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<DIV id=idOWAReplyText91396 dir=ltr><FONT size=2>THE 36th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY<BR>CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT<BR><BR>Abstract submissions are now open<BR><BR>NOVEMBER 4-6, 2011<BR><BR>Keynote Speaker:<BR>Sandra Waxman, Northwestern University<BR>"What's in a word? Links between linguistic and conceptual organization in infants and<BR>young children"<BR><BR>Plenary Speaker:<BR>Cornelia Hamann, University of Oldenburg<BR>"Bilingual development and language assessment"<BR><BR>Lunch Symposium: "Morphology in second language acquisition and processing"<BR>Harald Clahsen, University of Essex/University of Potsdam<BR>Holger Hopp, University of Mannheim<BR>Donna Lardiere, Georgetown University<BR>Silvina Montrul (organizer), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign<BR><BR>Submissions that present research on any topic in the fields of first and second language acquisition from any theoretical perspective will be fully considered. Eligible topics include: Bilingualism, Cognition and Language, Creoles and Pidgins,Dialects, Discourse and Narrative, Gesture, Hearing Impairment and Deafness, Input and Interaction, Language Disorders, Linguistic Theory, Neurolinguistics, Pragmatics,Pre-linguistic Development, Reading and Literacy, Signed Languages, Sociolinguistics, and Speech Perception and Production.<BR><BR>A suggested format and style for abstracts is available at:<BR><A href="http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-format/">http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-format/</A><BR><BR>We have begun accepting abstract submissions.<BR>Please check <A href="http://www.bu.edu/bucld/">http://www.bu.edu/bucld/</A> for a link to the submission form and any important updates.<BR><BR>DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EDT, May 15, 2011.<BR><BR>FURTHER INFORMATION<BR>General conference information is available at:<BR><A href="http://www.bu.edu/bucld/">http://www.bu.edu/bucld/</A><BR>Boston University Conference on Language Development<BR>96 Cummington Street, Room 244<BR>Boston, MA 02215<BR>U.S.A.<BR>Questions about abstracts should be sent to abstract@bu.edu<BR><BR></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>