CFP: Language Acquisition and Development

[Francis M Hult]

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> CALL FOR PAPERS (2nd 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 unpublished research.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.html
>
> 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 can only be considered before the review
> process is complete. 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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