<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Dear InfoChildes--</div><div>This is a reminder that the Call for Papers (below) ends Feb 29 at midnight. We have had some interesting submissions so far, but there is room for more.</div><div><br></div><div>Information about attending the conference will be forthcoming in March. </div><div><br></div><div>We have set up a registration website<b> <a href="http://heritage-workshop.eventbrite.com/">http://heritage-workshop.eventbrite.com/</a></b></div><div>(FREE until April 1; $40 ($20 for students) thereafter.)</div><div><br></div><div>We hope you will register soon : )</div><div><br></div><div>Barbara Pearson, on behalf of Co-organizers Luiz Amaral and Tom Roeper</div><div>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</div><br><div><div>On Jan 19, 2012, at 10:06 PM, Barbara Pearson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"><div>
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<div><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="5">Conference on Formal Approaches to Heritage Language</font><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman"">
</span><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="Tahoma" size="5">April 20-21, 2012</font></div>
<div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"> Sponsored by the Language Acquisition Research Center (LARC) of the University of Massachusetts Amherst </font></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4">“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. <span style=""> </span>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.</font></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4">Invited speakers:</font></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Ana Perez-Leroux, University of Toronto</font></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Acrisio Pires, University of Michigan</font></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4"><span class="x_Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"></span>Maria Polinsky, Harvard University</font></b></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4">Abstracts for presentations or posters are solicited on both theoretical and acquisition issues that connect Heritage to L1 or L2 research.
</font></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4">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.</font></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4">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.
<span style=""> </span></font></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4">Abstracts should be sent by email in pdf format to
<a href="mailto:bpearson@research.umass.edu">bpearson@research.umass.edu</a>. Please use ‘abstract submission’ as subject heading.
<span style=""> </span>The body of the message should include the author’s name(s), title, and contact information.<span style=""> </span></font></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4">For more information about the call or the conference, contact the organizers: Tom Roeper, Luiz Amaral, or Barbara Zurer Pearson ( <a href="mailto:roeper@linguist.umass.edu">roeper@linguist.umass.edu</a>,
<a href="mailto:amaral@spanport.umass.edu">amaral@spanport.umass.edu</a> or <a href="mailto:bpearson@research.umass.edu">
bpearson@research.umass.edu</a> )</font></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4">Abstract deadline: February 29, 2012 (midnight EST)</font></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4">Notification of acceptance: March 10, 2012
</font></p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'" size="4">Workshop dates: April 20-21, 2012</font><span style="font-family:"Times New Roman""></span></p><div><font class="x_Apple-style-span" face="'Times New Roman'"></font><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>
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<div>Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D.</div>
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