Full Title: Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
Short Title: GASLA-10

Date: 13-Mar-2009 - 15-Mar-2009
Location: Urbana, IL, USA
Contact Person: Annie Tremblay
Meeting Email: gasla10@gmail.com
Web Site: http://netfiles.uiuc.edu/atrembla/gasla10

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition

Call Deadline: 01-Oct-2008

Meeting Description:

GASLA brings together researchers within theoretical linguistics (syntax,
semantics, phonology, morphology), second language acquisition, and
psycholinguistics to present state of the art work providing contemporary
insights into second language acquisition. The conference is devoted to
mentalist aspects of second language acquisition, such as the description of
nonnative grammars, similarities and differences between first and second
language acquisition, and sentence processing by nonnative speakers.
Theoretical
and empirical links between second language acquisition, bilingualism, and
language disorders are also emphasized.

Call for Papers

10th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference:
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, March 13-15, 2009
https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/atrembla/gasla10

Invited Speakers:
Alan Juffs, University of Pittsburgh
Roumyana Slabakova, University of Iowa
Antonella Sorace, University of Edinburgh

The 10th Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition Conference is
inviting abstract submissions for its meeting, to be held on March 13-15,
2009
at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Abstracts are solicited
for
20-minute oral presentations (plus 10 minutes for discussion) or poster
presentations. Abstract submission will be done online using a special web
interface (see https://netfiles.uiuc.edu/atrembla/gasla10 for details). Only
.pdf submissions will be accepted. The body of the abstract is limited to
500
words. Examples, figures, and references are limited to one additional page
per
submission. The abstract should be anonymous. Any non-standard fonts should
be
embedded in the .pdf file.

Sponsors:
Department of French
Department of Linguistics
Department of Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese
Division of English as an International Language
School of Literatures, Cultures, and Linguistics
Second Language Acquisition and Teacher Education Program

Organizing Committee:
Melissa Bowles
Tania Ionin
Silvina Montrul
Annie Tremblay

The deadline for abstract submissions is October 1, 2008.