Conference Announcement

[Nigel Hewlett]

ICPLA 2000 CONFERENCE

VIIIth meeting of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics
Association
16-19 August 2000
John MacIntyre Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland

hosted by the Department of Speech & Language Sciences, Queen Margaret
University College, Edinburgh

The purpose of the VIIIth meeting of the International Clinical Phonetics
and Linguistics Association (ICPLA), which  will take place in Edinburgh in
the year 2000, is to provide a forum for those who are interested in
applying the techniques of phonetic and linguistic analysis to clinical
data, with a view to exploring theories of disordered or normal language.
We hope to make it an exciting and fruitful occasion for all those involved,
or seeking to be involved,  in this field.

PLANNED SESSION THEMES
Speech production, speech perception, linguistic theory and language
disorder, psycholinguistics and aphasia, developmental psycholinguistics,
neurology and language.  Abstracts of papers or posters will be welcomed on
any of these themes and on the application of any of the conventional areas
of linguistics (phonetics, phonology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics) to the
analysis of disordered speech and language.
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Elizabeth Bates, Thierre Deonna, Fiona Gibbon, Heather van der Lely, John
Locke, Susan Nittrouer, Lorraine Tyler
IMPORTANT DATES
First call for abstracts:  1 October 1999
Deadline for receipt of abstracts:  31 January 2000
Notification of acceptance of abstracts:  1 March 2000
Final date for discounted registration:  15 April 2000
Conference dates:  16-19 August 2000
VENUE
John MacIntyre Centre, Edinburgh, Scotland
WEBSITE
http://sls.qmced.ac.uk/ICPLA2000/index.htm
CONTACT ADDRESS (E-MAIL)
icpla at sls.qmced.ac.uk
ACCOMMODATION
140 rooms have been booked in the Pollock Halls accommodation adjacent to
the conference centre in anticipation that most delegates will want to stay
there.  Alternative accommodation should be booked well in advance (at least
six months).
TRAVEL
Edinburgh Airport is a 25 minute bus ride from the city centre.  Most
transatlantic flights operate from Glasgow, which is about 40 miles from
Edinburgh.  There are rail links to the rest of the UK from Edinburgh's
Waverley Station.
MAILING LIST
If you wish to be put on our mailing list please e-mail us at:
icpla at sls.qmced.ac.uk
or write to us at:
ICPLA 2000, Department of Speech and Language Sciences, Queen Margaret
University College, Clerwood Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 8TS, Scotland.  Fax:
+44 131 317 3689
CONFERENCE COMMITTEE
Janet Beck, Bill Hardcastle, Nigel Hewlett, Fay Windsor, Sara Wood, Alan
Wrench (Dept of Speech & Language Sciences, Queen Margaret University
College), Wendy Cohen (Molecular Medicine Centre, Western General Hospital,
Edinburgh), Louise Kelly (Dept of Psychology, University of Edinburgh), Anja
Lowit (Dept of Speech and Language Therapy, University of Strathclyde,
Glasgow), Anne O'Hare (Dept of Community Child Health, Royal Hospital for
Sick Children, Edinburgh), Richard Shillcock (School of Cognitive Science,
University of Edinburgh), Jocelynne Watson (Dept of Speech & Language
Therapy, Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Edinburgh).





Nigel Hewlett
Lecturer and Laboratory Director
Department of Speech and Language Sciences
Queen Margaret University College
Clerwood Terrace
Edinburgh
EH12 8TS
e-mail: n.hewlett at sls.qmced.ac.uk
phone: 0131 317 3690