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The University of Colorado - Boulder (USA) is hosting the South Asian Forum on the Acquisition and Processing of Language from Nov 17 - 19th. For those interested in getting to know the linguistic landscape in the subcontinent, remote participation is possible! live-ucbdev-safal2025.pantheonsite.io
November 11, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The University of Colorado - Boulder (USA) is hosting the South Asian Forum on the Acquisition and Processing of Language from Nov 17 - 19th. For those interested in getting to know the linguistic landscape in the subcontinent, remote participation is possible! live-ucbdev-safal2025.pantheonsite.io
You can catch Sara Montazeri's LangVIEW presentation "Linguistic Environment of Persian-Learning Infants in Iran" on 13. Nov, 10am EST/3 pm UTC/ 4pm CET/ 8:30pm IST (*14. Nov 1am AEST/ 12am JST). Join: u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/8507482933...
November 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
You can catch Sara Montazeri's LangVIEW presentation "Linguistic Environment of Persian-Learning Infants in Iran" on 13. Nov, 10am EST/3 pm UTC/ 4pm CET/ 8:30pm IST (*14. Nov 1am AEST/ 12am JST). Join: u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/8507482933...
In the Bulletin (www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin), Pres. Shanley Allen describes IASCL's efforts to increase diversity, including our Library for Child Lang. Research in Underrep. Lang. (www.childlanguage.org/underrepresentedlanguagesrepository) & new TiLAR series (www.childlanguage.org/tilar)
November 6, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In the Bulletin (www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin), Pres. Shanley Allen describes IASCL's efforts to increase diversity, including our Library for Child Lang. Research in Underrep. Lang. (www.childlanguage.org/underrepresentedlanguagesrepository) & new TiLAR series (www.childlanguage.org/tilar)
On November 11/12th, Lucy Davidson will present "An in-progress look at the Murrinhpatha Acquisition Sketch”. More info, times, and how to join here: acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/support/semi...
November 4, 2025 at 8:01 AM
On November 11/12th, Lucy Davidson will present "An in-progress look at the Murrinhpatha Acquisition Sketch”. More info, times, and how to join here: acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/support/semi...
Language development researchers will be heading to Boston next week for the 50th annual BUCLD, from Nov 6-9. Featuring Jean Berko Gleason's keynote address & special events to commemorate this anniversary, its shaping up to be an inspiring conference & celebration! Read more here: www.bu.edu/bucld/
October 30, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Language development researchers will be heading to Boston next week for the 50th annual BUCLD, from Nov 6-9. Featuring Jean Berko Gleason's keynote address & special events to commemorate this anniversary, its shaping up to be an inspiring conference & celebration! Read more here: www.bu.edu/bucld/
Brian MacWhinney penned an update to the CHILDES & HomeBank projects in the latest issue of the IASCL's Child Language Bulletin, highlighting new corpora & the projects' specific aims. Keep up with the exciting changes with CHILDES by reading the latest Bulletin: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin
October 28, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Brian MacWhinney penned an update to the CHILDES & HomeBank projects in the latest issue of the IASCL's Child Language Bulletin, highlighting new corpora & the projects' specific aims. Keep up with the exciting changes with CHILDES by reading the latest Bulletin: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin
Want to be a part of the historic 50th annual Penn Linguistics Conference, to be held Feb 28 - March 1, 2026? Make sure to submit your abstract by the Nov 1st deadline. Read more here: sites.google.com/sas.upenn.ed...
October 23, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Want to be a part of the historic 50th annual Penn Linguistics Conference, to be held Feb 28 - March 1, 2026? Make sure to submit your abstract by the Nov 1st deadline. Read more here: sites.google.com/sas.upenn.ed...
Editors Shanley Allen & Evan Kidd announce the 1st volume of TiLAR Language Overviews: First Language Acquisition in Finno-Ugric Languages (benjamins.com/catalog/tila...), covering Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, & North Saami. Planned volumes include Korean, Greek, Spanish, Polish, & Czech.
October 21, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Editors Shanley Allen & Evan Kidd announce the 1st volume of TiLAR Language Overviews: First Language Acquisition in Finno-Ugric Languages (benjamins.com/catalog/tila...), covering Estonian, Finnish, Hungarian, & North Saami. Planned volumes include Korean, Greek, Spanish, Polish, & Czech.
Next week (Oct 22-24), researchers will meet in Paris, France for the 16th International Conference of Linguistic Research and Applications. If you can't make it to Paris, online attendance is free! Read more here: linguistic-society.com/event/lingui...
October 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Next week (Oct 22-24), researchers will meet in Paris, France for the 16th International Conference of Linguistic Research and Applications. If you can't make it to Paris, online attendance is free! Read more here: linguistic-society.com/event/lingui...
IASCL is collecting a list of national associations dedicated to child language research. If you know of such an association, please send us an email (iasclstaff@gmail.com) with a link to the digital presence of the association &/or the name and contact information of the person(s) responsible.
October 14, 2025 at 7:01 AM
IASCL is collecting a list of national associations dedicated to child language research. If you know of such an association, please send us an email (iasclstaff@gmail.com) with a link to the digital presence of the association &/or the name and contact information of the person(s) responsible.
In the latest Child Lang. Bulletin, we introduced IASCL's Repository of Research Papers on Underrepresented Languages, a resource designed for easy access and sharing of research on the acquisition of children learning underrepresented languages. Read more here: www.childlanguage.org/underreprese...
October 9, 2025 at 7:02 AM
In the latest Child Lang. Bulletin, we introduced IASCL's Repository of Research Papers on Underrepresented Languages, a resource designed for easy access and sharing of research on the acquisition of children learning underrepresented languages. Read more here: www.childlanguage.org/underreprese...
"To understand bilingualism, you have to start at the beginning" said Dr. Annick De Houwer in our recent interview. Check it out to learn more about her own "beginnings" to studying bilingual language acquisition: youtu.be/9UmLxkds5wM?...
Interview with Dr. Annick De Houwer
IASCL Media Coordinator Dr. Katie Von Holzen interviewed Dr. Annick De Houwer, Emeritus Professor at the University of Erfurt in Germany and the immediate past President of the Association. They…
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October 7, 2025 at 7:01 AM
"To understand bilingualism, you have to start at the beginning" said Dr. Annick De Houwer in our recent interview. Check it out to learn more about her own "beginnings" to studying bilingual language acquisition: youtu.be/9UmLxkds5wM?...
Next week, the Acquisition Sketch Project is back! On October 8th, Rebecca Defina will present "An in-progress look at the Pitjantjatjara Acquisition Sketch”. More info, times, and how to join here: acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/support/semi...
October 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Next week, the Acquisition Sketch Project is back! On October 8th, Rebecca Defina will present "An in-progress look at the Pitjantjatjara Acquisition Sketch”. More info, times, and how to join here: acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/support/semi...
Next week, researchers will gather at the Uni of Tartu (Estonia) for the MEDAL conference. It marks the end of a project focusing on diversity and innovation in empirical linguistics & on enhancing early-career language researchers' skills and international connections. medal.ut.ee/event/final-...
September 30, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Next week, researchers will gather at the Uni of Tartu (Estonia) for the MEDAL conference. It marks the end of a project focusing on diversity and innovation in empirical linguistics & on enhancing early-career language researchers' skills and international connections. medal.ut.ee/event/final-...
Don't forget to send in your abstracts by October 1st for:
- Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA) 2026 (molautism.org)
- The 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (gasla18.mmll.cam.ac.uk)
- Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA) 2026 (molautism.org)
- The 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (gasla18.mmll.cam.ac.uk)
September 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Don't forget to send in your abstracts by October 1st for:
- Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA) 2026 (molautism.org)
- The 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (gasla18.mmll.cam.ac.uk)
- Meeting on Language in Autism (MoLA) 2026 (molautism.org)
- The 18th Meeting of Generative Approaches to Second Language Acquisition (gasla18.mmll.cam.ac.uk)
On Thursday, researchers will head to Flagstaff, USA for the 2025 Second Language Research Forum, hosted by Northern Arizona University. SLRF will feature plenary speakers Dr. Douglas Biber and Dr. Masatoshi Sato. Read more about the program here: sites.google.com/nau.edu/slrf...
September 23, 2025 at 7:00 AM
On Thursday, researchers will head to Flagstaff, USA for the 2025 Second Language Research Forum, hosted by Northern Arizona University. SLRF will feature plenary speakers Dr. Douglas Biber and Dr. Masatoshi Sato. Read more about the program here: sites.google.com/nau.edu/slrf...
Dr. Elena Lieven had some interesting experiences both inside and outside of science which shaped her understanding of the role of input in language learning. She shared them with us in an interview: youtu.be/sXwfJLnwJsM?...
Interview with Dr. Elena Lieven
IASCL Media Coordinator Dr. Katie Von Holzen interviewed Dr. Elena Lieven, Emeritus Professor at the University of Manchester. They talked about how she came to study psychology and language…
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September 18, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Dr. Elena Lieven had some interesting experiences both inside and outside of science which shaped her understanding of the role of input in language learning. She shared them with us in an interview: youtu.be/sXwfJLnwJsM?...
Dr. Rowena Garcia feels a lot of gratitude for being able to conduct research in the Philipines and in Tagalog, telling us about it in our interview last year. What does it mean to you to be able to conduct child language research? youtu.be/XPfkguSLL9Q?...
Interview with Dr. Rowena Garcia
IASCL Media Coordinator Dr. Katie Von Holzen interviewed Dr. Rowena Garcia, a postdoctoral researcher at the Developmental Psycholinguistics group of the University of Potsdam. They talked about how…
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September 16, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Dr. Rowena Garcia feels a lot of gratitude for being able to conduct research in the Philipines and in Tagalog, telling us about it in our interview last year. What does it mean to you to be able to conduct child language research? youtu.be/XPfkguSLL9Q?...
LangVIEW is launching their next set of seminars. The first is Sept. 19th 4PM UTC / 9:30 PM IST / 6PM CET/ 12PM EST with Kanupriya Kale (UC Boulder) presenting "Overgeneralization errors in the acquisition of causative verbs by Marathi children". Join here: u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/8507482933...
September 11, 2025 at 7:01 AM
LangVIEW is launching their next set of seminars. The first is Sept. 19th 4PM UTC / 9:30 PM IST / 6PM CET/ 12PM EST with Kanupriya Kale (UC Boulder) presenting "Overgeneralization errors in the acquisition of causative verbs by Marathi children". Join here: u-tokyo-ac-jp.zoom.us/j/8507482933...
Dr. Fred Genesee was one of the recipients of the IASCL's 2024 Roger Brown Award, a highly prestigious award which honors outstanding researchers & leaders in the field of child language. In our interview, we asked him what it means to win the IASCL's Roger Brown Award: youtu.be/g2cBy5XgYTA?...
Interview with Dr. Fred Genesee
IASCL Media Coordinator Dr. Katie Von Holzen interviewed Dr. Fred Genesee, Professor Emeritus of the Psychology Department at McGill University. They talked about how he came to study psychology and…
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September 9, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Dr. Fred Genesee was one of the recipients of the IASCL's 2024 Roger Brown Award, a highly prestigious award which honors outstanding researchers & leaders in the field of child language. In our interview, we asked him what it means to win the IASCL's Roger Brown Award: youtu.be/g2cBy5XgYTA?...
Next week, the Child Language Symposium takes place at the University of Reading (UK) between Sept. 8 and 10. There will be all kinds of milestone celebrations, including 50 years of SLT and 60 years of Linguistics at the University of Reading. Enjoy!
research.reading.ac.uk/cls2025/
research.reading.ac.uk/cls2025/
September 4, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Next week, the Child Language Symposium takes place at the University of Reading (UK) between Sept. 8 and 10. There will be all kinds of milestone celebrations, including 50 years of SLT and 60 years of Linguistics at the University of Reading. Enjoy!
research.reading.ac.uk/cls2025/
research.reading.ac.uk/cls2025/
Among other topics, Vol. 45, Issue 2 includes a letter from our president, introduces a new child language research repository, & as usual an overview of all the upcoming child language conferences. Many thanks to our editor, Dr. Angel Chan! Take a look today! www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin
September 2, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Among other topics, Vol. 45, Issue 2 includes a letter from our president, introduces a new child language research repository, & as usual an overview of all the upcoming child language conferences. Many thanks to our editor, Dr. Angel Chan! Take a look today! www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin
Next week, Sevilla, Spain will host 2 conferences: the XI Conference of the Association for the Study of Language Acquisition (AEAL) & the III Conference of the Spanish-speaking Association for the Study of Specific Language Disorders (CHITEL). Read the program here: eventos.us.es/go/aealchite...
August 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Next week, Sevilla, Spain will host 2 conferences: the XI Conference of the Association for the Study of Language Acquisition (AEAL) & the III Conference of the Spanish-speaking Association for the Study of Specific Language Disorders (CHITEL). Read the program here: eventos.us.es/go/aealchite...
Submissions for the South Asian Forum on the Acquisition and Processing of Language (SAFAL) are due this Sunday, August 31st. SAFAL will take place between 17-19 November 2025 at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Read more here: live-ucbdev-safal2025.pantheonsite.io
August 26, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Submissions for the South Asian Forum on the Acquisition and Processing of Language (SAFAL) are due this Sunday, August 31st. SAFAL will take place between 17-19 November 2025 at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Read more here: live-ucbdev-safal2025.pantheonsite.io
Next week, researchers will meet in Malta Aug 24-28 for the 33rd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorder (IALP). Looks to be an exciting program paired with a beautiful location! ialpmalta2025.org
August 21, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Next week, researchers will meet in Malta Aug 24-28 for the 33rd World Congress of the International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorder (IALP). Looks to be an exciting program paired with a beautiful location! ialpmalta2025.org