Final Call for papers

[Jean Berko Gleason]

FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS

Linguistic Socialization, Language Acquisition and Language Disorders

dedicated to the memory of Zita Reger (1944-2001)

October 7-9 2002,
at the Research Institute of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest
(Budapest VI. Benczúr u. 33.).

The conference, organized jointly by the Research Institute of
Linguistics  and the Research Institute on National and Ethnic 
Minorities of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is set up to pay homage 
to the late Professor Zita Reger, an outstanding linguist and teacher, 
former department head at the Research Institute for Linguistics of the 
Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The conference will feature 
state-of-the-art presentations on the following three topics, which Zita 
Réger made significant contributions to during her research career:

  A) Language acquisition, child language
  B) Linguistic socialization, and language use in Gypsy communities
  C) Aphasia research: lexicon, syntax and phonology in impaired language

  Invited speakers:
  Jean Berko Gleason (Boston University)
  Csaba Pleh (Budapest University of Technology and Economics)
  Herman Kolk (Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen)
  Michael Stewart (University College London)
  Susan Gal (University of Chicago)


The organizers invite anonymous abstracts for 30-minute talks, which
will be delivered in three sessions corresponding to the three topic 
areas indicated above.

Official languages: Sessions A and C - English, Session B - English and
Hungarian.


Abstract presentation:
The maximum length of anonymous abstracts is two pages (single-space,
Times 12 point or equivalent).  Abstracts should be written in one of 
the official languages of the session  they are intended to.
Electronic submission of abstracts (in rtf, i.e. Rich Text File format) 
is strongly preferred.

Abstracts should be sent to the following address: utak at nytud.hu

Please make sure that the abstract contains no easily recognizable
reference to your own work.

The abstracts should be accompanied by a separate page with the author's
name and affiliation, title of abstract, e-mail address, mailing 
address, and phone and fax number.

If the author prefers submission of hard copies, they should be sent (in 
5 copies without author's name + a separate page with the author's 
name, and  affiliation) to the following address:

  Zoltan Banreti,
  Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  Budapest
  P.O. Box 701/518.
  1399
  Hungary

Deadline for the submission of abstracts: June 10 2002
Authors will be notified of the acceptance of their abstracts before
July 1 2002

  Registration fee (including coffee, abstracts, and a banquet):
  before August 31: 	40 USD
  after August 31: 	50 USD

Pre-registration rates only apply if payment is transferred to our 
account prior to August 31:

Research Institute for Linguistics of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences

Account no.: 10032000-01731732-00000000
Swift code: MANEHUHB

Students and scholars from Eastern and Central Europe can apply for 
special grants covering the price of registration and/or accommodation 
when submitting their abstracts.

Further information about registration and accommodation (including 
special rates offered to conference participants by hotels near the 
venue of the conference) is available on our
website: www.nytud.hu/LSLALD/lslald.html.

  On behalf of the organizers,

Zoltan Banreti, Deputy Director of the Research Institute for Linguistics,
Budapest
Laszlo Szarka, Director of the Research Institute on National and Ethnic
Minorities