ecology language acquisition ecology language acquisition international research workshop university amsterdam netherlands 11 15 january 1999 first announcement workshop reexamines certain assumptions implicit much language acquisition research date primacy onespeaker onehearer interaction predominance verbal prosodic paralinguistic dimensions talk static interpretation context participant roles presupposition monolingual monocultural social matrix focus meeting thus complexity circumstances language acquirer operates addressed questions discourseanalytic anthropological descriptions communicative interaction integrated account conversation multiparty ritual talk also manmachine interaction forms virtual participation networks cyberspace notion shared context extended capture floor shifts online construction meaning take place progress unfolding discourse theories acquisition made sensitive complex linguistic sociocultural environments varying degrees plural mixed flux intention bring together people paradigms l1 l2 acquisition research aim exploring empirical base multiple contexts language acquisition interrelated ecosystemic validity interrelations may theoretically modelled participation although obliged limit real participation 30 people making provision form remote partial participation via email possible audio links details follow future announcements meanwhile think interested participating either capacity would help planning send us email message effect programme room 12 papers thematically grouped keynote speakers would like propose paper please send abstract maximum 300 words email 15 april email ecolang hum uva nl web page http www let uva nl ecolang workshop organized jet van dam jonathan leather anne bannink faculty humanities university amsterdam