CONFERENCE: Formal Approaches to Heritage Language - CORRECTED dates

[Shira Farby]

Hi Sharon,
I was thinking about doing something with the data from the ISF pilot, and
maybe go to this conference?
What do you think?
Shira

On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:09 AM, Barbara Pearson <bpearson at research.umass.edu
> wrote:

>
> Dear Colleagues,
> I include and attach our call for papers once again.  I had mistaken the
> dates.  The correct dates are Saturday, April 21 and Sunday April 22.
> We welcome your questions and feedback.
>
> Conference on Formal Approaches to Heritage Language
>
> April 21-22, 2012***Corrected dates!****
>
> *Sponsored by the Language Acquisition Research Center (LARC) of the *
>
> *University of Massachusetts Amherst*
>
> *  “Heritage speakers” have been described by Polinsky and Kagan (2007)
> as people raised in a home where one language is spoken, but who
> subsequently switch to another dominant language.  This conference aims
> to explore the formal properties of Heritage Speaker grammars and where
> they diverge from both native “baseline” and L2 speaker grammars. The
> program will also include a workshop on research techniques for heritage
> languages.*
>
> *  Invited speakers:*
>
> * Ana Perez-Leroux, University of Toronto*
>
> * Acrisio Pires, University of Michigan*
>
> * Maria Polinsky, Harvard University*
>
> * Abstracts for presentations or posters are solicited on both
> theoretical and acquisition issues that connect Heritage to L1 or L2
> research.        *
>
> * Priority will be given to work that addresses specific theoretical
> domains, such as, but not limited to:  aspect, binding, quantification, and
> movement and more specifically, agreement, case, tense, and mood.*
>
> * Talks will be 20 minutes long, with 10 minutes for discussion.
> Abstracts should be one page, font size 12 pt., with one-inch margins. A
> second page may (optionally) be used for examples, tables or graphs, and
> references. In order to maintain anonymity during the review process,
> please do not include your name or otherwise identify yourself anywhere in
> your abstract.  *
>
> * Abstracts should be sent by email in pdf format to
> bpearson at research.umass.edu. Please use ‘abstract submission’ as subject
> heading.  The body of the message should include the author’s name(s),
> title, and contact information.  The deadline for submissions is midnight
> (EST) February 29, 2012. Notifications of acceptance will be sent out by
> March 10.*
>
> * Abstract deadline: February 29, 2012*
>
> *For more information about the call or the conference:
> roeper at linguist.umass.edu, amaral at spanport.umass.edu or
> bpearson at research.umass.edu *
>
> *Notification of acceptance: March 10, 2012 *
>
> *Workshop dates: April 21-22, 2012*
>
> * ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:  Luiz Amaral, Barbara Z. Pearson, and Tom Roeper*
>
>
> ************************************************
> Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D.
> Research Associate, Depts of Linguistics and   Communication Disorders
> c/o 226 South College
> University of Massachusetts Amherst
> Amherst MA 01003
>
> bpearson at research.umass.edu
> http://www.umass.edu/aae/bp_indexold.htm
> http://www.zurer.com/pearson
>
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