28.1419, Calls: Language Acquisition/USA

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LINGUIST List: Vol-28-1419. Tue Mar 21 2017. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 28.1419, Calls: Language Acquisition/USA

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Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2017 16:45:54
From: Max Kaplan [langconf at bu.edu]
Subject: 2017 Boston University Conference on Language Development 42

 
Full Title: 2017 Boston University Conference on Language Development 42 
Short Title: BUCLD 42 

Date: 03-Nov-2017 - 05-Nov-2017
Location: Boston, Massachusetts, USA 
Contact Person: Paul Hagstrom
Meeting Email: langconf at bu.edu
Web Site: http://bu.edu/bucld 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition 

Call Deadline: 15-May-2017 

Meeting Description:

Since 1976, BUCLD has been organized by graduate students in Boston
University’s Program in Applied Linguistics. With years of student work and
the help of faculty advisors, the conference has become one of the largest
international gatherings of linguists, psychologists, and other researchers of
language acquisition and development.

Keynote Speaker: Jenny Saffran (University of Wisconsin-Madison)
Plenary Speaker:  Núria Sebastián Gallés (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)


Call for Papers:

The 42nd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development
November 3-5, 2017

We will be accepting two kinds of submissions: abstracts for 20-minute talks
or posters (beginning April 1, due May 15), and symposium proposals (due April
15; see below.)

Submissions of 500-word abstracts for 20-minute talks and posters will be
accepted beginning April 1 at:
http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-submission/

Deadline:  All abstract submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST, May 15,
2017.

Submissions that present research on any topic in the fields of first and
second language acquisition from any theoretical perspectives will be fully
considered.

Abstracts must be limited to 500 words, with one extra page for examples,
figures, tables, and references. A suggested format and style for abstracts is
available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-format/ 

We are also currently soliciting 1000-word proposals for 90-minute symposia
for the Boston University Conference on Language Development on any topic
likely to be of broad interest to the conference attendees.

Proposals should include a list of the participants, topics, and format, and
should name at least one organizer.  Send submissions to langconf at bu.edu with
''Symposium proposal'' in the subject line.    

Deadline: All symposium proposal submissions must be received by April 15,
2017. Decisions on symposia will be made by June.

Further Information:

General conference information is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld

We encourage submissions from scholars in countries affected by the new travel
restrictions. We will arrange remote presentation for accepted abstracts by
scholars who are unable to attend for this reason.

Questions? Email us at: langconf at bu.edu.

Thank you,

BUCLD 2017 Organizing Committee 
Boston University Conference on Language Development
96 Cummington Street, 
Room 244 , 
Boston, MA 02215  U.S.A.




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