Boston University Conference on Language Development

Boston University Conference on Language Development langconf at bu.edu
Sun Oct 27 20:03:14 UTC 2002


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F  I  N  A   L    A  N  N  O  U  N  C   E  M  E  N  T

27TH ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE
ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
November 1, 2 and 3, 2002

We are  pleased to announce the final schedule for the 27th Annual Boston
University  Conference on Language Development. We also wish to highlight
the keynote and  plenary addresses, the lunchtime symposium, and the special
funding and BUCLD business sessions.

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Special Session: BUCLD Business Meeting

This presentation will include information on how papers are selected for
BUCLD and will give statistics on what kinds of papers have been received
and selected in the last two years.

Speaker:  Shanley Allen

Friday, November 1st,  12:45PM
Box lunches will be available at the reception desk for $6.75

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Special Session: Federal funding: What's hot and how to apply

Speakers: Peggy McCardle (NIH), Marita Hopmann (NIH) and Cecile McKee  (NSF)

Saturday, November 2nd, 8:00AM

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Lunchtime Symposium: The role of input in the acquisition of signed
languages

Speakers:  Rachel Mayberry, Elena Pizzuto, Bencie Woll

Saturday, November 2nd, 12:45PM
Box lunches will be available at the reception desk for $6.75

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Keynote Speaker: Susan Goldin-Meadow, University of Chicago

The resilience of language

Friday, November 1st, 8:00PM

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Plenary Speaker: Bonnie Schwartz, University of Hawai'i

Child L2 Acquisition: Paving the way

Saturday, November 2nd, 5:30PM

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The full conference program  as well as general and travel information are
available on our web page  at

http://web.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/

Please  feel free to contact the Conference Office at (617) 353-3085, or
e-mail at langconf at bu.edu if you have any  questions.

Sincerely,

Barbara Beachley, Amanda Brown, and Frances Conlin
BUCLD 2002 Conference Organizers



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