Csaba Pleh Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences 202 Junipero Serra Blvd Stanford, Ca. 94305 T.: (415)321-2052, Fax: ...1192 Home: (415)947-9641 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Wed, 9 Apr 97 13:02:31 -0400 From: BU Conference on Language Development <langconf(a)louis-xiv.bu.edu> To: langconf-announce(a)louis-xiv.bu.edu Subject: BU Conf on Language Development '97: Call for Papers (resent) **Due to problems with our mailer, we are resending a copy of the original Call for Papers announcement. Please accept our apologies if this is a duplicate message. BUCLD '97 Committee** ****************************************************************************** The 22nd Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development Call for Papers November 7, 8, and 9, 1997 Keynote Speaker: Annette Karmiloff-Smith, University College London Plenary Speaker: Luigi Rizzi, University of Siena ****************************************************************************** FIRST AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION All topics in the field of language acquisition will be fully considered, including: Bilingualism Narrative Cognition & Language Neurolinguistics Creoles & Pidgins Pragmatics Discourse Pre-linguistic Development Exceptional Language Signed Languages Input & Interaction Sociolinguistics Language Disorders Speech Perception & Production Literacy Linguistic Theory (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology, and Lexicon) Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished research. Presentations will be 20 minutes long, plus 10 minutes for questions. PLEASE SUBMIT: 1) six copies of an anonymous, clearly titled 450-word summary for review; 2) one copy of a 150-word abstract for use in the conference program book if abstract is accepted. If your paper is accepted, this abstract will be scanned into the conference handbook. No changes in title or authors will be possible after acceptance. 3) for EACH author, one copy of the information form printed at the bottom of this message. Please include a self-addressed, stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent by late July. Pre-registration materials and preliminary schedule will be available in late August, 1997. All authors who present papers at the conference will be invited to contribute their papers to the Proceedings Volumes. Those papers will be due in January, 1998. Note: All conference papers will be selected on the basis of abstracts submitted. Although each abstract will be evaluated individually, we will attempt to honor requests to schedule accepted papers together in group sessions. DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by May 19, 1997. Send submissions to: Boston University Conference on Language Development 704 Commonwealth Avenue, Suite 101 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A. Telephone: 617-353-3085 E-mail: langconf(a)louis-xiv.bu.edu info(a)louis-xiv.bu.edu (automated-reply info mailer) (WE REGRET THAT WE CANNOT ACCEPT ABSTRACT SUBMISSIONS BY FAX OR E-MAIL.) Author Information Form (fill one out completely for EACH author) Title: Topic area: Audiovisual requests: Full name: Affiliation: Current address: Summer address if different, and dates: Current e-mail: Summer e-mail: Current phone number: Summer phone if different: *To accommodate as many papers as possible, we reserve the right to limit each submitter to one first authorship and if circumstances warrant, to limit each submitter to two papers in any authorship status. *Please indicate whether, if your paper is not one of the 90 initially selected for presentation, you would be willing to be considered as an alternate. (If you indicate that you are willing to be considered, this does not commit you to accepting alternate status if it should be offered to you.) __Yes, consider me as an alternate if necessary __No, please do not consider me as an alternate Please indicate how you received the 1997 Call for Papers: __e-mail/electronic __surface mail __word of mouth Please indicate how you wish to receive the 1998 Call for Papers: __e-mail/electronic __surface mail __both