15.1472, Calls: Lang Acquisition/USA; General Ling/Typology

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LINGUIST List:  Vol-15-1472. Mon May 10 2004. ISSN: 1068-4875.

Subject: 15.1472, Calls: Lang Acquisition/USA; General Ling/Typology

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Date:  Sat, 8 May 2004 13:43:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:  langconf at bu.edu
Subject:  29th Boston University Conference on Language Development

2)
Date:  Sun, 9 May 2004 23:10:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:  jytak at sejong.ac.kr
Subject:  Journal of Universal Language

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Date:  Sat, 8 May 2004 13:43:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:  langconf at bu.edu
Subject:  29th Boston University Conference on Language Development


29th Boston University Conference on Language Development
Short Title: BUCLD 29

Date: 05-Nov-2004 - 07-Nov-2004
Location: Boston, MA, United States of America
Contact: Seungwan Ha
Contact Email: langconf at bu.edu
Meeting URL: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD

Linguistic Sub-field: Language Acquisition
Call Deadline: 15-May-2004

Meeting Description:

The conference includes about 90 papers and 40 posters in such areas
as theoretical approaches to language acquisition, cross-cultural
language development, second language development, language disorders,
and literacy development.

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CALL FOR PAPERS (Final Call)

THE 29th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT

NOVEMBER 5, 6 & 7, 2004

Keynote Speaker: Elizabeth S. Spelke, Harvard University
"Language and Core Knowledge"

Plenary Speaker: Ken Wexler, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
''Beauty and Awe: Language Acquisition as High Science''

Lunch Symposium
"Where does grammar come from? A debate on the nature of child
language acquisition"

Michael Tomasello, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
Stephen Crain, University of Maryland - College Park

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All topics in the fields of first and second language acquisition from
all theoretical perspectives will be fully considered, including:

Bilingualism
Cognition & Language
Creoles & Pidgins
Discourse
Exceptional Language
Input & Interaction
Language Disorders
Linguistic Theory (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon)
Literacy & Narrative
Neurolinguistics
Pragmatics
Pre-linguistic Development
Signed Languages
Sociolinguistics
Speech Perception & Production

Presentations will be 20 minutes long followed by a 10 minute question
period. Posters will be on display for a full day with two attended
sessions during the day.

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ABSTRACT FORMAT AND CONTENT

Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished research.

Abstracts should be anonymous, clearly titled and no more than 450
words in length. They should also fit on one page, with an optional
second page for references or figures if required. Abstracts longer
than 450 words will be rejected without being evaluated. Please note
the word count at the bottom of the abstract. Note that words counts
need not include the abstract title or the list of references.

A suggested format and style for abstracts is available at the
conference website:
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/template.html

All abstracts must be submitted as PDF documents. Specific
instructions for how to create PDF documents are available at the
website: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/pdfinfo.html

Free services/software for creating PDF documents are available from:

http://www.adobe.com
(free trial: five free documents)

If you encounter a problem creating a PDF file, please contact us for
further assistance.

Please use the first author's last name as the file name
(eg. Smith.pdf). No author information should appear anywhere in the
contents of the PDF file itself.

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SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS

Electronic submission: To facilitate the abstract submission process,
abstracts will be submitted using the form available at the conference
website: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/abstract.htm

Specific instructions for abstract submission are available on this
website.

Abstracts will be accepted between March 15 and May 15.

Contact information for each author must be submitted via webform. No
author information should appear anywhere in the abstract PDF.

At the time of submission you will be asked whether you would like
your abstract to be considered for a poster, a paper, or both.

Although each author may submit as many abstracts as desired, we will
accept for presentation by each author: (a) a maximum of 1 first
authored paper/poster, and (b) a maximum of 2 papers/posters in any
authorship status. Note that no changes in authorship (including
deleting an author or changing author order) will be possible after
the review process is completed.

DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST, May 15,
2004.

Late abstracts will not be considered, whatever the reason for the
delay.

We regret that we cannot accept abstract submissions by fax or email.

Submissions via surface mail will only be accepted in special
circumstances, on a case by case basis.

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ABSTRACT SELECTION

Each abstract is blind reviewed by 5 reviewers from a panel of
approximately 80 international scholars. Further information about the
review process is available at:
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/reviewprocess.html

Acknowledgment of receipt of the abstract will be sent by email as
soon as possible after receipt. Notice of acceptance or rejection will
be sent to first authors only, in early August, by
email. Pre-registration materials and preliminary schedule will be
available in late August, 2004.

If your abstract is accepted, you will need to submit a 150-word
abstract including title, author(s) and affiliation(s) for inclusion
in the conference handbook. Guidelines will be provided along with
notification of acceptance.

Abstracts accepted as papers will be invited for publication in the
BUCLD Proceedings. Abstracts accepted as posters will be invited for
publication online only, but not in the printed version.

All conference papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts
submitted. Although each abstract will be evaluated individually, we
will attempt to honor requests to schedule accepted papers together in
group sessions. No schedule changes will be possible once the schedule
is set. Scheduling requests for religious reasons only must be made
before the review process is complete (i.e. at the time of
submission). A space is provided on the abstract submission webform to
specify such requests.

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FURTHER INFORMATION

Information regarding the conference may be accessed at
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD

Boston University Conference on Language Development
96 Cummington Street, Room 244
Boston, MA 02215
U.S.A.

Telephone: (617) 353-3085
Email: langconf at bu.edu
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Date:  Sun, 9 May 2004 23:10:56 -0400 (EDT)
From:  jytak at sejong.ac.kr
Subject:  Journal of Universal Language


Journal of Universal Language 	

Call Deadline: 1-August-2004

The First Call for the Journal of Universal Language(5:2)

Honorarium: As a token of our gratitude, the contributors will be
awarded the $1,000 honorarium (which is subject to taxation).

Topic Areas:

The Journal of Universal Language is concerned with:
-artificial language, communication & culture in language usage,
typology, and universality in language
-interdisciplinary contributions written with applied linguists in
mind
-brief notes, comments or observation concerning official language
-reaction/replies to recent papers

The editors encourage the submission of papers on proposed themes as
well as on other topics relevant to the interest of the Journal of
Universal Language. Each volume contains two issues, published in
March and September. The language of publication is English.

Format:
1. The length of a manuscript should not exceed 40 pages.
2. A 200-word abstract and keywords should be given at the beginning
of each manuscript.
3. Manuscripts should be submitted on A4 paper, with the margins at
least 4cm on all four sides of each sheet. They may be single-spaced
and/or double-sided if desired.

Important Dates:
Submission deadline: August 1, 2004.
(However, we accept manuscripts throughout the year.)
Notification of acceptance: August 15, 2004
Submission of camera-ready papers: September 1, 2004

Submissions:
1. Electronic submissions are acceptable. Acceptable file formats are
Portable Document Format (.pdf) and MS Word (.doc). Please send your
file in an attachment to jytak at sejong.ac.kr.
2. For hard copy submissions, please send 3 copies, accompanied by a
cover letter which includes the author's name, affiliation, address,
and home or office phone numbers, to:

Jin-young Tak, Editor
Department of English Language/Literature
Sejong University
Gunjs-kwan 401B, Gunja-dong, Gwangjin-gu, Seoul, Korea
e-mail:jytak at sejong.ac.kr
unish at sejong.ac.kr

TOC (Journal of Universal Language 5:1)

Chul-hyun Bae (Korea)
Aramaic as a Lingua Franca during the Persian Empire(538-333 B.C.E.)

Charith Giragama et al. (Japan)
Language Universals: Cross-lingual Comparison of Topic Dependent
Adjectives

Ana Pastor (Spain)
Towards a Universal Typology of State of Affairs

Vladimir Pericliev (Bulgaria)
Universals, their Violation and the notion of Phonologically Peculiar
Languages

Mark VanDam (USA)
Word Final Coda Typology

For more information: http://www.unish.org/



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