after the review process is completed or 
> > for 
> > publication in the conference proceedings. 
> > 
> > DEADLINE 
> > 
> > * All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2007. 
> > * Late abstracts will not be considered, whatever the reason for 
> > the 
> > delay. 
> > * We regret that we cannot accept abstract submissions by fax or 
> > email. 
> > * Submissions via surface mail will only be accepted in special 
> > circumstances, on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us well in 
> > advance of the submission deadline (May 15, 2007) to make these 
> > arrangements. 
> > 
> > ABSTRACT SELECTION 
> > 
> > * Each abstract is blind reviewed by 5 reviewers from a panel of 
> > approximately 140 
> > international scholars. Further information about the review 
> > process is 
> > available at 
> > http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/reviewprocess.html. 
> > * Acknowledgment of receipt of the abstract will be sent by email 
> > as 
> > soon as possible after receipt. Notice of acceptance or rejection 
> > will 
> > be sent to first authors only, in early 
> > August, by email. Pre-registration materials and preliminary 
> > schedule 
> > will be available 
> > in late August, 2007. 
> > * If your abstract is accepted, you will need to submit a 150-word 
> > abstract including 
> > title, author(s) and affiliation(s) for inclusion in the conference 
> > handbook. Guidelines 
> > will be provided along with notification of acceptance. 
> > * Abstracts accepted as papers will be invited for publication in 
> > the 
> > BUCLD Proceedings. 
> > * Abstracts accepted as posters will be invited for publication 
> > online 
> > only, but not in the 
> > printed version. 
> > * All conference papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts 
> > submitted. Although each abstract will be evaluated individually, 
> > we 
> > will attempt to honor requests to schedule accepted papers together 
> > in 
> > group sessions. 
> > * No schedule changes will be possible once the schedule is set. 
> > Scheduling requests for religious reasons only must be made before 
> > the 
> > review process is complete (i.e. at the time of submission). A 
> > space is 
> > provided on the abstract submission webform to specify such 
> > requests. 
> > 
> > FURTHER INFORMATION 
> > 
> > Information regarding the conference may be accessed on the BUCLD 
> > website: 
> > 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 
> > e-mail: langconf at bu.edu