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CLRF-2004</title></head><body>
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<div><b>APRIL 16-17, 2004</b></div>
<div><b>CHILD LANGUAGE RESEARCH FORUM</b></div>
<div>CORDURA HALL</div>
<div>STANFORD</div>
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> <span
></span> <font size="+2"><b> CONSTRUCTIONS IN
ACQUISITION</b></font></div>
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<div> How do children learn
constructions--noun phrases, verb</div>
<div> phrases, and other phrase
types? Do they begin with</div>
<div> specific lexical items in a
construction and use only</div>
<div> those? To what extent
do they build from 'verb islands'</div>
<div> or 'noun islnds' in early
constructions? Which construc-</div>
<div> tions emerge first?
What criteria should we use in</div>
<div> establishing productivity?
What makes constructions</div>
<div> easy vs. hard to acquire?
Can children's bases for</div>
<div> inferences about the
relevant noun or verb meanings be</div>
<div> identified? Are there
consistent patterns across children</div>
<div> in the acquisition of
constructions? Are there differences</div>
<div> from one verb type to
another, or from intransitive to</div>
<div> transitive? Are
differences attributable to differences</div>
<div> in frequencies in
child-directed speech? What cross-</div>
<div> linguistic comparisons are
available? Which constructions</div>
<div> have been considered in
studies of children's early</div>
<div> syntactic forms?</div>
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<div>FRIDAY 16 APRIL -<b> OPENING PANEL</b> WITH ADELE
GOLDBERG,</div>
<div> PETER CULICOVER, & IVAN SAG</div>
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<div>SATURDAY 17 APRIL -<b> PAPERS AND POSTER SESSION</b></div>
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<div>For details, check the CLRF-2004 website:</div>
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<div> www-csli.stanford.edu/~clrf</div>
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<div><font color="#000000"><b>REGISTRATION</b> - Pre-register before
March 20, 2004:</font></div>
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1. Preregistration:</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"> $50
for non-students</font></div>
<div><font color="#000000"> $20
for students</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"> Send cheque made out to
"CLRF-2004" by March 20th, 2004, to:</font></div>
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CLRF-2004,<br>
Department of Linguistics,<br>
Stanford University,<br>
Stanford, CA 94305-2150,</font></div>
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USA</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000"> Please include your name,
affiliation, and email address.</font></div>
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<div><font color="#000000">2. Walk-in registration: $65 for
non-students, $30 for students.</font></div>
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