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Call for Papers Multidisciplinary Approaches to Child and Adult Language Acquisition 4-5 th October, 2018 [ https://sites.psu.edu/languageacquisition | https://sites.psu.edu/languageacquisition ] Jointly hosted by the [ http://language.la.psu.edu/ | Center for Language Acquisition ] and the [ http://cls.psu.edu/ | Center for Language Science ] The Pennsylvania State University We are pleased to announce a symposium on Multidisciplinary Approaches to Child and Adult Language Acquisition , jointly hosted by the Center for Language Acquisition and the Center for Language Science at The Pennsylvania State University. We have invited six international speakers to highlight this theme with us from a variety of perspectives, including theoretical foundations, first and second language acquisition, bilingualism, cognition, psycholinguistics, and instructed/classroom-based learning. We invite submissions for posters presentations to take place on the afternoon of Thursday, October 4 th , 2018 . While all submissions on the topic of multidisciplinary language acquisition will be considered, particularly welcome are contributions with an emphasis on bilingualism, cognition, psycholinguistics, and instructed/classroom-based learning. The symposium will take place from 9am to 6.30pm on Friday, October 5, 2018 at the Nittany Lion Inn at University Park campus. Invited speakers Adele Goldberg, Princeton University, USA Kim McDonough , Concordia University, Canada Leah Roberts , University of York, UK Natasha Tokowicz , University of Pittsburgh, USA Sharon Unsworth , Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands Nina Vyatkina , University of Kansas, USA Key dates 1 st July 2018: abstract submission deadline August 2018: notification of acceptance 1 st July 2018: registration starts 4-5 October 2018: symposium Poster abstract submission policy Poster proposals should not have been previously published. More than one abstract per author can be submitted. Abstracts should not exceed 300 words (excluding title and optional references). To submit an abstract, please visit: [ https://sites.psu.edu/languageacquisition | https://sites.psu.edu/languageacquisition ] Organizing committee Kevin McManus (Center for Language Acquisition), Janet van Hell (Center for Language Science), Carrie Jackson (Center for Language Science) Contact If you have any questions or comments, please contact us at [ mailto:[log in to unmask] | [log in to unmask] ] -- Kevin McManus Watz Early Career Professor in Language and Linguistics Associate Director, Center for Language Acquisition Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Linguistics The Pennsylvania State University [ http://aplng.la.psu.edu/people/kzm197 | http://aplng.la.psu.edu/people/kzm197 ] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the AFLS-NEWS list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=AFLS-NEWS&A=1