The proceedings of GALA are an invaluable reference for those interested in Language Acquisition, Language Development and Child Language.
Ana Castro is a Professor in the Speech Therapy Department of Instituto Polit├йcnico de Set├║bal, where she lectures in Linguistics. She obtained her doctoral degree from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Universit├й Paris VIII in 2006. Her research interests include language acquisition and syntax.
Maria Lobo is a Professor in the Linguistics Department of FCSH/Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She obtained her doctoral degree at Universidade Nova de Lisboa in 2003. She develops research on theoretical syntax and language acquisition.
Fernanda Pratas is a post-doctoral researcher at Centro de Lingu├нstica da Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She obtained her doctoral degree in 2007 from Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Her research interests include creole studies, theoretical syntax and language acquisition.