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foNETiks
A network newsletter for
the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
July 2008
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Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK. Gerry Docherty, Newcastle
University, UK. Paul Foulkes, University of York and JP French Associates,
UK, Visiting Erskine Fellow, University of Canterbury,NZ Lisa Lim,
University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
E-mail address: <[log in to unmask]>
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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[date of first appearance follows]
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9 July 2008. The Phonological Deficit Hypothesis. Asheville, NC, USA.
<http://triplesr.org/conference/08conf.php> (12/07)
21-26 July 2008. Workshop on Speech Science in Linguistics: Non-Native
Speech Production and Perception. 18th International Congress of
Linguistics (CIL18). Seoul, Korea.
<http://www.cil18.org/workshop/workshop_04.htm> (12/07)
21-23 July, 2008. IAFPA Annual Conference, Swiss Federal Inst Technology,
Lausanne (CH). http://www.iafpa/net/conf08.htm (05/08)
23-24 July, 2008. Workshop on Linguistic Analyses for Asylum Cases.
Lausanne (CH). (05/08)
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)
31 July - 2 August 2008. Consonant Clusters and Structural Complexity.
Munich, Germany. <http://www.phonetik.uni-muenchen.de/cluster> (12/07)
18-22 August, 2008. Summer School on Corpus Phonology. Augsburg, Germany.
<http://www.uni-augsburg.de/summerschool> (02/08)
25 - 27 August 2008. Special Session on Greek Phonetics, ISCA TRW on
Experimental Linguistics (ExLing2008). Athens, Greece.
<http://www.exling.gr/2008/home2008.htm> (03/08)
1-2 September 2008. 5th International Electropalatography Symposium.
Edinburgh, UK. <http://www.qmu.ac.uk/ssrc/conf/epg5_2008/default.htm>
(03/08)
++1-4 September 2008. Intensive Workshop: Intonation in English. Kowloon,
Hong Kong. <http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/events/intonworkshop2008/> (07/08)
8-12 September 1008. Eleventh International Conference on Text, Speech and
Dialogue (TSD 2008). Brno, Czech Republic. <http://www.tsdconference.org/>
(01/08)
11 September, 2008 Workshop on Phonological Variation in Voicing.
marc.van.oostendorp at Meertens.KNAW.nl (6/08)
15-17 September 2008. 3rd TIE Conference on Tone and Intonation. Lisboa,
Portugal. <http://www.fl.ul.pt/LaboratorioFonetica/TIE3/> (04/08)
18-20 September 2008. Phonetics and Phonology of Media Discourse. Warsaw,
Poland. <http://globe.ils.uw.edu.pl/> (03/08)
22-26 September 2008. Interspeech 2008. Brisbane, Australia.
<http://www.interspeech2008.org/> (09/06; 04/08)
22-26 September 2008. Special Session of Interspeech 2008: Forensic Speaker
Recognition: Traditional and Automatic Approaches. Brisbane, Australia.
<http://geoff-morrison.net/ForensicSpeakerRecognitionSpecialSession/>
(04/08)
26-28 September 2008. Laboratory Approaches to Spanish Phonology.
University of Texas, Austin TX, USA.
<http://www.utexas.edu/cola/conferences/lasp/main/> (04/08)
6-8 October, 2008. Acoustics Week in Canada. <http://www.caa-aca.ca/
vancouver-2008.html> (6/08)
23-24 October 2008. International Conference on Prosody and Iconicity.
Rouen, France. smhttiki at hotmail.com; (04/08)
4-6 November, 2008. Applications of Phonetics and Phonology on Arabic.
Al-Bayt University, Mafraq, Jordan. <http://www.aabu.edu.jo/art/home.htm>
(6/08)
4-6 December 2008. Heard Around The World: Phonetic Diversity In The
World's Languages. Universite Libre de Bruxelles and The Royal Academy for
Overseas Sciences of Belgium. <http://www.heard.ulb.ac.be> (01/08)
8-12 December 2008. 8th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP
2008). Strasbourg, Alsace, France. <http://issp2008.loria.fr/> (03/08,
04/08)
12-14 December 2008. Accents 2008. Lodz, Poland.
http://www.filolog.uni.lodz/pl/accents2008 (05/08)
++15-16 December 2008. British Association of Clinical Linguistics
Colloquium, 15th-16th December 2008, University of Reading, Reading UK.
<http://www.reading.ac.uk/epu/bacl> (07/08)
1-3 May 2010. New Sounds 2010: Sixth International Symposium on the
Acquisition of Second Language Speech. Poznan, Poland.
<http://ifa.amu.edu.pl/newsounds/> (03/08)
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CONFERENCES, WORKSHOPS, SCHOOLS
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FIRST CALL FOR PAPERS
British Association of Clinical Linguistics Colloquium, 15th-16th December
2008, University of Reading, Reading UK
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Mick PERKINS, University of Sheffield
Suzanna MARTIN, City University
This will be a two day event which aims to bring together researchers and
teachers of clinical linguistics and phonetics. We invite submissions of
papers on any area of clinical linguistics and phonetics which report on
research findings, discuss issues in the teaching and learning of speech
and language therapy, or combine both areas.
The focus of Monday 15th December will be research, and the focus of
Tuesday 16th December will be teaching and learning.
Presentations will be 20 minutes long followed by a 5-minute question
period. Posters will be on display for a full day with one attended session
during the day.
ABSTRACT FORMAT AND CONTENT
* Abstracts should be submitted by email as PDF documents. Please save your
document using the first author's surname as the file name (e.g.
Smith.pdf).
* Abstracts should be no more than 500 words in length. The first page
should include the name, affiliation, contact email address, and title of
the proposed presentation. The text of the abstract should fit on the
second page. A third page may be included for examples, figures, or
references, if desired.
* Abstracts submitted should present original research in clinical
linguistics and phonetics, discuss issues in the teaching and learning of
clinical linguistics and phonetics, or combine both areas.
* Please indicate if you would prefer an oral paper or a poster
presentation.
DEADLINE
* All submissions must be received by FRIDAY 26TH SEPTEMBER 2008.
Please send your abstracts and any questions to: [log in to unmask]
In the subject line, please write the first author's surname followed by
BACL 2008 (e.g., Smith BACL 2008).
FURTHER INFORMATION
General conference information and a registration form for the event is
available at http://www.reading.ac.uk/epu/bacl/.
Local organizers: Jane Setter and Vesna Stojanovik
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Intensive Workshop: Intonation in English
Date: 01-Sep-2008 - 04-Sep-2008
Location: Kowloon, Hong Kong
Contact: Catherine Law
Contact Email: [log in to unmask]
Meeting URL: http://www.engl.polyu.edu.hk/events/intonworkshop2008/
Linguistic Field(s): Computational Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology;
Text/Corpus Linguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
Meeting Description:
This four-day intensive workshop is conducted by Prof. William Greaves of
Glendon College, York University, Canada. The goal of this short course is
to introduce you to two computer programs, PRAAT and CORPUS TOOL, and to
review Intonation in the Grammar of English by Michael Halliday and William
Greaves. It is not at all necessary to have your own computer to take the
course, but if you own a laptop, please bring it.
PRAAT is an excellent tool which can be used in virtually any computer for
very sophisticated phonetic analysis. The instructor will make extensive
use of PRAAT to introduce the patterns of English intonation.
CORPUS TOOL is a new and more powerful successor to Mick O'Donnell's
SYSTEMIC CODER. The instructor will demonstrate and use only one of the
many features in the program: the creation and editing of system networks.
It is far easier to do this with CORPUS TOOL than with editing programs
such as Word or graphics programs such as Paint.
The course includes four lecture hours per day, plus ''hands on'' work each
day in a language laboratory. Participants in the lecture will be
encouraged to form ''pods'' around those with laptops (this has proved to
be very effective).
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POSITIONS AVAILABLE
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Université Paris-Diderot -Paris 7 UFR d'Etudes Anglophones (Department of
English Studies) URL: http://www.ufr-anglais.univ-paris7.fr/ Job Rank: 2
Maîtres de Conférences (Lecturers) 1 Professeur des Universités (Professor)
Areas of expertise : English linguistics: phonetics, phonology, spoken
language, sociolinguistics, diachrony, syntax and semantics Required
Languages: English and French
Description: Three tenured positions (1 Professor, 2 lecturers) in English
Linguistics will be available next year in the Department of English
Studies at the University Paris-Diderot Paris 7. On satisfactory completion
of a 12 month probationary period, the successful applicants will be
appointed to permanent positions with great potential in teaching and
research. Gross annual starting salary: approximately 25,000 euros for
lecturers, 36,000 euros for professors.
Applicants for the Maître de Conférences posts should have completed a PhD
and be specialists in: - English Linguistics generally for one post - the
history of the English language or sociolinguistics or second language
acquisition for the other post
Early career applicants should also be able to demonstrate an excellent
potential for research. Preference will be given to applicants who have
some background in the teaching of English as a foreign language and
experience in the production of audio-visual material as well as corpus
resources. Good working knowledge of French is also essential.
Applicants for the post of professor should have completed an "Habilitation
à Diriger des Recherches" (or an equivalent doctoral degree) in the field
of English Linguistics. Areas of expertise: English phonetics and
phonology, or history of English or sociolinguistics. Preference will be
given to experts in English phonetics and phonology. Excellent knowledge of
French is also required.
Teaching and Administration: The teaching load is 192 hours a year, mostly
at undergraduate level for the Maîtres de Conférences, mostly at graduate
level for the professor. A significant contribution to administration,
research supervision and extramural funding for research is also expected.
Research: The successful applicants will become members of CLILLAC (Centre
de Linguistique Interlangue, de Linguistique Anglaise et de Corpus) EA
3967:
http://www.ufr-anglais.univ-paris7.fr/CENTRES_RECHERCHES/CLILLAC+/index.html
Application: The application procedure for both lectureship and
professorship takes place in two stages.
STAGE 1. 'QUALIFICATION'
Applicants are required to go through a preliminary process of national
selection ('qualification'). In order to obtain 'qualification', they
should first apply online on the website of the Ministry of Education and
Research ('Ministère de l'Education et de la Recherche') and enrol on
sections 11 (English Studies) and 7 (General Linguistics) before 15th
October 2008. They will then receive the names and addresses of two
referees from each CNU section, to whom the full application is to be
submitted. Applicants whose application has been accepted will be
officially notified in February 2009. 'Qualified' candidates for
teaching/research positions in French universities will then be eligible to
apply for any of the posts that will be advertised in France for four
years.
STAGE 2. 'RECRUTEMENT' (APPLICATIONS FOR SPECIFIC POSITIONS IN FRENCH
UNIVERSITIES)
Specific positions will be advertised on the Ministry's website in February
2009. The closing date for applications is generally in late March/early
April. Short-listed applicants will be called for interview in early May,
and immediately informed of the University's decision.
All the necessary information concerning 'qualification' and application
procedures can be found on the Ministry's website:
http://www.education.gouv.fr/personnel/enseignant_superieur/enseignant_chercheur/default.htm
Deadline for application : around mid-October
For any informal information about the posts, please contact:
[log in to unmask] (Head of Department), or
[log in to unmask] (Professor), or
[log in to unmask] (Maître de Conférences)
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University or Organization: University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
Department: Linguistics
Job Location: California, USA
Web Address: http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu
Job Rank: Lecturer
Specialty Areas: Phonology
Description:
The UCLA Department of Linguistics is seeking to fill either a one-year,
full-time lecturer position or a series of part-time teaching positions in
the area of Phonology for the 2008-2009 academic year.
The one-year, full-time lecturer position would involve teaching 5 courses
(over 3 quarters), including two offerings of introductory undergraduate
phonology, one of intermediate undergraduate phonology, and two other
courses to be negotiated. Salary is approximately $50,000 for the academic
year.
If we are unable to fill the one-year lecturer position, we will seek to
hire one or more instructors for the following courses: introductory
undergraduate phonology (twice: Fall Quarter 2008, Winter Quarter 2009) and
intermediate undergraduate phonology (Spring Quarter 2009, could also be
taught in Winter). Pay level is approximately $8,000 per course.
Please send applications in electronic form to Prof. Bruce Hayes.
Applications should include a cover letter, CV, and whatever information
the applicant may wish to include as evidence of a strong teaching record
(these may be course evaluation data, course materials, and/or
recommendation letters). Please specify whether you are interested in the
full-time lecturer position or the part-time position (or both); for the
part-time position, please indicate which course(s) and quarter(s).
UCLA is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and has a strong
commitment to the achievement of excellence and diversity among its faculty
and staff.
Application Deadline: Open until filled.
Contact Information:
Professor Bruce Hayes
Email: [log in to unmask]
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HELP REQUESTED
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Call for participants in a 15-minute web survey!
The working title of this research is "Developing the Use of
Non-Traditional Methodologies in Forensic Phonetic Research: a Look at
Shouted Voice Recognition in Unfamiliar Speakers" and will be presented at
the IAFPA-08 conference.
Please visit http://www.peroxsym.co.uk for the survey and more information.
Many thanks for your help!'
Julia Forsberg
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