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foNETiks

A newsletter for
The International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences

May 2017

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Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK
Lisa Lim, The University of Hong Kong
Rachel Smith, University of Glasgow, UK
Radek Święciński, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences
Claire Timmins, University of Strathclyde, UK
Duncan Robertson, University of York, UK

E-mail address: fonetiks-request AT jiscmail.ac.uk
The foNETiks archive can be found on the WWW at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/fonetiks.html

Visit the IPA web page at http://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org

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  ANNOUNCEMENTS
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The Association is pleased to announce that Illustrations of the IPA from 2001 through 2014 are now freely available from the Journal of the IPA website:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-international-phonetic-association
Click on "Illustrations of the IPA - free content" to see a list, or access individual Illustrations from contents of back issues. (05/17)

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14-17 May 2017. Challenges in the analysis and processing of spontaneous speech (CAPSS workshop). Budapest, Hungary. capss2017 AT nytud.mta.hu http://capss2017.nytud.hu/  (03/16, 05/16, 01/17)

17-19 May 2017. EPIP5 - 5th International Conference on English Pronunciation: Issues & Practices. Caen, France. http://www.crisco.unicaen.fr/Home.html  (05/16)

18-19 May 2017. Speech Audio Archives: Preservation, Restoration, Annotation. Rome, Italy. http://www.lincei.it/modules.php?name=Convegni&file=lista&func=Convegni_edit&Id=135 0 (06/16)

24 May 2017. Workshop on Dynamic Modeling in Phonetics and Phonology (Session of 53rd Meeting of the Chicago Linguistic Society). Chicago, USA.https://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/phonlab/events/workshop-on-dynamic-modeling-in-phonetics-and-phonology/  (01/17)

31 May – 2 June. International Child Phonology Conference (ICPC2017), The George Washington University • Washington, DC Cynthia Core  ICPC2017 AT gwu.edu  (3/17)

##8-9 June 2017. Conversational Speech and Lexical Representations. Nijmegen, Netherlands. Conlexworkshop AT gmail.com (05/17)

11 June, 2017. Phonetics and Phonology in Loanword Adaptation, Cologne, Germany. http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/klaas/loanwords.html  (12/16) (Satellite workshop)

11 June, 2017. Statistical Methods in Phonetic Sciences. Cologne, Germany. http://pape2017.uni-koeln.de/satellite-workshops/   (12/16) (Satellite Workshop)

12-14 June 2017. Phonetics and Phonology in Europe 2017. University of Cologne, Germany. http://pape2017.uni-koeln.de/  (09/16)

21-23 June 2017. Subsidia: Tools and Resources for Speech Sciences. Málaga (Costa del Sol), Spain. http://www.subsidiamalaga2017.com  (09/16)

23-25 June 2017. Approaches to Phonology and Phonetics (APAP). Lublin, Poland. http://apap.umcs.lublin.pl  (11/16)

5-7 July 2017. 15th Annual Conference of the French Phonology Network, Grenoble, France. http://www.gipsa-lab.fr/colloque/RFP-2017 (3/17)

5-8 July 2017. 7th International Conference on Speech Motor Control, Groningen, Netherlands. http://www.slp-nijmegen.nl/smc2017/ (12/16, 05/17)

9-12 July 2017. International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA) Split, Croatia. iafpa2017 AT gmail.com (3/17)

9-11 August 2017. Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference, London, UCL. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/study/cpd/cpd-courses/ptlc/  (12/16)

18-19 August 2017. History of Speech Communication Research (HSCR), Helsinki, Finland.  https://hscr2017.org/ (04/17)

24-27 August 2017. 2017 Roundtable in Forensic Linguistics and Forensic Phonetics. Copenhagen, Denmark. http://germanicsocietyforensiclinguistics.org/roundtable/  (01/17)

##31 August 2017. Research Methods in L2 Pronunciation Workshop. Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. http://speechlab.utah.edu/workshop.php (05/17)

31 August-1 September 2017. Processing Prosody across Languages, Varieties, and Nativeness (ProPro2017). Tuebingen, Germany. http://www.uni-tuebingen.de/propro  (02/17)

1-2 September 2017. Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT). Salt Lake City, USA. http://speechlab.utah.edu/PSLLT2017.php  (02/17)

10-13 September 2017. Accommodation in Verbal and Nonverbal Behaviour. Zurich, Switzerland. ufsp.spur AT gmail.com (11/16)

10-13 September 2017. Modelling the Acquisition of Foreign Language Speech, Zurich, Switzerland. Magdala AT wa.amu.edu.pl (12/16)

##10-13 September 2017. Vowel Reduction and its Phonological Consequences. Zurich, Switzerland. Cormacanderson AT gmail.com. (05/17)

15-17 September 2017. 5th Annual Meeting on Phonology (AMP), New York University, USA. http://wp.nyu.edu/amp2017 (03/17)

18-20 September 2017. Beyond VOT – Searching for Realism in Laryngeal Phonology, Poznań, Poland. http://wa.amu.edu.pl/plm/2017/  (04/17)

28-30 September 2017. Speech Rhythm in L1, L2 and Learner Varieties of English. Workshop at BICLCE2017, Vigo, Spain.https://sites.google.com/site/rflinguistics/workshops/rhythm2017  (11/16)

##4-6 October 2017. Workshop on “Prosody and meaning.” Konstanz, Germany. https://typo.uni-konstanz.de/questionsInterfaces/index.php/prosody-meaning/ (05/17)

21-22 October 2017. 22nd National Conference of the English Phonetic Society of Japan and 3rd International Congress of Phoneticians of English (EPSJ22 and ICPE3).Fukuoka, Japan. http://www.cc.kochi-u.ac.jp/~tamasaki/EPSJ22_ICPE3_2017.htm   (02/17)

##9-10 November 2017. 3rd Workshop on Second Language Prosody. Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom. http://slap3.bangor.ac.uk/ (05/17)

10-11 November 2017. Seoul International Conference on Speech Sciences (SICSS 2017). Seoul, Korea. http://www.sicss.or.kr/  (02/17)

22-24 November 2017. 7th International Conference on Experimental Phonetics (7CIFE). Madrid, Spain. http://congresos.uned.es/w13428  (02/17)

30 November-2 December 2017. 11th International Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English (ACCENTS 2017). Łódź, Poland.  http://filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents/ (04/17)

4-10 August 2019. XIXth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Melbourne, Australia. http://icphs2019.org/  (03/16)

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CONFERENCES

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3rd Workshop on Second Language Prosody. Bangor, Gwynedd, United Kingdom. 9-10 November 2017.

Call for Papers

Following the success of the 2016 workshop on Second Language Prosody (SLaP) at the University of Graz, we are delighted to announce that the 3rd SLaP workshop will take place in Bangor, on 9th and 10th November 2017. The 1.5-day event aims to promote research into prosodic aspects of second language speech learning, and is preceded by the half-day methods workshop Prosody Online: Open source software in comprehension & production research.

The third workshop on Second Language Prosody aims to cover a range of research concerned with prosody and bilingualism. We particularly welcome papers addressing how prosody differs across languages; how such differences are produced and perceived by speakers who have access to two (or more) languages; and how prosody may be lost or broken down in conditions of attrition. We also encourage papers concerned with identifying the factors that promote or inhibit the occurrence of L1 and/or L2 influences on prosody.

Abstract submission guidelines: We invite the submission of proposals for presentations and posters. Abstracts should be no more than 400 words. As reviewing will be blind, the paper should not include the authors' names and affiliations. Each abstract should be submitted as a PDF file. Please submit your abstract through EasyAbs at: http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/SLaP2017. Abstract submission will open on 1st May 2017 and the submission deadline is 31st July 2017. For any questions, please contact the conference organisers at SLaP3 AT bangor.ac.uk.

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Workshop on “Prosody and meaning.” Konstanz, Germany.
4-6 October 2017.

This workshop aims to bring together scholars from the fields of prosody and pragmatics and the respective interface in order to better understand the nature of the interface between these two fields. We especially encourage submissions on prosody and pragmatics of canonical and non-canonical questions. The workshop will be organized by the DFG research unit ''Questions at the Interfaces'' in the Department of Linguistics, University of Konstanz.

Invited speakers:

    Daniel Büring
    Sonia Frota
    Elsi Kaiser
    Oliver Niebuhr
    Jörg Peters
    Petra Schulz

We invite abstract submissions for oral presentations and posters. Submissions for work in progress are also welcome. Abstracts should be written in English and not exceed one page of text (A4). References, examples and/or figures may be included on a second page. Anonymous abstracts should be submitted via EasyChair as a PDF document:

https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=pam2017

While submitting, please indicate whether you prefer an oral or a poster presentation.

NEW abstract submission deadline: May 7, 2017

NEW notification of acceptance: June 7, 2017

We look forward to welcoming you in Konstanz!

Contact: Irene Wolke irene.wolke AT uni-konstanz.de

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Vowel Reduction and its Phonological Consequences. Zurich, Switzerland.
10-13 September 2017.

Call for Papers:

This workshop aims to address the issues listed in the conference description. We especially invite papers which interrogate vowel reduction phenomena in a cross-linguistic and general theoretical perspective. The topics include:

- The phonetic causes and mechanisms for vowel reduction and loss;
- The phonological contexts in which it is most likely to occur;
- Its typical and atypical trajectories of vowel reduction;
- Typological, areal, diachronic explanations for the cross-linguistic distribution of reduction;
- Asymmetries in the reduction of vowels of different qualities;
- Perception and categorisation of reduced vowels by L1 and L2 speakers;
- Challenges for the description of languages with an ongoing reduction;
- The consequences of vowel reduction and loss for phonology and morphophonology.

Preliminary abstracts (DOC and/or PDF, max. 300 words excluding references) for 20 minute talks should be sent via email to both workshop organizers by November 20 (cormacanderson AT gmail.com, nkuzn AT yandex.ru).

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Workshop: Conversational speech and lexical representations
Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands
June 8-9, 2017

This workshop closes two large-scale research projects on the comprehension of reduced word pronunciation variants (e.g. yeshay for yesterday) in conversational speech by both native and non-native listeners. These projects led to intriguing insights (that the hosts will present during the workshop), also concerning the nature of spoken word mental representations. At the same time, the projects raised new questions, especially regarding the interaction between memory traces and speech perception processes. Our speakers will share their take on these issues in plenary talks, and engage in workshop-wide discussions with all participants.

Confirmed speakers include:

- Louis ten Bosch (Radboud University)
- Audrey Bürki (University of Postdam)
- Lisa Davidson (New York University)
- Gareth Gaskell (University of York)
- Effie Kapnoula (Basque Center on Cognition, Brain and Language)
- Connor T. McLennan (Cleveland State University)
- Mark Pitt (Ohio State University)
- Antje Schweitzer (University of Stuttgart)
- Miguel Simonet (University of Arizona)
- Matthias Sjerps (Radboud University)
- Atsuko Takashima (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics)
- Benjamin V. Tucker (University of Alberta)
- Natasha Warner (University of Arizona)

Contact: Annika Nijveld conlexworkshop AT gmail.com

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Research Methods in L2 Pronunciation Workshop
August 31, 2017 - University of Utah

Workshop registration is free, but online registration is required. The registration deadline is August 1, 2017. Space is limited, and registration is on a first come-first served basis.

Contact: http://speechlab.utah.edu/workshop.php


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  POSITIONS VACANT

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Yale University, USA 

The Department of Linguistics at Yale University invites applications for a non-renewable 9-month lecturer position, beginning August 15, 2017. The appointee will teach two courses each semester during the 2017-2018 academic year, advise student research, and be fully involved in the intellectual life of the department. We are particularly interested in candidates who can offer graduate and undergraduate courses in (some of) the areas of phonology, phonetics, corpus and experimental linguistics, historical linguistics and field methods. Applicants should submit their application, including a cover letter describing their research and teaching expertise, a current CV, evidence regarding teaching qualifications, and the names of two references, to the application URL below. Review of applications will begin immediately, and will continue until the position is filled. The requirements for the PhD must be completed by the time of appointment.

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer, and we especially encourage applications from women and members of under-represented minorities.

Application: https://apply.interfolio.com/42057
Contact: Mr. Christopher  McDaniel chris.mcdaniel AT yale.edu

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Munich University, Germany

The Institute of Phonetics and Speech Processing at Munich University invites applications for one PhD and one postdoctorate position:

PhD position (3/4 full-time for 3 years) on a new ERC project entitled "Human interaction and the evolution of spoken accent". 

This position is for the investigation of nasalization in American and British English using real-time MRI.

For details see http://www.phonetik.uni-muenchen.de/~hoole/dfg_mri/doc_ercnasals.pdf

Postdoctorate position (full-time, 3 years) on a new DFG project entitled "Nasal coarticulation and sound-change: a real-time MRI study".

For details see
http://www.phonetik.uni-muenchen.de/~hoole/dfg_mri/postdoc_mrinasals.pdf

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Amazon: Language engineer (contractor)

Come join us, we build TTS voices that help developers revolutionize the way people interact with devices and services!

At Amazon, we take pride in building complete end-to-end solutions, starting from researching a problem, implementing the solution, building a scalable and reliable service and ensuring the service is there when you need it.

This position is available for remote work!

We are looking for a phonologist/phonetician to help us with various annotation tasks in Japanese, including the following:

- Transliteration of kanjis into kana
- Annotation of pitch accent in speech
- Carrying out listening tests to report incorrect output in our voices
- Proofreading text to ensure lack of typos or undesirable content.

Basic qualifications:

- Degree in linguistics, with focus on phonetics/phonology
- Native level proficiency in Japanese
- Able to communicate in English

Additional desirable qualifications

- Comfortable with command line interface in *nix environments
- Knowledge of regular expressions 

Application Deadline: 	30 June 2017

Contact: Marco Nicolis nicolism AT amazon.com
Application Email: nicolism AT amazon.com

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