Event

　The International Association for the Study of Child Language (IASCL) 2008 Conference

　 Dates

　July 28 — August 1, 2008

　 Venue

　University of Edinburgh, UK

　 Organizer

　IASCL

　 Theme

　Language, cognition, and experience in child language development: interdisciplinary perspectives on monolingual and bilingual language acquisition

　 Plenary speakers

　* Marc Hauser, professor of psychology, Harvard University, US (Evolution of the language faculty)

　* Rachel Mayberry, professor of language, University of California, San Diego, US (The far reach of early linguistic experience)

　* Andrew Meltzoff, professor of psychology, University of Washington, US (Social cognition and early language development in infancy)

　* Núria Sebastián Gallés, professor of psychology, University of Barcelona, Spain (Growing up bilingual: from cradle to college)

　 Topics

　* Bilingual first language acquisition

　* Child second language acquisition

　* Cognition and language development

　* Connections between language development and language change

　* Language development in atypical populations

　* Language evolution and language acquisition

　* Linguistic interfaces in child language development

　* Neurolinguistic evidence in child language development

　* New methods in child language research

　* Processing vs representations in early child language

　* Qualitative and quantitative input factors in language development

　* Relationships between music and language development

　 Contact

　Tel: +44 (0)131 339 9235

　Fax: +44 (0)131 339 9798

　E-mail: iascl@in-conference.org.uk

　For more information, go to http://www.in-conference.org.uk