CONFERENCE: Formal Approaches to Heritage Language - CORRECTED dates

[Sharon Armon-Lotem]

Hi Shira,

I am not sure what you had in mind, but I highly recommend that you write
up what you already have and not embark on new projects now. You need
papers in journals more than conference presentations.

Sharon

On Sat, Feb 11, 2012 at 8:49 PM, Shira Farby <mrsshira at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Sharon,
> I was thinking about doing something with the data from the ISF pilot, and
> maybe go to this conference?
> What do you think?
> Shira
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 6:09 AM, Barbara Pearson <
> bpearson at research.umass.edu> wrote:
>
>>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>> I include and attach our call for papers once again.  I had mistaken the
>> dates.  The correct dates are Saturday, April 21 and Sunday April 22.
>> We welcome your questions and feedback.
>>
>> Conference on Formal Approaches to Heritage Language
>>
>> April 21-22, 2012***Corrected dates!****
>>
>> *Sponsored by the Language Acquisition Research Center (LARC) of the *
>>
>> *University of Massachusetts Amherst*
>>
>> *  “Heritage speakers” have been described by Polinsky and Kagan (2007)
>> as people raised in a home where one language is spoken, but who
>> subsequently switch to another dominant language.  This conference aims
>> to explore the formal properties of Heritage Speaker grammars and where
>> they diverge from both native “baseline” and L2 speaker grammars. The
>> program will also include a workshop on research techniques for heritage
>> languages.*
>>
>> *  Invited speakers:*
>>
>> * Ana Perez-Leroux, University of Toronto*
>>
>> * Acrisio Pires, University of Michigan*
>>
>> * Maria Polinsky, Harvard University*
>>
>> * Abstracts for presentations or posters are solicited on both
>> theoretical and acquisition issues that connect Heritage to L1 or L2
>> research.        *
>>
>> * Priority will be given to work that addresses specific theoretical
>> domains, such as, but not limited to:  aspect, binding, quantification, and
>> movement and more specifically, agreement, case, tense, and mood.*
>>
>> * Talks will be 20 minutes long, with 10 minutes for discussion.
>> Abstracts should be one page, font size 12 pt., with one-inch margins. A
>> second page may (optionally) be used for examples, tables or graphs, and
>> references. In order to maintain anonymity during the review process,
>> please do not include your name or otherwise identify yourself anywhere in
>> your abstract.  *
>>
>> * Abstracts should be sent by email in pdf format to
>> bpearson at research.umass.edu. Please use ‘abstract submission’ as subject
>> heading.  The body of the message should include the author’s name(s),
>> title, and contact information.  The deadline for submissions is
>> midnight (EST) February 29, 2012. Notifications of acceptance will be sent
>> out by March 10.*
>>
>> * Abstract deadline: February 29, 2012*
>>
>> *For more information about the call or the conference:
>> roeper at linguist.umass.edu, amaral at spanport.umass.edu or
>> bpearson at research.umass.edu *
>>
>> *Notification of acceptance: March 10, 2012 *
>>
>> *Workshop dates: April 21-22, 2012*
>>
>> * ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:  Luiz Amaral, Barbara Z. Pearson, and Tom Roeper*
>>
>>
>>  ************************************************
>> Barbara Zurer Pearson, Ph.D.
>> Research Associate, Depts of Linguistics and   Communication Disorders
>> c/o 226 South College
>> University of Massachusetts Amherst
>> Amherst MA 01003
>>
>> bpearson at research.umass.edu
>> http://www.umass.edu/aae/bp_indexold.htm
>> http://www.zurer.com/pearson
>>
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