Event - South Asian Forum on the Acquisition and Processing of Language (SAFAL) 2025
Dates: 17-19 November 2025
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·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Website: /conference/safal2025/
·ÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌýÌý Registration: Register for free to attend in person or receive a link to participate virtually: /conference/safal2025/registration-safal-conference
We invite you to participate in the 'South Asian Forum on the Acquisition and Processing of Language (SAFAL) 2025'. The conference will bring together researchers investigating South Asian languages to exchange ideas in different domains of psycholinguistic inquiry including language acquisition, language processing, multilingualism, and literacy development.
The meeting will be held in hybrid modality to allow for broad participation by students and researchers. Participants can attend remotely or in person at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ (USA) between 17-19 November 2025. Please for the conference if you wish to attend, there are no registration fees.
The conference includes six keynote lectures by prominent researchers on the topics of first language acquisition and processing, multilingualism, and literacy. In addition, two tutorial presentations on the documentation of child language in diverse communities and demystifying the publication process will be delivered by leading experts in the field.
The titles and abstracts of invited and submitted presentation as well as the schedule of talks can be found on the SAFAL conference website: /conference/safal2025/program-and-list-abstracts
Conference organizers:
Sudha Arunachalam, New York University
Albert Kim, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ
Bhuvana Narasimhan, Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ
If you have any questions, please contact the conference organizers at safal.boulder.2025@gmail.com
We gratefully acknowledge funding from the National Science Foundation as well as support from the Institute of Cognitive Science and the Linguistics Department at the Â鶹Ãâ·Ñ°æÏÂÔØ.