Boston University Conference on Language Development 2017-2021

波士顿大学语言发展大会(BUCLD)将于2017年至2021年每年11月在波士顿大学举行。BUCLD是国际公认的语言习得和发展研究人员会议，包括第一和第二语言习得、语言障碍、双语和识字发展。如今，BUCLD已经是第42个年头了，它通过为学术成果的传播、合作的发起和发展以及专业网络提供一个主要场所来促进科学的进步。会议包括通过同行评议选出的大约190个专题演讲，以及受邀的主旨和全体演讲者、关于当前感兴趣的主题的两个专题讨论会、一个研究资助讲习班、一个学生和博士后学者专业化讲习班以及一个出版商展览。与会者有500多名来自世界各地的研究人员，从本科生到高级教职员工。整个会议期间提供了完整的ASL口译报道，会议记录在会议结束后不久就会公布。自1976年以来，波士顿大学的教职员工和学生一直在组织和运营这次会议；查尔斯·张博士、苏达·阿鲁纳查拉姆博士和保罗·哈格斯特罗姆博士领导了2017年会议的组织者团队。来自国家科学基金会的资金将支持教育，并通过补贴学生旅行，包括代表不足的少数族裔，以及会议的学生组织者、语言学和相关领域的研究生的时间，来支持教育，提高BUCLD的可及性、多样性和包容性。对学生旅行的支持将使学生的投稿--通常是评分最高的摘要投稿之一--能够在没有不必要的困难的情况下在会议上提交，并将增加学生在友好和互动的环境中接触该领域的顶级研究和研究人员的机会。此外，对学生组织者的支持将使北大继续在将学生培养为未来专业人员(包括本科生和女性)方面发挥重要作用。

The Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD) will be held at Boston University each November from 2017 through 2021. BUCLD is an internationally recognized meeting of researchers in language acquisition and development, including first and second language acquisition, language disorders, bilingualism, and literacy development. Now in its forty-second year, BUCLD promotes the progress of science by providing a major venue for dissemination of scholarly findings, for initiation and development of collaborations, and for professional networking. The conference consists of approximately 190 presentations selected through peer review, as well as invited keynote and plenary speakers, two symposia on topics of current interest, a research funding workshop, a professionalization workshop for students and postdoctoral scholars, and a publisher exhibit. Attendees number over 500 researchers from around the world, from undergraduates up through senior faculty. Full ASL interpreting coverage is provided throughout the conference, and conference proceedings are published soon after the conference. Since 1976, the faculty and students of Boston University have organized and run the conference; Dr. Charles Chang, Dr. Sudha Arunachalam, and Dr. Paul Hagstrom lead the team of organizers for the 2017 conference. Funding from the National Science Foundation will support education and enhance accessibility, diversity, and inclusion at BUCLD by subsidizing student travel, including that of underrepresented minorities, and the time of the student organizers of the conference, graduate students in Linguistics and allied fields. Support for student travel will allow student contributions, regularly among the highest-rated abstract submissions, to be presented at the conference without undue hardship and will increase the exposure of students to the top research and researchers in the field in a friendly and interactive environment. Furthermore, support for student organizers will allow BUCLD to continue to play an important role in training students as future professionals, including undergraduates and women.