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foNETiks
A Newsletter for The
International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
July 2009
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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.
Lisa Lim, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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ANOUNCEMENTS
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[date of first appearance follows]
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6-10 July 2009. Course: Introduction to Natural Phonology, Porto, Portugal.
jveloso at letras.up.pt (6/09)
25-27 June, 2009. Fifth International Conference on Language Variation in
Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. iclave5 at hum.ku.dk, http://iclave5.nfi.ku.dk/
6-8 August 2009. Phonetics Teaching & Learning Conference (PTLC2009), UCL,
London. http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/ptlc/ (02/09)
10-21 August 2009. Summer Course in English Phonetics (SCEP2009), UCL,
London.
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/scep/ (02/09)
1-3 September, 2009. The 7th UK Language Variation and Change Conference
(UKLVC7), Newcastle University, UK. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/news/
events/item/UKLVC (02/09)
2-5 September 2009. Melody vs Structure in Phonological Representation.
Gniezno, Poland. http://ifa.amu.edu.pl/plm (04/09)
9-11 September 2009. 3rd Round of the Conference on Discourse & Prosody
Interface (IDP09). Paris, France.
http://idp09.linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr
(04/09)
10-11 September 2009. PAC Workshop 2009: Models, Variation & Phonological
Corpora. Aix-en-Provence, France. gabor.turcsan at univ-provence.fr (04/09)
17-18 September 2009.Workshop on Prosody and Meaning (WPM). Barcelona,
Spain.
http://prosodia.uab.cat/prosodyandmeaning/home/index.php (12/08)
17-19 September 2009. Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and
Teaching.
Ames, Iowa, USA. (04/09)
24-26 September 2009. Gesture and Speech in Interaction (GESPIN2009).
Poznan, Poland. http://www.ifa.amu.edu.pl/~gespin (12/08, 02/09)
28-30 September 2009. Monosyllables - from Phonology to Typology. Bremen,
Germany. http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/monosyllables/ (04/09)
28-29 September 2009. Intonational Variation in Arabic. University of York,
UK. http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~sh581/iva09. (05/09)
16-18 December 2009.Workshop on Formal Approaches to the
Phonology-Morphology- Syntax Interfaces. Barcelona, Spain.
http://seneca.uab.cat/clt/ConsoleXVIII/
workshop.html (04/09)
++8-9 January 2010. Borders and Identities Conference, Newcastle upon Tyne,
UK. http://www.york.ac.uk/res/aiseb/bic2010/. (07/09)
14-17 April 2010. 8th International conference on the Evolution of Language
(Evolang8), Utrecht University, NL. http://evolang2010.nl/ (05/09)
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) (6/09)
11-14 May 2010. Fifth International Conference on Speech Prosody, Doubletree
Magnificent Mile, Chicago, USA. http://speechprosody2010.illinois.edu.
(05/09)
++24-25 June 2010. Child Language Seminar, City University, London.
http://www.city.ac.uk/lcs/childlanguageseminar.html. (07/09)
8-10 July 2010, Conference on Laboratory Phonology, University of New
Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, USA. (6/09)
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CONFERENCES, COURSES, CALLS
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Child Language Seminar
City University London
24th and 25th June 2010
The Department of Language and Communication Science at City University
London is delighted to be hosting the Child Language Seminar (CLS) in June
2010. The CLS is an interdisciplinary conference attracting a diverse
audience of, among others, psychologists, linguists and speech and language
therapists, and provides a forum for research on first and second language
acquisition in typically and atypically developing children. Keynote
speakers include Susan Gathercole Ann Senghas and Simon Fisher.
Proposals are invited for papers and posters related to child language
acquisition and disorders. Proposals will be considered on any aspect of
children’s first or subsequent language development (e.g., grammar,
phonology, lexicon, pragmatics, discourse, literacy, bilingualism, sign
language, psycholinguistic processing) or on any aspect relating to children
with language difficulties (e.g., description, assessment, remediation).
The deadline for submissions is 31st December 2009. The CLS is a
peer-reviewed research conference, and the organising committee is chaired
by Dr Nicola Botting, Professor Shula Chiat, and Dr Chloë Marshall. For
further details of the format for submissions, and further details of the
conference, please see:
http://www.city.ac.uk/lcs/childlanguageseminar.html
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Full Title: Borders and Identities Conference 2010
Short Title: BIC2010
Date: 08-Jan-2010 - 09-Jan-2010
Location: Newcastle, United Kingdom
Contact Person: Dominic Watt
Meeting Email: [log in to unmask]
Web Site: http://www.york.ac.uk/res/aiseb/bic2010/
Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics; Sociolinguistics
Call Deadline: 01-Jul-2009
Meeting Description:
While research on borderlands is well-established in the social sciences, it
is
only within recent years that interest in such regions as sites of
particular
relevance has taken hold within the fields of sociolinguistics and the
sociology
of language. Findings from studies on the relationships between and
interdependence of language, borders and identities are of great value for
many
other disciplines within the social sciences - anthropology, human
geography,
and political science, among others. In the same way, the insights from
social
scientific research in border areas provide sociolinguists with challenging
new
theoretical frameworks within which to situate empirical evidence revealing
the
exact nature of the role language plays in identity-making and -marking in
sites
where identity is fluid, complex and emergent in social interaction.
The Borders and Identities Conference (BIC2010) has two aims: 1) to
demonstrate
our current state of knowledge in this fast-developing area of
sociolinguistic
inquiry, and 2) to provide an interdisciplinary perspective in order that
the
results of recent sociolinguistic studies on the topic can be contextualised
in
broader social scientific discourse. Our principal objective in organising
the
meeting is to foster new collaborative research initiatives by bringing
together
scholars in allied disciplines, with a view to extending and refining our
understanding of the language-identity nexus in regions where in-group and
out-
group categorisations may be problematic, or at least more salient than
elsewhere.
Keynote Addresses:
Dave Britain (Essex) 'Where North meets South: Contact, Divergence, and the
Routinisation of the Fenland Dialect Boundary'
Nik Coupland (Cardiff) 'Where does Welsh Begin and End? Ideological Boundary
Disputes in the Revitalisation of a Minority Language'
Danny Dorling (Sheffield) 'If Lions Could Talk: Attempts at Mapping over the
Borders'
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STUDENTSHIPS, JOBS
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UCL Teaching Fellow - Phonology
We have a part-time vacancy for the first term of the 2009-2010 session to
teach theoretical phonology on courses that form part of our BA Linguistics
and taught MA Linguistics degrees. The main requirements are:
-To run the courses Phonological Theory A and Advanced Phonological Theory A
-To set and mark assignments
-To provide one-on-one tutorial support to any MA Linguistics student who
takes Advanced Phonological Theory A as an option course
Phonological Theory A is designed to offer a solid grounding in modern
theoretical phonology, focusing on a broad range of segmental phenomena and
providing extensive training in data-based problem solving. Teaching
involves a one-hour lecture and four back-up tutorials per week for ten
weeks. For Advanced Phonological Theory A, the course teacher selects a
topic of current interest in the phonological literature. Teaching involves
a one-hour lecture and one back-up tutorial per week for ten weeks.
Applicant must have a PhD in Linguistics (or dissertation submitted), with
experience of teaching comparable courses.
The appointment will be from 21 September 2009 to 31 December 2009, for two
and a half days a week (0.5 FTE) at point 33 (pro rata) on the UCL salary
scale (plus London Weighting).
For further information about the post (person and job specification), see
Further Particulars in the attached document. For information about the
department, see http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk/linguistics/. Informal
enquiries are welcome and should be directed to Hans van de Koot:
[log in to unmask]
Application Procedure: Applications for this post (one hard copy, under
cover of a signed letter, plus one electronic copy) should include:
• a curriculum vitae
• the names and addresses of two referees (with one from the
current/latest
employer)
• a fully completed and signed Personal Details Form (see below)
• a fully completed Equal Opportunities Classification Form (see
below)
Applications should be sent as soon as possible, but to arrive no later than
5 pm on 15 July 2009, to: Molly Bennett, UCL Psychology and Language
Sciences, Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street, London WC1N 1PF, UK. E-mail:
[log in to unmask]
Interviews are scheduled to take place on 22 July 2009.
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Phoneticians Needed
1 native speaker of English required to phonetically transcribe learner data
(600 words, 10 sentences, 2 passages (119 and 220 words), 1 extract of
spontaneous speech (up to 2 minutes each)) gathered in the project:
Exploring Mandarin-Chinese Learners' Difficulties with the Pronunciation of
English and Spanish. Familiarity with SAMPA desirable. 50 to 75 hours work.
Work needs to be completed by mid July, end of July at the latest. Pay
dependent upon experience.
2 native speakers of Spanish required to phonetically transcribe learner
data (450 words, 10 sentences, 1 passage (103 words), 1 extract of
spontaneous speech (up to 2 minutes each)) gathered in the project:
Exploring Mandarin-Chinese Learners' Difficulties with the Pronunciation of
English and Spanish. Familiarity with SAMPA desirable. 50 to 75 hours work.
Work needs to be completed by mid July, end of July at the latest. Pay
dependent upon experience.
Further details of the project are available at:
http://www.lsri.nottingham.ac.uk/zh/NingboStudy/CrossCampusStudy_CaseForSupp
ort.doc
Applications and enquiries to Dr Zoe Handley ([log in to unmask];
0115 846 6561), Learning Sciences Research Institute, University of
Nottingham.
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Institution/Organization: University of Edinburgh
Department: School of Informatics
Web Address: http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk
Level: PhD
Duties: Research,Project Work
Job Rank: PhD
Specialty Areas: Computational Linguistics; Phonetics
Human-Computer Interaction
Description:
Multimodal Reminders in the Home
3.5 year PhD studentship at the School of Informatics, University of
Edinburgh
The project will investigate the effects of aging and hearing loss on the
usability and intelligibility of auditory reminders in the home environment.
Speech and non-speech audio reminders will be compared systematically under
a
variety of realistic conditions. Experiments will be based on a dual-task
paradigm, where participants perform a distractor task while attending to
and/or
acting on auditory reminders.
The project is a collaboration with the Department of Computer Science,
Glasgow
(Prof. Brewster, Dr. McGee-Lennon), and the Department of Speech and Hearing
Sciences, Queen Margaret University (Pauline Campbell, Christine DePlacido).
The
successful candidate will be working closely with a PhD candidate at Glasgow
who
will be specialising in multimodal reminders, in particular tactile and
olfactory reminders. Both candidates will collaborate on a pilot reminder
system
that will be trialled in users' homes.
This project would suit candidates from a variety of backgrounds, including
human-computer interaction, speech science, audiology, medical physics,
rehabilitation engineering, ergonomics, phonetics, or cognitive psychology.
All applicants should have completed their first degree before taking up the
post. Applicants should have at least basic programming skills (at least one
of
Java, C++, Python). Skills in experimental design and statistics are highly
desirable. Familiarity with software such as SPSS, matlab, or R is a bonus.
Applicants should also be open to qualitative approaches to research.
The position is fully funded for 3.5 years through a stipend from the UK
Engineering Physical Sciences and Research Council. The stipend is currently
around £12900 per annum. In addition, fees for UK and European students are
covered.
The School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, came top in the last UK
Research Assessment Exercise. The School offers a wide range of support and
courses for post-graduate students. For further information about the Centre
for
Speech Technology Reseach, Edinburgh, see the website listed above.
For further information about the Informatics PhD programme, see
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/phd.html
For more information about the Multimodal Interaction Group, Glasgow, see
http://www.dcs.gla.ac.uk/~stephen/
For more information about Speech and Hearing Sciences , QMU, see
http://www.qmu.ac.uk/sls
The successful candidate will start on October 1, 2009. Provisionally, the
supervisors will be Prof Steve Renals, Dr Maria Wolters, and Dr Marilyn
McGee-Lennon (Glasgow).
For further information, please contact Dr Maria Wolters at the email listed
below.
Applications Deadline: 01-Sep-2009
Web Address for Applications:
http://www.inf.ed.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply.html
Contact Information:
Dr Maria Wolters
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http://homepages.inf.ed.ac.uk/mwolters
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University or Organization: University of Pennsylvania
Department: Linguistics Laboratory
Job Location: Pennsylvania, USA
Web Address: http://www.ling.upenn.edu/linglab/
Job Rank: Post Doc
Specialty Areas: Phonology; Sociolinguistics
Required Language(s): English (eng)
Description:
Post-doc at the Linguistics Laboratory, University of Pennsylvania for a
sociophonetic study of sound change, developing automatic alignment of wave
forms with phonemic boundaries and automatic analysis of formant values.
The project is a joint undertaking of the Linguistics and Phonetics Labs
under the direction of W. Labov and J. Yuan. A central goal of the project
is to advance the state of the art of phonetic analysis of spontaneous
speech, using forced alignment and automatic formant measurement to
increase the size of data sets by several orders of magnitude. The tasks of
the position include the systematic analysis and reduction of errors from
various sources. The candidate should have a strong background in acoustic
phonetics, programming and statistical measures, preferentially familiarity
with python and PRAAT scripting.
The research project is centered upon a very large data base of recorded
interviews in the city of Philadelphia, carried out in successive years
from 1973 to 2008. A second goal of the project is to apply the analytic
techniques of the project to tracing sound change in progress across real
time and across the various social and ethnic groups studied. The
responsibilities of the position includes the supervision and training of
transcribers as well as multivariate analysis of the output measures. The
candidate should have some familiarity with sociophonetic studies of
linguistic changes in progress.
It is expected that the research will lead to results of interest in both
the technical and linguistic domains. The candidate will in part define the
parameters of the position by the direction of his or her major interest.
Appointment is for one year, beginning in fall term 2009, with the
possibility of continuation for a second year. Salary is $37,000. Send CV,
statement of research interests with any relevant research reports, and
names of three references to W. Labov at the email address listed below.
Application Deadline: 31-Aug-2009
Email Address for Applications: [log in to unmask]
Contact Information:
William Labov
Email: [log in to unmask]
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University or Organization: University of Tuebingen
Job Location: Tuebingen, Germany
Job Rank: PhD
Specialty Areas: Phonetics & Phonology
PhD position, University of Tuebingen, Phonetics and Phonology Research
project: "Behavioral and neural correlates of vowel length in German and of
its interaction with the tense/lax contrast"
for details see the following link:
http://www2.sfs.nphil.uni-tuebingen.de/~hertrich/spp1234/Ausschreibung.htm
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