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From http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD

THE 32nd ANNUAL BOSTON UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE ON LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT
NOVEMBER 2-4, 2007

Keynote Speaker: Ellen Bialystok, York University
"Cognitive Effects of Bilingualism Across the Lifespan"

Submissions which 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 (Autism, Down Syndrome, SLI, Williams Syndrome, etc.)
* Linguistic Theory (Syntax, Semantics, Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon)
* Neurolinguistics
* Pragmatics
* Pre-linguistic Development
* Reading and Literacy
* Signed Languages
* Sociolinguistics
* Speech Perception & Production

Presentations will be 20 minutes long followed by a 10 minute question period. Posters will be on display for a full day with two attended sessions during the day.

All submissions must be received by 8:00 PM EST, May 15, 2007.

More information available at http://www.bu.edu/linguistics/APPLIED/BUCLD .

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