Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition

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1. Proceedings of GALA 2007 to be published
2. Photos of GALA 2007 and information on GALAs 2009 + 2011

Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition (GALA) wishes to bring together researchers on first and second language acquisition, bilingual acquisition, language pathology, the acquisition of sign language, and brain imaging research for acquisition and pathology within a generative framework. GALA has been previously held in Durham (1993), Groningen (1995), Edinburgh (1997), Potsdam (1999), Palmela (2001), Utrecht (2003) and Siena (2005).

Invited speakers

• Adriana Belletti (Università degli Studi di Siena)
• Naama Friedmann (Tel Aviv University)
• Marina Nespor (Università di Ferrara)
• Josef Perner (Universität Salzburg)
• Ken Wexler (MIT)

Two workshops will be held.

The day before Gala 2007, a Workshop on Tools for Phonological Databases: FreP, Phon and PhonBank conducted by Yvan Rose, Marina Vigário, and Sónia Frota, will be held in Barcelona.

Shortly after GALA 2007, Eurosla 2007 will be held, between the 11th and the 14th of
September, in Newcastle.

We acknowledge Henry Markram and collaborators, École Polytéchnique Fédérale de Lausanne, for allowing the use of The Blue Forest in the poster and webpage of GALA 2007.