23-26 October 2008
Department of languages, linguistics and translation
Laval University, Quebec, Canada

(Formerly, “The Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese as First and Second Languages” and “The Hispanic Linguistics Symposium”)

Invited speakers to date:
Joyce Bruhn de Garavito Western Ontario University
Katherine Demuth Brown University
Brenda Laca Université Paris 8
Esther Torrego University of massachusetts Boston

Call for Papers Abstract deadline: 15 March 2008.

Papers are invited regarding all aspects of Spanish, Portuguese or other Iberian languages, in domains such as theoretical linguistics, sociolinguistics, applications of technology to language analysis, first and second language acquisition, and language attrition and loss.

Submission Guidelines:
Abstracts can be written in English, Portuguese or Spanish, 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: HLS2008.Quebec@lli.ulaval.ca

Please use 'HLS2008 Abstract' in the Subject header and include the information in (1) - (6), which should constitute the body of the message. Please make sure that all fonts are embedded.

Author Information
1. Name(s) of author(s)
2. Title of talk
3. Area of specialization
4. Affiliation(s)
5. E-mail address(es)
6. Postal address(es)

For further information, you can contact the organizers at HLS2008.Quebec@lli.ulaval.ca

Claudia Borgonovo
Manuel Español-Echevarría
Philippe Prévost

Laval University
Dept. of languages, linguistics, and translation
Quebec, PQ G1K 7P4
Canada