VIII International Congress on Language Acquisition

Book of selected papers

Download PDF – 5 MB

It took place in Palma on 7, 8, and 9 September 2016.

Download the Congress Program (PDF)

The organizing committee was:

  • Chair: Eva Aguilar Mediavilla (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
  • Vice-chair: Daniel Adrover Roig (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
  • Secretary: Lucia Buil Legaz (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
  • Members
    • Ramon Bassa Martín (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
    • Pedro Guijarro Fuentes (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
    • Antoni Gomila Benajam (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
    • Maria Juan Garau (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
    • Raül López Panedés (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
    • Josep A Pérez Castelló (Universitat de les Illes Balears)
    • Víctor Alejandro Sánchez Azanza (Universitat de les Illes Balears)

The invited speakers were:

  • Dorothy Bishop, Oxford University. “Is SLI a language learning impairment?”
  • Elena Lieven, Max Planck & University of Liverpool. “Current research and emerging challenges in usage-based approaches to children’s language development”
  • Li Wei, University College of London. “Multiple Routes to Multilingualism: Conceptual and methodological considerations”

The scientific commitee was composed of:

  • Sandrine Aeby Daghé, Université de Genève
  • Ana Inés Ansaldo, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal; École d’orthophonie et audiologie of l’Université de Montréal
  • Mehmet-Ali Akinci, Université de Rouen
  • Llorenç Andreu Barrachina, Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
  • Melina Aparici Aznar, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona
  • Alejandra Auza Benavides, Hospital General Dr. Manuel Gea González; Universidad Autónoma de Querétaro
  • Rebeca Barriga Villanueva, El Colegio de México
  • Aurora Bel Gaya, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Laura Bosch Galcerán, Universitat de Barcelona
  • Jasone Cenoz Iragui, Euskal Herriko Unibetsitatea-Universidad del País Vasco
  • Montse Cortès Colomé, Universitat de Barcelona
  • Eliseo Díez Itza, Universidad de Oviedo
  • Mª José Ezeizabarrena Segurola, Universidad del País Vasco
  • Carlos Gallego López, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Miguel Angel Galeote Moreno, Universidad de Málaga
  • Itziar Idiazabal Gorrotxategi, Universidad del País Vasco
  • Donna Jackson-Maldonado, Universidad Autónoma de Queretaro
  • Juana M. Liceras, University of Ottawa
  • Conxita Lleó Pujol, Universität Hamburg
  • Susana López-Ornat, Universidad Complutense de Madrid
  • Verònica Martínez López, Universidad de Oviedo
  • Silvina Montrul, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Gary Morgan City, University London
  • Virginia Müller Gathercole, ESRC. Bangor
  • Miguel Pérez Pereira, Universidade de Santiago de Compostela
  • Pilar Prieto, Universitat Pompeu Fabra
  • Lucrecia Rallo Fabra, Universitat de les Illes Balears
  • Magda Rivero García, Universitat de Barcelona
  • Cecilia Rojas Nieto, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
  • Mónica Sanz Torrent, Universitat de Barcelona
  • Miquel Serra Raventós, Universitat de Barcelona
  • Elisabet Serrat Sellabona, Universitat de Girona

 

The abstracts of the conference were published in the book:

Aguilar-Mediavilla, E., Adrover-Roig, D., Buil Legaz, L. & López Penadés, R. (2016). Proceedings of the VIIIth Internacional Conference of Language Acquisition. Palma: FUEIB. A. Vic Worldwide | Download

Selected papers were published after a pair-review process in:

Aguilar-Mediavilla, E., Buil-Legaz, L., López-Penadés, R., Sanchez-Azanza, V. A., & Adrover-Roig, D. (2019). Atypical Language Development in Romance Languages. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company. https://doi.org/10.1075/z.223 Vic Worldwide | Download

Congress Pictures