Conference on Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics <br>
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Date: 15-May-2012 - 16-May-2012 <br>
Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong <br>
Contact Person: Peggy Mok<br>
Meeting Email: <a>< click here to access email > </a><br>
Web Site: <a href="http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/cbrc/cbcl/">http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/cbrc/cbcl/</a> <br>
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Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Phonology; Psycholinguistics; Semantics; Syntax<br><br>
Call Deadline: 15-Jan-2012 <br><br>
Meeting Description:<br><br>
We are pleased to announce that an International Conference on
Bilingualism and Comparative Linguistics will be held at the Chinese
University of Hong Kong from 15-16 May 2012. <br> <br>Keynote Speakers: <br> <br>Professor Patricia Kuhl (University of Washington) <br>Professor Fred Genesee (McGill University) <br>Professor Audrey Li (University of Southern California) <br>
Professor William S. Y. Wang (Chinese University of Hong Kong) <br> <br>Invited Speakers: <br> <br>Professor Patrick Wong (Northwestern University) <br>Professor Alan Yu (University of Chicago)<br><br>
Call for Papers: <br> <br>You are welcome to attend and submit papers for presentation at the Conference. Please refer to <a href="http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/cbrc/cbcl/Call%20For%20Papers.pdf">http://www.cuhk.edu.hk/lin/cbrc/cbcl/Call%20For%20Papers.pdf</a> for submission details. The submission deadline is 15 January 2012. <br>
<br>We invite proposals for paper presentations on the following topics including: <br> <br>Bilingual first language acquisition <br>Bilingualism in atypical and impaired children and adults <br>Bilingual language processing and production <br>
Acquisition of second and third languages in childhood and adulthood <br>Comparative studies of languages and their interactions in contact situations <br>Comparative studies in phonetics/phonology/syntax/semantics involving a Chinese language <br>
<br>Paper Presentation: <br> <br>Each
author may submit one proposal as the first author and another as
co-author. Each paper presentation will be 30 minutes in length (20
minutes for presentation, followed by a 10-minute question and answer
period). The language of presentation may be English, Cantonese or
Mandarin. <br> <br>Deadline for submission of abstract: January 15, 2012 <br> <br>Please send your submissions for paper presentations to the following email address, in the following manner: <br> <br>To: cbcl<img src="http://linguistlist.org/images/address-marker.gif" align="absbottom"><a href="http://cuhk.edu.hk">cuhk.edu.hk</a> <br>
Subject: Paper Submission <br> <br>Please
send the following information in the main text of your email and your
abstract as an attachment no later than 15 January 2012. <br> <br>1. Title of paper <br>2. Name(s) of author(s) <br>3. Affiliations of author(s) <br>4. Mailing address for contact person <br>5. Email address(es) of author(s) <br>
6. Telephone number for contact person <br>7. Keywords (about 5 words) <br> <br>Title and Abstract: <br> <br>Please
do not include any information in your abstract which may reveal your
identity, as the review process will be conducted anonymously. <br> <br>Format: <br> <br>1. Number of pages paper: maximum 2 pages A4 or letter-size paper (including title, tables, figures, and references) <br>2. Paper size: A4 or letter-size <br>
3. Margins: <br>In the case of A4, Top and Bottom: 30mm, Left and Right: 25mm <br>In the case of letter-size, all margins: 1 inch <br>4. Font: Times New Roman (or a similar font) <br>5. Font size: 12 point for text, 10 point for references <br>
6. Length of abstract & line spacing: single-space, 500 words maximum <br> <br>Please save the file as a pdf, text, or Word file under your last name (e.g., Li.pdf). <br> <br>Notification of acceptance will be made by the middle of February 2012.<br>
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Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br>
<br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------<br>