************************************************ foNETiks A network newsletter for the International Phonetic Association and for the Phonetic Sciences October 2004 ************************************************ Editors: Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK <[log in to unmask]> Gerry Docherty, University of Newcastle, UK <[log in to unmask]> Paul Foulkes, University of York, UK <[log in to unmask]> Lisa Lim, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands <[log in to unmask]> E-mail address: [log in to unmask] 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.arts.gla.ac.uk/IPA/ipa.html ************************************** ANNOUNCEMENTS [new ones marked ++] [date of first appearance follows] ************************************** 7 - 9 October 2004. Variation and Change in Phonology and Phonetics. Potsdam, Germany. [log in to unmask] (04/04) 15 - 17 November 2004. 3rd International Seminar on Speech Technology. Valencia, Spain. http://www.dsic.upv.es/~3jth; [log in to unmask] (08/04) 8 - 10 December 2004. 10th Australian International Conference on Speech Science & Technology (SST2004), Macquarie University, Sydney. http://www.assta.org/sst/2004 (05/04) 16 - 18 December 2004. 4th International Symposium on Chinese Spoken Language Processing (ISCSLP'04). Hong Kong, China. http://www.iscslp2004.com/ (12/03) 20 - 22 January 2005. 2nd Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP2). Tromso, Norway. http://castl.uit.no (08/04) 23 - 25 February 2005. Speech perception within or outside phonology? Workshop as part of the 27th annual meeting of the German Society for Linguistics (DGfS). Cologne, Germany. http://www.zas.gwz-berlin.de/events/percphon/ (08/04) ++25 - 27 February 2005. Penn Linguistics Colloquium, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, USA. [log in to unmask] http: www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC (10/04) 30 March 2005. Synchrony Meets Diachrony in Phonology. A pre-Glow phonology workshop. Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.unige.ch/glow05 (08/04) 19 - 22 April 2005. NOLISP'05: Non-Linear Speech Processing. Barcelona, Spain. http://www.nolisp2005.org/; [log in to unmask] (12/03) 2 - 4 June 2005. 7th Annual Meeting of the French Network of Phonology (REP2005). Mediterranean Centre for Social Sciences, Aix-en-Provence, France. http://www.lpl.univ-aix.fr/~rfp2005/; [log in to unmask] (08/04) 15 - 17 June 2005. Plasticity in Speech Perception (PSP2005). ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop. Senate House, London, UK. http://www.psp2005.org.uk/ (08/04) 16 - 18 June 2005. Between Stress and Tone (BeST). Leiden, The Netherlands. http://www.iias.nl/iias/agenda/best/ (04/04) 20 - 21 June 2005. Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia (PaPI 2005), Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. http://seneca.uab.es/papi; [log in to unmask] (06/04) 23 - 25 June 2005. The International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE), Meertens Institute, Amsterdam. http://www.iclave.org/ (05/04) ++23-25 June 2005. TENNET XVI (Theoretical and Experimental Neuropsychology). Universite de Quebec, Montreal, Canada. http:www.tennet.ca (10/04) 23 - 26 June 2005. First International Conference on the Linguistics of Contemporary English. University of Edinburgh. http://www.englang.ed.ac.uk/iclce/iclce2005.html (09/04) 31 August - 3 September 2005. The 6th Pan-European Voice Conference (PEVoC-6): Mirroring the Voice. The Royal Academy of Music, London, UK. www.pevoc6.com; info@ pevoc6.com (04/04) 4 - 8 September 2005. INTERSPEECH'2005: 9th Eurospeech Conference. Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal. http://www.interspeech2005.org/; [log in to unmask] (08/04) 11 - 14 May 2006. International Conference on Conversation Analysis (ICCA). University of Helsinki, Finland. [log in to unmask] (12/03) **************************************** CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS **************************************** CALL FOR ABSTRACTS THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL NEUROPSYCHOLOGY (TENNET XVI) Montreal, Canada, June 23-25, 2005 The 16th Annual conference on Theoretical and Experimental Neuropsychology, TENNET XVI, will be held in June 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at Universite du Quebec, Montreal. This year marks the 16th anniversary of TENNET. It also marks a passing of the baton from Henri Cohen and Peter Snyder to Barbara Bulman-Fleming, Mike Dixon, and their colleagues at the University of Waterloo. The conference will still be held in Montreal at the usual time in June (we don't wish to mess with success). We wish to thank Henri Cohen, Sid Segalowitz, Pete Snyder, Harry Whitaker and the staff and students at UQAM for their dedication and hard work in making TENNET the favourite conference for many of us. The basic conference structure will be identical: (a) two invited thematic symposia of 3 hours each day, followed by (b) refereed poster papers. The poster papers are discussed after the second symposium, each afternoon. The two-hour period for lunch allows ample time for strolling around to find one of the many charming restaurants in the area. The procedure for TENNET submissions is slightly different this year. There are now two streams: ABSTRACT submissions (to TENNET) and MANUSCRIPT submissions (to Brain and Cognition, not to TENNET - see below). ABSTRACT SUBMISSION Abstracts (maximum 250 words) can be submitted to the TENNET committee for review. Abstracts that are accepted will enable the authors to present a poster during TENNET. The 250-word abstracts will be printed in a separate issue of Brain and Cognition devoted to conference proceedings. At least one of the authors must be present to discuss the poster at the conference in order for the abstract to be published. The deadline for ABSTRACT submissions, via e-mail only ([log in to unmask] ), is January 17th, 2005. Note the new email address in your address books, please. MANUSCRIPT SUBMISSION In addition to submitting the abstracts, we encourage authors to continue to submit longer MANUSCRIPTS on the same topic (either brief papers or longer papers). But as of this year all manuscripts (short or long) will undergo the same peer review, editorial, and technical editing (i.e., galley proofs, etc.) process as any formal submission to Brain and Cognition. Thus if you wish to prepare a ^short paper^ or a ^long paper^ based on your poster, by all means do so. These should be submitted directly to the Journal (i.e. NOT to the TENNET email address). Accepted papers will appear in the main body of Brain and Cognition, rather than in the issue devoted to the conference proceedings. The website for Brain and Cognition is http://authors.elsevier.com/JournalDetail.html?PubID=622798&Precis=DESC Please follow the links to the ^Guide for Authors^ for submission details. You can also submit online: see instructions at that website for ^Online submission^. IMPORTANT: Information for ABSTRACTS All submissions should deal with a well-defined topic or problem in any domain of experimental, clinical or theoretical neuropsychology, including neurolinguistics, development, and history. The title of the presentation, the full name(s) of author(s) (and complete mailing address, with institutional affiliation, if any, telephone number and e-mail) and acknowledgments should appear with the abstract. This information is needed to properly prepare the program if your abstract is accepted. As mentioned above, one type of submission will be considered: An abstract of 250 words or fewer, for publication as part of the conference proceedings, and to serve as an archival record of a poster presentation. If a submission is accepted, then one of the authors must attend the conference to present the poster in order for the abstract to be published in the Journal. Your abstract should arrive by the January 17th deadline at the following email address: [log in to unmask] . IMPORTANT: Please check your submission with an updated general-purpose antivirus application before sending it by e- mail. Attached files should be in PDF, MS Word or RTF. Manuscript submissions should be sent to: Brain and Cognition - see the following website: http://authors.elsevier.com/JournalDetail.html?PubID=622798&Precis=DESC Further information about accommodation, registration, program and past conferences can be found at http://www.tennet.ca ________________________________________ The 29th Penn Linguistics Colloquium: Call for Papers The 29th Annual Penn Linguistics Colloquium will take place FEBRUARY 25-27, 2005 at the University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia. INVITED SPEAKER: Mark Baker (Rutgers University): Gerund constructions within a universal theory of categories. *************************************************************************** WORKSHOP (New!): Anthony Kroch et al. (University of Pennsylvania): Syntactically annotated corpora: What, Why and How? *************************************************************************** SUBMISSIONS: Papers on any topic in linguistics and associated fields are welcome. Speakers will have 20 minutes for their presentations and 5 minutes for discussion and questions. Please limit abstracts to one page, single- or double-spaced, in 11-pt. font. An additional page may be used for references and tables. Do not include your name or affiliation within the abstract. To facilitate the review process, please submit your abstract as a .pdf file. If you cannot create .pdf files, you may submit a .doc, .rtf, or .txt file, and we will convert it for you. However, since phonetic fonts are not likely to output correctly, we ask that you set up a legend using standard ASCII characters. An online abstract submission form will soon be available at the PLC website, http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/ IMPORTANT DATES: Abstract submissions due: November 8, 2004. Notification of acceptance/rejection: January 17, 2005. PROCEEDINGS: Conference proceedings will be published as a volume of the Penn Working Papers in Linguistics. Speakers will be invited to provide camera-ready copies of their papers after the Colloquium. FOR MORE INFORMATION: Email [log in to unmask] Visit http://www.ling.upenn.edu/Events/PLC/ Penn Linguistics Colloquium Department of Linguistics 619 Williams Hall University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305 This event is supported by funding from GSAC, the Graduate Student Association Council of the University of Pennsylvania. **************************************** POSITIONS VACANT **************************************** The University of Poitiers invites urgent applications for an ongoing research project requiring first rate transcription and oral skills in the field of English Phonetics (Southern British English). Please contact [log in to unmask] for details. ___________________________________________ The Department of Communication Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences (http://www.case.edu/artsci) at Case Western Reserve University (http://www.case.edu) invites applications for one or more tenure-track appointments. Open rank, but candidates seeking appointment at the rank of assistant professor are preferred. A broad range of research interests involving medical, biological, and clinical issues related to communication sciences and disorders with relevance to children will be considered. Secondary appointments are possible in a variety of departments, including Case's new Department of Cognitive Science, depending on field. (See http://www.case.edu/artsci/cogsci.) The successful candidate will be expected to develop a strong externally-funded research program, contribute to the Department^Òs graduate program, interact with other departments and schools, and assist the Department in meeting College and University goals, including undergraduate teaching in our university-wide undergraduate general education program, SAGES. (See http://www.case.edu/sages.) Applicants must hold a Ph.D. or equivalent by date of appointment and have, relative to career stage, a distinguished record of scholarship, service, and teaching. Compensation commensurate with qualifications. Applicants should provide a letter of application, a curriculum vita, a statement of research interests and plans, and a statement of teaching experience. Applications should be sent to Stephen Haynesworth, Ph.D. ([log in to unmask]). Complete applications received by December 1, 2004 will receive full consideration. Case Western Reserve University is committed to diversity and is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Applications from women or minorities are especially encouraged. This ad is posted at http://www.case.edu/artsci/dean/searches/cosi05.html ________________________________ The Department of Philosophy in the College of Arts and Sciences at Case Western Reserve University invites applications for a position at the rank of assistant professor in the areas of philosophy and cognitive science. A secondary appointment in Case's new Department of Cognitive Science may be appropriate. Expected start date in August, 2005. Preference for candidates who will hold a Ph.D. or equivalent in philosophy by the date of appointment, have research experience in some field of cognitive science relevant to philosophy, and have an active research interest in some historical philosopher or school of philosophy. Teaching experience desirable. Semester system, four courses per year including Introduction to Philosophy. Complete applications received by November 15 will receive full consideration. Applicants should provide a complete dossier with a writing sample and arrange to have four letters of reference sent independently. So far as possible these should be sent electronically to [log in to unmask] with a cc to [log in to unmask] Surface mail can be sent to: Search Committee, Department of Philosophy, Case Western Reserve University, 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-7119. The university is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Applications from women or minorities are encouraged. This announcement and further information are available at http://www.case.edu/artsci/dean/searches/philosophy05.html ________________________________________ Pending financial approval, Hubert Truckenbrodt, PD Dr, is looking to fill a half-time position in a research project with a phonetician who has an MA or a diploma. Work includes conducting production and perception experiments in intonation. This is a two-year position, beginning January 2005, with a possible two-year extension. Command of German is an asset, but not required. Applications (CV, two letters of reference, description of statistical and experimental experience, and any work samples) to Hubert Truckenbrodt by October 29, 2004. Direct questions or .pdf applications to [log in to unmask] Address: Hubert Truckenbrodt Seminar fuer Sprachwissenschaft Wilhelmstr. 19 Tuebingen 72074, Germany ___________________________________________ The Department of Linguistics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign is searching for a full-time, tenure-track Assistant Professor in sociolinguistics. Specialisation open, but preference will be given to candidates with an interest in multilingualism, language contact, social dialectology, language variation, and discourse analysis. Starts August 16, 2005. PhD required. Applications by November 30, 2004. Candidates are asked to submit a CV, sample publications, and teaching evaluations to the address below. They should arrange for three letters of recommendation to be sent to the same address, i.e.: Sociolinguistics Search Committee c/o Cathy Schilson University of Illinois Department of Linguistics, MC 168 4080 FLB, 707 S. Matthews Ave. Urbana, IL. 61801, USA Inquiries may be sent to [log in to unmask] _______________________________________ The Linguistics Department at the University of Maryland invites applications for an open rank position in Phonology, to begin August 2005. PhD required. Letters of application should indicate whether applicant plans to attend the January, 2005 LSA meeting in San Francisco. Application should include CV, samples of written work. Please arrange for three letters of reference to be sent. For best consideration, apply before December 1, 2004. Application and letters of reference to: Norbert Hornstein, Chair Linguistics Dept, University of Maryland 1401 Marie Mount Hall College Park, MD 20742 USA phone 301-405-4932 Fax 301-405-7104 **************************************** PASSAGES **************************************** John Laver retired on July 31 2004 from his position as Deputy Principal of Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh, and was appointed emeritus professor of speech sciences He will continue to have an office, in Speech and Language Sciences, and can be contacted on email <[log in to unmask]>, and by phone (0131-317-3165). His ordinary mail address will be: Speech and Language Sciences School of Social Sciences, Media and Communication Queen Margaret University College Clerwood Terrace Edinburgh EH12 8TS Scotland _________________________________________ Jack Carnochan (March 6, 1918 - May 7, 2004) was a pioneering and influential phonetician who worked and published primarily on the sound systems of major West African languges. He attended University College London 1936-39 and after WWII (during which he lost his right leg), joined SOAS in 1945. Here he came under the influence of JR Firth and in the 1950s produced a phonological analysis of the French verb in a Firthian paradigm. He was appointed senior lecturer at SOAS in 1956, reader in phonetics in 1964, and professor of phonetics in 1972. He retired in 1982. Jack was an active and lively member of staff at SOAS. HIs core teaching contribution was in experimental/articulatory phonetics and in the phonetics of West African languages. He was a knowledgeable and sympathetic teacher, a generous and gregarious man, and a fine raconteur with a wealth of anecdotes derived from his wide experiences. (Obituary condensed from PJ Jagger, The Guardian, 13/9/04) ------------------------------------- Betsy Uldall died in Edinburgh on June 23rd, 2004, aged 90, Born Elizabeth Theodora Anderson in Kearney, Nebraska, daughter of a photographer, she took her BA at Barnard College of Columbia University in 1935. It was while there that, finding the periodical American Speech without an index, she set about providing one, an early expression of a lifelong passion for the accessibility of scholarly information and for clarity and completeness in its presentation. In 1937 she registered at University College, London, on an MA (Phonetics) course, graduating in 1939 with a thesis on 'The intonation of American English'. That same summer she married the Danish linguist H.-J. Uldall . Ten peripatetic years with the British Council followed, firstly in Greece and the Middle East and later in South America, until in 1949 she was appointed one of the first lecturers in the newly-established Department of Phonetics at the University of Edinburgh. There she taught until retirement in 1983. Besides intonation, her academic interests and expertise embraced speech synthesis and vocal cord photography; whilst her gift for maintaining contact with past students made her the Department's unofficial chronicler. The writer Lawrence Durrell, an acquaintance from Egypt days, remembered her for her 'comic verse in the Ogden Nash manner'. Her students, who usually became her friends, enjoyed this quirky humour too, but drew greatest benefit from the openness and humanity she displayed in her dealings with people, and from her unaffected kindness and generosity. She was a truly venerable member of the International Phonetic Association, having belonged to it for over 65 years. (Obituary taken from John Kelly, Journal of the International Phonetic Association, to appear) *************************************************************************** Items for November's foNETiks should reach us by October 28 *****************************************************************************