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 Politécnico de Setúbal, where she lectures in Linguistics. She obtained her doctoral degree from Universidade Nova de Lisboa and Université 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 Linguística 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.