Official page of Boston University Conference on Language Development (BUCLD)
We are celebrating BUCLD 50! Join us and honor this milestone year.
November 6th-9th, 2025
11/21/2025
committee photo: welcome, thank you, and see you next year
After months of discussion and preparation, we finally had a moment to get together and enjoy a little celebration. We are looking forward to seeing you all next year at !
11/19/2025
Last few days to grab your merch!
Look at these designs! Mugs, shirts, totes, and more. If you missed any items during the conference, don’t worry: our official store is still open until Sunday, November 23rd, 2025.
Browse the merch here:
https://www.bonfire.com/store/bucld/
11/10/2025
Thank you all for participating in the . Photos and other exciting materials are on the way!
Since 1976, the Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development has been held for fifty years. It’s truly ANNUAL, just as the organizers of the first conference intended when they named it. We feel honored to meet many people who presented at — or even organized — our previous conferences this year, and we are equally excited to welcome many first time attendees. Without the contributions and support of our community over the past 50 years, none of this would have been possible.
So, this marks our first 50 years. With all of you, we look forward to the next 50 years.
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11/08/2025
We are pleased to welcome Duolingo as a sponsor of ! Thank you for supporting the research on linguistics and language development.
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11/08/2025
Slices of the past and present!
11/06/2025
Researchers on language development from around the world —
Welcome to the 50th Annual Boston University Conference on Language Development.
11/06/2025
Time flies — and so does our countdown, just like our 50 remarkable years.
Today, our committee members were walking around the George Sherman Union to make sure everything is ready. We can’t wait to see you all tomorrow!
Date: November 6th to 9th, 2025
Location: 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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11/04/2025
2 days away!
begins soon, and make sure you have completed your registration and checked the schedule. Inspiring talks and exciting discussions await you!
Date: November 6th to 9th, 2025
Location: 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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11/03/2025
Only 3 days to go — is almost here! We look forward to welcoming participants from around the world to explore language development!
Date: November 6th to 9th, 2025
Location: 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA
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11/03/2025
Congratulations to Nikita Ghodke (New York University), Núria Bosch Masip (University of Cambridge), and Yingyu Su (University of Southern California), our Student Travel Fellowship Awardees at !
The Student Travel Fellowship is meant to assist students who are interested in attending BUCLD by subsidizing their expenses for attending. This year’s award is particularly special — it is fully supported by our community. We can’t be more grateful to you for helping us sustain this tradition!
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11/01/2025
Meet I Meng Lin, a committee member at !
I Meng Lin is an MA student in the Linguistics Department at BU. He is interested in experimental phonetics and its interaction with semantics and pragmatics, especially in the suprasegmental features. His current work includes the prosodic effects of focus in Hangzhou Chinese. He is also interested in the sound changes across Chinese languages as well as the history of linguistics. We are proud to have him as part of our team!
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10/31/2025
Meet Teagan Seltzer, a committee member at !
Teagan Seltzer is a first-year Masters student in the Linguistics Department at Boston University. Her research interests are primarily in sociolinguistics, particularly with respect to dialect and gender variation. She is curious about the linguistic realization of gender through morphology and dialect in non-gendered languages, like English and Japanese. We really appreciate her work, which is crucial to this year’s conference!
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