ILA Conference, "The Emergence of Language in the Child and in the Species"

[Cathy McClure]

CALL FOR PAPERS

52nd Annual Conference of the
INTERNATIONAL LINGUISTIC ASSOCIATION

March 30 – April 1, 2007
Hunter College, City University of New York, New York, NY

THE EMERGENCE OF LANGUAGE IN THE CHILD AND IN THE SPECIES

Plenary Speakers
W. Tecumseh Fitch, University of St. Andrews
John L. Locke, Lehman College, City University of New York
D. Kimbrough Oller, University of Memphis

Human language is the product of evolved mechanisms that
develop in supportive environments.  To understand
language, we need to improve present understandings of
evolutionary and developmental processes responsible for
its emergence.  This conference proposes to bring together
leading scholars in the broad area of language and
communication, with a focus on developmental and
evolutionary issues. Abstracts are welcome in such areas
as: 

•	language acquisition in children
•	computational modeling 
•	evolution of language
•	comparative studies
•	gesture and sign language
•	biology of language and cognition 

While papers on the main topic are particularly welcome,
individuals are encouraged to submit abstracts on any
subject in theoretical and applied linguistics.

Abstracts should be anonymous, titled, single-spaced and
not more than 425 words in length.  Please send abstract as
a camera-ready attachment (in a Microsoft Word file, if
possible) to the conference coordinator, Johanna Woltjer
(jwoltjer at earthlink.net). Within the email, indicate your
name, affiliation, address, email address, title of paper,
and audio-visual equipment needed. Alternatively, the
abstract and speaker information may be sent via regular
mail to J. Woltjer, 511 W.112th St., New York, NY
10025-1634, USA.

Those wishing to propose panels or special sessions should
contact the conference chair, Kathleen McClure
(cathymcclure at yahoo.com).

Time allotted will be 20 minutes for delivery of the paper
plus 5 minutes discussion.  
Deadline for receipt of abstracts is January 22, 2007.

For up-coming conference information, see ILA website
(ilaword.org).

Conference sponsors:
International Linguistic Association (ILA)
Department of English, Hunter College, City University of
New York
 Department of Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, Lehman
College, City University of New York


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