16.1266, Confs: Lang Acquisition/Boston, USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-16-1266. Wed Apr 20 2005. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 16.1266, Confs: Lang Acquisition/Boston, USA

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Date: 19-Apr-2005
From: David Bamman < langconf at bu.edu >
Subject: 30th Boston University Conference on Language Development

	
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Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 13:05:48
From: David Bamman < langconf at bu.edu >
Subject:  30th Boston University Conference on Language Development


30th Boston University Conference on Language Development
Short Title: BUCLD 30

Date: 04-Nov-2005 - 06-Nov-2005
Location: Boston, MA, United States of America
Contact: David Bamman
Contact Email: langconf at bu.edu
Meeting URL: http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition

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.

The Boston University Conference on Language Development is pleased to announce
the topic of the lunch symposium for BUCLD 30 (November 4-6 at Boston University):

''Statistical Learning in Language Development: What is it, What is its
Potential, and What are its Limitations?''

The symposium speakers will be Jeff Elman (University of California at San
Diego), LouAnn Gerken (University of Arizona) and Mark Johnson (Brown University).

The conference will also include a keynote address by Janet Werker (''Speech
Perception and Language Acquisition: Comparing Monolingual and Bilingual
Infants'') and a plenary talk by Harald Clahsen (''Grammatical Processing in
First and Second Language Learners'').

Further information is available on the BUCLD website
(http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD).  The call for papers (deadline
May 15) can be found at
(http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/callforpapers.htm).





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