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foNETiks
A network newsletter for
the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
October 2006
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Editors:
Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK Gerry Docherty, University of
Newcastle, UK Paul Foulkes, University of York, UK Lisa Lim, Universiteit
van Amsterdam, The Netherlands
E-mail address: [log in to unmask]
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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[date of first appearance follows]
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++6 October, 2006. Prosody-syntax interface workshop, University College,
London, UK. <www.chc.ucl.ac.uk/events/prosodyprogram.html>
++23-27 October, 2006. Instrumental Phonology: Patterns and Variation. El
Colegio de Mexico, Mexico City. <lef.colmex.mx> [log in to unmask]
++2-6 November, 2006. 28th All INdian Conference of Linguists, Varanasi,
India. [log in to unmask]
8-10 November 2006. IV JTH2006. IV Jornadas en Tecnologia del Habla 4th
Workshop on Speech Technology. Zaragoza, Spain. <www.jth2006.unizar.es>;
jth2006.unizar.es (04/06)
9-12 November 2006. 48th Annual Convention of the Midwest Modern Language
Association. Chicago, Illinois, USA. <www.uiowa.edu/~mmla/call_2006.html>
(03/06)
17-18 November 2006. International Symposium on Linguistic Patterns in
Spontaneous Speech (LPSS 2006). Taipei, Taiwan. <www.lpss.sinica.edu.tw>
(08/06)
30 Nov - 1 Dec 2006. IWSLT: 3rd International Workshop on Spoken Language
Translation. Kyoto, Japan. <http://www.slt.atr.jp/IWSLT2006/> (04/06)
6 - 8 December 2006. 11th Australasian International Conference on Speech
Science and Technology (SST2006). Auckland, New Zealand.
<http://www.assta.org/> (05/06)
9 - 11 December 2006. 9th Oriental COCOSDA Workshop on Speech Databases and
Assessment. Penang, Malaysia. <http://www.usm.my/cocosda2006/> (05/06)
13-15 December 2006. 7th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP).
Ubatuba, Sao Paulo, Brazil. <http://cefala.org/issp2006 > (03/06)
13-16 December 2006. ISCSLP 2006: 5th International symposium on Chinese
Spoken Language Processing. Singapore. <http://www.iscslp2006.org/> (12/05)
10 January 2007. Word Accents and Tones in Sentence Perspective. Lund,
Sweden. <www.ling.lu.se/conference/waatisp/>; [log in to unmask] (07/06)
28 February - 2 March 2007. Standard Prosody or Prosody of Linguistic
Standards? Prosodic Variation and Grammar Writing. Workshop of the 29th
Annual Meeting of the German Linguistics Society (DGfS). University of
Siegen, Germany. <http://www.let.ru.nl/gep/jp/dgfs2007/main.html> (08/06)
28 February - 2 March 2007. Phonological Domains: Universals and Deviations.
Phonology Workshop (Arbeitsgruppe 12) at the 29th Annual Meeting of the
German Linguistics Society (DGfS). University of Siegen, Germany.
<http://ling.uni-konstanz.de/pages/home/dgfs2007/index.htm> (08/06)
++2 April 2007. Speech Prosody in Atypical Populations, University of
Reading, UK. <www.rdg.ac.uk/epu/cls_events.htm> [log in to unmask]
(10/06)
18-20 May 2007. Experimental Approaches to Optimality Theory, Ann Arbor,
Michigan, USA. http://www.ling.lsa.umich.edu/expot/ (09/06)
22-25 May 2007. NOLISP 2007. An ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Non
LInear Speech Processing. The Pierre et Marie Curie University, Paris,
France. <http://www.congres.upmc.fr/nolisp2007/>;
<http://www.congres.upmc.fr/nolisp2007/Call%20NOLISP%2007.pdf> (04/06)
2-4 August 2007. Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech International Workshop
(DiSS'07). Edinburgh, UK. http://www.disfluency.org (08/06)
6-10 August 2007. 16th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS2007).
Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany. <http://www.icphs2007.de>
(04/06, 08/06)
24 August 2007. 2007SSW-6: 6th ISCA Speech Synthesis Research Workshop, Bonn,
Germany. (09/06)
27-31 August 2007. Interspeech 2007. Antwerp, Belgium.
<www.interspeech2007.org> (08/06)
22-26 September 2008. Interspeech 2008. Brisbane, Australia.
<http://www.interspeech2008.org/> (09/06)
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CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
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SPEECH PROSODY IN ATYPICAL POPULATIONS
Monday 2nd April 2007, University of Reading
www.rdg.ac.uk/epu/cls_event.htm
Abstracts are invited from those working on speech prosody in atypical
populations for this one day event, organised by Dr Jane Setter and Dr
Vesna Stojanovik, Department of Clinical Language Sciences, School of
Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences. Papers reporting on therapy or
management of prosodic disorders as well as empirical papers reporting on
speech prosody in atypical populations are welcome.
The aim of the workshop is to bring together clinical linguists and
phoneticians and speech and language therapists in order to highlight the
issues in researching and remediating prosodic disorders, and discuss the
latest findings, in this often neglected area of research and clinical
concern.
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Dr Sue Peppe, Queen Margaret University College, Edinburgh.
REGISTRATION
Early bird registration by 5 Feb 2007: General 30 GBP, Student 15 GBP
Late registration by 5 Mar 2007: General 40 GBP, Student 25 GBP
More details and a registration form can be found on the website:
www.rdg.ac.uk/epu/cls_event.htm
SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS
Abstracts are invited for 15 minute oral papers, 30 minute workshops, or
poster presentations. Abstracts of no longer than 250 words should be
submitted as electronic MSWord document attachments (i.e. NOT in the body
of the message) to us at the following email address:
[log in to unmask]
You can also contact us at that address if you have any queries. If your
document contains any phonetic symbols, please use the font Lucida Sans
Unicode. Please indicate whether you are offering a 15 minute oral paper,
30 minute workshop or poster presentation at the beginning of your
abstract.
The deadline for submission of abstracts is Sunday 31st December 2006. We
aim to let you know by 19th January 2007 whether your submission has been
accepted.
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POSITIONS VACANT
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California State University, Long Beach. Assistant/Associate Professor
of Phonetics, Phonology, Language Acquisition.
Closing date: open until filled.
To teach courses in general linguistics, language acquisition, introductory
and advanced phonology, applied linguistics. Requires earned doctorate
in linguistics, applied linguistics, or related field.
Apply to Dr Malcom A. Finney, Dept. of Linguistics, California State
University, Long Beach, 1250 Bellflower Blvd, Long Beach, CA 90840-
0902, USA. 562-985-5792. [log in to unmask]
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University of Paris 3- Sorbonne Nouvelle. Maitre de Conferences (Assistant
Professor).
Closing date: December 20, 2006
To teach the essentials of English phonetics and phonology. Starts September,
2007. Candidates should have completed a PhD in the field of English
phonetics and/or phonology. Preference given to native speakers of English.
Contact Jennifer Vance ([log in to unmask]) or Dominique Boulonnais
([log in to unmask]).
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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Assistant Professor.
Closing date: November 8, 2006
Candidate should have a strong record of research and teaching in one or
more of the areas relating to the sound systems of language. A background
in experimental or computational approaches is desirable. Starts August
16, 2007. Must have PhD by that date.
Linguistics Search Committee c/o Marita Romine, Jennifer Cole, Chair
University of Illinois
707 South Mathews, 4072A FLB
Urbana, IL 61801 USA
[log in to unmask]
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STUDENTSHIPS
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Interdisciplinary Short-Term Fellowships in Speech Research
Edinburgh Speech Science and Technology (EdSST) is an
interdisciplinary research training programme that aims to close the
gap between speech science, speech therapy, phonetics, and speech
technology. EdSST is a collaboration between two major speech research
institutes: the Centre for Speech Technology Research, University of
Edinburgh, and the Speech Science Research Centre, Queen Margaret
University College. EdSST is funded under the Early Stage Research
Training (EST) scheme of the EU Marie Curie Programme and runs for 4
years from January 2006.
EdSST covers six main research areas, each of which includes
components from speech science, speech therapy, phonetics, and speech
technology:
- Articulatory phonetic instrumentation and modelling
- Speech synthesis
- Speech recognition
- Human-computer dialogue systems
- Inclusive design for speech technology
- Augmentative and alternative communication
We are currently advertising 2 Short-Term Fellowships lasting 4-12
months. These Short-Term Fellowships provide an opportunity for
outstanding young graduate researchers and PhD candidates to conduct a
well-defined research project in one of the EdSST research areas at
CSTR and SSRC. Applicants should have a first or upper second class
honours degree or a Masters in Informatics, Phonetics, Speech Science,
Linguistics, or Speech and Language Therapy and fulfil the Marie Curie
EST selection criteria
(http://europa.eu.int/comm/research/fp6/mariecurie-actions/pdf/faq_est.pdf).
Please contact the Project Manager, Maria Wolters
([log in to unmask]), before applying.
Further information:
Project website: http://www.cstr.ed.ac.uk/edsst
Contact: Dr Maria Wolters, Project Manager ([log in to unmask])
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BOOKS FOR REVIEW
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The following books are available for review for the Journal of the Inter-
national Phonetic Association. Reviews are published at the discretion of
the editors.
Jean Abitbol, Odyssey of the Voice (Tr. Crossley), Plural 2006
Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk and Joanna Przedlacka (eds), English
Pronunciation Models: A Changing Scene, Peter Lang 2006
Nicole Muller (ed), Multilayered Transcription, Plural 2006
Mark Tatham and Katherine Morton, Speech Production and Perception,
Palgrave, 2006
John Wells, English Intonation: An Introduction, CUP 2006
Walt Wolfram and Ben Ward, American Voices, Blackwell, 2006
Please contact [log in to unmask] if you are interested in reviewing one
or more of these books.
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FYI
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A Welsh accent of English
I write from the University of Glamorgan in South Wales to say that
we have just made freely available on the web a description of a
`Welsh accent' of English, specifically a study of the phonology of
Rhondda Valleys English. Such `Valleys accents' are heard across a
large area of South Wales and for outsiders form perhaps the stereotypical
`Welsh accent'. The study and its recordings can be accessed via the
University of Glamorgan website www.glam.ac.uk/research (under Research
Areas A-Z), or directly at www.glam.ac.uk/rhondda-accent .
The study comprises a condensed version of my 1999 doctoral thesis `A
study of the segmental and supra-segmental phonology of Rhondda
Valleys English'. It contains sound-clips illustrating the different
sounds (consonants and vowels) and prosodic features of the accent,
together with an archive containing transcriptions and an entire set
of recordings. The study could be of interest to staff or students
researching into World Englishes, Celtic Englishes, phonology /
phonetics, or intonation / prosody.
The archive of recordings might also interest students of Welsh
social history, since the coal-mining Valleys of South Wales used to
be well known for their close community life, characterised by strong
trade-unionism and socialism, by sporting prowess (producing a stream
of famous boxers & rugby players) and by chapel life and Welsh
culture (eisteddfodau, choirs etc). The recordings were made, sadly,
not long after the last of the coal-mines had been shut down and
communities in the Rhondda were suffering the tragic consequences of
economic depression.
If there is any `academic' feedback from the research I would be glad
to receive it via email to my home [log in to unmask] (I have
retired from full-time lecturing). For any technical queries -
difficulties in down-loading etc - please contact the University
direct as indicated on the web-site.
Rod Walters
17 Avenue Crescent, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire, South Wales NP7 7DE
(Tel +44 (0)1873 854404)
School of Humanities, University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd, CF37 1DL
([log in to unmask])
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Database of speech styles
The Chains corpus is a novel speech corpus collected with the primary
aim of facilitating research in speaker identification. The corpus
features approximately 36 speakers recorded under a variety of
speaking conditions, allowing comparison of the same speaker across
different well-defined speech styles. Speakers read a variety of
texts alone, in synchrony with a dialect-matched co-speaker, in
imitation of a dialect-matched co-speaker, in a whisper, and at a
fast rate. There is also an unscripted spontaneous retelling of a
read fable. The bulk of the speakers were speakers of Eastern Hiberno-
English. The corpus is being made freely available for research
purposes.
Full details at http://chains.ucd.ie/corpus.php
Dr Fred Cummins, School of Computer Science and Informatics,
UCD, Dublin 4
email: fred.cummins at ucd.ie
www: cspeech.ucd.ie/~fred
--> phone: +353-(0)1-7162902
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John Ohala, Professor Emeritus, Department of Linguistics, was awarded the
International Speech Communication Association (ISCA) Medal for Scientific
Achievement at its annual meeting held this year in Pittsburgh, PA, 17-22
October. This medal, the 12th such awarded since 1988, recognizes cumulative
scientific contributions to the field of speech communication. His research
is centered in experimental phonology and phonetics and ethological aspects
of communication, including speech perception, sound change, phonetic and
phonological universals, psychological aspects of phonology, and sound
symbolism.
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The deadline for material for the November issue of foNETiks is 28
October 2006.
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