THE 37th ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT NOVEMBER 2-4, 2012 Keynote Speaker: Ray Jackendoff, Tufts University Plenary Speaker: Patricia Kuhl, University of Washington Lunch Symposium: "Language delay - does it matter?" Yonata Levy, Hadassah-Hebrew University (organizer) 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/ We are now accepting abstracts. You may submit yours online at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/abstracts/abstract-submission/ DEADLINE: All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2012. FURTHER INFORMATION General conference information is available at: http://www.bu.edu/bucld Boston University Conference on Language Development 96 Cummington Street, Room 244 Boston, MA 02215 U.S.A. Telephone: (617) 353-3085 Questions about abstracts should be sent to abstract@bu.edu -- Master's Student, Applied Linguistics BUCLD 37, Coorganizer, Abstracts/Reviews Chair Boston University