The Hispanic Linguistics Symposium focuses on all aspects of Hispanic linguistics, including not only Spanish but also Portuguese and other Peninsular and/or contact varieties of the Americas. Invited Speakers.David Heap, The University of Western OntarioConxita Lleó, Universität HamburgPieter Muysken, Radboud University NijmegenBill VanPatten, University of Illinois at ChicagoLydia White, McGill UniversityKaren Zagona, University of WashingtonPapers are invited on original and unpublished research on all aspects in the domains of theoretical linguistics, sociolinguistics, and language acquisition of Spanish, Portuguese or other Iberian languages, including:Acquisition of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, and the lexiconAcquisition of discourse and pragmaticsDifferences and similarities between L1, L2 and bilingual acquisitionNormal and impaired acquisitionAcquisition in language contact situationsFirst and second language attrition and lossAcquisition in language contact situationsClassroom second language acquisitionSyntaxMorphologyPhonologySemanticsDiscoursePragmaticsSubmission Guidelines- Abstract deadline: March 15th , 2006.- Abstracts must be at most one page long on a letter-size sheet (8'''1/2 by 11''') with one-inch margins and typed in at least 12-point font. An optional second page is permitted for data and references. Abstracts must be anonymous.Submissions are limited to 1 individual and one joint abstract per author or two joint abstracts per author.Abstracts must be submitted as a PDF file and sent as an attachment to the following e-mail address: hispling@uwo.ca
