International Conference on Models of Interaction in Bilinguals

[Harold Schiffman]

International Conference on Models of Interaction in Bilinguals



Full Title: International Conference on Models of Interaction in Bilinguals

Date: 24-Oct-2008 - 26-Oct-2008
Location: Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom
Contact Person: Virginia Gathercole
Meeting Email: bilconfbangor.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.bilingualism.bangor.ac.uk



Call Deadline: 02-Jan-2008

Meeting Description

International Conference on Models of Interaction in Bilinguals

ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism in Theory and Practice
Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

October 24 - 26, 2008

We invite submissions for talks and posters on the topic of 'Models of
Interaction in Bilinguals', broadly defined to include, e.g., interaction
between the bilingual's two languages, interaction between language and
cognition, interaction between bilinguals' writing systems/literacy, and any

other relevant topic.

In response to several inquiries, the deadline for the submission of
abstracts
for our International Conference on Models of Interaction in Bilinguals has
been
extended for one month, to January 2, 2008. Please find below the call for
papers with the new date.

Thanks.

Best regards,
Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole
Co-Director, ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism in Theory and Practice


Call for Papers

International Conference on Models of Interaction in Bilinguals

ESRC Centre for Research on Bilingualism in Theory and Practice
Bangor, Wales, United Kingdom

October 24 - 26, 2008

The ESRC Centre for Bilingualism in Theory and Practice invites submissions
for
talks and posters on the topic of ''Models of Interaction in Bilinguals'',
broadly defined to include, e.g., interaction between the bilingual's two
languages, interaction between language and cognition, interaction between
bilinguals' writing systems/literacy, and any other relevant topic.

Invited Speakers
Ellen Bialystok, York University and Rotman Research Institute of the
Baycrest
Centre for Geriatric Care, Toronto
Ton Dijkstra, Nijmegen Institute for Cognition and Information, The
Netherlands
David Green, UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience and Dept. of
Psychology,
University College London, UK
Judith Kroll, Pennsylvania State University, USA
Ping Li, University of Richmond, Virginia, USA
Núria Sebastián Gallés, Universitat de Barcelona, Spain

Oral Presentations will be half hour talks. N.B.: All invited and accepted
speakers must submit a short version of their talk prior to the conference,
for
circulation to other presenters and for availability through our website to
other participants.
Posters should be 80 x 120 cm (A0) or less.

The word limit for abstracts for oral presentations and posters is 200
words,
excluding references, title, and author information.

[Note: A selection of papers from the conference will be submitted to a
peer-review process for possible inclusion in a special issue of
International
Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism on ''Models of Interaction
in
Bilinguals'', with Virginia Gathercole as Guest Editor. We will invite all
oral
presenters to submit more complete copies of their papers for consideration,
and
all poster presenters will be invited to similarly submit papers for
possible
inclusion. A separate call will also go out for possible submissions from
outside the conference. All papers will be peer-reviewed. Please note that
paper submission will not guarantee acceptance, however.]

Extended deadline for submission of abstracts: January 2nd, 2008
Abstracts will be submitted and processed electronically, at
www.bilingualism.bangor.ac.uk

For further information, please see our website or contact the ESRC Centre
for
Research on Bilingualism in Theory and Practice, r.a.ieuanbangor.ac.uk, or
Prof. Virginia C. Mueller Gathercole, at bilconfbangor.ac.uk.

Forthcoming Conferences to be sponsored by the Centre:
2009/2010 - Neurobilingualism [contact: Guillaume Thierry]
2010/2011 - Bilingual/Multi-lingual Education [contact: Colin Baker]
2011/2012 - Social Aspects of Bilingualism [contact: Eddie Williams]

 http://linguistlist.org/issues/18/18-3547.html#2


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