16.1618, Calls: Applied Ling/Cyprus;Lang Acquisition/Neuroling/USA

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Subject: 16.1618, Calls: Applied Ling/Cyprus;Lang Acquisition/Neuroling/USA

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1)
Date: 19-May-2005
From: Pavlos Pavlou < ppavlou at ucy.ac.cy >
Subject: 1st International Conference on Dialectal and Bidialectal Education 

2)
Date: 18-May-2005
From: Almeida Jacqueline Toribio < ajt5 at psu.edu >
Subject: Workshop on Language Processing 

-------------------------Message 1 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 13:57:22
From: Pavlos Pavlou < ppavlou at ucy.ac.cy >
Subject: 1st International Conference on Dialectal and Bidialectal Education 

Full Title: 1st International Conference on Dialectal and Bidialectal Education 
Short Title: 1st ICDBE 

Date: 21-Nov-2005 - 22-Nov-2005
Location: Nicosia, Cyprus 
Contact Person: Pavlos Pavlou
Meeting Email: ppavlou at ucy.ac.cy
Web Site: http://www.ucy.ac.cy 

Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics; Sociolinguistics 

Call Deadline: 15-Jul-2005 

Meeting Description:

University of Cyprus

1st International Conference on dialectal and bidialectal education: Recent
challenges for future planning

To be held at the University of Cyprus, Nicosia.
November 21st-22nd, 2005.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The Department of English Studies of the University of Cyprus is organizing a
conference on dialectal and bidialectlal education. The aim of the conference is
to discuss research on a) dialectal and bididalectal education, b) mother-tongue
education, c) non-standard languages, d) local and multiple literacies and  e)
language-in-education policy and planning. Papers in all these areas will be
considered.

Invited Speakers  
Prof.  Jenny Chesire, Kings College, London UK
Prof.  Viv Edwards, University of Reading, UK
Prof.   Richard Watts, Universität Bern, Switzerland
Prof.  Juan Manuel Hernandez-Campoy, Universidad de Murcia, Spain

Organising Committee:
Andreas Papapavlou, Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus
Pavlos Pavlou, Department of English Studies, University of Cyprus

Proposals for contributions to the conference should be sent in the format below
by 15th of July 2005 to:

Pavlos Pavlou, e-mail: ppavlou at ucy.ac.cy
or post to:

Pavlos Pavlou, Department of English Studies,
University of Cyprus, PO Box 20537,
1678 Nicosia, Cyprus
Prospective presenters will be notified about the acceptance of their papers by
July, 30th 2005.

DETAILS OF PRIMARY PRESENTER

Family Name: ................... First name: .....................
(Prof./Dr/Mr./Mrs/Ms)
Address: .........................................................
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Phone Number: ......................  Fax No. ....................
Email: ...........................................................

Institution/ Place of work: ......................................

NAMES of other PRESENTERS

Family Name: ...................... First name: ..................

Family Name: ...................... First name: ..................

Family Name: ...................... First name: ..................

DETAILS OF PRESENTATION
This can also be sent as an e-mail attachment.

Presentations will be 40-minute long (30 min. presentation/10 min. discussion).

Title: ...........................................................
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Abstract (up to 250 words):

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Presentation Needs:
OHP  ____
DLP  ____
Tape Recorder  ____
Video  ____

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 13:57:26
From: Almeida Jacqueline Toribio < ajt5 at psu.edu >
Subject: Workshop on Language Processing 

Full Title: Workshop on Language Processing 

Date: 12-Nov-2005 - 12-Nov-2005
Location: State College, Pennsylvania, United States of America 
Contact Person: Paola Giuli Dussias
Meeting Email: processing at psu.edu
Web Site: http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/Linguistics/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Morphology; Neurolinguistics;
Phonetics; Phonology; Psycholinguistics; Syntax 

Subject Language(s): Portuguese (POR)
                     Spanish (SPN)

Call Deadline: 01-Jun-2005 

Meeting Description:

Call for Papers 
Workshop on Language Processing
November 12, 2005, The Pennsylvania State University
Plenary Speaker: Manuel Carreiras 

http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/Linguistics/

Abstracts are invited on original and unpublished research on all aspects in the
domain of language processing in Spanish, Portuguese or other Iberian languages
(Catalan, Galician, etc.), including, but not limited to: phonological
processing, lexical processing, syntactic processing, semantic and discourse
processing, and language production. 

The workshop will feature an address by Manuel Carreiras, of the Universidad de
La Laguna (Spain), whose principal interests are focused in the study of visual
word recognition, sentence comprehension and the cortical representation of
human language. 

The workshops will be incorporated within a broader context of linguistic
activity at The Pennsylvania State University: the Workshop on Linguistic
Convergence and the joint meeting of the Hispanic Linguistics Symposium and the
Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese as First and Second
Languages, to be held November 10-13, 2005. These workshops and symposia feature
plenary addresses by James Emil Flege (University of Alabama), José Ignacio
Hualde (University of Illinois), Antonella Sorace (University of Edinburgh),
Almeida Jacqueline Toribio (The Pennsylvania State University), and Juan
Uriagereka (University of Maryland).

Abstract deadline: June 1, 2005.

Abstracts for the Workshop on Language Processing must be at most one page long
on a letter-size sheet (8''1/2 by 11'') with one-inch margins and typed in at
least 11-point font. An optional second page is permitted for data and
references. Abstracts must be anonymous.

Individuals may submit only once as presenter. Multiple-authored submissions for
different projects will be accepted with the restriction that any person may be
the first author on only a single submission. Please note that no changes in
authorship (including deleting an author or changing author order) will be
possible after the review process is completed.

Abstracts must be submitted as a PDF file. Electronic submissions for this
workshop should be sent to the following e-mail address: processing at psu.edu

Please use 'Processing Abstract' as the Subject header and include the
information in (1) - (6), which should constitute the body of the message.
Please make sure that all fonts are embedded.
1. Name(s) of author(s)
2. Title of talk
3. Area of specialization
4. Affiliation(s)
5. E-mail address(es)
6. Postal address(es)

For further information, contact the workshop organizers:

P. Giuli Dussias, pdussias at psu.edu
Nuria Sagarra, sagarra at psu.edu
Judith F. Kroll, jfk7 at psu.edu
Dan Weiss, djw21 at psu.edu

or visit the workshop website: http://www.outreach.psu.edu/C&I/Linguistics/

Two scholarships in the amount of $500 each will be offered for students of
Spanish-language heritage from outside The Pennsylvania State University
community; information on applying for these scholarships will be available at
the conference website. 

Participation by women, by underrepresented minorities, and by persons with
disabilities is strongly encouraged.

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