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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 6d

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...

International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 8d

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-...

International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 13d

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)

Interview with Dr. Elena Lieven

International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 15d

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...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 20d

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?...

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…

Interview with Dr. Rowena Garcia

International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 22d

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?...

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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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 27d

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...

Interview with Dr. Fred Genesee

International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 29d

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?...

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…

International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Sep 4

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/

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Sep 2

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

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Aug 28

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...

International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Aug 26

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

International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Aug 21

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

Interview with Dr. Annick De Houwer

International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Aug 19

Recently, our Media Coordinator sat down w/ Dr. Annick De Houwer, Emeritus Prof. at the Uni. of Erfurt in Germany & immediate past President of the IASCL to talk about her research, work as HaBilNet Director, & IASCL's role in supporting early career researchers

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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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Aug 14

When we sat down to talk with Dr. Celia Rosemberg, she told us about the challenges of fieldwork in child language research. Listen for yourself here: youtu.be/6ZlfJ_lmw1c?...

Interview with Dr. Celia Rosemberg

IASCL Media Coordinator Dr. Katie Von Holzen interviewed Dr. Celia Rosemberg, Principal Researcher at the Research Council of Argentina (CONICET, Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y…

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Aug 12

Do you know of any video-, podcast-, or written interviews with child language researchers? The IASCL collects such interviews, whether from our own YouTube channel, past Bulletin issues, or external interviews www.childlanguage.org/interviews. Send your suggestions to [email protected]

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Aug 7

Did you know that the IASCL maintains a list of videos of children talking? Want to use more real-world examples in your next child language course or have your own go-to videos that other #childlanguage researchers would benefit from? Then check it out: www.childlanguage.org/resources-fo...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Aug 5

The Acquisition Sketch Project is on summer break (returning with new session in September!). But did you know that you can view all of their seminars online? Check it out! acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/support/semi...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Jul 31

Last call for contributions to the IASCL Child Language Bulletin! Send your book/thesis announcements, workshop/conference advertisements or other interesting pieces of information for #childlanguage researchers to editor Angel Chan by Aug 4th ([email protected]).

International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Jul 29

New Ways of Analysing Variation is next week at Nanyang Technological University (Singapore). This conference aims to celebrate the linguistic diversity & constant evolution of the languages of the multilingual-multicultural Asia Pacific contexts. Check out how here: www.ntu.edu.sg/nie/new-ways...

International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Jul 24

Next week, researchers will travel to UCL's Centre for Inclusive Education for the London International Conference on Inclusive Education. Read more about the conference and check out the program here: www.licie.co.uk

International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · Jul 23

July 31st is the next LangVIEW seminar, "The Acquisition of questions in Tashlhiyt Berber: Behavioral and Corpus Studies " with Imane Bou-Saboun at 6:00 PM IST / 2:30 PM CEST / 8:00 AM EDT. Join here: hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/66768218904