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foNETiks
A newsletter for
The International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
July 2011
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Linda Shockey, BBC Pronunciation Unit and University of Reading, UK.
Gerry Docherty, Newcastle University, UK.
Shira Katseff, University of Canterbury, NZ.
Lisa Lim, The University of Hong Kong.
E-mail address: fonetiks-request at jiscmail.ac.uk
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http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/fonetiks.html
Visit the IPA web page at http://www.langsci.ucl.ac.uk
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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6-8 July 2011. Signed Language Phonology Workshop (SLPW). Vannes, France. http://www-valoria.univ-ubs.fr/signcom/SLPW/ (04/11)
13 July 2011. Testing Models of Phonetics and Phonology; Workshop at the Linguistic Institute 2011: Language in the World University of Colorado at Boulder. http://groups.linguistics.northwestern.edu/lsa2011-workshop/ (05/11)
24-28 July 2011. International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA), Vienna, Austria. http://www.kfs.oeaw.ac.at/content/blogcategory/152/533/ (03/11)
30 July 2011. SLPAT 2011 -- Speech and Language Processing for Assistive Technology Workshop at ACL-EMNLP, 30 July 2011, Edinburgh, Scotland http://slpat2011.computing.dundee.ac.uk/ (05/11)
16 August 2011. Coarticulation in New Varieties of English. A satellite event to ICPhS XVII. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. http://www.reading.ac.uk/epu/ICPhS17_Satellite/ (11/10)
17-21 August 2011. The 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS XVII). Hong Kong SAR, China. http://www.icphs2011.hk (08/10)
17-21 August 2011. Phonetics Teaching and Learning: Recent Trends, New Directions. Special Session at ICPhS XVII. Hong Kong SAR, China. http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/ptlc/ptlc2011/special-session.php (04/11)
22-23 August 2011. The Psycholinguistic Representation of Tone Conference (PLRT 2011), Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR, China. http://www.psych.lancs.ac.uk/res/PLRT2011.html (03/11)
24-26 August 2011. Speech and Language Technology in Education (SLaTE) 2011. Venice, Italy. http://project.cgm.unive.it/events/SLaTE2011/ (11/10)
27-31 August 2011. Interspeech 2011. Florence, Italy. http://www.interspeech2011.org/ (12/10)
5 - 7 September 2011. GESPIN2011 - Gesture and Speech in Interaction, Bielefeld, Germany. http://gespin.uni-bielefeld.de/ (05/11)
12-14 September 2011. The Prosody-Discourse Interface, Salford, Manchester, UK. http://www.famss.salford.ac.uk/page/pdi_conference (09/10)
16-17 September 2011. Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching Ames, Iowa, USA http://pslltconference.com (06/11)
23-25 September 2011. Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Prosody 2 (ETAP-2). Montreal, Canada. http://prosodylab.org/etap/ (04/11)
## 25-30 September 2011. Software Tools & Methods for Advanced Research in Phonetics (Stelaris). S. Marco di Castellabate, Italy. http://www.aisv.it/summerschools/ (07/11)
28-30 September 2011. 22nd German Conference on Speech Signal Processing ESSV2011. Aachen, Germany. http://www.essv2011.rwth-aachen.de/ (03/11)
## 28-30 September 2011. New Trends on Experimental Psycholinguistics. Madrid, Spain. http://www.linguistic-institute.info/experimental.htm (07/11)
7-8 October 2011. Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT): The Confluence of Social Factors and Pronunciation: Accent, Identity, Irritation and Discrimination. Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA. http://pslltconference.com (12/10)
## 03-04 November 2011. Interfaces in Linguistic Research. Manchester, UK. http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/elke.philburn/PLC%202011.htm (07/11)
17-18 November 2011. La Perception des Accents du Français hors de France.
Avignon, France. [log in to unmask] (03/11)
25-26 November 2011. International Seminar on Prosodic Interfaces 2011 (ISPI-11). New Delhi, India. http://www.jnu.ac.in/ispi11/ (04/11)
## 10-14 December 2011. NINJAL international conference on phonetics and phonology (ICPP 2011). Kyoto, Japan. http://www.ninjal.ac.jp/phonology/InternationalConference/icpp/home/ (07/11)
15 - 17 December 2011. Accents 2011, Lodz, Poland. http://filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents2011 (05/11)
## 1-2 March 2012. The Phonology of Contemporary English: Variation and Change (PAC 2012). Toulouse, France. http://w3.pac.univ-tlse2.fr (07/11).
18-21 January 2012. 9th Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP9). Berlin, Germany. http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/workshop_ocp9.html (03/11)
## 22-24 April 2012. 2nd International Phonetics & Phonology Conference Shanghai. Shanghai, China. (07/11)
2-4 May 2012. 2nd Workshop on Sound Change, Kloster Seeon, Bavaria, Germany. http://www.phonetik.uni-muenchen.de/institut/veranstaltungen/soundchange/
2 July 2012. Teaching and Learning Pronunciation: Local and global perspectives on research and practice. Cairns, Australia. http://www.astmanagement.com.au/acta12/index.html (12/10)
15-17 August 2012. Nordic Prosody XI. Tartu, Estonia. http://www.nordicprosody.ut.ee/ (07/11)
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CONFERENCES
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New Trends on Experimental Psycholinguistics
Madrid, Spain
28-30 September 2011
New Trends on Experimental Psycholinguistics (ERP) intends to gather people working on any topic on language processing, language acquisition, or language disorders of phonetics, phonology, morphosyntax or pragmatics, using new experimental methods. We intend to publish a collection based primarily on papers from the workshop.
Invited Speakers:
Harald Clahsen (Essex University/Universität Potsdam)
Nina Kazanina (University of Bristol)
Michael Ullman (Georgetown University)
Website: http://www.linguistic-institute.info/experimental.htm
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Experimental Methods in Language Acquisition Research (EMLAR VIII)
Utrecht, The Netherlands
1-3 February, 2012
The Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS (UiL OTS) is pleased to announce the eighth edition of EMLAR, taking place in Utrecht (The Netherlands) from February 1-3, 2012 (Wednesday to Friday). The workshop aims at training PhD students and advanced MA students in methods of experimental research in first and second language acquisition. Experts in various domains of language acquisition research will give lectures and tutorials. We will also provide the opportunity to present a poster.
Registration opens: August 15, 2011.
Registration closes: December 15, 2011.
Website: www.hum.uu.nl/emlar/home.htm
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Nordic Prosody XI
15-17 August 2012
Tartu, Estonia
The XIth Nordic Prosody conference will be held at the University of Tartu from 15 to 17 August 2012. This is the first time that a conference of this series will take place in Estonia. The conference will bring together scholars working on topics related to the prosody of Scandinavian and Finnic languages. More information will soon be available on the conference website.
Website: http://www.nordicprosody.ut.ee/
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Interfaces in Linguistic Research
Manchester, UK
03-04 November 2011
This year marks the 20th anniversary of the Manchester International Postgraduate Linguistics Conference and its second year as a collaborative conference between postgraduates at the University of Manchester and the University of Salford. The standing and reputation of the conference - the longest-running of its kind in the United Kingdom - is reflected in the support we have received in previous years from the Linguistics Association of Great Britain, the Arts and Humanities Research Council, and the UKGrad programme.
The theme of this year's conference reflects changing trends in academic research which highlight the strength of interdisciplinary approaches to issues in science and the humanities. Linguistics has long been at the forefront of such investigation, and this conference seeks to promote discourse between traditionally divergent sub-disciplines of linguistics in finding solutions to issues of theoretical importance. The theme will help postgraduate researchers to focus on developing effective methodologies for their own research as well as familiarising them with other approaches to linguistic research.
Abstract deadline: 15th July 2011
Website: http://personalpages.manchester.ac.uk/staff/elke.philburn/PLC%202011.htm
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The Phonology of Contemporary English: Variation and Change (PAC 2012).
University of Toulouse 2-Le Mirail, Toulouse, France
1-2 March 2012
The PAC project (Phonologie de l'Anglais Contemporain: Usages, Variétés et Structure - The Phonology of Contemporary English: Usage, Varieties and Structure) is coordinated by Jacques Durand (University of Toulouse II) and Philip Carr (University of Montpellier III).
The main aims of the project can be summarised as follows: to give a better picture of spoken English in its unity and diversity (geographical, social and stylistic); to test phonological and phonetic models from a synchronic and diachronic point of view, making room for the systematic study of variation; to favour communication between specialists in speech and in phonological theory; to provide corpus-based data and analyses which will help improve the teaching of English as a foreign language.
To achieve these goals, the cornerstone of the PAC project is the creation of a corpus of oral English, coming from a wide variety of linguistic areas in the English-speaking world (such as Great Britain: Received Pronunciation, Lancashire, York, Ayrshire, Edinburgh, Glasgow; West Midlands: Birmingham, Black Country; Republic of Ireland: Limerick, Cork; Canada: Alberta, Ontario; Australia: New South Wales; New Zealand: Christchurch, Dunedin; India: Delhi English, Mumbai; USA: California, West Texas, Saint Louis, Boston, North Carolina). The protocol used is the same throughout and was inspired by the classical methodology of William Labov. Although significant corpora of oral English already exist, many of them have been conceived along exclusively sociolinguistic rather than explicitly phonological lines. In other cases, hardly any information is available on speakers beyond gender and regional affiliation. Furthermore, few corpora are based upon a single methodology permitting a fully comparative analysis of the data. The approach chosen by the PAC project is modelled on the French PFC project (La Phonologie du Français Contemporain, coord. J. Durand, B. Laks (Paris X) and C. Lyche (Oslo/Tromsø), http://www.projet-pfc.net/). This parent project has demonstrated how a corpus which was originally conceived for phonology can lend itself to many other types of linguistic exploitation: the lexicon, morpho-syntax, prosody, pragmatics, dialectology, sociolinguistics and interaction.
Invited Plenary Speakers:
Felicity Cox (Macquarie University, Australia)
Ulrike Gut (University of Augsburg, Germany)
Nicolas Ballier (University of Paris VII, France)
Call for Papers:
All papers focusing on the main theme summarized by the title of the conference are welcome but, to contextualise this forthcoming event, participants should be aware that PAC 2012 is a logical extension of the open workshops that the PAC project has organised annually since 2000, on a European level, at the universities of Toulouse II, Montpellier III and Aix-Marseille I, and reflects the developing activities of this project.
All contributions on the phonology and phonetics of contemporary English are welcome. Other things being equal, papers with a focus on variation and change within a corpus approach will be given priority. Plenary sessions will alternate with shorter oral presentations along with swift, five-minute presentations to accompany posters presented, in our two Speed Postering sessions. A PAC workshop will form part of the general programme of the conference. Papers are expected to be delivered in English.
Final deadline for submissions: 1st October 2011
Results of refereeing of abstracts: 15th December 2011
Websites: http://w3.pac.univ-tlse2.fr; http://w3.erss.univ-tlse2.fr; http://clle.univ-tlse2.fr
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2nd International Phonetics & Phonology Conference Shanghai
Shanghai, China
22-24 Apr 2012
English Language and Literature at Shanghai International Studies University (SISU) will host an International Conference on Phonology and Phonetics from April 22-24, 2012 (Friday-Sunday). This will be the second Phonetics and Phonology Conference to be held in Shanghai, China. The general conference theme is 'Loanword Phonology and Transfer', but panel discussions will focus on a variety of topics:
Panels (workshops):
1. General phonology and phonetics
2. Loanword phonology
3. Pronunciation teaching in EFL and transfer in L2-acquisition
4. Phonology and phonetics of languages spoken in China
5. The description and analysis of Shanghainese (not limited to phonology and phonetics)
6. Interface studies (phonology/morphology, phonology/semantics, etc.)
7. Tone and intonation
8. Phonetics and phonology in stylistics and pragmatics
(Panels will be merged if there are fewer than 10 participants)
Call for Papers:
Abstracts for papers (200-300 words, including title, name, institution and key words) and registration forms should reach us by email before March 1, 2012. Please indicate clearly which panel your paper is intended for. After the conference, a small number of papers presented at the conference will be invited for publication (apart from the abstracts booklet, there will be no conference publication).
Email: jeroen.van.de.weijer $at$ gmail.com, engdept $at$ shisu.edu.cn
Abstract deadline: March 1, 2012
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40th New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 40)
27-30 October 2011
Washington, DC, USA
New Ways of Analyzing Variation returns to its birthplace - Georgetown University! This special anniversary conference, hosted by the Georgetown University Linguistics Department, will take place October 27-30, 2011.
All sociolinguists are interested in language variation. Some of us are counting and some of us are not, but all of us count. NWAV 40 aims to celebrate the quantitative, qualitative and eclectic approaches to the study of language variation and change that have given us so much insight over the decades, and to encourage further research from a wide range of perspectives, thereby further deepening our understanding of how language reflects and shapes personal identities, interpersonal interactions, group memberships, and social orders.
Abstract Submission Deadline: July 1, 2011
Website: http://nwav40.georgetown.edu/index.html
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NINJAL international conference on phonetics and phonology (ICPP 2011)
Kyoto, Japan
10-14 December 2011
This five-day conference is supported by the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL), featuring the following three
main topics:
(a) Rendaku and voicing
(b) Sokuon, or geminate consonants (obstruents)
(c) Accent and tone
Both oral presentations (30 minutes total, including 10 minutes for questions and discussion) and poster presentations are planned.
Invited Speakers:
Stuart Davis (Indiana University)
Nobuko Kibe (NINJAL)
John Kingston (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)
Annie Rialland (CNRS/University of Paris 3)
Rachid Ridouane (CNRS/University of Paris 3)
Yutaka Suzuki (Bunkyo Gakuin University)
Joroen van de Weijer (Shanghai International Studies University)
Abstract deadline: August 10, 2011.
Notification of acceptance: October 10, 2011
Website: http://www.ninjal.ac.jp/phonology/InternationalConference/icpp/home/
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Software Tools & Methods for Advanced Research in Phonetics (Stelaris)
S. Marco di Castellabate, Italy
25-30 September 2011
The next AISV summer school, organised by AISV in collaboration with the Stelaris network, will take place at S. Marco di Castellabate (Salerno, Italy) on September 25th-30th 2011.
Confirmed teachers are Paul Boersma, Franco Cutugno, Sarah Hawkins, Mietta Lennes.
The maximum number of participants will be fixed at 30 (min to guarantee the budget 22). They will pay a fixed fee (600,00 ¤) inclusive of lodging, meals and scientific activities.
Themes:
1. Advanced use of Tools for Phonetic Research (TBA)
2. Scripting and/or complex procedures (Paul Boersma)
3. Perceptual experiments, methods and tools (Sven Mattys)
4. Data Modeling, querying and Information Retrieval (Francesco Cutugno)
5. Methodology clinics: small groups discuss students' own research questions (Sarah Hawkins (coordination) together with all lecturers)
6. Annotation, Labeling, Descriptive Systems (Mietta Lennes)
Website: http://www.aisv.it/summerschools/
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The Department of French at the University of Toronto invites applications for a Contractually Limited Term Appointment in French Linguistics at the rank of Assistant Professor, effective August 1, 2011 to June 30, 2012.
The successful candidate must be a native or near native speaker of French, be able to work in an English-speaking environment, and hold a PhD in French Studies with a specialization in Linguistics or a PhD in Linguistics. Duties include teaching undergraduate courses in introductory linguistics, second language acquisition and bilingualism, and quantitative
& experimental methods. The successful candidate will also coordinate tutorials and train and supervise teaching assistants. Salary to be commensurate with qualifications and experience.
The Department is seeking applicants with a specialization in second language acquisition. The ability to teach sociolinguistics, phonology & phonetics, and/or generative syntax would be an asset. The successful candidate must demonstrate excellence in teaching, strong knowledge of the fields mentioned above, and excellent organizational and communication skills. Evidence of an established or emerging record of scholarly accomplishment and promise required.
We strongly encourage you to apply online at http://www.jobs.utoronto.ca/faculty.htm. If you are unable to apply online, please submit your application the address below, or by email to french.chair $at$ utoronto.ca. Applicants should submit the following compiled in a single PDF file:
1) a cover letter of no more than 2 single-spaced pages;
2) a curriculum vitae;
3) a teaching dossier containing a list of courses taught, course syllabi,
teaching evaluations, and the detailed description of a possible
research-oriented course intended for fourth-year undergraduate majors and
specialists;
4) an example of published work; and
5) the names and email addresses of three referees
Applicants should also arrange to have three letters of recommendation sent directly to the Department. At least one of these three letters must address directly the candidate's teaching ability. Complete applications are due no later than Friday, July 15, 2011; however, this search will remain open until filled. Please address any questions to Ms. Marjorie
Rolando, Assistant to the Chair, at [log in to unmask] with subject line: 'CLTA French linguistics - (your full name)'.
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The Department of Language and Linguistics is seeking to appoint two people at Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Reader level with a background in linguistically-informed experimental research in any aspect of the acquisition or use of human language. The appointees will contribute to research and teaching in the field of Psycholinguistics, supervise undergraduate projects, MA dissertations and PhD theses and contribute to the successful administration of the Department. For appointment at Senior Lecturer/Reader level, candidates will provide research leadership in maintaining and developing the Department's existing international reputation for linguistically-informed experimental psycholinguistics.
The successful candidates will have a PhD in Psycholinguistics or a relevant field, have a track record in producing high quality publications, in attracting external research funding and in providing high quality teaching (or be able to demonstrate potential in all of these, in the case of less experienced candidates).
Application Deadline: 30-Jun-2011
Web Address for Applications: http://gs12.globalsuccessor.com/fe/tpl_essex01.asp?newms=jj&id=58127
Contact Information:
Dr Doug Arnold
Email: doug $at$ essex.ac.uk
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The Department of English at Bar Ilan University, Israel, is planning to expand its linguistics program over the next few years. To this end, we are seeking to make two appointments at an open rank, subject to budgetary approval and the department needs.
Qualifications: Ph.D. in Linguistics with a specialization in a core area of linguistics. Phonology and syntax are of particular interest. Secondary specializations in sociolinguistics, child language acquisition and language disorders, computational linguistics, or diachronic linguistics would be an asset. Applicants should have a record of effective teaching at the undergraduate and, if possible, graduate levels; and evidence of an active research program.
The language of teaching in the department is English.
Candidates are invited to submit a CV, an updated list of publications, a short letter summarizing his or her research activity and future research plans, and names of three references who are leading specialists in their areas of research.
Application materials should be sent via e-mail (subject line "Job application - English Department") to:
- Prof. Joel Walters, Dean of Humanities joel.walters $at$ biu.ac.il
- Dr. Sharon Armon-Lotem, Chair, English Department sharon.armon-lotem $at$ biu.ac.il
A review of applications will begin August 1st, 2011; however, the positions will be open until filled.
Email Address for Applications: [log in to unmask]
Contact Information:
Dr Sharon Armon-Lotem
Email: sharon.armon-lotem $at$ biu.ac.il
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