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BUCLD 39 Schedule and Pre-registration
by BUCLD 20 Aug '14

20 Aug '14

39th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development November 7-9, 2014 Keynote Speaker: Richard Aslin, University of Rochester From sounds to words to grammatical categories: The role of distributional learning Plenary Speaker: Katherine Demuth, Macquarie University Prosodic effects on the emergence of grammatical morphemes: Evidence from perception and production Saturday symposium: Perception and social interpretation of linguistic variation in infants and children - Amanda Seidl, Purdue University - Laura Wagner, Ohio State University - Katherine Kinzler, University of Chicago Sunday symposium: Learning to think ahead – thinking ahead to learn: The role of prediction in language learning and use across the lifespan - Theres Grüter, University of Hawai‘i - Arielle Borovsky, Florida State University - Edith Kaan, University of Florida - Kara D. Federmeier, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign - Edward W. Wlotko, Tufts University Poster symposium: Linguistics for Everyone: Engaging a broader public for the scientific study of language acquisition. - Co-organizers: Joan Maling (Brandeis University/NSF), Barbara Pearson (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) - University of Arizona: Elly Zimmer, Hui-Yu Huang, and Cecile McKee - The Ohio State University: Kathryn Campbell-Kibler, Cynthia G. Clopper, Kiwako Ito, Leslie Moore, Shari R. Speer, and Laura Wagner - University of Maryland: Jeff Lidz, Rachel Dudley, Katie Leech (UMD/Harvard), Meredith Rowe (Harvard), and Colin Phillips. STUDENT WORKSHOP This year, for the first time, we will be holding a special session aimed at students and post-docs. The speaker will be Jeffrey Lidz (University of Maryland). He will be speaking in his capacity as Editor-in-Chief of Language Acquisition: A Journal of Developmental Linguistics, about the publication process. This session will take place from 1-2:30 p.m. on Sunday, November 9th, after the Sunday symposium. PRE-REGISTRATION Preregistration will be open for BUCLD 39 on September 1, and the deadline to pre-register is Tuesday, October 28, 2014. By pre-registering not only will you receive a reduced rate for the conference, but you will also be able to check-in at the registration desk quickly and proceed to the various exciting talks without waiting in line. Regular full-price registration will continue to be available online from Thursday, October 29 through Tuesday, November 5. To register, please visit the following website: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/registration/ SCHEDULE For general information on the conference including the full schedule, please visit: http://www.bu.edu/bucld Also, you can register for the Society for Language Development Symposium "The Representation of Number: Origins and Development" on Thursday November 6, 1-6pm through our website. The SLD would also like to announce their student award. Please see their website for more information: http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/sld/symposium.html HOTELS This year, the BUCLD is competing with another Boston-area conference being held the same weekend, so book your rooms soon. BUCLD has negotiated conference rates with a few different area hotels, although NOTE that the cutoff dates for any individual hotel is set by the hotel itself and bears no relation to the registration deadlines. Further information is available here: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/travel-hotel/ STUDENT TRAVEL AWARDS Student presenters have the opportunity to apply for the Paula Menyuk Travel Award, the deadline for applying is October 15, 2014. Details about this award and the application are here: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/travel-hotel/travel-award/ FURTHER INFORMATION For poster presenters: The dimensions of the board for mounting posters is 34 x 46 inches, and although landscape orientation is recommended, you may orient it as you wish. If your poster is larger than 34 x 46 inches, you may have trouble mounting your poster to the board. Binder clips will be provided for your use. Please direct any questions about the conference to langconf(a)bu.edu. Boston University Conference on Language Development 96 Cummington Street, Room 244 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A. Telephone: (617) 353-3085

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BUCLD 39 Arrangements
by BUCLD 11 Aug '14

11 Aug '14

Dear Prospective BUCLD 39 Attendee, We would like to invite you to begin thinking about hotel accommodations for this year’s Conference on Language Development. It will be particularly important to book early this year because there will be a city wide convention in Boston during the same weekend as the BUCLD. We have reserved blocks at several nearby hotels at a discounted rate for BUCLD attendees. For information on reservations, please see our website (http://www.bu.edu/bucld/travel-hotel). Unfortunately, we were unable to reserve a block at the Hotel Commonwealth because of this convention. However, we were able to secure rooms at a very good rate at the nearby Eliot Hotel, which is a smaller luxury hotel comparable to the Hotel Commonwealth. We look forward to seeing you at BUCLD 39! BUCLD 39 Organizers Boston University langconf(a)bu.edu

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BUCLD 39 Call for Papers
by BUCLD 06 May '14

06 May '14

THE 39th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT NOVEMBER 7-9, 2014 Keynote Speaker: Richard Aslin, University of Rochester “From sounds to words to grammatical categories: The role of distributional learning” Plenary Speaker: Katherine Demuth, Macquarie University “Prosodic effects on the emergence of grammatical morphemes: Evidence from perception and production” Submissions of abstracts for 20-minute are now being accepted at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-submission/ DEADLINE. All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2014. Submissions that present research on any topic in the fields of first and second language acquisition from any theoretical perspectives will be fully considered, including: Artificial Languages, Bilingualism, Cognition & Language, Creoles & Pidgins, Dialects, Discourse and Narrative, Gesture, Hearing Impairment and Deafness, Input & Interaction, Language Disorders, Linguistic Theory, Neurolinguistics, Pragmatics, Pre-linguistic Development, Reading and Literacy, Signed Languages, Sociolinguistics, and Speech Perception & Production. A suggested format and style for abstracts is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-format/ FURTHER INFORMATION General conference information is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld Questions about abstracts should be sent to langconf(a)bu.edu Boston University Conference on Language Development 96 Cummington Street, Room 244 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A.

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BUCLD 39 Call for Papers
by BUCLD 07 Apr '14

07 Apr '14

THE 39th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT NOVEMBER 7-9, 2014 Keynote Speaker: Richard Aslin, University of Rochester “From sounds to words to grammatical categories: The role of distributional learning” Plenary Speaker: Katherine Demuth, Macquarie University “Prosodic effects on the emergence of grammatical morphemes: Evidence from perception and production” Submissions of abstracts for 20-minute talks are now being accepted at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-submission/ DEADLINE. All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2014. Submissions that present research on any topic in the fields of first and second language acquisition from any theoretical perspectives will be fully considered, including: Artificial Languages, Bilingualism, Cognition & Language, Creoles & Pidgins, Dialects, Discourse and Narrative, Gesture, Hearing Impairment and Deafness, Input & Interaction, Language Disorders, Linguistic Theory, Neurolinguistics, Pragmatics, Pre-linguistic Development, Reading and Literacy, Signed Languages, Sociolinguistics, and Speech Perception & Production. A suggested format and style for abstracts is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-format/ FURTHER INFORMATION General conference information is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld Questions about abstracts should be sent to langconf(a)bu.edu Boston University Conference on Language Development 96 Cummington Street, Room 244 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A.

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BUCLD 39 Call for Papers
by BUCLD 03 Mar '14

03 Mar '14

THE 39th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT NOVEMBER 7-9, 2014 Keynote Speaker: Richard Aslin, University of Rochester “From sounds to words to grammatical categories: The role of distributional learning” Plenary Speaker: Katherine Demuth, Macquarie University “Prosodic effects on the emergence of grammatical morphemes: Evidence from perception and production” Submissions of abstracts for 20-minute talks will be accepted beginning April 1 at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-submission/ DEADLINE. All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2014. Submissions that present research on any topic in the fields of first and second language acquisition from any theoretical perspectives will be fully considered, including: Artificial Languages, Bilingualism, Cognition & Language, Creoles & Pidgins, Dialects, Discourse and Narrative, Gesture, Hearing Impairment and Deafness, Input & Interaction, Language Disorders, Linguistic Theory, Neurolinguistics, Pragmatics, Pre-linguistic Development, Reading and Literacy, Signed Languages, Sociolinguistics, and Speech Perception & Production. A suggested format and style for abstracts is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-format/ FURTHER INFORMATION General conference information is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld Questions about abstracts should be sent to langconf(a)bu.edu Boston University Conference on Language Development 96 Cummington Street, Room 244 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A.

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BUCLD39 Call for Symposium Proposals
by BUCLD 18 Feb '14

18 Feb '14

THE 39th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT NOVEMBER 7-9 Keynote Speaker: Richard Aslin, University of Rochester Plenary Speaker: Katherine Demuth, Macquarie University CALL FOR SYMPOSIUM PROPOSALS We are soliciting proposals for 90-minute symposia for the Boston University Conference on Language Development on any topic likely to be of broad interest to the conference attendees. The symposium format is open, but has frequently included 2-3 speakers presenting research from differing angles on a common theme. We anticipate including two such symposia in the schedule, one being the Saturday lunchtime symposium, the other closing the conference on Sunday. Proposals should include a list of the participants and a specification of the format, and should name at least one organizer who will be able to work with the BUCLD organizing committee in setting up the symposium. Submissions can be sent by email to langconf(a)bu.edu with "Symposium proposal" indicated in the subject line. Please limit symposium proposals to 1000 words or fewer. DEADLINE: April 15, 2014 Decisions on symposia will be made by June. NOTE: Submissions of abstracts for 20-minute talks and poster presentations are not being solicited at this time. The deadline for those will be 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2014. General conference information is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld

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BUCLD 38 Preregistration
by BUCLD 17 Oct '13

17 Oct '13

38th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development November 1-3, 2013 Keynote Speaker: Elena Lieven, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology / University of Manchester Plenary Speaker: CANCELED: Heather van der Lely, Harvard University Unfortunately, Heather van der Lely's plenary address has been cancelled for health reasons. We regret that we cannot hear her address and wish her the best in recovery. Symposia: Saturday - 'Resolving A Learnability Paradox in the Acquisition of Verb Argument Structure: What have we learned in the last 25 years' Ben Ambridge (University of Liverpool) (organizer) Adele Goldberg (Princeton University) Joshua Hartshorne (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) & Jesse Snedeker (Harvard University) Steven Pinker (Harvard University) Sunday - 'A new approach to language learning: filtering through the processor' Helen Goodluck (University of York) (organizer) Lyn Frazier (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Colin Phillips (University of Maryland, College Park) We would like to remind you that the deadline to pre-register for BUCLD 38 is Tuesday, October 23, 2013. By pre-registering not only will you receive a reduced rate for the conference, but you will also be able to check-in at the registration desk quickly and proceed to the various exciting talks without waiting in line. Regular full-price registration will continue to be available online from Thursday, October 24 through Tuesday, October 29. To register, please visit the following website: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/registration/ For general information on the conference including the full schedule, please visit: http://www.bu.edu/bucld Also, you can register for the Society for Language Development Symposium "Mechanisms of Word Learning" on Thursday October 31, 1-6pm through our website. The SLD would also like to announce their student award. Please see their website for more information: http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/sld/symposium.html

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BUCLD 38 Schedule and Pricing
by BUCLD 23 Sep '13

23 Sep '13

38th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development November 1-3, 2013 Keynote Speaker: Elena Lieven, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology / University of Manchester Plenary Speaker: CANCELED: Heather van der Lely, Harvard University Unfortunately, Heather van der Lely's plenary address has been cancelled for health reasons. We regret that we cannot hear her address and wish her the best in recovery. Symposia: Saturday - 'Resolving A Learnability Paradox in the Acquisition of Verb Argument Structure: What have we learned in the last 25 years' Ben Ambridge (University of Liverpool) (organizer) Adele Goldberg (Princeton University) Joshua Hartshorne (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) & Jesse Snedeker (Harvard University) Steven Pinker (Harvard University) Sunday - 'A new approach to language learning: filtering through the processor' Helen Goodluck (University of York) (organizer) Lyn Frazier (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) Colin Phillips (University of Maryland, College Park) We would like to remind you that the deadline to pre-register for BUCLD 38 is Tuesday, October 23, 2013. By pre-registering not only will you receive a reduced rate for the conference, but you will also be able to check-in at the registration desk quickly and proceed to the various exciting talks without waiting in line. Regular full-price registration will continue to be available online from Thursday, October 24 through Tuesday, October 29. To register, please visit the following website: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/registration/ For general information on the conference including the full schedule, please visit: http://www.bu.edu/bucld Also, you can register for the Society for Language Development Symposium "Mechanisms of Word Learning" on Thursday October 31, 1-6pm through our website. The SLD would also like to announce their student award. Please see their website for more information: http://www.bcs.rochester.edu/sld/symposium.html Additionally, Boston University is currently searching for an Assistant Professor specializing in language acquisition and linguistic theory, and will be conducting interviews at the BUCLD and LSA meetings for applicants in attendance. The application deadline is OCTOBER 1. For more information: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/2803

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BUCLD 38 - FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS
by BUCLD 09 May '13

09 May '13

THE 38th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT NOVEMBER 1-3, 2013 Keynote Speaker: Elena Lieven, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology / University of Manchester Plenary Speaker: Heather van der Lely, Harvard University Submissions of abstracts for 20-minute talks are now being accepted at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-submission/ DEADLINE. All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2013. Submissions that present research on any topic in the fields of first and second language acquisition from any theoretical perspectives will be fully considered, including: Bilingualism, Cognition & Language, Creoles & Pidgins, Dialects, Discourse and Narrative, Gesture, Hearing Impairment and Deafness, Input & Interaction, Language Disorders, Linguistic Theory, Neurolinguistics, Pragmatics, Pre-linguistic Development, Reading and Literacy, Signed Languages, Sociolinguistics, and Speech Perception & Production. A suggested format and style for abstracts is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-format/ NEW THIS YEAR: SYMPOSIUM PROPOSALS We are also soliciting proposals for a 90-minute symposium on a common theme on any topic likely to be of broad interest to the conference attendees. The symposium format is open, but has frequently included 2-3 speakers presenting research from differing angles on a common theme. We anticipate including two such symposia in the schedule, one being the Saturday lunchtime symposium, the other closing the conference on Sunday. Proposals should include a list of potential participants and a specification of the format, and should name at least one organizer who will be able to work with the BUCLD organizing committee in setting up the symposium and lining up participants. Submissions can be sent by email to abstract(a)bu.edu with "Symposium proposal" indicated in the subject line. Please limit symposium proposals to 1000 words or fewer. DEADLINE. Same as for abstracts, 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2013. Decisions on symposia will be made by June, so that organization can begin, with the goal of having all participants confirmed by July. FURTHER INFORMATION General conference information is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld Questions about abstracts and symposia should be sent to abstract(a)bu.edu Boston University Conference on Language Development 96 Cummington Street, Room 244 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A. Telephone: (617) 353-3085

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BUCLD 38 - CALL FOR PAPERS
by BUCLD Abstracts 02 Apr '13

02 Apr '13

THE 38th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT NOVEMBER 1-3, 2013 Keynote Speaker: Elena Lieven, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology / University of Manchester Plenary Speaker: Heather van der Lely, Harvard University Submissions of abstracts for 20-minute talks are now being accepted at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-submission/ DEADLINE. All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2013. Submissions that present research on any topic in the fields of first and second language acquisition from any theoretical perspectives will be fully considered, including: Bilingualism, Cognition & Language, Creoles & Pidgins, Dialects, Discourse and Narrative, Gesture, Hearing Impairment and Deafness, Input & Interaction, Language Disorders, Linguistic Theory, Neurolinguistics, Pragmatics, Pre-linguistic Development, Reading and Literacy, Signed Languages, Sociolinguistics, and Speech Perception & Production. A suggested format and style for abstracts is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-format/ NEW THIS YEAR: SYMPOSIUM PROPOSALS We are also soliciting proposals for a 90-minute symposium on a common theme on any topic likely to be of broad interest to the conference attendees. The symposium format is open, but has frequently included 2-3 speakers presenting research from differing angles on a common theme. We anticipate including two such symposia in the schedule, one being the Saturday lunchtime symposium, the other closing the conference on Sunday. Proposals should include a list of potential participants and a specification of the format, and should name at least one organizer who will be able to work with the BUCLD organizing committee in setting up the symposium and lining up participants. Submissions can be sent by email to abstract(a)bu.edu with "Symposium proposal" indicated in the subject line. Please limit symposium proposals to 1000 words or fewer. DEADLINE. Same as for abstracts, 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2013. Decisions on symposia will be made by June, so that organization can begin, with the goal of having all participants confirmed by July. FURTHER INFORMATION General conference information is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld Questions about abstracts and symposia should be sent to abstract(a)bu.edu Boston University Conference on Language Development 96 Cummington Street, Room 244 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A. Telephone: (617) 353-3085

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