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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Deadline extended! Due to numerous requests from our international community, we are pleased to announce that the deadline for abstract and symposium submissions to IASCL 2027 has been extended to October 18, 2026. Details and submission here: iascl2027.fflch.usp.br

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

#IASCL2027 will be held jointly with the 5th Symposium Sign Language and Cognition (V Lisco). This is a great opportunity for child language researchers to learn more about sign language! Abstracts for #IASCL2027 due Sept. 30th: iascl2027.fflch.usp.br youtu.be/wOjBLHuKjC0?...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

Don't forget to send in your abstracts for #IASCL2027 in São Paolo, Brazil! Submissions are due September 30th, more information on the conference website: iascl2027.fflch.usp.br/call-papers-...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

In our interview, Dr. Felipe Venâncio Barbosa tells us about the theme for #IASCL2027: "Language Acquisition Beyond Borders and Modalities: Exploring Diversity". Don't forget to submit your abstracts by Sept 30th: iascl2027.fflch.usp.br youtu.be/wOjBLHuKjC0?...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We recently interviewed Dr. Felipe Venâncio Barbosa, associate professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of São Paulo, Brazil and the Organizing Committee Chair of #IASCL2027. Don't forget to submit your abstracts by Sept 30th: iascl2027.fflch.usp.br youtu.be/wOjBLHuKjC0

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

We recently interviewed Dr. Rebecca Defina, a DECRA research fellow at the University of Melbourne, School of Languages and Linguistics, who received a commendation for IASCL's 2024 Early Career Award. Check out the interview here: youtu.be/dSXVf-IiHyA?...

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Interview with Dr. Rebecca Defina

IASCL Media Coordinator Dr. Katie Von Holzen interviewed Dr. Rebecca Defina, a DECRA research fellow at the University of Melbourne, School of Languages and Linguistics. They talked about fieldwork,…

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

On September 9th, Alexandra Vella and team will present "An in-progress look at the Maltese Acquisition Sketch”. Zoom link and more info, times, and how to join here: acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/support/semi...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

The latest Child Language Bulletin from the IASCL is now available! Read up on the latest updates in our association, upcoming conferences (including #IASCL2027!!!), and new resources available to child language researchers. Enjoy! www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We recently interviewed Dr. Megan Gross, an Associate Professor in the department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who received a commendation for IASCL's 2024 Early Career Award. Check out the interview here: youtu.be/bQRrpAswqDA?...

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Interview with Dr. Megan Gross

IASCL Media Coordinator Dr. Katie Von Holzen interviewed Dr. Megan Gross, an Associate Professor in the department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Massachusetts…

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

In our Interview series, we asked Elena Lieven about the establishment of the IASCL's Roger Brown Award, conferred every three years to outstanding researchers and leaders in the field of child language. Who will the award go to next? Be there at #IASCL2027 and find out! youtu.be/sXwfJLnwJsM?...

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Interview with Dr. Elena Lieven

IASCL Media Coordinator Dr. Katie Von Holzen interviewed Dr. Elena Lieven, Emeritus Professor at the University of Manchester. They talked about how she came to study psychology and language…

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

With Phon 4, researchers can look forward to a revolution: inter-operability between Phon, CLAN and Praat. Yvan Rose, Gregory Hedlund, and Brian MacWhinney describe this, plus PhonBank integration and new datasets in the latest Child Language Bulletin: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

Janet Bang announces the addition of 2 new CHILDES Corpora in the latest issue of the Child Language Bulletin (www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin), both looking at families speaking English or Spanish in daylong recordings. Check it out!

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

Editors of the Trends in Language Acquisition Research (TiLAR) series, Shanley Allen &Evan Kidd, have two new volumes to announce (benjamins.com/catalog/tilar): - Usage-based Perspectives on Language and Language Acquisition: In honour of Heiki Behrens - Acquisition of Korean: The state of the art

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

On August 12th, Asifa Sultana and team will present "An in-progress look at the Bangla Acquisition Sketch”. Zoom link and more info, times, and how to join here: acquisition-sketch.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/support/semi...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Final call to send your contributions to the IASCL's Child Language Bulletin by August 8th! Send your conference reports, calls, CHILDES corpora, book/thesis announcements, surveys, or anything you think other child language researchers might find interesting to editor.iascl.clbulletin@gmail.com.

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

2025 was a very successful year for the Global TALES network, including new members, 2 new PhDs, and the first Global TALES network symposium. Read about all of these achievements in the latest Child Language Bulletin: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

Following the vote of the IASCL Executive Board, the IASCL is pleased to announce the 2027-2030 IASCL Officers (www.childlanguage.org/officers#off...). Congratulations to: - President: Aylin Küntay (Turkey) - Vice-President: Mele Taumoepeau (New Zealand) - Treasurer: Gary Morgan (Spain) (2ndTerm)

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

In a little over a year, we'll see you in Sao Paolo, Brazil for the XVIIth Intl Congress for the Study of Child Language! In the latest Child Language Bulletin, Felipe Venâncio Barbosa (Organizing Committee Chair of IASCL 2027) gives us a first peek at plans (www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin ).

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Congratulations to Brian MacWhinney, IASCL Assistant Secretary, on receiving the Yuen Ren Chao Prize in Language Science (Lifetime Achievement Award). Read more about Brian on our website: www.childlanguage.org/brian-macwhi...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

Still looking for your summer read? Look no further than the "First Language Acquisition in Finno-Ugric Languages", part the of TiLAR (Trends in Language Acquisition Research) Language Overviews. Details in the latest Child Language Bulletin: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

The abstract submission portal for #IASCL2027 in São Paolo, Brazil is now open! Submissions are due September 30th, more information on the conference website: iascl2027.fflch.usp.br/call-papers-...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

The call is now open for contributions to the IASCL's Child Language Bulletin. Send your conference reports, calls, CHILDES corpora, book/thesis announcements, surveys, or other information that child language researchers might find interesting to editor.iascl.clbulletin@gmail.com by August 8th!

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

As excitement for IASCL 2027 builds, we are looking even further into 2030. Aliya Morgenstern, Vice President of the IASCL, invites you to reach out to her if you are interested in hosting IASCL 2030. Details in the latest issue of the Child Language Bulletin: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Eva Huber (An in-progress look at the Batangas Tagalog Acquisition Sketch) & Natalia Gagarina (Using MAIN to add a narrative component to your Sketch) present at the Acquisition Sketch Project Meeting July 8th: Berlin 9 am Melbourne 5 pm LA midnight (end July 7) uni-kl-de.zoom-x.de/j/6872455288...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

Child language researchers have a tough choice next week: attend the Child Language Symposium 2026 at the University College London (www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2...) or The International Congress of Infant Studies in Panama City (infantstudies.org/2026-panama-...)? Either way, a guaranteed good time!

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Ryan Paulů & Katie Von Holzen describe the additions to IASCL's Repository for Child Language Research in Underrepresented Languages in the latest Child Language Bulletin (www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin). Tutorials are now online & we've already collected 101 papers on 95 different languages!

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Next week sees the Speech Pathology Australia Conference (SPA) 2026 on the Gold Coast in Australia from June 25-27 (www.speechpathologyaustralia.org.au/Public/Publi...) and the International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA2026) at the University of Alberta from June 26-29 (icca2026.org).

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 10/06/2026

Next week, the Uni of Reading hosts biling. & L2 researchers for the 6th Intl Symp. on Bilingual & L2 Processing in Adults & Children (ISBPAC; isbpac.info) while Ulster Uni hosts L1 acquisition researchers at the UK Workshop on Generative Lang Acquisition (UK-WGLA; blogs.ulster.ac.uk/language/wgla/)

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

On June 10, Dorjderem Byambasuren will present "An in-progress look at the Mongolian Tagalog Acquisition Sketch” at 1 am (Mexico City), 9 am (Berlin), and 5 pm (Melbourne): anu.zoom.us/j/8637217415...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

The Uni of Torino, Italy will host the 16th CLASTA Conference (Communication and Language Acquisition, Studies in Typical & Atypical populations) on June 5-6, with Italian researchers in the field of communication & lang dev in populations w/typical & atypical dev. www.clasta.org/en/clasta-da...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Next week from May 27-29, researchers examining Slavic languages from a psycholinguistic perspective will meet at the University of Zadar in Croatia for the Psycholinguistics of Slavic Languages (PsychoSlav) Conference. Check out the program here: conference.unizd.hr/psychoslav20...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

6 months ago, the 50th Boston Uni Conference on Lang Dev took place. 400 researchers from around the world took part, which included a keynote from Dr. Jean Berko Gleason. Read Amy Lieberman's report of the conference in the latest Child Language Bulletin: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

On May 13/14, Abdellah Elouatiq will present "An in-progress look at the Berber Acquisition Sketch” at 9 am May 13 (Mexico City), 5 pm May 13 (Berlin), and 1 am May 14 (Melbourne): anu.zoom.us/j/8637217415...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

St. John's University (Queens, NY, USA) will host the BRIDGES Bilingualism Symposium next week from May 7 to 8th, with the goal of bringing together (or bridging, get it?!) research and application in the area of individual differences in bilingualism (www.bridgessymposium.org)

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 22/04/2026

Bilingualism researchers will meet next week in Milan, Italy, for the Bilingualism Matters Symposium 2026 (www.bilingualism-matters.org/events/bilin...). This year, it also features the Bimodal Bilingualism Special Session!

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 15/04/2026

Great conferences coming up next week for IASCL members! - Intl. Society for Autism Research (INSAR) 2026 (www.autism-insar.org/page/2026Ann...) - 4th Intl. Conf. "Prominence in Language" (sfb1252.uni-koeln.de/veranstaltun...) - Conf. about Bilingualism & DLD (BiSLI; bislizagreb2026.wordpress.com)

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

In the latest Child Language Bulletin (www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin) your Media Coordinator describes her dive into the past of IASCL, reconstructing lists of Executive Committee members and sourcing all Child Language Bulletins since 1989. They really were a treat to read though!

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

On Apr 8, Rowena Garcia will present "An in-progress look at the Manila Tagalog Acquisition Sketch” at 1 am (Mexico City), 9 am (Berlin), and 5 pm (Melbourne): anu.zoom.us/j/8637217415...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

The latest Child Language Bulletin announces the Exec. Committee members who will work on Congress Site Selection, the Early Career, Roger Brown, & Travel Awards, Nominating & Appointing new officers, & supporting Underrepresented Languages. Read more: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

In the latest of the IASCL's Child Language Bulletin, IASCL Pres. Shanley Allen highlights how IASCL is working to contribute to the infrastructure for research on underrepresented languages & plans for the 2027 IASCL Congress in Sao Paolo, Brazil. Read more: www.childlanguage.org/latestbulletin

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

What are the meaningful differences in the way children acquire language? Submit an abstract to the Many Paths to Language Conference (due May 14th) and be a part of the conversation! www.mpi.nl/events/many-...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

On March 11/12, Maria Bardaji will present "An in-progress look at the Totoli Acquisition Sketch” at 10 am March. 11 (Mexico City), 5 pm March. 11 (Berlin), 3 am March. 12 (Melbourne): anu.zoom.us/j/8637217415...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

We recently asked for members to send us professional associations around the world which are dedicated to child language. After sorting through the many responses, we've started an initial list on our website to provide as a resource for researchers: www.childlanguage.org/resources-fo...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

You can catch Dr. Juanita Bloomfield's LangVIEW presentation "Calling All Parents: Boosting Early Environments in the Developing World" on 26th February, Thursday, 2pm UYT/5 pm UTC/ 6pm CET/ (*27th February 2am JST). Join: keio-univ.zoom.us/j/8563443402...

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 17/02/2026

Our Media Coordinator recently interviewed Dr. Megan Gross, an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Dr. Gross was a recipient of a commendation for the IASCL Early Career Award. View the interview here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQRr...

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Interview with Dr. Megan Gross

IASCL Media Coordinator Dr. Katie Von Holzen interviewed Dr. Megan Gross, an Associate Professor in the department of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences at the University of Massachusetts…

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International Association for the Study of Child Language @iasclchildlang.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

The journal "Language Development Research" is now an official journal of the IASCL! LDR's intended audience is all researchers and professionals with an interest in language development and related fields. Read more on our website: www.childlanguage.org/ldr

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