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foNETiks
A network newsletter for
the International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
May 2009
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Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK.
Gerry Docherty, Newcastle University, UK.
Paul Foulkes, University of York and JP French Associates, UK.
Lisa Lim, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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ANOUNCEMENTS
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9 May 2009. Hearing and Seeing Voice: Perception, Analysis, Imaging: A day devoted to speaking and singing voice, including analysis and imaging using electro-laryngography. University College London, UK. www.british-voice-association.com (02/09)
11 May 2009. Experimental Phonetics and Sound Change. University of Salamanca, Spain. http://web.usal.es/~romanica/workshop.htm (12/08)
20 May 2009. Examination for IPA Certificate of Proficiency in English Phonetics, UCL, London. http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/courses/ipaexam/ (02/09)
22-23 May 2009. ASA Special Workshop: Cross Language Speech Perception and variations in linguistic experience. Portland, Oregon, USA. http://www.asa09crosslangspeech.com (01/09)
28-30 May 2009. 17th Manchester Phonology Meeting. Manchester, UK. www.englang.ed.ac.uk/mfm/17mfm.html (02/09)
3-5 June 2009. English Pronunciation: Issues & Practices (EPIP). Chambiry, France. colloque-epip at univ-savoie.fr (08/08)
8-9 June 2009. Child Phonology Conference (ChPhon09). University of Texas, Austin. babs at mail.texas.edu, http://csd.utexas.edu/chphon09/ (02/09)
10-12 June 2009. Annual Swedish Phonetics Conference (Fonetik 2009). Stockholm, Sweden. http://www.ling.su.se/fon/fonetik_2009/ (02/09)
17-19 June 2009. Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia 2009 (PaPI 2009). Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. http://www.congresos.ulpgc.es/papi2009/; papl2009 at ulpgc.ex (10/08)
19 June 2009. 4th Workshop on Sp_ToBI: Transcription of Intonation of the Spanish language. Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain. http://www.congresos.ulpgc.es/papi2009/workshop.html (04/09)
25-27 June, 2009. Fifth International Conference on Language Variation in Europe, Copenhagen, Denmark. iclave5 at hum.ku.dk, http://iclave5.nfi.ku.dk/
6-8 August 2009. Phonetics Teaching & Learning Conference (PTLC2009), UCL, London. http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/ptlc/ (02/09)
10-21 August 2009. Summer Course in English Phonetics (SCEP2009), UCL, London. http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/scep/ (02/09)
1-3 September, 2009. The 7th UK Language Variation and Change Conference (UKLVC7), Newcastle University, UK. http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/news/events/item/UKLVC (02/09)
2-5 September 2009. Melody vs Structure in Phonological Representation. Gniezno, Poland. http://ifa.amu.edu.pl/plm (04/09)
9-11 September 2009. 3rd Round of the Conference on Discourse & Prosody Interface (IDP09). Paris, France. http://idp09.linguist.univ-paris-diderot.fr (04/09)
10-11 September 2009. PAC Workshop 2009: Models, Variation & Phonological Corpora. Aix-en-Provence, France. gabor.turcsan at univ-provence.fr (04/09)
17-18 September 2009. Workshop on Prosody and Meaning (WPM). Barcelona, Spain. http://prosodia.uab.cat/prosodyandmeaning/home/index.php (12/08)
17-19 September 2009. Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching. Ames, Iowa, USA. (04/09)
24-26 September 2009. Gesture and Speech in Interaction (GESPIN2009). Poznan, Poland. http://www.ifa.amu.edu.pl/~gespin (12/08, 02/09)
28-30 September 2009. Monosyllables - from Phonology to Typology. Bremen, Germany. http://www.fb10.uni-bremen.de/monosyllables/ (04/09)
++28-29 September 2009. Intonational Variation in Arabic. University of York, UK. Contact:Sam Hellmuth - [log in to unmask] (05/09) [further details below]
16-18 December 2009. Workshop on Formal Approaches to the Phonology-Morphology-Syntax Interfaces. Barcelona, Spain. http://seneca.uab.cat/clt/ConsoleXVIII/workshop.html (04/09)
++14-17 April 2010. 8th International conference on the Evolution of Language (Evolang8), Utrecht University, NL.
http://evolang2010.nl/ (05/09) [further details below]
1-3 May 2010. New Sounds 2010: Sixth International Symposium on the Acquisition of Second Language Speech. Poznan, Poland. http://ifa.amu.edu.pl/newsounds/ (03/08)
++11-14 May 2010. Fifth International Conference on Speech Prosody, Doubletree Magnificent Mile, Chicago, USA. http://speechprosody2010.illinois.edu. (05/09) [further details below].
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CONFERENCES & WORKSHOPS
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Evolang8
The Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS (UiL OTS) of Utrecht University, the Netherlands, hosts the 8th International conference on the Evolution of Language (Evolang8), to be held 14-17 April 2010
The first call for papers was sent out in February, 2009. You can subscribe to the EvoLang email list by sending an email to [log in to unmask] with the following single-line message (not in the subject header):
Plenary Speakers
Stephen Anderson (Yale)
Morten Christiansen (Cornell)
Terrence Deacon (Berkeley)
Peter Gärdenfors (Lund)
Marc Hauser (Harvard)
Wil Roebroeks (Leiden)
Eörs Szathmáry (Budapest)
Maggie Tallerman (Newcastle)
Invited Speakers
Alan Barnard (Edinburgh)
Robert Berwick (MIT)
Rebecca Cann (Hawaii) & Karl Diller (Hawaii) Julia Fischer (Göttingen) Kathleen Gibson (Texas at Houston) Patricia Greenfield (UCLA) Eva Jablonka (Tel Aviv) & Daniel Dor (Tel Aviv) Gerhard Jäger (Bielefeld, Tübingen) Constance Scharff (FU Berlin) Ann Senghas (Columbia) & Asli Özyurek (MPI, Nijmegen) Marilyn Vihman (York) Thomas Wynn (Colorado at Colorado Springs) & Frederick Coolidge (Colorado at Colorado Springs)
These speakers have been invited to present papers at Evolang 2010 in an attempt to involve in the conference a larger number of pertinent areas and prominent participants.
Local Organizing Committee
Rudie Botha (Stellenbosch University, Utrecht University) Bart de Boer (University of Amsterdam) Martin Everaert (Utrecht University) Marieke Schouwstra (Utrecht University) Henriëtte de Swart (Utrecht University) Willem Zuidema (University of Amsterdam)
All information regarding submission, registration, travel, accomodation, program etc. will be available in due time through the conference website - http://evolang2010.nl/
To contact the local organisers, send an email to [log in to unmask]
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SPEECH PROSODY 2010 - Every Language, Every Style: Globalizing the Science of Prosody
The Fifth International Conference on Speech Prosody will be held on May 11-14, 2010 at the Doubletree Magnificent Mile, Chicago.
Prosody is, as far as we know, a universal characteristic of human speech, founded on the cognitive processes of speech production and perception. Adequate modeling of prosody has been shown to improve human-computer interface, to aid clinical diagnosis, and to improve the quality of second language instruction, among many other applications.
Speech Prosody 2010, the fifth international conference on speech prosody, invites papers addressing any aspect of the science and technology of prosody. Speech Prosody is the only recurring international conference focused on prosody as an organizing principle for the social, psychological, linguistic, and technological aspects of spoken language. Speech Prosody 2010 seeks, in particular, to discuss the universality of prosody. To what extent can the observed scientific and technological benefits of prosodic modeling be ported to new languages, and to new styles of spoken language? Toward this end, Speech Prosody 2010 especially welcomes papers that create or adapt models of prosody to languages, dialects, sociolects, and/or communicative situations that are inadequately served by the current state of the art.
Speech Prosody 2010 will include keynote presentations, oral sessions, and poster sessions covering topics including:
sound and meaning in under-resourced languages and dialects communicative situation and speaking style dynamics of prosody: structures that adapt to new situations phonology and phonetics of prosody rhythm and duration syntax, semantics, and pragmatics meta-linguistic and para-linguistic communication signal processing automatic speech synthesis, recognition and understanding prosody of sign language prosody in face-to-face interaction: audiovisual modeling and analysis prosodic aspects of speech and language pathology prosody in language contact and second language acquisition prosody and psycholinguistics prosody in computational linguistics voice quality, phonation, and vocal dynamics
Submission of Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length, four-page papers, including figures and references, to the Speech Prosody Technical Committee. All Speech Prosody papers will be handled and reviewed electronically at http://speechprosody2010.illinois.edu.
Venue: The Doubletree Hotel Magnificent Mile is located two blocks from North Michigan Avenue, and three blocks from Navy Pier, at the cultural center of Chicago. The Windy City has been the center of American innovation since the mid nineteenth century, when a railway link connected Chicago to the west coast, civil engineers reversed the direction of the Chicago river, Chicago financiers invented commodity corn (maize), and the Great Chicago Fire destroyed almost every building in the city. The Magnificent Mile hosts scores of galleries and museums, and hundreds of world-class restaurants and boutiques.
Important Deadlines
Submission of Regular Papers October 15, 2009 Notification of Acceptance (by email) December 15, 2009 Author's Registration Deadline February 2, 2010
For more information about the conference, please send mail to [log in to unmask]
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Intonational Variation in Arabic
York University, UK
28 - 29 September 2009
Call for Papers
Papers of a descriptive and/or theoretical nature are invited which treat the phonetics and/or phonology of suprasegmental phenomena in one or more Arabic varieties (or other related Afro-Asiatic languages). Papers treating the intonational phonology of spoken Arabic dialects will be particularly welcome and will be prioritised. The conference will include a special workshop session on the development of transcription systems for research on intonational variation in Arabic.
Invited speakers confirmed so far:
Professor Francis Nolan (University of Cambridge, UK) Professor Khaled Rifaat (Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University, Riyadh)
Abstracts should be no longer than one side of A4 (or 'American letter'), with 2.5cm or one inch margins, single-spaced, with a font size no smaller than 12, and with normal character spacing. A second page may be used to provide examples, figures and/or references. No submissions will be accepted which are longer than two pages.
Your abstract should be anonymous. You will be asked to submit a version with your name and affiliation on it if your abstract is selected for presentation. Please do not use your name in the filename for your abstract.
If you choose to use a phonetic font in your abstract or if you wish to include figures/pitch traces, we strongly recommend that you submit your abstract in pdf format.
Abstracts should be uploaded to the iva09 page on the EasyAbstracts site on or before 31st May 2009. You may use one of the following formats for your abstract: pdf, Word (.doc), or plain text (.txt). The link for uploading abstracts is: http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/iva09
All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by two members of the scientific committee.
A small number of bursaries will be available to students and/or authors with limited institutional financial support. If you would like to apply for a bursary please indicate this when sending your abstract.
Organisers:
Dr Sam Hellmuth (University of York)
Dr Dana Chahal (University of Melbourne)
Scientific Committee:
Dina ElZarka, Sonia Frota, Martine Grice, Barry Heselwood, Sun Ah Jun, Francis Nolan, Brechtje Post, Sandra Vella, Janet Watson, Mohamed Yeou
Local organising committee (University of York):
Sam Hellmuth, Ghazi Al Gethami, Rana Al Hussein Almbark, Nora Al Zahrani
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JOBS
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University of Wellington, NZ.
The School of Linguistics and Applied Language Studies at Victoria University of Wellington is seeking to appoint a Lecturer in Linguistics, preferably with a specialisation in phonetics and phonology. A strong background in linguistics research is also required, as is a PhD in Linguistics.
The School has a strong international and domestic profile in linguistic theory and description, sociolinguistics, second language learning, testing and teaching, vocabulary studies, New Zealand English, the compilation of analysis of electronic corpora, psycholinguistics, lexicography and Deaf studies.
The appointment will be to a continuing position. Applications close on 30th July 2009. Further details are available from the VUW vacancies webpage at http://vacancies.vuw.ac.nz/positiondetail.asp?p=4808 or from the Head of School, Associate Professor Paul Warren ([log in to unmask]).
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Cornell University, USA.
The Department of Linguistics at Cornell University has funding for a one-semester visiting position for the fall semester of 2009 (appointment dates of 8/16/09 - 12/31/09). The successful candidate will be expected to teach an undergraduate course in introduction to phonetics as well as an upper-level course in experimental phonetics. Ph.D. must be completed by August 15, 2009. Salary for this position will be $30,000 plus benefits.
A letter of application, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation, and one representative publication only should be sent to the application address below.
Given the short application period, we will also accept application materials by e-mail to: [log in to unmask] Acknowledgement of receipt will be made by e-mail.
Cornell is an AA/EO Employer. Women and minorities are strongly encouraged to apply.
Application Deadline: 15-May-2009
Application Address: Visiting Search Committee Department of Linguistics
203 Morrill Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853-4701
USA
Application Email: [log in to unmask]
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University of Potsdam
Department of Linguistics
http://ling.uni-potsdam.de
The Department of Linguistics at Potsdam University invites applications for a 9 month full time research position in prosody starting as soon as possible. The successful applicant will be associated with two ongoing projects. First a half position for one year in a project on syntax and phonology of discontinuous nominal constructions. The candidate will take care of the existing data on prosody and help the principal investigators (Caroline Féry and Gisbert Fanselow) to extend and manage the database.
S/he will write a short paper on the language of her/his choice. The other project offers a 6 to 9 months half position (replacement of maternity leave). The work consists in conducting an experiment on the processing of prosody.
For more information see http://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/pip/. Knowledge of prosody is a must: experience in psycholinguistic methodology, and experimental experience and/or syntax is a plus.
Salary and social benefits are according to Germany's public sector TV-L E13-O scale.
If you are interested in this position, please send your application or your questions by e-mail to Caroline Féry ([log in to unmask]) and Frank Kügler (see contact information below). Applications should include a CV.
Application Deadline: 17-May-2009
Application Email: [log in to unmask]
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