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@bu.edu. Boston University Conference on Language Development 96 Cummington Street, Room 244 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A. Telephone: (617) 353-3085