Child Language Seminar

[B.Woll]

This year's Child Language Seminar may be of interest to Sign Language
researchers, because of current research programmes of both key-note
speakers: Judy Kegl and Dan Slobin.  As normal there will be BSL-English
interpretation provided.

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   CHILD LANGUAGE SEMINAR 1999

                FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT AND CALL FOR PAPERS

                           2-4 September 1999

The 1999 Child Language Seminar will be hosted by the Department of
Language and Communication Science, City University, London, UK.
Proposals are invited for papers of 30 minutes duration and for posters on
issues related to language acquisition in children.

*   KEYNOTE SPEAKERS: Dan Slobin and Judy Kegl

*   CONFERENCE LOCATION
The Conference sessions will be held at the Oliver Thomson suite with
accommodation nearby at Rosebery Hall.  City University is located near
Islington, within walking distance of central London.

*   PUBLICATION OF PROCEEDINGS
Selected papers will be published in the conference proceedings, to appear
before 31 December 2000.

*   HOW TO SUBMIT ABSTRACTS
Abstracts should be up to 250 words in length (excluding references) and
may be submitted preferably by e-mail or e-mail attachment, alternatively
by mail or Fax. Submissions should be received by 1 May 1999. At the top
of the abstract please include Name(s) of Author(s), Institutional
Affiliation, Full Address, E-Mail Address, Telephone and Fax Numbers,
Paper or Poster, Equipment Requirements.

Please leave several lines between this information and the title and body
of the abstract so that the header information can be removed for
anonymous review.

Send your abstract to:
CLS 99
Dept. of Language and Communication Science,
City University,
Northampton Sq.,
London, EC1V 0HB

e-mail: b.woll at city.ac.uk
Fax:    (+44) (0)171 477 8577
Minicom / TTY: +44(0) 171 477 8314

*  FOR QUESTIONS OR MORE INFORMATION ON THE CONFERENCE

Please check our conference website:
http://www.city.ac.uk/ccs/cls99.htm

or contact:

Gary Morgan: 44 (0) 171 419 3162

Shula Chiat:    44 (0)171 477  8297



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Gary Morgan
Dept of Linguistics, UCL, London
tel: 0171 4193162 (voice/text)
fax: 0171 3834198



Bencie Woll
b.woll at city.ac.uk
Chair of Sign Language and Deaf Studies
City University, Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB, UK
Tel: +44 (0)171 477 8354 (voice) +44 (0)171 477 8314 (text)
Fax: +44 (0)171 477 8577 or 8354