Bilingual Acquisition Conference in Hong Kong 11-12 Dec 2008

[Virginia Yip]

Dear colleague,

This is a first call for papers for our Conference on Bilingual
Acquisition in Early Childhood.

An international conference on Bilingual Acquisition in Early
Childhood will be held at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK)
from 11-12 December 2008. The conference is organized by the newly
established Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre at CUHK.

The conference aims to draw together researchers interested in the
linguistic development of children exposed to two or more languages in
childhood. In many parts of the world including Asia, there has been a
growing awareness of the significance of raising bilingual children
and investigating their language development. We hope to invite papers
which address childhood bilingualism involving any combination of
languages, especially with an East Asian language. The processes and
pathways of development in bilingual children are often more complex
than those in monolingual children. We explore the impact of the
multitude of factors that contribute to the complexities in bilingual
acquisition including properties of the dual input, balance of input,
and affinities or contrasts between the language pairs being acquired.
Contributions from any theoretical framework are welcome.

We hope to promote the study of childhood bilingualism in diverse
environments and communities, providing a forum for the exchange of
views between researchers working with bilingual children and
contributing to a better understanding of language acquisition and
childhood bilingualism.

Our keynote speakers include:

Brian MacWhinney (Carnegie Mellon University)
William O'Grady  (University of Hawai'i)
Johanne Paradis (University of Alberta)
Yasuhiro Shirai (University of Pittsburgh)

We invite proposals for paper presentations on relevant topics
including (but not restricted to) the following:

Bilingual acquisition of East Asian languages
Bilingual acquisition in special populations
Bilingual first language acquisition
Child second language acquisition
Cross-linguistic influence in bilingual development
Input studies in bilingual acquisition

Organizing Committee:
Angel Chan (Chinese University of Hong Kong)
Stephen Matthews (University of Hong Kong)
Virginia Yip (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Chair of Committee)

Conference website:
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/conference/baec/

Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre website:
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/cbrc/

Each author may submit one proposal as the first author and another as
co-author. Each paper presentation will be 30 minutes in length (20
minutes for presentation, followed by a 10-minute question & answer
period). The language of presentation may be English, Cantonese or
Mandarin.

Paper Presentations

Deadline for submission of abstracts: June 15, 2008
Please send your submissions for paper presentations to the following
email address, in the following manner:

To: cbrc at cuhk.edu.hk
Subject: paper submission

Please send the following information in the main text of your email
and your abstract as an attachment no later than 15 June 2008.

1.     title of paper
2.     name(s) of author(s)
3.     affiliations of author(s)
4.     mailing address for contact person
5.     email address(es) of author(s)
6.     telephone number for contact person
7.     keywords (about 5 words)

Title and Abstract: Please do not include any information in your
abstract which may reveal your identity, as the review process will be
conducted anonymously.

(a)    Format

1.     Number of pages: maximum 2 pages A4 or letter-size paper
(including
        title, tables, figures, &references)
2.     Paper size: A4 or letter-size
3.     Margins:
        In the case of A4, Top and Bottom: 30mm, Left and Right: 25mm
        In the case of letter-size, all margins: 1 inch
4.     Font: Times New Roman (or a similar font)
5.     Font size: 12 point for text, 10 point for references
6.     Length of abstract & line spacing: single-space, 500 words
maximum

(b)    Please save the file as a pdf file, text file,or Word file
under your last name (e.g. chan.pdf).

Notification of acceptance will be made by the middle of July 2008.
Please send all inquiries regarding the 2008 conference to:
cbrc at cuhk.edu.hk

Virginia Yip
Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre
Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages
The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Shatin, N.T.
Hong Kong
Tel: 852-26097019
http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/contents/Faculty_vyip.htm








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