HISPANIC LINGUISTICS SYMPOSIUM 2009
"The Hispanic Linguistics Symposium and the Conference on the Acquisition of Spanish and Portuguese as First and Second Languages”

October 21-24, 2009
Programa Graduado de Lingüística
Universidad de Puerto Rico, Río Piedras

Invited speakers to date:
Pilar Prieto: ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Ana T. Pérez Leroux: University of Toronto
Pedro Martín Butragueño: Colegio de México
John Lipski: Penn State University

Call for Papers

Abstract deadline: April 20, 2009
Papers are invited regarding all aspects of Spanish, Portuguese or other Iberian languages, in domains such as theoretical linguistics, sociolinguistics, applications of technology to language analysis, first and second language acquisition, and language attrition and loss.
Submission Guidelines: Abstracts can be written in Spanish, English, or Portuguese must be at most one page long on a 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.  Submissions are limited to one individual and one joint abstract per author or two joint abstracts per author. Abstracts must be submitted as a PDF file and sent as an attachment to the following e-mail address: hls2009@onelinkpr.net
Please use 'HLS2009 Abstract' in the Subject header and include the information: (1) name(s) of author(s), (2) title of talk, (3) area of specialization, (4) affiliation(s), (5) e-mail address(es), (6) postal address(es), which should constitute the body of the message. Please make sure that all fonts are embedded.
For further information, visit our website at: http://hls2009.uprrp.edu or you can contact the organizers at hls2009@onelinkpr.net

Luis A. Ortiz López

Patrick A. Mather

Rose M. Santiago

Carmen Hernández

Yolanda Rivera