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foNETiks
A network newsletter
for the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
May 2003
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Editors:
Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK <[log in to unmask]>
Gerry Docherty, University of Newcastle, UK <[log in to unmask]>
Paul Foulkes, University of York, UK <[log in to unmask]>
Lisa Lim, National University of Singapore <[log in to unmask]>
E-mail address:
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
[new ones marked ++]
[date of first appearance follows]
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11 - 12 June 2003. PaPI 2003: Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia. Lisbon,
Portugal.
http://www.fl.ul.pt/eventos/PaPI; <[log in to unmask]> (3/01)
19 - 21 June 2003. Theoretical and Experimental Neuropsychology (TENNET XIV).
Universit du Quebec, Montreal, Canada. http://www.tennet.ca; <[log in to unmask]>
(12/02)
27 June 2003. Speech Dynamics by Ear, Mouth, and Machine. Kyoto, Japan.
<[log in to unmask]> (2/03)
http://www.ieice.or.jp/iss/sp/jpn/sp-200306workshop.html
29 June - 2 July 2003. 2003 Annual Conference of the International Association
for Forensic Phonetics <http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/IAFP2003> (IAFP). Vienna,
Austria.
http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/IAFP2003.html; <[log in to unmask]> (4/03)
1 - 4 July 2003. Child Phonology Conference. UBC, Vancouver.
<[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]> (9/02; 12/02)
7 - 11 July 2003. Headhood, Contrastivity and Specification; and
Representations to Constraints and from Constraints to Representations.
Universite de Toulouse-Le Mirail, Toulouse, France. <[log in to unmask]>
(11/02)
++24 - 29 July 2003. The XVII International Congress of Linguists. Prague,
Czech Republic. http://www.cil17.org/ (6/03)
3 August 2003. Intonation in language varieties - AM approaches. Satellite
workshop at ICPhS2003 [see next entry]. Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona,
Spain.
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/lals/icphs/intonation_in_varieties.html (10/02)
3 - 9 August 2003. ICPhS2003: The 15th International Congress of Phonetic
Sciences. Barcelona, Spain. http://shylock.uab.es/icphs/ (8/01)
6 - 8 August 2003. 2nd International Conference on Speech, Writing and Context.
Osaka, Japan. http://www.kansaigaidai.ac.jp/teachers/toyota/ICSWC2.htm;
<[log in to unmask]> (12/02)
11 - 15 August 2003. Fourth World Congress on Fluency Disorders. Montreal,
Canada. http://www/ifacongress2003.com (5/02)
27 - 29 August 2003. Voice Quality: Functions, Analysis and Synthesis.
International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) Tutorial and Research
Workshop. University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland.
http://www.limsi.fr/VOQUAL/ (4/03)
28 - 31 August 2003. Error Handling in Spoken Dialogue Systems. ISCA
(International Speech Communication Association) Tutorial and Research Workshop.
Hotel Roc et Neige, Chateau-d'Oex-Vaud, Switzerland.
http://www.speech.kth.se/error/; <[log in to unmask]> (12/02)
1 - 4 September 2003. EUROSPEECH'2003: 8th European Conference on Speech
Communication and Technology. Geneva, Switzerland.
http://www.symporg.ch/eurospeech/ (8/01)
4 - 7 September 2003. AVSP 2003: Audio Visual Speech Processing. ISCA
(International Speech Communication Association) Tutorial and Research Workshop.
Satellite event of Eurospeech 2003 [see entry above]. St Jorioz, France.
http://www.icp.inpg.fr/AVSP03/; [log in to unmask]
<mailto:[log in to unmask]> (4/03)
5 - 8 September 2003. DiSS'03: Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech. Gothenburg,
Sweden. http://www.ling.gu.se/konferenser/diss03/ (12/02)
11 - 14 September 2003. 4th UK Language Variation and Change Conference.
University of Sheffield, UK.
http://www.shef.ac.uk/english/natcect/conferences/lvc/
<[log in to unmask]> (4/02)
8 - 10 October 2003. 2nd International Workshop on the Phonology and Morphology
of Creole Languages. University of Siegen, Germany.
http://www.uni-siegen.de/~engspra/workshop/ (11/02)
9 - 12 October 2003. NWAVE32: 32nd Annual Meeting on New Ways of Analyzing
Variation. Philadelphia, PA, USA. http://www.ling.upenn.edu/NWAVE (3/03)
16 - 18 October 2003. Hispanic Linguistics Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico,
USA. http://www.unm.edu/~davee/symposium.html; <[log in to unmask]> (2/03)
14 - 16 November 2003. 6th North West Centre for Linguistics Conference:
Prosody and Pragmatics. Preston, UK. http://www.nwcl.salford.ac.uk (3/03)
[log in to unmask] OR [log in to unmask]
8 - 10 December 2003. 6th International Seminar on Speech Production. Sydney,
Australia. http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/events/2003/issp2003;
http://www.maccs.mq.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/speechprodconf (10/02)
26 - 29 February 2004. ICPLA: 10th meeting of International Clinical Phonetics
& Linguistics Association. Lafayette, Louisiana.
<http://www.ucs.louisiana.edu/~mjb0372/ICPLA.html(3/03> )
11 - 13 March 2004. International Workshop in Phonetics dedicated to the
memory of Farkas Kempelen: Past, Present, Future. Budapest, Hungary.
http://www.nytud.hu/kempelen2004; <[log in to unmask]>; <[log in to unmask]>
(2/03)
23 - 26 March 2004. Speech Prosody 2004. Nara, Japan. <[log in to unmask]
ac.jp> (10/02)
29 - 30 March 2004. International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages -
with Emphasis on Tone Languages. Institute of Linguistics, Beijing, China.
<[log in to unmask]> (12/02)
31 May - 4 June 2004. 2004: A Speaker Odyssey. The Speaker and Language
Recognition Workshop. Toledo, Spain. http://www.odyssey04.org/ (4/03)
24 - 26 June 2004. 9th Conference on Laboratory Phonology
<http://www.linguistics.uiuc.edu/labphon9> (LabPhon 9): Change in Phonology.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, USA.
http://www.linguistics.uiuc.edu/labphon9/; <[log in to unmask]> (4/03)
9 - 11 September 2004. International Conference on Tone and Intonation.
Santorini, Greece.
http://www.let.kun.nl/tie; http://www.santorini-Image.gr/ (3/03
<http://www.santorini-Image.gr/(3/03> )
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CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
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6th NWCL International Conference (2nd announcement)
PROSODY AND PRAGMATICS
University of Central Lancashire (Preston)
14 -16 November 2003
Organised by
Anne Wichmann (University of Central Lancashire) & Diane Blakemore
(University of Salford)
Guest speakers:
Wallace Chafe, University of California, Santa Barbara
Carlos Gussenhoven, University of Nijmegen
Jill House, University College London
John Local, University of York
Deirdre Wilson, University College London
SECOND CALL FOR PAPERS
An important focus for research in prosody is currently its interface with
other domains, including discourse and pragmatics. At the same time,
research in pragmatics and discourse recognises a need to take account of
prosodic phenomena. In this way it has become possible to identify a set of
phenomena where research in pragmatics feeds into research in prosody and
vice versa - for example, focus and information structure, questions about
processing units and the identification of an utterance, the communication
of attitudes and emotions, constraints on implicatures. The aim of this
conference is to provide a forum in which researchers from prosody and
pragmatics can pool their research, and in this way contribute to a fuller
understanding of the role prosody plays in pragmatic interpretation.
We invite abstracts for papers (30 minutes + 10 minutes discussion). Papers
need not specifically address the interface between prosody and pragmatics,
but will be chosen for the inherent quality of the prosodic or pragmatic
analysis they offer and their potential to contribute to an understanding
of the relationship between the two.
A selection of papers from the conference will be published in a Special
Issue of The Journal of Pragmatics (eds. Anne Wichmann & Diane Blakemore)
Submission of abstracts:
Abstracts must conform to the following guidelines:
- abstracts must be sent in electronic form (Word, WP, RTF)
- abstracts must be no longer than 1 page (A4) and typed in a Times New
Roman (12pt) font
- abstracts must have the title of the paper centred at the top of the page
- the author's name, affiliation and title of the paper must be given on a
separate page (abstracts will be refereed anonymously)
EXTENDED DEADLINE
Abstracts must be sent to Anne Wichmann or Diane Blakemore (addresses
below) by Friday 20th June 2003. Acceptance will be notified by 11th July
2003.
Anne Wichmann: [log in to unmask]
Diane Blakemore: [log in to unmask]
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POSITIONS/STUDENTSHIPS VACANT
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POST-DOCTORAL POSITION
The Neurolinguistics Laboratory at the Department of Linguistics,
McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, is looking to fill a one-year
full-time Post-doctoral position, effective immediately. The
appointment can be extended, contingent on funding. Salary is
competitive, with benefits.
The ideal candidate will have done his/her Ph.D. work in neuroimaging
and/or linguistics, hence will have experience in functional imaging
(MEG, PET, fMRI) and at least more than basic knowledge of
linguistics. Work will involve the design, execution and analysis of
fMRI linguistic experiments at the sentence level, in neurologically
intact adults, and in brain-damaged patients. The Neurolinguistics
Laboratory is fully equipped for fMRI and aphasia experimentation, and
is currently funded by the Canada Foundation for Innovation and the
Canada Research Chairs fund. The laboratory is embedded within the
context of an active and lively linguistics department, with a
graduate program whose orientation is highly theoretical, as well as
the renowned Brain Imaging Centre at the Montreal Neurological
Institute, and the newly established Center for Research on Language,
Mind, and Brain.
For more information, please contact Yosef Grodzinsky at:
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Address for Applications:
Attn: Yosef Grodzinsky
1085 Dr. Penfield
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1A7
Canada
Position is open until filled.
Contact Information:
Yosef Grodzinsky
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: (514) 398-2980
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Haskins Laboratories, an interdisciplinary research laboratory
affiliated with Yale University and the University of Connecticut and
located in New Haven, CT, has a position for a post-doctoral level
researcher in speech. This work is supported by an NIH grant, ''Links
between production and perception in speech.'' The primary focus is
on our articulatory synthesis effort.
(See
http://www.haskins.yale.edu/haskins/MISC/ASY/ASY.html and
http://www.haskins.yale.edu/haskins/HEADS/ASY/INFO/CASY.html )
Previous research in articulatory synthesis is preferred, but
candidates with a background in speech production and/or acoustics
will also be considered. Programming experience (C, MATLAB) is highly
desired. Support is for a minimum of two years, with future years
dependent on performance and funding. The recipient of the position
must complete all requirements for the Ph.D.before beginning the job.
U. S. citizenship, green card, or eligibility for a J1 visa is
necessary. Please send a resume, names of three references, and a one
page description of current research to:
D. H. Whalen
Haskins Laboratories
270 Crown St.
New Haven, CT 06511
USA
Haskins Laboratories is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.
Address for Applications:
Attn: Doug Whalen
Haskins Laboratories
270 Crown St
New Haven, CT 06511
United States of America
Position is open until filled.
Contact Information:
Doug Whalen
Email: [log in to unmask]
Tel: 203-865-6163, ext. 234
Fax: 203-865-8963
Website: http://www.haskins.yale.edu/
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Applications are invited for a PhD studentship in Field Linguistics in the
Endangered Languages Academic Programme, SOAS, University of London.
Applicants should hold an MA degree in Linguistics from a UK university or
equivalent institution. Area of language specialisation is open but
preference will be given to students intending to work on an endangered
language of Africa or Asia.
The studentship will include full payment of fees and a maintenance bursary
of 9832 pounds sterling, renewable for a further two years.
The closing date for applications is 30th June 2003
For more details, and for an application form, please see the website
(www.hrelp.org), or contact Zara Pybus on +44 (0) 207 898 4578 or e-mail:
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Sony's Spoken Language Technology group in San Jose is looking for a
software engineer to assist in the development and evaluation of tools
and technologies related to speech recognition and speech synthesis.
The desirable candidate will possess the following skills, abilities
and experience:
- PhD or Masters in CS, EE, CompLing or closely related field
preferred or Bachelors with equivalent years experience required.
- Experience in HMM technology, such as HTK or Janus.
- Thorough knowledge of the Unix operating system.
- Extremely capable of designing and writing programs using various
languages, such as: C/C++, Perl, Python, Tcl/Tk
- Clear understanding of the fundamentals of acoustics, speech, signal
processing and linguistics.
- Good writing skills, as demonstrated by previously written technical
papers.
- Broad understanding of various components and issues related to
speech recognition and text-to-speech synthesis: phonetic
dictionary, phoneme generation, language modeling, run-time
recognizer search parameters, speech & text corpora, etc.
- A knowledge of the tools needed by researchers, developers and users
of speech technology.
- Knowledge of American English phonetics. Any knowledge of Mandarin
phonetics is a plus.
- Initiative to seek out solutions and work on your own with limited
supervision.
- Desire to produce quality work.
- Ability to work closely with a small team of engineers and
linguists, as well as overseas colleagues (both in Japan and in
Germany).
- Willingness to occasionally travel to support overseas collaboration
efforts.
To view Sony Electronics Privacy Policy visit:
www.sel.sony.com/SEL/legal/privacy.html
Address for Applications:
Attn: SJ Jobs
3300 Zanker Road MD#SJ1G2
San Jose, CA 95134-1901
United States of America
Position is open until filled.
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FOR YOUR INTEREST
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Dear FoNETiks list,
We are doing research on the acoustic and perceptual relationship of
speech sounds and drum sounds in North Indian tabla music. In this
tradition, spoken nonsense syllables are used to label drum sounds. This
way, players can communicate drum sequences either by playing them or by
speaking the associated syllables. We want to know if it's possible for
people who don't know Indian music to guess which syllable goes with
which drum sound.
We would like to invite anyone who is interested to try a web experiment
in which you match spoken syllables to drum sounds. This web experiment is
not being used to collect data for publication (we are doing a lab study
for that purpose). Rather, we are interested in the acoustic and
perceptual cues people use to make their decisions, and invite your
feedback on this issue (via a questionnaire at the end of the experiment).
Here is a link to the experiment: http://www.nsi.edu/tablaexp
Please feel free to pass on this invitation to anyone who might be
interested. Our apologies for cross-postings.
Thank you,
Ani Patel, John Iversen, & Phil Mercurio
The Neurosciences Institute, San Diego, CA, USA
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Deadline for inclusion of items in the next foNETiks: 30 June, 2003.
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