Aston University
Saturday 9th - Sunday 10th February 2008
Guest speakers
Suzanne Schlyter (Lund)
Tense-aspect acquisition of French in adult L2 learners and in simultaneous
bilingual young children (2L1) – similarities and differences
Rafael Salaberry (University of Texas at Austin)
Assessing the effects of L1 transfer and instruction on the development of
L2 knowledge abut iterativity and habituality
Aston University hosted in 2006-7 a 10-month Leverhulme Trust’s sponsored
project ‘Tense-Aspect Development in L2 French’.
This specialized thematic conference will mark its end and disseminates its
findings. It will also bring together researchers who work worldwide in the
areas of tense, aspect and mood acquisition in either first or second
language acquisition. Although the organizing team has been working on L2
French only, the conference is by no means restricted to French, and papers
about other languages – and especially less studied ones – are most welcome!
No theoretical background will be privileged so that diverse and even
conflicting theories, approaches and backgrounds may lead to fruitful
discussions.
The conference is open to renowned experts and established scholars, but
also to young researchers and PhD students. Our aim is to create a synergy
between experience and established research on the one hand, and enthusiasm
and fresh ideas on the other so that our field as a whole benefits.
Anonymous abstracts in English or French should be sent to
[log in to unmask] by 15th October 2007. Notifications of acceptance will
be sent mid-November.
It is hoped to publish a selection of peer-reviewed articles in Cahiers
Chronos (Rodopi) that has expressed an interest in the project.
Organising Committee: Emmanuelle Labeau, Christine Bozier & Inès Saddour
Scientific Committee: Christine Bozier (Aston / Lund), Alex Housen (VUB,
Brussel), Martin Howard (Cork) , Emmanuelle Labeau (Aston), Florence Myles
(Newcastle), Clive Perdue (Paris 8), Rafael Salaberry (Austin), Suzanne
Schlyter (Lund), Daniel Véronique (Aix).
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