18.2367, Confs: Language Acquisition/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-18-2367. Wed Aug 08 2007. ISSN: 1068 - 4875.

Subject: 18.2367, Confs: Language Acquisition/USA

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Date: 07-Aug-2007
From: Daniel Swingley < swingley at psych.upenn.edu >
Subject: Society for Language Development Annual Symposium

 

	
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Date: Wed, 08 Aug 2007 11:32:36
From: Daniel Swingley [swingley at psych.upenn.edu]
Subject:  Society for Language Development Annual Symposium
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Society fo Language Development Annual Symposium 
Short Title: SLD symposium 

Date: 01-Nov-2007 - 01-Nov-2007 
Location: Boston, MA, USA 
Contact: Lejda Kapia 
Contact Email: ekapia at bu.edu 
Meeting URL: http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/sld/symposium.html 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition 

Meeting Description: 

The Society for Language Development's annual symposium (just before the Boston
University Conference on Language Development) focuses this year on
'Generalization in language learning'. Speakers are Janet Pierrehumbert, Josh
Tenenbaum, and Steven Pinker.  The symposium takes place in Boston University's
George Sherman Student Union, Thurs. Nov. 1, 1:00-5:00. 

Announcing the Society for Language Development's Annual Symposium:

         Generalization in language learning

        Thursday November 1, 2007, 1:00 - 5:00
    Boston University, George Sherman Student Union

          Janet Pierrehumbert - Northwestern

                   Josh Tenenbaum - MIT
 
                  Steven Pinker - Harvard

Language acquisition requires generalizations that involve multiple
linguistic levels.  The complexity of the interrelations among
structural levels in language presents a challenge to the learner --
even a learner endowed with prodigious capacities for statistical
computation.  Given this challenge, how might a data-driven learner
succeed?  The 2007 SLD symposium presents three speakers who will
address this issue, plus discussion and afterward an informal
reception.  Please join us!

Pre-register at:
http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD/prereg.htm

SLD home page:
http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/sld/symposium.html






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