text_combined: language development 23nd annual boston university conference language development call papers november 6 7 8 1998 keynote speaker peter jusczyk johns hopkins university plenary speaker jane grimshaw rutgers university first second language acquisition topics field language acquisition fully considered including bilingualism literacy narrative cognition language neurolinguistics creoles pidgins pragmatics discourse pre linguistic development exceptional language signed languages input interaction sociolinguistics language disorders speech perception production linguistic theory syntax semantics phonology morphology lexicon abstracts submitted must represent original unpublished research presentations 20 minutes long plus 10 minutes questions please submit 1 six copies anonymous clearly titled 450 word summary review 2 one copy 150 word abstract use conference program book abstract accepted paper accepted abstract scanned conference handbook changes title authors possible acceptance 3 author one copy information form printed bottom sheet please include selfaddressed stamped postcard acknowledgment receipt notice acceptance rejection sent early august pre registration materials preliminary schedule available late august 1998 authors present papers conference invited contribute papers proceedings volumes papers due january 1999 note conference papers selected basis abstracts submitted although abstract evaluated individually attempt honor requests schedule accepted papers together group sessions deadline submissions must received may 15 1998 send submissions boston university conference language development 704 commonwealth ave suite 101 boston 02215 u telephone 617 3533085 email langconf louisxiv bu edu regret accept abstract submissions fax email information regarding conference may accessed http web bu edu linguistics applied conference html author information form fill one form completely author title topic area audiovisual requests full name affiliation current address summer address different dates current email summer email current phone number summer phone different accommodate many papers possible reserve right limit submitter one first authorship circumstances warrant limit submitter two papers authorship status please indicate whether paper one 90 initially selected presentation would willing considered alternate indicate willing considered commit accepting alternate status offered _ _ _ _ _ yes consider alternate necessary _ _ _ _ _ please consider alternate please indicate received 1998 call papers _ _ _ _ email electronic _ _ _ surface mail _ _ _ _ word mouth please indicate wish receive 1999 call papers _ _ _ _ email electronic _ _ _ surface mail _ _ _ _