37.1435, Confs: UK Workshop on Generative Language Acquisition (United Kingdom)

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Subject: 37.1435, Confs: UK Workshop on Generative Language Acquisition (United Kingdom)

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Date: 13-Apr-2026
From: Juliana Gerard [j.gerard at ulster.ac.uk]
Subject: UK Workshop on Generative Language Acquisition


UK Workshop on Generative Language Acquisition
Short Title: UK-WGLA
Theme: The Role of Animacy in Language Acquisition and Impact in
Language Acquisition

Date: 19-Jun-2026 - 20-Jun-2026
Location: Belfast, United Kingdom
Contact: Juliana Gerard
Contact Email: j.gerard at ulster.ac.uk
Meeting URL: https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/language/wgla/

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

Registration is now available for the UK Workshop on Generative
Language Acquisition (UK-WGLA), to be held on 19-20 June at Ulster
University in Belfast.
Registration is free of charge, from
https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/language/wgla/registration/
This workshop provides a dedicated UK venue for theory-driven
generative acquisition research, bringing together scholars working on
syntax, semantics, morphology, phonology, and their interfaces in
child language.
Invited speaker: Professor Rushen Shi (Université du Québec à
Montréal)
The workshop programme is available at
https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/language/wgla/programme/.
Workshop organisers:
- Dr Juliana Gerard (Ulster University)
- Dr Emma Nguyen (Newcastle University)
- Dr Rebecca Woods (Newcastle University)
- Dr Silvia Sánchez Calderón (Universidad Nacional de Educación a
Distancia)
- Dr Christina Sevdali (Ulster University)
- Prof Raffaella Folli (Ulster University)
Contact: wgla at ulster.ac.uk



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