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size=3>GALA (Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition) 2007 will be held in
Barcelona, hosted by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, between the
6<SUP>th</SUP> and the 8<SUP>th</SUP> of September, 2007. Information is
available at http://www.gala2007.uab.es/<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Adriana Belletti (Università degli Studi di
Siena)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Naama Friedmann (Tel Aviv University)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Marina Nespor (Università di Ferrara)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Josef Perner (Universität Salzburg)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Ken Wexler (Massachusetts Institute of
Technology)<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>We invite submissions on first and second language acquisition, bilingual
acquisition, language pathology, the acquisition of sign language, and brain
imaging research for acquisition and pathology. Besides the main session, two
workshops will be held on ‘Subordination in language development’ (organised by
Uli Sauerland and Bart Hollebrandse) and ‘Phonological development: the
emergence of segments and the syllable’ (organised by Pilar
Prieto).<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Talks for the main session and the workshops will be 20 minutes long,
followed by 10 minutes discussion. At most one single-authored and one joint
abstract per author will be considered. There will be two poster sessions.
Please indicate in your submission whether you want your abstract to be
considered for the main session, a workshop, for oral presentation, poster, or
both. Submissions should be sent to </FONT><A
href="mailto:cg.gala2007@uab.es"><FONT size=3>cg.gala2007@uab.es</FONT></A><FONT
size=3>, by a unique contact author.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Abstracts should be at most two pages, with only figures and references
in the second. 12 point Helvetica, single-spaced, should be used, with 2cm
margins. An anonymous abstract and an abstract with authors’ name/s and
affiliation should be send by email as Word or pdf attachments (if special
symbols are used, pdf format is required). The abstract with name and
affiliation should be as follows:<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Deadline for receipt of abstracts: March 15<SUP>th</SUP>,
2007.<o:p></o:p></FONT></SPAN></P>
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size=3>Notification of acceptance: May 1<SUP>st</SUP>, 2007.
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