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foNETiks
A network newsletter for
the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
September 2007
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Editors:
Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK.
Gerry Docherty, Newcastle University, UK.
Paul Foulkes, University of York and JP French Associates, UK.
Lisa Lim, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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12-14 September 2007. IDP07: Symposium international sur les interfaces discours-prosodie. Geneva, Switzerland. <http://idp07.unige.ch/> (08/07)
13-16 September 2007. Dynamic Phonology. Part of the 38th Poznan Linguistic Meeting (PLM). Gniezno, Poland. http://ifa.amu.edu.pl/plm/ (08/07)
16-21 September 2007. Summer School: Cognitive and physical models of speech production, perception, and perception-production interaction. Autrans, France.
<http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/events/summerschool_2007/> (03/07)
19-20 September 2007. Phonological Words in South Asia and Southeast Asia Workshop. University of Leipzig, Germany. <http://www.uni-leipzig.de/~autotyp/projects/wd_dom/wd_dom.html> (04/07)
23-27 September 200. Romance Intonation. Part pf the 30th Deutscher Romanistentag (Biannual Meeting of the German Society for Romance Studies. Vienna, Austria. <http://www.romanistentag.de/> (08/07)
26 September 2007. RANLP07: Recent Advances In Natural Language Processing. Samov Hotel, Borovets, Bulgaria. <http://lml.bas.bg/ranlp2007/> (08/07)
1-3 October 2007. SLaTE Workshop on Speech and Language Technology in Education. ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop. The Summit Inn, Farmington, Pennsylvania USA. <www.sigslate.org>; <http://www.cs.cmu.edu/%7Emax/> (04/07)
4-5 October 2007. International Conference: Where Do Features Come From? Phonological Primitives in the Brain, the Mouth, and the Ear. Sorbonne-nouvelle, Paris, France. <http://phoneticbases.free.fr/> (04/07)
8-9 October 2007. Problems with Surface-Based Generalisations. Paris, France. [log in to unmask] <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
8-10 October 2007. Phonetics Today 2007. Moscow, Russia. <http://phoneticstoday.ruslang.ru/en/> (01/07)
15-16 October 2007. IWSLT 2007: International Workshop on Spoken Language Translation. Trento, Italy. <http://iwslt07.itc.it> (08/07)
15-18 October 2007. SPECOM 2007: XII International Conference on Speech and Computer. Moscow, Russia. <http://specom2007.ru> (05/07)
3-5 November 2007. Accents 2007. Lodz, Poland. <http://www.filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents2007>; (06/07)
25-28 November 2007. New Sounds 2007: Fifth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech. Praiatur Hotel, Ingleses Beach, Florianopolis, Santa Caterina, Brazil. <http://www.nupffale.ufsc.br/newsounds/> (05/07, 08/07)
## 6 - 7 December 2007. Forensic Speaker Recognition Workshop - FSI not CSI: Perspectives in State-of-the-Art Forensic Speaker Recognition, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. Contact Philip Rose ([log in to unmask]) and Lym Buckley ([log in to unmask]) (09/07) [further details below]
## 7 December 2007. AFCP Workshop on Coarticulation: cues, direction, and representatio, Montpellier (France).
http://recherche.univ-montp3.fr/praxiling.spip.php?rubrique35 (09/07) [further details below].
9-13 Dec 2007. IEEE Automatic Speech Recognition and Understanding Workshop. Kyoto, Japan. <http://www.asru2007.org/> (08/07)
23 January 2008. Corpora in Phonological Research. Pre-Conference Workshop of Old World Conference in Phonology 5 (also see entry below). University of Toulouse II-Le Mirail, France. (08/07)
24-26 January 2008. Old World Conference in Phonology 5. University of Toulouse II-Le Mirail, France. http://w3.univ-tlse2.fr:8880/erss/index.jsp?perso=colloquesphono&subURL=ocp5/ (07/07)
22-23 February 2008. Current Approaches to Spanish & Portuguese Second Language Phonology Minneapolis, MN, USA. <http://spanport.cla.umn.edu/L2phonology> (08/07)
27 February 2008. Methodological Aspects of Intonation Research. Bamberg, Germany.
http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/~kuegler/prosodieag.htm (07/07)
28-29 February 2008. The Role of Phonology in Reading Acquisition. Workshop at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS). Bamberg, Germany. (08/07)
3-5 April 2008. Sociolinguistic Issues in the Use of Language Analysis to Determine National Origin. Amsterdam, Netherlands. <http://www.taalstudio.nl>; (07/07)
11-13 April 2008. Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Prosody. Ithaca, New York, USA. <http://ling.cornell.edu/prosody08> (06/07)
6-9 May 2008. Speech Prosody 2008. Campinas, Brazil. <http://www.sp2008.org/> (12/06)
## 25 - 28 June 2008. 12th Congress of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, Istanbul, Turkey.
http://www.icpla2008.org/ (09/07) [further details below]
30 June - 2 July 2008. LabPhon11: 11th Laboratory Phonology Conference. Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. <http://www.vuw/ac/nz/labphon11> (05/07)
28 July - 1 August 2008. XI International Congress for the Study of Child Language (IASCL): Edinburgh, UK.
http://www.in-conference.org.uk/IASCL (09/07) [further details below].
22-26 September 2008. Interspeech 2008. Brisbane, Australia. <http://www.interspeech2008.org/> (09/06)
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CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
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12th Congress of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association
25 - 28 June 2008
Istanbul, Turkey.
http://www.icpla2008.org/
On behalf of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association, the Department of Speech and Language Therapy, Institute of Health Sciences together with the Education, Research and Training Center for Speech and Language Disorders (DILKOM) of Anadolu University it is a great honor for us to be the host country for the
12th Congress of the International Clinical Phonetics and Linguistics Association that will take place in Istanbul, Turkey, from June 25 to June 28, 2008.
The ICPLA Congress, which takes place every two years, is a great opportunity for researchers and clinicians working in the field of clinical phonetics and linguistics, speech and language pathology, audiology, voice and related fields to language, speech and hearing disorders in both children and adults. Every congress held in different parts of the world illustrated an in-depth of innovative and interesting research in the field. We envisage that the forthcoming congress will add new directions and enthusiasm to the developing field of clinical phonetics & linguistics and speech & language therapy profession in Turkey.
The platform of plenary talks, papers and poster presentations will cover a wide range of topics relevant to the theoretical, experimental, clinical, cross-linguistic, multi-linguistic aspects of speech and language processing, hearing, perception and production from peripheral to central deficits.
We look forward to seeing you in Istanbul; in the world's city of natural beauties, as being the bridge between the continents and cultures, and the cradle of the civilizations.
Sincerely yours,
Prof. Dr. Seyhun Topbas, MA, MSc, PhD.
Anadolu University
President of the Local Organizing Committee
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XI International Congress For The Study Of Child Language (IASCL)
Edinburgh, UK.
Monday 28th July to Friday 1st August 2008.
These dates immediately precede the annual Edinburgh International Festival, which usually begins in the second week of August and lasts for three weeks. Participants in the conference will have the opportunity to extend their stay to have a taste of what is, by universal consensus, the largest and best arts festival in the world.
The theme of the conference will be: “Language, cognition, and experience in child language development: interdisciplinary perspectives on monolingual and bilingual language acquisition”. Please note that the local organizers have introduced some changes to the structure of the conference, so as to guarantee both the high quality of the presentations and the diversity of themes and approaches in the programme. The programme will consist of a combination of plenary talks, thematic symposia, and independent poster sessions. Four outstanding researchers have agreed to give plenary talks: Marc Hauser of Harvard University, Rachel Mayberry of the University of California, San Diego, Andy Meltzoff of the University of Washington, and Nuría Sebastián-Gallés of the University of Barcelona. It is envisaged that the conference will cover a wide range of topics, which include (but are not limited to) the following:
• Bilingual first language acquisition
• Child second language acquisition
• Cognition and language development
• Connections between language development and language change • Language development in atypical populations • Language evolution and language acquisition • Linguistic interfaces in child language development • Neurolinguistic evidence in child language development • New methods in child language research • Processing vs. representations in early child language • Qualitative and quantitative input factors in language development • Relationships between music and language development
All the conference sessions will be in the central area of the University of Edinburgh, within walking distance from the Castle and the city centre. The plenary sessions will be held at the McEwan Hall (shown right), a prestigious building used for graduation ceremonies.
Edinburgh offers a wide range of accommodation possibilities, although the proximity of the conference dates to the Festival will make it essential to reserve rooms early. A comprehensive list of hotels and B&Bs will be posted soon, so that delegates will be able to choose the type of accommodation most suitable to their needs.
The local organizers intend to benefit from the feedback received after the Berlin 2005 conference, and will rise to the challenge of improving on what already was an outstanding event! We regard it as a priority to raise funds to offer a number of travel grants that will enable more graduate students to attend the conference, and we will maintain registration fees as low as the local budgeting constraints will allow.
Edinburgh has the best possible set up for a prestigious conference, and we are confident that IASCL 2008 will meet the highest expectations.
Local Organising Committee
Antonella Sorace (University of Edinburgh) Mits Ota (University of Edinburgh) Barbora Skarabela (University of Edinburgh)
Key Dates
First call for submissions: March 2007
Deadline for submissions: October 15th, 2007 Notification of acceptance to first authors: February 2008 Deadline for early registration: March 2008 IASCL 2008 Conference in Edinburgh: Monday, July 28th to Friday, August 1st, 2008 IASCL Business Meeting: Thursday, July 31st, 2008 IASCL 2011 Conference in Montreal: Monday, July 18th to Sunday, July 24th, 2011
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Forensic Speaker Recognition Workshop
FSI not CSI: Perspectives in State-of-the-Art Forensic Speaker Recognition
6-7 December 2007
University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Contact: Philip Rose [log in to unmask] and Kym Buckley [log in to unmask]
CALL FOR PAPERS AND PARTICIPATION
Introduction
How well can you identify the voice of a criminal? In our technological age, more and more offenders are being recorded while committing crimes, and expert opinion is being increasingly sought in the legal process as to whether two or more recordings are from the same speaker. The way forensic speaker recognition is done in real life departs considerably from its depiction in film and popular TV crime shows like Law and Order and Crime Scene Investigation.
The last ten years have witnessed exciting new developments in Forensic Speaker Recognition, not just from the point of methodology but also from the correct evaluation of evidence. To summarise these developments, the HCSNet Forensic Speaker Recognition Workshop is a major forum bringing together for the first time leading practitioners and experts to present State-of-the-Art Forensic Speaker Recognition from several of its most important perspectives, including examples from real case-work.
We invite participants who are involved in any aspect of forensic speaker recognition, but especially researchers in automatic or traditional speaker recognition methods; the evaluation of FSR evidence, and those with actual casework experience including legal counsel, both defence and prosecution.
Possible topics include: new features (e.g. consonantal features, source features, phonological features), for forensic comparison; protocols and data for testing of established features; effects of mobile phone transmission; assessing comparability for analysis; combining automatic and traditional features; accounting for correlation of variables; lessons learnt from case-work.
Invited Speakers
We have an exemplary line-up of invited speakers for the workshop, as listed below:
• Prof. Peter French, JP French and Associates, York, UK http://www.jpfrench.com/
• Prof. Joaquin Gonzalez-Rodriguez, Autonoma University of Madrid, Spain http://atvs.ii.uam.es/listpeople.do#Gonzalez-Rodriguez
• Dr Stefan Gfroerer, European Network of Forensic Science Institutes, Germany http://www.enfsi.eu/index.php
• Justice David Hodgson, Supreme Court of New South Wales http://users.tpg.com.au/raeda/
• Prof. James Robertson, Australian Federal Police, Australia http://www.afp.gov.au/
• Dr Phil Rose, Australian National University http://arts.anu.edu.au/linguistics/arts_fac/staff/rose.html
Participation and Format
We welcome participation from a range of interests and perspectives within FSR, as outlined above, from both academia and industry, and we would like to involve as many as possible in discussion. Two forms of presentations are possible - short and longer as follows:
• SHORT Presentations are papers of 5-10 minutes duration, and should outline a perceived problem in FSR and ideas for its solution.
• LONGER Presentations are of 20-30 minutes, and contain a strong, justified position statement, discussion issue, or results from current research.
For both types of presentation, please submit a short abstract of up to 300 words to Kym Buckley ([log in to unmask]), by the date indicated below.
Funding
HCSNet is able to provide support for a number of participants traveling from outside Sydney. SUBMISSION OF AN ABSTRACT DESCRIBED ABOVE IS A PREREQUISITE FOR BEING CONSIDERED FOR TRAVEL FUNDING. If not all participants can be covered, travel funding may be allocated based on specified interests, as described in the submitted abstract.
Important Dates
• Friday 9 August: Call for papers and participation
• Monday 1 October: Deadline for receipt of submissions
• Monday 17 September: Registration Opens
• Monday 15 October: Notification of submission acceptance
• Friday 26 October: Camera-ready final version 300 word abstracts to be received
Organisers
Philip Rose (Australian National University), [log in to unmask] Chris Davis (University of Western Sydney), [log in to unmask] Denis Burnham (University of Western Sydney), [log in to unmask] Kym Buckley (University of Western Sydney), [log in to unmask]
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Call for Papers
AFCP Workshop
Coarticulation: cues, direction, and representation
Montpellier (France), December 7, 2007
Coarticulation generally refers to the acoustic and articulatory variability that arises due to the influence of adjacent or nearby segments; it is one of the most pervasive and complex aspects of speech production. Rapid technological development in the field of experimental phonetics has made it possible to closely investigate variability in speech of this kind, making coarticulation research one of the most important research areas in the phonetic sciences.
One reason that explains this importance is that researchers have always hoped to discover the underlying units of speech production, together with the linking mechanisms, by extensively investigating coarticulatory aspects in speech. There are a large number of theories and models of coarticulation that have been proposed to account for coarticulation. However, a satisfactory explanation has yet to be reached. Recently interest has been directed towards considering different factors of variability, mainly linguistic and sociolinguistic: stress, prosodic boundary, rate and speaking style. Such interest has further underlined the complexity of understanding speech production processes and made the task of proposing a comprehensive theory of coarticulation difficult, as it must be able to account for any type of variability found in coarticulatory patterns. Other important aspects that have recently been considered are cross-linguistic comparisons and acquisitional processes of coarticulation. Cross-linguistic studies are very crucial in distinguishing universal aspects of speech from language-specific ones. Studies of coarticulation in children can inform us about the ontogenetic origin of coarticulation.
Poster papers will, primarily but not exclusively, focus on one (or more) of the following topics:
§ Methods and instruments for data acquisition and measurement
§ Motor aspects and articulatory constraints
§ Direction and extent of coarticulation
§ Variability due to linguistic or sociolinguistic factors and cross-linguistic variation
§ Perception of coarticulation
§ Implication for phonological theory
§ Acquisitional processes of coarticulation
The workshop will be organized around five talks delivered by the invited speakers and a poster session. Papers submitted to the poster session will be reviewed by an international scientific committee. Accepted papers will be published in the proceedings of the workshop and edited by l’Harmattan, collection Langue & Parole.
Invited speakers
Daniel RECASENS, Department of Catalan Philology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, and Phonetics Laboratory, Institut d'Estudis Catalans, Spain: “Mechanisms of segmental adaptation in VCV and CC sequences in the light of the DAC model”.
Björn LINDBLOM, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University, Sweden / Department of Linguistics, University of Texas, Austin Texas, USA, “An H&H perspective on coarticulation”.
Christian ABRY, Université Stendhal, Grenoble III : « Le Modèle d'Expansion du Mouvement (MEM) : un modèle d'anticipation universel, individuel et développemental pour la parole ».
René CARRE, DDL UMR 5596 CNRS-Lyon II : « Coarticulation en production de parole : aspects acoustiques ».
Edward FLEMMING, Department of Linguistics and Philosophy, MIT, Cambridge, USA, “The grammar of coarticulation”.
Scientific committee
Jean-François BONNOT, Laseldi EA 2281, Université de Franche-Comté (France) Nick CLEMENTS, LPP UMR 7018 CNRS-Paris III (France) Paul FOULKES, Department of Language and Linguistic Science, University of York (GB) Bernard HARMEGNIES, Université de Mons-Hainaut (Belgique) Sarah HAWKINS, Department of Linguistics, University of Cambridge (GB) Phil HOOLE, Institut für Phonetik und Sprachliche Kummunikation, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (Germany) Patricia KEATING, Linguistics Department, UCLA (USA) Lucie MENARD, Département de Linguistique et de Didactique des Langues, UQAM (Canada).
Noël NGUYEN, LPL UMR 6057 CNRS-Université de Provence (France) François PELLEGRINO, DDL UMR 5596 CNRS-Lyon II (France) Pascal PERRIER, GIPSA-Lab UMR 5216 CNRS-Grenoble III (France) Harvey SUSSMAN, Department of Linguistics, the University of Texas at Austin (USA)
Organisation committee
Jalal AL-TAMIMI, DDL UMR 5596 CNRS-Lyon II Josiane CLARENC, Dipralang EA 739, Montpellier III Christelle DODANE, Dipralang EA 739, Montpellier III Mohamed EMBARKI, Praxiling UMR 5267 CNRS-Montpellier III Christian GUILLEMINOT, Centre Tesnière EA 2283, Université de Franche-Comté Mohamed YEOU, Université Chouaib Doukkali, El Jadida (Morocco)
Submission
Four-page papers can be submitted either in French or English. The papers should be emailed in PDF format to: [log in to unmask]
Important dates
Full article submission: October 15, 2007 Notification of acceptance: October 31, 2007 Final version submission: November 15, 2007.
Registration
AFCP member : 70 euros
AFCP student : 35 euros
Normal : 120 euros
Student : 60 euros
Web site : http://recherche.univ-montp3.fr/praxiling/spip.php?rubrique35
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University Utrecht
Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS
http://www-uilots.let.uu.nl/
Post Doctoral Position
The Utrecht University Faculty of Humanities is broadly based, interdisciplinary and internationally oriented. The faculty offers courses and conducts research in the languages and cultures of Western and Southern Europe, history, fine arts, philosophy, theology, communications and information studies.
The Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS offers a postdoc position in experimental linguistics (1,0 fte for 2 years).
The 5-year programme 'Phonotactic Constraints for Speech Segmentation: The Case of Second Language Acquisition' (2005-2010), sponsored by the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO), addresses the role of phonotactic knowledge in speech segmentation and how this knowledge is acquired in a second language. The central hypothesis is that the phonotactic knowledge which supports speech processing at the pre-lexical level is represented by abstract constraints, acquired from exposure to continuous speech.
This 2-year postdoc project will set up and test hypotheses regarding the effects of phonotactic knowledge on speech segmentation in the native language and in a second language. Experimental methods include word spotting, lexical decision, eye-tracking, and distributional learning.
Another important aim is the development and advancement of experimental techniques to be used in the other projects. The researcher will be involved in the programme coordination and the supervision of PhD students, as well as in the collection, analysis, and interpretation of research data. The project should result in a series of papers in international journals.
We are looking for an ambitious researcher, who is prepared to collaborate in a team with the program supervisor and 3 PhD students. Applicants should hold a doctoral degree (completed by 1 November 2007), as well as demonstrated capacities as an independent researcher, in the form of journal publications. The successful candidate should have a background in an experimental linguistic discipline, such as psycholinguistics, speech perception, language development, or experimental phonology. Some knowledge of Dutch is desirable, but not required.
Salary depends on qualifications and experience, and amounts to minimally €3.060,- and maximally € 4.190,- (scale 11) gross per month, for 1.0 fte. Conditions are based on the Collective Employment Agreement of the Dutch Universities.
For further information, contact the project supervisor Professor Dr. René Kager with the contact information listed below. Also consult our institute's website, listed above.
Applications (by regular mail or by e-mail) should include a letter of motivation, a curriculum vitae, and the names and addresses of two references. (Reference letters are preferably included.) Send two publications plus PhD dissertation.
Written applications should be sent to the application address listed below. Please refer to the vacancy number: 68736 as well as to the website where you found this advertisement.
E-mail applications should be sent in pdf or doc format to the application email address listed below, and should specify your name and the vacancy number in the message as well as in the topic, include a list of attachments in the message, and specify your name specified in every attachment.
Interviews are planned for the first week of October.
Application Deadline: 16-Sep-2007
Application Address: I. Wagenaar , Mrs.
Personnel Department
Kromme Nieuwegracht 46
Utrecht 3512 HJ
Netherlands
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Contact Information: Prof.Dr. René Kager
Phone: +31-30-2538064 Fax: +31-30-2536406
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University of Texas at Austin
Linguistics Department
http://www.utexas.edu/cola/depts/linguistics/
Assistant Professor of Phonetics
The Department of Linguistics at the University of Texas at Austin invites applications for a specialist in phonetics at the rank of Assistant Professor on a tenure track. A secondary strength in speech technology is desirable. The position begins on August 18, 2008. Position funding is pending budgetary approval.
Duties include (a) Teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in phonetics, speech technology, and related topics; (b) Directing thesis and dissertation research; (c) Conducting original research and publication;
(d) Directorship or co-directorship of the Department of Linguistics Phonetics Laboratory; (e) Advising undergraduate and graduate students; (f) Performing departmental and institutional service.
Requirements include: (a) PhD, awarded no later than August 18, 2008; (b) Excellence or potential for excellence as a teacher, researcher, advisor, and leader; (c) A strong commitment to working with others in the department to integrate phonetics, speech technology, and phonology into a single field of instruction and research.
To apply, please send a letter of application, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, evidence of past teaching performance or teaching potential, a list of courses you are prepared to teach, and sample published or other written work to the application address listed below.
The University of Texas at Austin is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer.
All persons employed by the University must meet the requirements of the Federal Immigration Reform and Control Act, and institutional policy requires a background check for security sensitive positions, which includes all faculty positions.
This notice is being posted in connection with a competitive recruitment and selection process. If a US worker is not selected, an alien may be considered. All applicants should report directly to the employer. Any person may provide documentary evidence bearing on the application to the Texas Employment Commission, Alien Labor Certification, TEC Building, Austin Texas 78778, or the regional certifying officer, The Department of Labor, Federal Building Room 317, 525 Griffin Street, Dallas, Texas 75202.
Application Deadline: 01-Dec-2007
Application Address:
Phonetics Search Committee, Department of Linguistics The University of Texas at Austin
1 University Station B5100
Austin US 78712
USA
Contact Information: Prof. Richard Meier
Phone: 512-471-1701 Fax: 512-471-4340
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