Subject: child language research forum call for papers

* * * * * * * * call for papers * * * * * * * * 30 stanford child language research forum stanford university , april 9-11 , 1999 the 30th meeting of the child language research forum will be held on april 9-11 , 1999 , at stanford university . the organizing committee welcomes abstracts for papers and posters on any topic within first language acquisition , from specialization for speech sounds to uses of relative clauses , from politeness routines to clarification questions , from syntactic categories to narrative skills , or from semantic relations to subordinate clauses . we particularly welcome reports on crosslinguistic findings and comparisons among related languages ; on how language typologies affect the course of acquisition , and on similarities and differences among children in the acquisition of a single language . abstract submissions should include : - - - eight ( 8 ) copies of a one-page , double-spaced abstract of the paper or poster , preferably in 12 - point font or type , with a title . omit name and affiliation . - - - a 3 " by 5 " card with the title of the paper , the name ( s ) of the author ( s ) , affiliation , mailing address , and email address . indicate whether you are submitting a paper or a poster . ( the committee reserves the right to re-assign your submission . ) - - - a self-addressed , stamped postcard if you wish to be notified that your abstract has been received . abstracts should be postmarked by january 1 , 1999 . please mail early ! no late abstracts will be accepted . abstracts and any enquiries should be sent to : clrf-99 stanford university department of linguistics building 460 stanford , ca 94305-2150 , usa clrf @ csli . stanford . edu further information at : http : / / www-csli . stanford . edu / ~ clrf * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * - gina v . wein , administrator department of linguistics stanford university stanford , ca 94305-2150 wein @ stanford . edu
