BUCLD 51
Acquiring Rules
Beginning with BUCLD 51, the conference will feature a new annual special topic selected by the invited plenary speaker, who also joins the organizing committee as a visiting faculty advisor.
This inaugural topic focuses on how children acquire rules and generalizations across phonology, morphology, syntax, variation, and their interfaces — from any theoretical perspective.
We welcome contributions addressing how children acquire and represent linguistic structure. Both abstracts and symposia may be submitted in relation to this topic.
BUCLD has long partnered with the Society for Language Development (SLD) by hosting their yearly symposium on the first day of the conference. The SLD annual symposium will be held from 1:00-6:00 PM on Thursday, November 5th, 2026.
This year, SLD presents the symposium titled “The evolution of language: biological, social, and cultural precursor”, with talks by Tecumseh Fitch, Robert Seyfarth, and Catherine Hobaiter.
More information about SLD can be found on their website: SLD
Questions? Email: langconf@bu.edu
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