Call For Papers: Boston University Conference on Language Development

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The 25th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development
Call for Papers

November 3, 4 and 5, 2000

Keynote Speaker: Lois Bloom, Teachers College, Columbia University
Plenary Speaker: Nina Hyams, UCLA

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FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

All topics in the field of language acquisition will be fully considered,
including:

Bilingualism          Language Disorders             Literacy & Narrative
Cognition & Language  Sociolinguistics               Neurolinguistics
Creoles & Pidgins     Signed Languages               Pragmatics
Input &Interaction    Speech Perception & Production Discourse
Exceptional Language  Pre-linguistic Development
Linguistic Theory (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon)

Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished research.
Presentations will be 20 minutes long, plus 10 minutes for questions.

Please submit:

1) ten copies of an anonymous, clearly titled 450-word summary
for review. Include word count at the bottom of the page.

2) one copy of a 150-word abstract for use in the conference program
book if your abstract is accepted. If your paper is accepted, this
abstract will be scanned into the conference handbook. No changes in title
or authors will be possible after acceptance. Include word count at the
bottom of the page.

3) for EACH author, one copy of the information form printed at the bottom
of this sheet.

Please include email address or a self-addressed, stamped postcard for
acknowledgment of receipt. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent
to the first author by early August, by US Mail. Pre-registration
materials and preliminary schedule will be available in late August, 2000.

All authors who present papers at the conference will be invited to
contribute their papers to the Proceedings Volumes. Those papers will be
due in January, 2001.

Note: 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.

DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by May 15, 2000.

Send submissions to:

Boston University
Conference on Language Development
704 Commonwealth Ave., Suite 101
Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A.

Telephone: (617) 353-3085
e-mail: langconf at louis-xiv.bu.edu

(We regret that we cannot accept abstract submissions by fax or e-mail.)

Information regarding the conference may be accessed at
http://web.bu.edu/LINGUISTICS/APPLIED/conference.html

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Author Information Form (fill out one form completely for EACH author)

Title:

Topic area:
Audiovisual requests:

Full name:
Affiliation:

Current address:
Summer address if different, and dates:


Current email (required):
Summer email (required):
Current phone number (required):
Summer phone (required):

* To accommodate as many papers as possible, we reserve the right
to limit each submitter to one first authorship and if circumstances
warrant, to limit each submitter to two papers in any authorship status.

* If your paper is not one of the 90 initially selected for presentation,
please indicate whether you would be willing to be considered as an
alternate. (If you indicate that you are willing to be considered, this
does not commit you to accepting alternate status if it should be offered
to you.)

_____ Yes, consider me as an alternate if necessary
_____ No, please do not consider me as an alternate

Please indicate how you received the 2000 Call for Papers:

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Please indicate how you wish to receive the 2001 Call for Papers:

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