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We welcome abstracts that look at any level of linguistic representation (e.g. sounds, words, constructions, discourse).
We are soliciting papers in any of these areas:
Mechanisms of learning
- The role of variation in input
(speaker-related, language-related, context-related)
- The role of frequency, familiarity, size of units
- Extracting statistical regularities from input
- Cue detection and integration
Models of learning
Capturing linguistic knowledge (exemplar models, connectionist networks, Bayesian models, etc.)
Different paths in learning
- Individual differences
- Cross-linguistic differences
Abstracts should be no more than 500 words, with up to one additional page for examples and references. We are only soliciting abstracts for oral presentation.
Abstracts should be sent to clrf09@gmail.com as a pdf file, using the name of the first author as the file name (e.g. clark.pdf). Do not include any identifying details in the abstract itself (e.g. Name, Affiliation, etc). When submitting the abstract please include the following details in the body of the e-mail: Names of authors, Affiliation, Two topic keywords (e.g. individual differences, input frequency).
EXTENDED Submission deadline: January 4th, 2009
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