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>Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 14:13:36 -0500 (EST)
>From: BU Conference on Language Development <langconf@louis-xiv.bu.edu>
>Subject: BUCLD 1999
>To: langconf-announce@louis-xiv.bu.edu
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>			The 24th Annual 
>Boston University Conference on Language Development
>			Call for Papers
>
>		November 5, 6 and 7, 1999 
>
>Keynote Speaker:  Elissa Newport, University of Rochester
>Plenary Speaker:  Stephen Crain, University of Maryland
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>	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Abstracts submitted must represent original, unpublished research.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) ten copies of an anonymous, clearly titled 450-word summary 
>	    for review. Include word count at the bottom of the page.
>
>	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. Include word count at the bottom of the page.
>
>	3) for EACH author, one copy of the information form printed 
>	    at the bottom of this sheet. 
>
>Please include email address or a self-addressed, stamped postcard for
acknowledgment 
>of receipt. Notice of acceptance or rejection will be sent to the first
author by early 
>August.  Pre-registration materials and preliminary schedule will be
available in 
>late August, 1999.  
>
>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, 2000.
>
>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 14, 1999. 
> 
>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
>
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>Author Information Form  (fill out one form completely for EACH author)
>
>Title:
>
>Topic area:					Audiovisual requests:
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>Full name:					Affiliation:
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>Current address:			Summer address if different, and dates:
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>Current email:				Summer email:
>Current phone number:			Summer phone if different:
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>* 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.
>
>* If your paper is not one of the 90 initially selected for presentation,
please 
>indicate whether 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 1999 Call for Papers: 
>
>____ email/electronic	___surface mail	____word of mouth
>
>Please indicate how you wish to receive the 2000 Call for Papers:    
>
>____email/electronic	___surface mail	____ both
>
>
Lise Menn
Professor and Chair
Linguistics Department - Box 295
University of Colorado
Boulder CO 80309-0295
303-492-8042; fax 303-492-4416

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