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foNETiks
A network newsletter for
the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
October 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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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] http://hk.geocities.com/tehsinl/
8-10 October 2007. Phonetics Today 2007. Moscow, Russia.
<http://phoneticstoday.ruslang.ru/en/> (01/07)
##12-13 October, 2007. Formal Models of Linguistic Diversity. Trieste, Italy.
gianollounits.it http://www.univ.trieste.it/~linglab/?file=workshop.html(10/07)
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, Brasil.
<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. Philip Rose ([log in to unmask])
and Lym Buckley ([log in to unmask]) (09/07)
7 December 2007. AFCP Workshop on Coarticulation: cues, direction, and
representation, Montpellier (France).
http://recherche.univ-montp3.fr/praxiling.spip.php?rubrique35 (09/07)
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. University of Toulouse II-Le Mirail,
France. (08/07)
24-26 January 2008. Old World Conference in Phonology 5. University of Toulous
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 fur 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)
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)
22-26 September 2008. Interspeech 2008. Brisbane, Australia.
<http://www.interspeech2008.org/> (09/06)
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CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
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Formal models of linguistic diversity
12-Oct-2007 - 13-Oct-2007
Trieste, Italy
The workshop, jointly held as the result of a cooperation project by the
Universities of Utrecht, Trieste and Verona, seeks to offer the opportunity for
scholars in different branches of linguistics to meet and discuss some of the
most recent developments and research trends concerning the study of linguistic
diversity in space and time, with the aim of fostering an innovative and
productive collaboration.
The workshop is meant to address some of the key problems of theoretical
linguistics, crosscutting the synchronic and diachronic dimensions, such as the
nature of linguistic variation, the validity of parametric approaches and the
possible alternatives, the application of biological models to the study of
language evolution, language transmission and language classification, the role
of acquisitional mechanisms in language change, the computational modeling of
linguistic diversity, the interplay between different modules of linguistic
knowledge in creating the space of linguistic variation.
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POSITIONS VACANT & STUDENTSHIPS
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Ph.D. Studentship in Phonetics at Stockholm University, Sweden
The Department of Linguistics at Stockholm University invites applications for
a four-year studentship within its Ph.D. programme in Phonetics (starting date:
January 2008).
Applicants are requested to acquaint themselves with the research profile of
the Phonetics section at http://www.ling.su.se/fon/ to sure make that it fits
with their own research interests.
Applicants must have an undergraduate degree including an equivalent of the
Swedish "magister" programme in Phonetics. This programme focuses on phonetic
theory and comprises two years of study including the writing of two research
papers. Applicants from all countries are welcome. Knowledge of Swedish is
not a formal requirement but students are strongly advised to acquire a working
knowledge of Swedish as soon as possible (language courses are offered by the
university).
During the period of the studentship, the student is a regular employee of the
University. The beginning salary is SEK 19400 a month (approximately 2070 or
USD2850).
The first period of employment is for one year. The employment contract can
then be renewed for at most two years at a time, up to a total of four years,
or, if the student accepts teaching or administrative duties at the department
(which must not exceed 20 per cent of full time), maximally five years.
The deadline for applications is October 15, 2007. Applications should be sent
by ordinary post to Stockholms universitet, Registrator/PA, 106 91 Stockholm,
Sweden, and should include the following:
* a CV with information about earlier studies, jobs and publications
* a copy of written works that are referred to in the application
* contact information for two reference persons
* a short essay "Why I want to study linguistics at Stockholm University" and
a brief sketch of a possible thesis project
Further inquiries should be directed to Professor Olle Engstrand
([log in to unmask]).
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Cognitive Science of Language
The Department of Linguistics and Languages at McMaster University
invites applications for a tenure-track appointment, effective July
1, 2008, at the rank of Associate Professor, or Professor.
Preference will be given to applicants qualified to teach in the
field of the cognitive science of language broadly defined. The
current minimum salary at the rank of Associate Professor is
$71,118.00.
The Department has launched a successful undergraduate program in
Linguistic Cognitive Science, drawing on existing strengths in second
language acquisition and bilingualism, cognitive linguistics,
clinical sociolinguistics, phonology, computational text analysis and
psycholinguistics. We expect that this appointment will help anchor
and develop the newly proposed MSc/PhD in the Cognitive Science of
Language, an interdisciplinary program which draws faculty from the
Faculties of Humanities, Science, Health Science and Engineering, and
will help build relationships with the community of clinicians, both
in medicine and speech and language pathology.
Qualifications should include a PhD. in Linguistics, Cognitive
Science or closely related field, demonstrated ability to teach at
both the undergraduate and graduate level, and an established record
of scholarly research. The successful candidate will normally teach
five one-term courses in an academic year and participate in the
research and administrative activities of the department.
Administrative expertise an asset.
All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadians
and Permanent Residents will be given priority. McMaster University
is strongly committed to employment equity within its community, and
to recruiting a diverse faculty and staff. The University encourages
applications from all qualified candidates, including women, members
of visible minorities, Aboriginal persons, and persons with
disabilities.
Candidates are asked to provide the following materials: a letter of
application, curriculum vitae, copies of two recent scholarly papers
or chapters, three letters of reference, and teaching evaluations.
All documentation submitted in support of your application becomes
the property of the University and is not returnable. Applications
that arrive before November 30, 2007 will receive full consideration.
Please submit applications (electronic applications accepted) to:
Virginia H. Aksan, Acting Chair
Department of Linguistics & Languages
McMaster University
1280 Main St. West
Hamilton, Ontario
Canada L8S 4M2
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The deadline for material for the November 2007 issue of foNETiks is 28
October 2007.
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