Society for Language Development

Annual Society Symposium

The Society for Language Development announces this year's Symposium

Connections between written language and spoken language

Invited Speakers:

Reading: Universals and writing system constraints

Charles Perfetti (University of Pittsburgh)

Learning to read and write an alphabet

Rebecca Treiman (Washington University)

The deep interdependence of reading and spoken language

Mark Seidenberg (University of Wisconsin)

Thursday, November 3, 2011, 1:00-5:00 pm

George Sherman Union
Boston University

Reception to follow the symposium, 5:00-6:00 pm

To pre-register for the symposium, as well as the BU Conference on Language Development, go to http://www.bu.edu/bucld/conference-info/registration/

BUCLD home page: http://www.bu.edu/bucld/

The cost of registration for the symposium is $20 for members, $10 for student members; $50 for non-members, $25 for student non-members

Sponsored by: Taylor & Francis;
Dept of Brain & Cognitive Sciences, University of Rochester;
Dept of Psychology, University of Chicago;
Cognitive Science Program, University of Arizona;
Language and Communication Sciences Program, University of Pennsylvania;
Dept of Cognitive Science, Johns Hopkins University;
BU Conference on Language Development, Boston University;
and others