Subject: language development

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * the 23nd annual boston university conference on language development call for papers november 6 , 7 and 8 , 1998 keynote speaker : peter jusczyk , johns hopkins university plenary speaker : jane grimshaw , rutgers university * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * first and second language acquisition all topics in the field of language acquisition will be fully considered , including : bilingualism literacy & narrative cognition & language neurolinguistics creoles & pidgins pragmatics discourse pre - linguistic development exceptional language signed languages input &interaction sociolinguistics language disorders speech perception & production linguistic theory ( syntax , semantics , phonology , morphology , lexicon ) abstracts submitted must represent original , unpublished research .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 your 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 sheet . please include a self-addressed , stamped postcard for acknowledgment of receipt . notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent by early august . pre - registration materials and preliminary schedule will be available in late august , 1998 . 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 , 1999 . 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 15 , 1998 . send submissions to : boston university conference on language development 704 commonwealth ave . , suite 101 boston , ma 02215 u . s . a . telephone : ( 617 ) 353-3085 e-mail : langconf @ louis-xiv . bu . edu ( we regret that we cannot accept abstract submissions by fax or e-mail . ) information regarding the conference may be accessed at http : / / web . bu . edu / linguistics / applied / conference . html * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * author information form ( fill out one form completely for each author ) title : topic area : audiovisual requests : full name : affiliation : current address : summer address if different , and dates : current email : summer email : 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 1998 call for papers : _ _ _ _ email / electronic _ _ _ surface mail _ _ _ _ word of mouth please indicate how you wish to receive the 1999 call for papers : _ _ _ _ email / electronic _ _ _ surface mail _ _ _ _ both
