third utrecht biannual phonology workshop call abstracts third utrecht biannual phonology workshop rene kager wim zonneveld utrecht institute linguistics ots organisers 1113 june 1998 theme typology language acquisition invited speakers bruce hayes ucla joe pater ubc deadline abstracts 1 march 1998 standard assumption striking structural resemblances human languages explained common starting point u g study striking resemblances range differences called typology direct study common starting point first language acquisition since introduction socalled constraintbased theories field typology language acquisition candidate redefinition contents goals questions raised inlcude following nature common starting point unstructured pool constraints process language acquisition consists providing structure highly structured common completely unmarked structured point departure language acquisition consists adding markedness learning task larger although necessarily difficult previously imagined extent learning guided factors markedness extralinguistic source e g production perception factors methodological process excluding impossible languages different constraintbased theories possible imagine combined theories constraints traditional parameters area adult typology language acquisition abstracts requested length 800 words references incl judged according following priority scale integration acquisitional typology issues acquisitional issues typological issues queries rene kager let ruu nl wim zonneveld let ruu nl trans 10 3512 jk utrecht netherlands fax 31 lot landelijke onderzoekschool taalwetenschap netherlands graduate school linguistics trans 10 3512 jk utrecht phone 31 30 2536006 fax 31 30 2536000