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In the last Child Language Bulletin (www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin) Annick De Houwer looked back at HaBilNet3, which welcomed over 70 junior & senior participants to Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain to discuss language-related well-being in bilinguals. Sounds like it was a stimulating workshop!
November 27, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In the last Child Language Bulletin (www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin) Annick De Houwer looked back at HaBilNet3, which welcomed over 70 junior & senior participants to Donostia/San Sebastián, Spain to discuss language-related well-being in bilinguals. Sounds like it was a stimulating workshop!
In the Child Language Bulletin www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin, you can find summaries of new books with the titles:
- The Acquisition of Celtic Langs
- Comm. Interventions w/ Deaf People
- Topics in Clinical Ling. & Edu. Implications
- Repeating Nonwords as a Testing Method for Bil. Children
- The Acquisition of Celtic Langs
- Comm. Interventions w/ Deaf People
- Topics in Clinical Ling. & Edu. Implications
- Repeating Nonwords as a Testing Method for Bil. Children
November 25, 2025 at 8:00 AM
In the Child Language Bulletin www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin, you can find summaries of new books with the titles:
- The Acquisition of Celtic Langs
- Comm. Interventions w/ Deaf People
- Topics in Clinical Ling. & Edu. Implications
- Repeating Nonwords as a Testing Method for Bil. Children
- The Acquisition of Celtic Langs
- Comm. Interventions w/ Deaf People
- Topics in Clinical Ling. & Edu. Implications
- Repeating Nonwords as a Testing Method for Bil. Children
In the latest Child Language Bulletin, our Media Coordinator (moi!) reviews 2025 so far, including the interviews she's conducted with child language researchers & putting together a Zotero library on the acquisition of underrepresented languages. Read more here: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin
November 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
In the latest Child Language Bulletin, our Media Coordinator (moi!) reviews 2025 so far, including the interviews she's conducted with child language researchers & putting together a Zotero library on the acquisition of underrepresented languages. Read more here: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin
The IASCL Nominating & Appointing Committee invites IASCL Members to submit nominations for the IASCL Officer positions of President, Vice President, and Treasurer (term: 2027-2030). Details on how to nominate Officers can be found on the IASCL's website: www.childlanguage.org/officers/#No...
November 18, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The IASCL Nominating & Appointing Committee invites IASCL Members to submit nominations for the IASCL Officer positions of President, Vice President, and Treasurer (term: 2027-2030). Details on how to nominate Officers can be found on the IASCL's website: www.childlanguage.org/officers/#No...
The latest Child Language Bulletin (www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin), Organizing Committee Chair of IASCL 2027, Felipe Venâncio Barbosa, gives us a first glimpse of our next IASCL Congress, which will be held in São Paulo, Brazil. Be sure to bookmark the Congress website! iascl2027.fflch.usp.br
November 13, 2025 at 8:01 AM
The latest Child Language Bulletin (www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin), Organizing Committee Chair of IASCL 2027, Felipe Venâncio Barbosa, gives us a first glimpse of our next IASCL Congress, which will be held in São Paulo, Brazil. Be sure to bookmark the Congress website! iascl2027.fflch.usp.br
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 ([email protected]) 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 ([email protected]) 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...
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...
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...
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