We are pleased to announce the 17^th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition conference (GALA 2025) to be held in Tours, France, at the City of Creation and Innovation (MAME) on September 11-13, 2025.

Extended Deadline for Abstract Submission: 3 February 2025, 11.59 pm (GMT)

GALA is a biennial conference that brings together researchers from across Europe and overseas, providing a forum for discussion of recent, high-quality research on first and second language acquisition, bi/multilingual acquisition, heritage language acquisition, language pathology and language impairment, acquisition of sign language and brain imaging research for acquisition and pathology.

Previous editions of GALA were held in Durham (1993), Groningen (1995), Edinburgh (1997), Potsdam (1999), Palmela (2001), Utrecht (2003), Siena (2005), Barcelona (2007), Lisbon (2009), Thessaloniki (2011), Oldenburg (2013), Nantes (2015), Palma de Mallorca (2017), Milan (2019), Frankfurt (2022), and Lisbon (2024).

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