Call Deadline: November 14, 2006.

In addition to the invited talks, a small number of papers will be accepted for presentation at the conference. We invite submissions for thirty-minute talks (20 minutes for presentation + 10 minutes for questions) on research focusing on any of the three factors that enter into language growth, as alluded to in the conference description. Papers focusing on the third factor, that is, on how language independent principles can explain key properties of language, will receive a special attention. We also want to encourage submission by  scholars explicitly dealing with the genetics or biology of language. A representative (but not exhaustive) list of topics for potential papers include the following:

• The architectural constraints that determine and limit possible attainable languages (linguistic variation and evolution)
•  Language and language independent principles determining language growth (Language Acquisition)
• The role of efficient computation in the satisfaction of interface conditions
•  How language independent principles manifest themselves in the interface conditions.

   Submission guidelines:

Please submit a one-page anonymous abstract, 12 pt. font, single-line spacing, with an additional page for examples and references, to the Biolinguistic Investigations abstract committee at abstracts@biolinguistics.net. Use the author's name plus the word "abstract" as the subject of the message (i.e. SmithJAbstract would be a suitable subject-line for a message attaching an abstract by John Smith). Information about the author and its affiliation should be included in the body of the message.

      Important dates:   

Submission Deadline: November 14, 2006

Notification of acceptance: December 16, 2006

                                      Conference date: February 23-25, 2007.