28.870, Calls: Cog Sci, Gen Ling, Lang Acquisition, Neuroling, Psycholing/China

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-870. Tue Feb 14 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.870, Calls: Cog Sci, Gen Ling, Lang Acquisition, Neuroling, Psycholing/China

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Date: Tue, 14 Feb 2017 18:26:16
From: Hermann Haller [hhaller at gc.cuny.edu]
Subject: Language and the Brain: Coding, Understanding, and Processing

 
Full Title: Language and the Brain: Coding, Understanding, and Processing 

Date: 26-May-2017 - 28-May-2017
Location: City University of Hong Kong, China 
Contact Person: JoAnne Kleifgen
Meeting Email: jk217 at columbia.edu
Web Site: http://www.ilaword.org 

Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; General Linguistics; Language Acquisition; Neurolinguistics; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 05-Mar-2017 

Meeting Description:

This conference focuses on language and the brain, investigating language
coding, understanding, and processing across the human lifespan. The ILA
invites submissions which discuss the theoretical, methodological and
practical issues facing investigators working in this area.

Topics may include (but are not limited to) the following:

- Neural biological foundation of language
- Language and memory
- Eye movements and language processing
- Brain imaging technology and language processing
- Neurobiology and language and age
- Modeling language and cognition
- Language development
- Language disorders
- Reading and literacy development
- Bilingualism and the brain 

In keeping with the ILA tradition, we also invite individual papers or posters
on other areas of linguistics.
 
Plenary Speakers:

- Colin Brian Blakemore, University of London
- Kara Federmeier, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign (UIUC)
- Huang Guowen,  South China Agricultural University
- Liu Meichun, City University of Hong Kong
- Ovid J. L. Tzeng, University System of Taiwan/ Institute of Linguistics,
Academia Sinica
- Wang Shiyuan, Hong Kong Polytechnic University/UC Berkeley


Call for Papers:

A paper or poster title and abstract of between 300 and 400 words, excluding
references, is required along with a summary abstract for the conference
booklet of no more than 150 words. The author's name, institutional
affiliation, mailing address, and phone number must also be included.
Proposals will be blind-reviewed for quality and originality. Submissions
should contain mainly new material and must not have been published previously
in order to be considered.

All proposals should be emailed in a MSWord (.doc, .docx) file and using
“ILA2017” in the subject line, to Ms Annika Wendt, ILA Secretary at
awendt at ilaword.org by March 5, 2017.  Proposal acceptances will be sent by
March 18, 2017. The author(s) whose proposals have been accepted for the ILA
Annual Conference must register before the March 28 registration deadline in
order to be included in the Conference Program. 

Proposal deadline: Sunday, March 5, 2017
Notification of acceptance: Saturday, March 18, 2017
Registration requirement: Presenters’ registration fees must be received by
Tuesday, March 28, 2017

Send abstracts of proposals to: Ms Annika Wendt, ILA Secretary at
awendt at ilaword.org 

Send inquiries to one of the Co-Chairs: Jo Anne Kleifgen, jk217 at columbia.edu 
Jonathan Webster, ctjjw at cityu.edu.hk, Liu Meichun, Meichliu at cityu.edu.hk

Registration fees (received on or before March 28, 2017)
- ILA Members: US$200 (conference fee for paid-up 2017 ILA members)
- Non-Members: US$260 (includes conference fee & US$60 membership with 1 yr.
WORD subscription)
- Graduate Students/Retirees: US$130 (includes conference fee & US$30
membership with 1 yr. WORD subscription)

Registration fees after March 28, 2017 and on-site:
- ILA Members: US$250 (conference fee for paid-up 2017 ILA members)
- Non-Members: US$310 (conference fee + US$60 membership with 1 yr. WORD
subscription)
- Graduate Students/Retirees: US$160 (conference fee + US$30 membership with 1
yr. WORD subscription)
- Undergraduate Students: US$10

One Day Registration (on-site):
- Members and Non-Members: US$100
- Graduate Students and Retirees: US$75




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