40th Annual Conference on Human Sentence Processing (HSP 2027)

Dates: May 20-22, 2027

Location: Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana

Special Theme

Cognitive Mechanisms of Syntactic Change Throughout the Lifespan

Examining a variety of perspectives on how and why syntactic representations develop and change throughout the lifespan. Relevant topics may include age-related cognitive development in children and adults, changes in linguistic input characteristics (e.g. adapting to a new multilingual context), and changes resulting from experiment participation, written language exposure, classroom instruction, or clinical interventions.

Invited Speakers

Shanley Allen

Professor of Psycholinguistics and Language Development

RPTU University Kaiserslautern-Landau

Talk: Changes in syntactic representation driven by development and context: Insights from child and adult bilinguals

Carrie Jackson

Professor of German and Linguistics

Pennsylvania State University

Talk: How priming and prediction can (but don't always) support second-language learning

Jiyeon Lee

Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

Purdue University

Talk: Syntactic learning and recovery in aphasia

Evie Malaia

Associate Professor of Speech, Language, and Hearing Sciences

University of Alabama

Talk: Built early, kept late: Age of acquisition, aging, and the neural timescales of prediction in sign languages

Maria Polinsky

Distinguished Professor of Linguistics

University of Maryland

Talk: Title TBD

Organizing Committee

Elena E. Benedicto Purdue University

Yan Cong Purdue University

Alejandro Cuza Purdue University

Shaohua Fang Montclair State University

Elaine J. Francis Purdue University

Paris Gappmayr Purdue University

Daniel J. Olson Purdue University

Ronnie B. Wilbur Purdue University

Jingying Hu Purdue University Student Coordinator

Golsa Khodadadi Purdue University Student Coordinator

Important Dates

Reviewer sign-up deadline December 15, 2026

Abstract submission deadline January 15, 2027

Notification of acceptance March 1, 2027

Early registration deadline for reduced fee April 15, 2027

Regular registration deadline May 22, 2027

Travel grants application deadline April 15, 2027

Conference dates May 20-22, 2027

All submission and application deadlines are at 11:59 p.m. UTC-12 (Anywhere on Earth, AoE), unless otherwise noted.

Get in Touch

Questions about HSP 2027?

Please email us at hsp2027purdue@gmail.com.

Accessibility and Accommodations

HSP 2027 is committed to making the conference accessible to all participants. If you have specific accessibility needs or would like to discuss accommodations, please contact us at hsp2027purdue@gmail.com as early as possible.

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