foNETiks
a Network Newsletter
for the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
November 1999
Editors:
Linda Shockey, University of Reading, U.K.
Gerry Docherty, Newcastle University, U.K.
Paul Foulkes, Leeds University, U.K.
Lisa Lim, National University of Singapore
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
(New ones marked **)
(Date of first appearance follows)
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5 - 7 November 1999. The 24th Annual Boston University Conference on
Language Development. Boston University.
http://web.bu.edu/LINGUISTICS/APPLIED/conference.html (03/99)
18 November 1999. University of Southern California Speech Production
Conference. [log in to unmask] (08/99)
12 - 15 December 1999. ASRU'99: 1999 IEEE Workshop on Automatic Speech
Recognition and Understanding. Keystone, Colorado.
http://asru99.research.att.com/asru99_index.shtml (06/99)
7 - 8 January 2000. 2000 Conference on Pidgin and Creole Languages.
Chicago. [log in to unmask] (08/99) (See below under Conferences
for more information.)
1 - 3 March 2000. The Word in Phonology. German Society of Linguistics,
Marburg, Germany. [log in to unmask] (06/99)
2 - 24 March 2000. Declarative Analysis of the Syllable, University of
Nantes. [log in to unmask] (9/99)
April 2000. RIAO (Recherche d'Informations Assistee par Ordinateur =
Computer-Assisted Information Retrieval) International Conference:
Content-Based Multimedia Information Access. Paris, France. Email:
[log in to unmask]; Web: http://host.limsi.fr/RIAO. (08/99) (See
below under Conferences for more information.)
3 - 6 April 2000. The Evolution of Language. Ecole Nationale Superieure
des Telecommunications, Paris, France.
http://www.infres.enst.fr/confs/evolang/ (08/99) (See below
under Conferences for more information.)
1 - 4 May 2000. 5th Speech Production Seminar: Models and Data. Kloster
Seeon, Bavaria, Germany. Email: [log in to unmask];
http://www.phonetik.uni-muenchen.de/~sps5 (08/99) (See below under
Conferences for more information.)
29 - 31 May 2000. Spoken Word Access Processes (SWAP). Jonkerbosch
Conference Centre. Nijmegen, The Netherlands.
http://www.mpi.nl/world/swap (08/99) (See below under Conferences
for more information.)
31 May - 2 June 2000. LREC2000: The 2nd International Conference on
Language Resources and Evaluation. Athens, Greece.
http://www.icp.grenet.fr/ELRA/lrec2000.html) (08/99) (See below
under Conferences for more information.)
15 - 17 June 2000. TENNET (Theoretical and Experimental Neuropsychology)
meeting, Montreal, Canada. http://www.er.uqam.ca/nobel/tennet
[log in to unmask] (9/99).
29 June - 1 July 2000. LabPhon7. Max Planck Institute/University of
Nijmegen, The Netherlands. [log in to unmask];
http://www.let.kun.nl/labphon7/ (02/99)
29 June - 1 July 2000. ICLaVE 1 (Barcelona 2000): First International
Conference on Language Variation in Europe. Universitat Pompeu
Fabra, Barcelona, Spain. e-mail: [log in to unmask]
(08/99) (See below under Conferences for more information.)
16 - 19 August 2000. VIIIth meeting of the International Clinical
Phonetics and Linguistics Asociation. John MacIntyre Centre,
Edinburgh, Scotland. http://sls.qmced.ac.uk/ICPLA2000/index.htm
(07/99)
** 5 - 7 September 2000. ISCA Workshop on Speech and Emotion.
Northern Ireland (venue tba). http://www.qub.ac.uk/en/isca/index.htm
(11/99)
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CONFERENCES
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ISCA WORKSHOP ON SPEECH AND EMOTION: A CONCEPTUAL
FRAMEWORK FOR RESEARCH
CALL FOR PAPERS
An ISCA workshop on vocal expression of emotion is to be held September
5-7, 2000 in Northern Ireland. It aims to promote the development of a coherent
research community with shared awareness of core issues, agreed terminology,
and connections with cognate areas of research. There will be sessions on
key themes led by review papers from invited speakers, and submitted papers
describing ongoing work at particular centres. Abstracts of submitted papers
are invited by 15th December 1999. For further information see the workshop
website www.qub.ac.uk\en\isca\index.htm
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Call for Papers - Seventh Conference on Laboratory Phonology
Nijmegen, the Netherlands, 29 June-1 July, 2000
University of Nijmegen and Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
LabPhon 7 will center around five themes, each with at least one invited
speaker and discussant:
Phonological processing
Janet Pierrehumbert, invited speaker
Northwestern University
Anne Cutler, discussant
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Phonological encoding
Pat Keating, invited speaker
University of California, Los Angeles
Willem Levelt, discussant
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
Field work and phonological theory
Didier Demolin, invited speaker
Free University of Brussels
Leo Wetzels, discussant
Free University of Amsterdam
Speech technology and phonological theory
Aditi Lahiri, invited speaker
University of Konstanz
Louis Boves, discussant
University of Nijmegen
Phonology-phonetics interface
Nick Clements, invited speaker
CNRS, Paris
John Ohala, invited speaker
University of California, Berkeley
Bruce Hayes, discussant
University of California, Los Angeles
We invite submission of abstracts relating to any of these five themes.
Please send a single copy of your abstract, either by postal mail to:
LabPhon7
MPI, Postbus 310
NL 6500 AH Nijmegen
the Netherlands
or by e-mail, to:
[log in to unmask]
Abstracts must arrive at MPI by 14 January, 2000. Please leave
sufficient time for delivery. Abstracts sent by postal mail may contain up to one
page of text and up to one additional page for references, figures, examples, etc.
Abstracts submitted by e-mail may contain up to 800 words (including
references, examples, etc.) and should be submitted as the main body of
the message (not as any type of attachment). They should contain ASCII
text only; for phonetic symbols in e-mailed abstracts, please use the
SAMPA symbols described at
http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/sampa/home.htm.
Faxed abstracts will not be accepted.
Abstracts should be anonymous. If sending an abstract through the post,
please attach a card to the abstract stating your name, mailing address,
email address, affiliation, and preference for poster or oral
presentation, as well as the theme which you feel your abstract most
closely addresses. For email submissions, list this information at the
bottom of your message. The organizers reserve the right to assign
accepted abstracts to an alternate theme and to assign abstracts to
poster presentation.
Authors should note that the schedule for publication for the LabPhon
proceedings is being changed as of LabPhon 7. Authors will be required
to submit draft papers by April 28, 2000, and to bring nearly final
versions of their papers (to be sent out for review) to the conference.
The deadline for absolutely final versions (after the review process)
will be December 1, 2000. Only papers accepted for oral presentation
will be considered for publication.
For more information about the conference, and for descriptions of the
themes, please see our web page at http://www.let.kun.nl/labphon7/.
Questions can be addressed to [log in to unmask]
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POSITIONS VACANT
& RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES
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TWO POSTGRADUATE STUDENTSHIPS (VOICE PROCESSING)
UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK, IRELAND.
Project 1. Development of improved speech processing strategies based on an
enhanced voice production model
New postgraduate research opportunity available in speech processing in the
Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering. The candidate, who should have
an honours degree in a relevant discipline, will initially enroll for a
M.Eng. degree, beginning November, 1999 (or as soon as possible thereafter),
with future potential for pursuing a Ph.D. program. The project will be
based in the ECE department with strong possibilities for completing part of
the project in an established centre overseas.
The project consists of
a). A general review of speech analysis/production literature.
b). A review of specific state-of-the-art in coding, enhancement and
synthesis.
c). Development and introduction of new algorithms in the above areas
based on an improved production model.
d). Real time DSP implementation.
Project 2. Development and implementation of a voice quality/vocal fold
dynamic assessment system for clinical use
New postgraduate research opportunity available in voice processing in the
Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering. The candidate, who should have
an honours degree in a relevant discipline, will initially enroll for a
M.Eng. degree, beginning November, 1999 (or as soon as possible thereafter),
with future potential for pursuing a Ph.D. program. The project will be
based in the ECE department with strong possibilities for completing part of
the project in an established centre overseas.
The project consists of
a). A general review of the voice production/analysis literature.
b). A review of specific state-of-the-art in acoustic analysis,
electroglottography, EMG and video stroboscopy.
c). Development and introduction of new algorithms for objective
quantification of a simultaneous measurement system.
d). Implementation of a voice quality/vocal fold dynamic assessment
system for clinical use.
The research will be supported through departmental funds in the initial
stages. Supplementary funding will also be sought.
Further details are available from:
Dr. Peter Murphy,
Dept. of Electronic and Computer Engineering,
University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
ph.+353-61-21 3439 email: [log in to unmask]
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Faculty position at the University of Minnesota
A position for an Assistant Professor in Speech-Language-Pathology is available
in the Department of Communication Disorders at the University of Minnesota.
POSITION DESCRIPTION: Conduct research in area of expertise; teach
undergraduate and graduate courses, including phonological disorders; advise
graduate students; and provide service to the department, college, and university.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS: Position requires expertise in Communication
Disorders in Children. Ph.D. in Speech-Language-Pathology, Speech-Language-
Hearing Sciences, or related area by date of appointment. CCC-SLP preferred.
APPOINTMENT CONDITIONS: 9-month, tenure track, full-time position.
STARTING SALARY: Commensurate with experience.
STARTING DATE: Fall semester, 2000.
DEADLINE: January 20, 2000 for receipt of all required materials.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Send curriculum vitae, graduate transcripts, three
letters of recommendation, copies of published and unpublished works, a statement
of research and teaching interests, and, if available, evidence of effectiveness
in teaching to: Joe Reichle, Ph.D., Chair of Search Committee, Department of
Communication Disorders, 115 Shevlin Hall, 164 Pillsbury Drive S.E.,
Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA.
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Phonology - tenure-track Assistant Professor/ UCLA
The UCLA Linguistics Department has been authorized to recruit for a
tenure-track Assistant Professor position starting Fall 2000. We hope
to recruit a phonologist who has research strengths that relate
phonology to other fields within the cognitive sciences, such as
computational phonology, phonetics, or psycho/neurolinguistcs
(incl. processing and language acquisition).
Applicants should submit an application letter, CV, sample research
papers and should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be
sent. Applications and recommendations should be addressed to:
Phonology Search Committee
Department of Linguistics, UCLA
Box 951543
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1543
The application deadline is December 15, 1999. We anticipate conducting
interviews at the January 2000 LSA Meeting.
UCLA is an equal opportunity employer.
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Language acquisition-Assistant/Associate Professor, Ohio University
Ohio University is seeking faculty member with a specialties in
language acquisition and child language disorders. Complete
descriptions and details regarding this position is available from
Richard Dean (email: [log in to unmask]) or by visiting the School of
Hearing and Speech Science's web site
(http://cscwww.cats.ohiou.edu/hearingspeech)
Description of Position: This is a tenure track (Assistant/Associate
Professor) nine month academic year appointment. Candidates should
have special interests and experience in language acquisition and
child language disorders.
Responsibilities include teaching, scholarly work, and service. This
position will entail teaching of undergraduate and graduate courses,
academic advising, guidance of thesis and dissertation research, and
personal research and scholarly activity. Supervision is not required.
Research startup benefits are available.
Qualifications: Doctorate in speech-language pathology, CCC-SLP, and
eligibility for Ohio licensure. Clinical and teaching experience, an
active research agenda, and plans for seeking external research
support are highly desirable.
Starting Date: September 1, 2000
Richard Dean, Ph.D., Faculty Search Chair
School of Hearing and Speech Sciences, Lindley 204
Ohio University, Athens, OH 45701
Telephone: 740-593-1412 FAX: 740-593-0287
Email: [log in to unmask]
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Four research positions, University of Sheffield
Four researchers are required for a period of 2 years (in the first
instance) to work in the Natural Language Processing Group of the
Department of Computer Science, at the University of Sheffield.
Two positions involve working on Information Extraction (IE) and on
the General Architecture for Text Engineering (GATE), which is a
domain-specific software architecture for research and development in
Human Language Technologies. The area of research in this project
(MUSE) will be the adaptivity of IE systems to new genres and
domains. The third post involves computational linguistics or
statistical expertise to work on an EPSRC-funded project (METER) on
the reuse of texts and its detection. The fourth post involves
adapting IE work within a new EPSRC-funded project on the contents of
crime scenes (jointly with the University of Surrey). The successful
candidates will preferably be competent programmers, probably with a
sound knowledge of Natural Language Processing theory and practice, or
statistical methods. Knowledge of some of the following will also be
an advantage:
*statistical language processing;
*Information Extraction research;
*user interface programming in Java;
*database programming, especially using JDBC (or ODBC);
*foreign languages, and the Unicode standard;
*corpus processing.
The NLP research group's work can be viewed at
http://www.dcs.shef.ac.uk/research/groups/nlp/
The appointments will be made on the RA1A or RA1B scales.
Further details of how to apply from (quoting reference R1842):
The Personnel Department,
Firth Court,
Western Bank,
Sheffield
S10 2TN.
Phone: +44 (0)114 222 1631
Informal enquiries may be made to Yorick Wilks ([log in to unmask])
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Tenure Track Position in Linguistics, University of Chicago
The Department of Linguistics, University of Chicago, expects to fill
atenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level beginning Fall
2000. We are looking for a scholar of exceptional promise with high
competence in Phonology. The successful candidate should have
demonstrated a research agenda that seeks to establish new trends of
scholarship. He or she will be expected to teach at both the graduate
and undergraduate levels.
Interested parties should submit a CV, a detailed statement of their
research agenda over the next few years, a sample of their scholarly
writing, and at least three letters of recommendation (sent directly
to us by the references). In the CV, please include contact
information through December 15, 1999. Send all materials by November
15, 1999 to:
Linguistics Search Committee
Department of Linguistics
University of Chicago
1010 E. 59th Street
Chicago, IL 60637 [log in to unmask]
The University of Chicago is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity
employer. All qualified applicants are urged to apply for this
position. Appointment will be based on qualifications as they relate
to the position requirements without regard to race, color, national
origin, religion, sex, age, disability, or veteran status.
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Phonology - Lecturer, University of Southern California
The Department of Linguistics at the University of Southern California
invites applications for a Lecturer for a 2nd semester phonology
course to be taught Spring term 2000, beginning January 10, 2000.
The candidate must have completed all the requirements for a Ph.D. in
Linguistics with a specialization in Phonology. Candidates are
requested to submit a curriculum vitae, and have two letters of
reference forwarded by the deadline of November 26, 1999 to:
Phonology Search Committee
Department of Linguistics
GFS 301
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA 900891693
The University of Southern California is an Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
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Research Assistant / Lab Manager / Technician
Language Development & Speech Perception
$11-$13/hr for 25-40 hours per week
Bachelor's Degree Required
The Brent lab at Washington University seeks a part- or full- time
research assistant. The project involves recording spontaneous spoken
interactions between parents and young children, transcribing the
recordings, annotating the transcripts, and measuring children's
vocabulary growth. In addition, the responsibilities of the position may
eventually involve preparing stimuli for and running speech perception
experiments using adult subjects.
The successful candidate should hold a bachelor's degree and have
coursework in psychology, linguistics, speech pathology, audiology,
signal processing, or related disciplines. The position involves
spending a substantial amount of time working with both computers and
audiovisual equipment, so applicants should enjoy learning new technical
skills. Responsibilities may include recruiting and interacting with
subjects, so applicants should be outgoing and personable. Finally,
responsibilities will include a limited amount of lab management, such
as ordering supplies and possibly supervising other part-time research
assistants.
For more information about my interests and projects, see
http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~brent/index.html
(though it's a bit out of date).
To apply, please send a resume, a cover letter stating your reasons for
wanting the position, and contact information for two references to:
Professor Michael Brent
Campus Box 1045
Washington University
St. Louis, MO 63130
email: [log in to unmask] Mobile phone: 917-287-6088
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UNIVERSITY OF WALES INSTITUTE, CARDIFF
School of Health & Social Sciences
Centre for Speech & Language Therapy Studies
Temporary Lecturer in Phonetics & Phonology
4 January 2000 - 30 June 2000
In order to cover for maternity leave applications are invited for a temporary half-
time lectureship in the Centre for Speech & Language Therapy Studies to
contribute to teaching at undergraduate level in articulatory, acoustic and practical
phonetics, and introductory phonology. This will be to students training to be
speech and language therapists and to psychology students.
The salary £14,398 - £24,002 p.a. (Pro rata)
Please send a CV and letter of application to Dr. Siân Munro (Centre for Speech &
Language Therapy Studies, UWIC, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff,
CF5 2YB or Email { HYPERLINK mailto:[log in to unmask] [log in to unmask])
as soon as possible but no later than 3
December 1999.
Further details are available form Siân Munro (Tel. 01222 506881) or Dr Helen
Pandeli (address as above or Tel. 01222 506897).
If this temporary post is not filled, it is likely that coverage of the work can be
negotiated on an external part-time basis. It is possible that a permanent half time
post will become available in this topic area from early July 2000.
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Phonetics at Universite de Poitiers, France
Address for Applications:
95, avenue du Recteur Pineau
Poitiers
86000
France
The University of Poitiers is *urgently* seeking phoneticians familiar
with the pronunciation of Scottish place-names to proof-read a corpus
of phonemic transcriptions. Applicants must imperatively be familiar
with the pronunciation of Scottish Gaelic, as well as with Southern
British English, and the SAM-PA phonetic alphabet.
For details, apply to:
Dr Marc Fryd
[log in to unmask]
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MELLON POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY
The Department of Linguistics at Northwestern University invites
applications for a postdoctoral fellowship funded through a grant to
the University from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. The fellowship
is for a period of two academic years, beginning September 1, 2000.
In accordance with the fellowship guidelines, ALL REQUIREMENTS FOR THE
PH.D. MUST BE COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE START OF THE FELLOWSHIP
PERIOD.
We are seeking candidates in any subfield of linguistics who have
analyzed primary data (e.g., experimental data, field data, or natural
language corpora) in order to address theoretical issues. Preference
will be given to candidates whose research interests are
interdisciplinary and mesh with those of the current faculty.
Salary is competitive and commensurate with qualifications. The
position provides funds for computer facilities and professional
travel. Mellon postdoctoral fellows are expected to participate fully
in Northwestern's interdisciplinary research environment, teach two
quarter-length courses per year, and present one colloquium per year.
Applications are due at Northwestern by January 15, 2000. The
application should include the candidate's CV (indicating an e-mail
address), statements of research and teaching interests, teaching
evaluations (if available), and reprints or other written work.
(Finalists will be asked to submit a copy of the dissertation, or
completed portions thereof, at a later date; it is not necessary to do
so at this time.) Candidates should arrange to have 3-4 letters of
reference sent directly to the search committee by the application
deadline; if possible, one of the letters should specifically address
the applicant's qualifications as a teacher.
Send all materials to:
Mellon Search Committee
Department of Linguistics
Northwestern University
2016 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-4090
(Tel: 847-491-7020, Fax: 847-491-3770)
E-mail inquiries should be directed to the search committee at
[log in to unmask] The web page for the Department is:
http://www.ling.nwu.edu .
Northwestern University is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action
Employer, and applications from minority and women candidates are
especially welcome.
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University of Canterbury Christchurch New Zealand, Department of Linguistics
Two Post-Doctoral fellowships in Linguistics available from 1 February 2000.
These fellowships are for the ONZE research project (ONZE stands for
"origins and development of New Zealand English"). One is for a two-year
period, and one for a three-year period, beginning Feb. 1st, 2000 or as
soon thereafter as possible.
(1) Acoustic phonetics
(Funded by the Royal Society of New Zealand, Marsden Fund)
This fellowship is for three years, at $45,000 NZ per year.
(Interest in sociolinguistics and/or language change will also be of value,
though not strictly required.)
(2) Auditory phonetics and sociolinguistics
(Funded by the University of Canterbury)
This fellowship is for two years at $45,000 NZ per year.
(Interest in language change will also be of value, though not strictly
required.)
Both fellowships include a return airfare.
Note: the cost of living in New Zealand is lower than in many other
countries - for example, the average wage is under $24,000 per year; the
fellowship is comparable to the salary received by beginning lecturers in
New Zealand (equivalent to assistant professors in North America.)
The Origins and Development of New Zealand English (ONZE)
Project leaders:
Assoc.-Prof. Elizabeth Gordon, Department of Linguistics
Professor Lyle Campbell, Department of Linguistics
Dr Margaret Maclagan, Department of Speech-Language Therapy
This is a sociolinguistic research project interested in the origin of New
Zealand English and how it has changed. Since the European settlement of
NZ dates back only 150 years, New Zealand English (NZE) has developed at a
time when it is possible to have not only written accounts of the early
speech heard in this country, but also actual recorded evidence. We have
an archive of recorded interviews collected by the NZ National Broadcasting
Corporation in 1946/47 containing the speech of over 200 old New
Zealanders, some born as early as the 1850s (almost as early as the major
colonisation, from 1840). This archive, along with other more recent
recorded data, provides us with the complete history in apparent time of
this new variety of English. This research, therefore, provides keys to
resolving theoretical questions of how languages change, how dialects
emerge, and how new colonial and postcolonial English varieties develop.
The main objectives of the research are to establish the origin and
development of NZE and to use developments in NZE to test general claims
about language change and the emergence of new varieties of English.
These will be achieved through the phonetic analysis of archives of
recordings which collectively include the speech of New Zealanders born
from 1850-c1975.
The project will provide opportunities for the post-doctoral fellows to
work in a rich research environment with an established team which includes
Elizabeth Gordon, Lyle Campbell, Margaret Maclagan, and Peter Trudgill.
For more information please contact:
Associate Professor Elizabeth Gordon
[log in to unmask]
Tel: +64-3-364-2008
or
Professor Lyle Campbell
[log in to unmask]
Tel: +64-3-364-2242
Guidelines for applicants applying for a position are to be found at:
http://www.research.canterbury.ac.nz/postdoc_candidates_frame.htm
Position 1 (acoustic phonetics): Marsden Grant
Position 2 (auditory phonetics and sociolinguistics): LG74
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ASSISTANT/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR IN SPEECH-LANGUAGE OR SPEECH
SCIENCE:
The University of Georgia Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
seeks applicants for a tenure-track position at the assistant/associate
professor level to begin Fall Semester 2000, or as soon thereafter as possible.
Individual desired with an emphasis in either phonological/articulation
disorders, voice disorders, or speech science. Responsibilities include
undergraduate and graduate teaching, directing masters and doctoral research,
and conducting personal research. Appointment is for academic year (nine-
month) with summer employment opportunities available. Ph.D. required, CCC-SLP
preferred. The University of Georgia is located 70 miles northeast of Atlanta
with easy access to the northeast Georgia mountains and coastal resort areas.
Send letter of application, curriculum vita, three letters of reference, and
any supporting materials to Anne van Kleeck, Chair, Search Committee,
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, 516 Aderhold Hall,
University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602-7152. Applications received prior to
February 1, 2000 are assured of consideration. Salary dependent upon
qualifications. The Department offers ASHA ESB accredited programs in
speech-language pathology and audiology. Applications from minority
populations and those who are bilingual (Spanish) are encouraged. An Equal
Opportunity/Affirmative Action Institution.
M. Adelaida Restrepo, Ph.D.
Communication Sciences and Disorders
557 Aderhold Hall
The University of Georgia
Athens, GA 30602
voice (706) 542-8420, fax (706) 542-5348
e-mail [log in to unmask]
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MISCELLANEOUS
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We have some booklets containing thirteen speech dynamics papers
presented at our recent satellite symposium of the ICPhS.
These booklets are available for purchase for $5 plus shipping costs.
Anybody interested in purchasing a booklet should e-mail
us at the address listed below.
Kara Haupt
Contact us at [log in to unmask]
On the Web: http://www.icsi.berkeley.edu/~steveng/dynamics/
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Announcing a new ISCA SIG: SALTMIL
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SALTMIL: "Speech And Language Technology for MInority Languages"
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The start of the new academic year sees the start of the SALTMIL Special
Interest Group within ESCA (now ISCA). The group's initial activities
are as follows: more activities will ensue later.
1) Email discussion list
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The first activity is an email discussion list. As a preliminary
measure, a new list has been created at the US website www.onelist.com.
There are two possible ways to subscribe to the SALTMIL list:
a) Point your web browser to http://www.onelist.com/community/saltmil
and follow the link to subscribe;
or
b) Send a blank email to [log in to unmask]
A message with further details will be automatically sent to you.
This list is free, but carries commercial advertising in a brief section
at the end of each message. However, until we can migrate to a
non-commercial server this will be adequate. The discussions can be
followed through email, and also through a Web browser at the Onelist
site.
2) SALTMIL web page
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The provisional SALTMIL website is currently at
http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/SALTMIL
Please send any material you would like to add to the web pages to:
[log in to unmask]
This could include details of your work, or a link to your web pages.
We hope very much that many colleagues will join in the discussions and
share their knowledge and experience with others who are also working in
the field of speech and language technology for minority languages.
Briony Williams University of Edinburgh, UK
Climent Nadeu Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain
Donncha Ó'Cróinín Linguistics Institute of Ireland, Ireland
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Material for the December 1999 issue of foNETiks should reach the
editors by 26 November.
Paul Foulkes
Department of Linguistics and Phonetics
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
[log in to unmask]
tel: 0113-233 3564 (secretary: 233 3563)
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/linguistics/
Paul Foulkes
Department of Linguistics and Phonetics
University of Leeds
Leeds LS2 9JT
[log in to unmask]
tel: 0113-233 3564 (secretary: 233 3563)
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/linguistics/
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