language acquisition language breakdown call papers language acquisition language breakdown 1st language aquisition sli aphasics may 2829 1999 utrecht university uil ots utrecht netherlands invited speakers harald clahsen university essex stephen crain university maryland college park yosef grodzinsky tel aviv university herman kolk university nijmegen christer platzack lund university call papers last twenty years significant amount research carried fields language acquisition language impairment regard former empirical theoretical research projects attempted characterize children linguistic competence various stages development towards adult competence field language impairment researchers attempted characterize speech production comprehension capacity patients specific linguistic disorders aphasic patients main goal research provide picture part human language capacity lost result specific brain damage characterize patients linguistic knowledge processing limitations terms contemporary linguistic theory similar approach characteristic recent studies children specific language impairment sli question research characterize linguistic terms deficit exhibited population comparison linguistic capacities populations recurrent theme many theoretical experimental studies interesting similarities normally developing children sli children aphasics comparison populations tell researchers anything new language acquisition language breakdown exactly lost aphasia knowledge language capacity implement knowledge normally developing children sli children posses relevant knowledge unable implement linguistic system different adult system differences impaired unimpaired language development attributed language acquisition language breakdown conference organized utrecht institute linguistics framework language use research program aims bringing together researchers whose work focuses comparison populations papers invited 30 minute presentations plus 10 min discussion papers must focus comparison language capacities two three populations normally developing children sli children people aphasia please send four copies two page anonymous abstract single space including examples references one copy name affiliation language acquisition language breakdown utrecht university uil ots trans 10 nl3512 jk utrecht netherlands please include also card name affiliation title abstract email mailing address telephone number materials must received february 1 1999 decisions regarding acceptance rejection announced march 10 1999 possibility students whose papers accepted presentation partially reimbursed travel expenses