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Papers are invited for oral and poster presentations in the area of the acquisition of Romance languages. All topics in the fields of (typical and impaired) first, second, and bilingual language acquisition from a generative perspective will be considered. This edition is open to proposals on syntax and phonology.  Presentations will be 30 minutes long, followed by 15 minutes for discussion, and will be in English.

Authors are invited to send one copy of an abstract in English for review. Abstracts must be at most one page long on an A4 or 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.

Abstracts should be submitted via e-mail as a PDF attachment to the following address: romanceturnV@fcsh.unl.pt

Please name your pdf file with the first author’s surname (e.g., Saussure.pdf), use 'RT5 Abstract' in the Subject header and include the information in (1) - (7), which should constitute the body of the message.

      1. Name(s) of author(s)

      2. Title of talk

      3. Language acquisition context (L1, L2, etc.) and targeted language

      4. Affiliation(s)

      5. E-mail address(es)

      6. Fax number of first author

      7. Postal address of first author

Please also indicate whether you’d like your abstract to be considered for oral or poster presentation, or either. Authors may submit up to two abstracts, one individual and one joint (or two joint).

Deadline for receipt of abstracts: 1 March 2012. Authors will be notified of acceptance by 1 May 2012.

Organizing committee: Ana Castro,  João Costa, Alexandra Fiéis, Maria Lobo,  João Loureiro, Ana Madeira, Carolina Silva (FCSH-UNL), Silvana Abalada, Maria  João Freitas, Ana Lúcia Santos (CLUL-UL).