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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CALL FOR PAPERS<br><br>THE 34th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY
CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT<br>NOVEMBER 6-8, 2009<br><br><i><span style="font-style: italic;">Keynote
Address</span></i></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Developing Fluency in Understanding: How it
matters”<br>Anne Fernald, Stanford University <br><br><i><span style="font-style: italic;">Plenary
Address</span></i></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font color="black" size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: black;">“Innate Syntax - Still the Best
Hypothesis”</span></font><br>Virginia Valian, Hunter College and CUNY Graduate
Center</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-style: italic;">Lunch
Symposium</span></font></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">“Recent Advances in the Study of Production and
Comprehension: Implications for Language Acquisition
Research”</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">John Trueswell, University of Pennsylvania</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mike Tanenhaus, University of Rochester</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Kay Bock, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>Submissions which present research on any topic in
the fields of first and second language acquisition from any theoretical
perspectives will be fully considered, including Bilingualism, Cognition &
Language, Creoles & Pidgins, Dialects, Discourse and Narrative, Gesture,
Hearing Impairment and Deafness, Input & Interaction, Language Disorders,
Linguistic Theory, Neurolinguistics, Pragmatics, Pre-linguistic Development,
Reading and Literacy, Signed Languages, Sociolinguistics, and Speech Perception
& Production.</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 9pt; text-indent: -9pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">ABSTRACTS</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font>Abstracts must represent original,
unpublished research.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font>Abstracts should be anonymous, clearly titled
and no more than 500 words in length. Please note the word count at the bottom
of the abstract. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font>Detailed information regarding abstract
format, content, and evaluation criteria can be found at our website: <a title="http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/" href="http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/">http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 9pt; text-indent: -9pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font>Abstracts must be submitted using the form
available at the conference website: <br><a title="http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/abstract.htm" href="http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/abstract.htm" target="_blank">http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/abstract.htm</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font>The submission period will begin on April
1st.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font>This year we are enacting a <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">new author policy: </span></b>Although each author may
submit as many abstracts as desired, we will accept for presentation a maximum
of 1 first authored paper/poster. There is no limit on the number of additional
acceptances of papers/posters in any other authorship status. </p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br>DEADLINE<br><br></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.25in; text-indent: -0.25in;"><font size="3" face="Symbol"><span style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Symbol;"><span style="">·<font size="1" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">
</span></font></span></span></font>All submissions must be received by
<b><u><span style="font-weight: bold;">8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2009</span></u></b>.
There will be no exceptions.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">JEAN BERKO GLEASON AWARD</span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 9pt; text-indent: -9pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 9pt; text-indent: -9pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">BUCLD is proud to
introduce the Jean Berko Gleason Award for the best student papers. In honor of
Jean Berko Gleason, Professor Emerita of Psychology at Boston University, three awards will be given at
the Plenary address on Saturday night. All students who are first and presenting
authors on a paper will be considered for the award.
</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 9pt; text-indent: -9pt;"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FURTHER
INFORMATION</span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Questions about abstracts should be sent to <a title="abstracts@bu.edu" href="abstracts@bu.edu">abstract@bu.edu</a></span></font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Boston</span></font> University Conference on Language
Development<br>96 Cummington
Street, Room 244<br>Boston, MA 02215<br>U.S.A.<br>Telephone: (617)
353-3085<br><br></p>
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