Call for papers: Spanish/Portuguese FLA/SLA -- DEADLINE 1 MAY 2001

[Scott McGinnis]

Date:  Tue, 12 Sep 2000 17:41:39 -0500
From:  Silvina Montrul <montrul at staff.uiuc.edu>
Subject:  Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese as First and Second
Languages


4th Conference on the
Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese
as First and Second Languages

October 12, 13 and 14, 2001
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Invited Speakers

Susana López-Ornat, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
Conxita Lleó, Universität Hamburg
Diane Musumeci, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Carmen Silva-Corvalán, University of Southern California
Lydia White, McGill University

All topics in the field of first, second, bilingual and impaired
acquisition of Spanish, Portuguese or other Iberian languages
(Catalan, Gallego, Basque, etc.)  will be fully considered, including:

* Acquisition of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and the lexicon
* Acquisition of discourse and pragmatics
* Differences and similarities between L1, L2 and bilingual acquisition
* Normal and impaired acquisition in monolingual and bilingual children and
adults
* Acquisition in language contact situations
* First and second language attrition or loss
* Classroom second language acquisition (including roles of input,
interaction,
formal instruction, technology, or any other teacher or learner variables)

Submission Guidelines
1. Five (5) copies of an anonymous, clearly titled one-page abstract
(single-spaced with 1 inch margin throughout, Times New Roman, 12 point
font)
for review. There can be an additional page for references.
2. One (1) copy of the same abstract with name and institutional affiliation
to
include in the conference program.
3. For EACH author, an index card with the following information: title of
paper, area or research, name, academic affiliation, current/summer address,
phone and fax number, e-mail, and audiovisual requests

Abstracts submitted must represent original research. Presentations will be
minutes long, plus 10 minutes for questions. All authors who present papers
at
the conference will be invited to contribute their papers to a refereed
volume
of selected papers.

Deadline:  All submissions must be received by May 1, 2001.
Send submissions to:  Silvina Montrul, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, 4080
Foreign
Languages Building, MC-176, 707 S. Mathews Ave., Urbana, IL  61801, USA.
e-mail: montrul at uiuc.edu


Check the Website http://www.sip.uiuc.edu/conf2001 for updates.



Silvina Montrul, Assistant Professor
Department of Spanish, Italian & Portuguese
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
4080 Foreign Languages Building, MC-176
707 S. Mathews Ave.
Urbana, IL 61801
USA

Phone: (217) 244-4090
Fax: (217) 244-8430
e-mail: montrul at uiuc.edu

 61801
USA

Phone: (217) 244-4090
Fax: (217) 244-8430
e-mail: montrul at uiuc.edu