Event

The 34th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD 34)

Dates

November 6 – 8, 2009

Venue

George Sherman Union, Boston University, US

Topics

* Bilingualism

* Cognition & Language

* Dialects

* Discourse and Narrative

* Input & Interaction

* Language Disorders

* Linguistic Theory

* Neurolinguistics

* Pragmatics

* Pre-linguistic Development

* Reading and Literacy

* Signed Languages

* Sociolinguistics

* Speech Perception & Production

Plenary speaker

Virginia Valian, professor, Department of Psychology, Hunter College, The City University of New York, US (Innate Syntax — Still the Best Hypothesis)

Keynote speaker

Anne Fernald, associate professor, Department of Psychology, Stanford University, US (Developing Fluency in Understanding: How it matters)

Symposium

Recent Advances in the Study of Production and Comprehension: Implications for Language Acquisition Research

* John Trueswell, professor of psychology, University of Pennsylvania, US

* Mike Tanenhaus, professor of linguistics, University of Rochester, US

* Kay Bock, professor of psychology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, US

Registration

Look for information regarding BUCLD 34 registration in August 2009.

Contact

Tel: +1 617-353-3085

E-mail: langconf@bu.edu

Web: www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD

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