Monthly Archives: May 2012

Political Season is here ….

Posted on May 31, 2012 by

Well, political campaigning is already well underway here in the US. Although not ‘on topic’, I thought a few examples of current posters might be of interest. To maintain our well-known balance, we include one poster that mentions Republicans, one … Continue reading →

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Raising Awareness of Language Learning Impairments Campaign

Posted on May 29, 2012 by

The Campaign ‘Raising Awareness of Language Learning Impairments’ (RALLI) has launched a Youtube channel. To view a selection of videos about the campaign, go here. Prof. Dorothy Bishop of Oxford University is one of the leading lights behind the campaign. … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, speech pathology

14th ICPLA Conference 2012 Update

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

14th Meeting of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association Dear Colleagues,   Firstly we would like to thank all delegates who have registered for the ICPLA Conference 2012 to be held in UCC, Cork 27th to 30th June 2012. … Continue reading →

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Science of Aphasia Conference 2012

Posted on May 22, 2012 by

This year, the Science of Aphasia conference (SOA 13) will be held in Groningen, the Netherlands. Attached you will find the programme. Early registrationfor this conference is available through June 15, 2012. Rates for early registrations are: Regular: €200 Student: … Continue reading →

Posted in Announcements, speech pathology

Update on LARSP 3

Posted on May 17, 2012 by

The development of a third collection of new languages for the LARSP (Language Assessment Remediation, Screening Procedure) has continued in recent weeks. Currently, we have firm or provisional agreements from researchers to develop LARSP profiles for the following languages: Danish, … Continue reading →

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Workshop on Locality and Directionality at the Morphosyntax-Phonology Interface

Posted on May 15, 2012 by

Workshop on Locality and Directionality at the Morphosyntax-Phonology Interface Call for papers October 12 – 14, 2012, Stanford University Workshop description Central to the study of the syntax-morphology-phonology interface is the question of their interconnectedness: how much access does each … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical Linguistics

Graduation Day!

Posted on May 12, 2012 by

As previewed in an earlier post, Holly Damico and Louise Keegan received their doctoral degrees today!  

Posted in Announcements, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Freelance Phonetics work possibility

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Catherine Sangster writes: “I’m now in a position to recruit somebody to assist with pronunciation editorial work on a freelance basis, so please circulate, and do get in touch if this is of interest. – I am keen to identify … Continue reading →

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Two Doctoral Students to Graduate from the ALSS program

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

At the next Graduation ceremony on May 12, two doctoral students from the Applied Language and Speech Sciences program at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette will be hooded and receive their Ph.D. degrees. The two are Louise Keegan and … Continue reading →

Posted in Clinical Linguistics, University of Louisiana at Lafayette

Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics 26: 6

Posted on May 1, 2012 by

Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics Volume 26, Number 6 (June 2012) Nonlinguistic cognitive treatment for bilingual children with primary language impairment Kerry Danahy Ebert, Jill Rentmeester-Disher, and Kathryn Kohnert Pp. 485-501. Intra-word inconsistency in apraxic Hebrew-speaking children Gila Tubul-Lavy Pp. 502-517. … Continue reading →

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