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foNETiks
A newsletter for
The International Phonetic Association
and for the Phonetic Sciences
April 2013
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Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK.
Gerry Docherty, Newcastle University, UK.
Shira Katseff, University of Canterbury, NZ.
Lisa Lim, The University of Hong Kong.
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.langsci.ucl.ac.uk
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
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17-18 April 2013. Workshop on Sound Change Actuation. Chicago, USA. http://lucian.uchicago.edu/blogs/phonlab/sound-change-actuation/ (09/12, 10/12)
4 May 2013. 4th Theoretical Phonology Conference (TPC 4). Taipei, Taiwan. http://phonology.nccu.edu.tw/tpc4/ (04/12)
8-10 May 2013. 3rd International Conference on English Pronunciation: Issues and Practices (EPIP3). Murcia, Spain. https://sites.google.com/site/epip32013/ (06/12)
17-19 May 2013. New Sounds 2013. Montreal, QC, Canada. http://doe.concordia.ca/newsounds2013/ (12/12)
23-25 May 2013. 21st Manchester Phonology Meeting (21mfm). Manchester, UK. http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/mfm/21mfm.html (12/12)
## 26-31 May 2013. ICASSP 2013: 38th International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing (ICASSP).
Vancouver, Canada. http://www.icassp2013.com/ (04/13)
30 May - 1 June 2013. Spoken English Corpora: From Annotation to Interphonologies (PAC 2013), Aix en Provence, France. http://aune.lpl.univ-aix.fr/~PAC2013/ (01/13)
10-12 June 2013. International Child Phonology Conference 2013 (ICPC2013). Nijmegen, The Netherlands. http://www.childphonology.org/ (12/12)
## 17 June 2013. Workshop on Catalan Prosody (WCP). Barcelona, Spain. http://prosodia.upf.edu/activitats/catprosody5/ca/ (Catalan), http://prosodia.upf.edu/activitats/catprosody5/en/call.php (English) (04/13) [Further details below]
## 21-23 June 2013. Approaches to Phonology and Phonetics (APAP). Lublin, Poland. http://apap.umcs.lublin.pl (04/13) [Further details below]
25-26 June 2013. Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia (PaPI) 2013. Lisbon, Portugal. http://ww3.fl.ul.pt//laboratoriofonetica/papi2013/ (12/12)
28 June 2013. Workshop on Variation in the Acquisition of Sound Systems, University of Michigan Linguistic Institute. http://groups.linguistics.northwestern.edu/lsa2013-workshop/ (02/13)
1-3 July 2013. French Phonology Network Meeting (RFP 2013). Nantes, France.
http://www.lling.univ-nantes.fr (12/12)
7-10 July 2013. Phonetics and Phonology of Sub-Saharan Languages. Johannesburg, South Africa.
http://www.wits.ac.za/conferences/phonetics (12/12)
14 July 2013. Linguistic Variability and How the Mind/Brain Accommodates It. Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. http://www.hlp.rochester.edu/variability/ (03/13)
22-27 July 2013. Word Stress: Dialectal Variation and Perception. Workshop of the International Congress of Linguists. Geneva, Switzerland. http://www.cil19.org/en/workshops/word-stress-dialectal-variation-and-perception/ (08/12)
8 - 10 August 2013. PTLC - Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference, UCL London. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/psychlangsci/ptlc (01/13)
## 21-23 August 2013. DISS 2013: The 6th Workshop on Disfluency in Spontaneous Speech. Stockholm, Sweden. http://www.diss2013.org/ (04/13)
21-23 August 2013. Phonetics, Phonology and Language Contact (PPLC13) (satellite of Interspeech 2013). Paris, France. https://sites.google.com/site/ppcpinterspeech2013/home (12/12)
## 22-23 August 2013. WASSS’2013: Workshop on Affective Social Speech Signals (satellite of Interspeech 2013). Grenoble, France. http://wasss-2013.imag.fr/ (04/13)
## 22-23 August 2013. SLAM 2013: First Workshop on Speech, Language and Audio in Multimedia (satellite event of Interspeech 2013). Marseille, France. http://slam2013.lif.univ-mrs.fr/ (04/13)
25-29 August 2013. 14th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (Interspeech 2013). Lyon, France. http://www.interspeech2013.org (12/12)
28-31 August 2013. Linguistic Association of Great Britain meeting, School of Oriental and African Studies, London, UK. http://www.lagb.org.uk/lagb2013/home (04/13)
## 29 August - 1 September 2013. AVSP 2013: The 12th International Conference on Auditory-Visual Speech Processing. Annecy, France. http://avsp2013.loria.fr/ (04/13)
## 30 August 2013. SPASR 2013: Workshop on Speech Production in Automatic Speech Recognition. Lyon, France. http://ttic.uchicago.edu/~klivescu/SPASR2013/ (04/13)
## 30 August 2013. TRASP 2013: Tools and Resources for the Analysis of Speech Prosody. Aix-en-Provence, France. http://aune.lpl.univ-aix.fr/~trasp/ (04/13)
## 30 August - 1 September 2013, SLaTE 2013: Speech and Language Technology for Education [Special Interest Group (SIG) on Speech and Language Technology in Education].
Grenoble, France. http://www.slate2013.org/ (04/13)
## 31 August - 2 September 2013. SSW8: 8th Speech Synthesis Workshop. Barcelona, Spain. http://synsig.org/index.php/Speech_Synthesis_Workshop_(SSW) (04/13)
6 September 2013. PARLAY Conference: Postgraduate and Academic Researchers in Linguistics at York. York, UK. www.parlayconference.blogspot.com (03/13, 04/13)
11-13 September 2013. Prosody-Discourse Interface (IDP2013). Leuven, Belgium. http://wwwling.arts.kuleuven.be/franitalco/idp2013 (12/12/)
20-21 September 2013. Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching conference, Iowa State University. http://linguistlist.org/confservices/customhome.cfm?Emeetingid=4802JA4458B6465A40A050441
(02/13)
## 26-27 September 2013. PROSLI: Prosody for self-learning instruction (Workshop at ICNAAM).
Rodos Palace Hotel, Rhodes, Greece. http://www.icnaam.org/ (04/13)
30 September – 4 October 2013. 4th Summer School on Speech Production and Perception: Speaker-Specific Behaviour. Aix-en-Provence, France. http://summerschool13.sciencesconf.org/ (12/12)
29 - 31 October 2013 ‘R-ATICS 4, Grenoble (Autrans). (01/13)
6 – 7 November 2013. Ultrafest 6: International Conference on Ultrasound Imaging, Edinburgh University Informatics Forum. http://www.qmu.ac.uk/casl/conf/ultrafest_2013/ (02/13)
## 5-7 December 2013. Accents 2013: 7th Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English. Lodz, Poland. http://filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents (04/13) [Further details below]
## 12-13 Dec 2013. pS – prominences. Viterbo, Italy. http://www.gscp.it/GSCP_official_website/pS-prominenceS.html (04/13) [Further details below]
## 5-8 May 2014. 10th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP 2014). Cologne, Germany. http://www.issp2014.uni-koeln.de/ (04/13) [Further details below]
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CONFERENCES
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Workshop on Catalan Prosody (WCP)
Barcelona, Spain, 17 June 2013
http://prosodia.upf.edu/activitats/catprosody5/ca/ (Catalan)
http://prosodia.upf.edu/activitats/catprosody5/en/call.php (English)
Call for Papers
Deadline: 10 May 2013
Workshop on Catalan Prosody (formerly called «Workshop on Catalan intonation and Cat_ToBI») has reached its 5th edition with the aim of welcoming discussions not only from the intonation field but also from all areas of the research on prosody.
The Workshop welcomes abstracts on any suprasegmental aspect of the Catalan language analyzed from a phonetics and phonology point of view. We also welcome contributions on interdisciplinary research on Catalan prosody, including the interface between prosody and pragmatics, prosody and syntax, prosody and gesture, prosody and acquisition, among others. Abstracts can be written in Catalan or English. The accepted proposals will be distributed into either oral communication or poster format. Abstracts (the anonymous version and the version with name and affiliations) must be submitted via email before May 10, 2013 to the following address: [log in to unmask]
Abstract Formatting:
Submissions should be sent in DOC format. Abstracts should not exceed one page of text; an extra page may be added for references and figures. Pages should have a 2.5 cm margin on all four sides (measured on A4 paper). Font type: Gentium (includes the phonetic symbols; click here for more information), 12 pt. Line spacing: single. The first line of the abstract should contain the title of the paper in boldface, the second line the author’s name(s), the third line the affiliation(s) and the fourth line the email address(es). A blank line should be left between the title lines and the abstract text.
An anonymous copy of the abstract must be attached.
Notifications regarding acceptance/rejection will be made by May 30, 2013.
Important Dates:
Deadline for receipt of abstracts: May 10
Notification of acceptance: May 30
Program announcement: June 7
Please direct all inquires to: [log in to unmask]
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Approaches to Phonology and Phonetics (APAP)
Lublin, Poland, 21-23 June 2013
http://apap.umcs.lublin.pl
APAP is a new international biennial conference organized between two Polish universities:
Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, Lublin, (UMCS)
John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, (KUL)
The conference intends to provide a forum for sharing theoretical, empirical and pedagogical findings on all aspects of phonetics and phonology, with particular attention paid to how the two domains of research relate to each other. Each conference has a leading theme which guarantees a focused debate and, as an outcome, a monographic publication of articles.
APAP 1 will take place on June 21-23, 2013 at UMCS Lublin, Poland.
Leading theme: ‘The Relation between Phonology and Phonetics’
The following scholars have kindly agreed to deliver plenary talks on the phonology-phonetics relations in different approaches:
John Coleman (Oxford University) - Laboratory Phonology
Haike Jacobs (Radboud University, Nijmegen) - Optimality Theory
Tobias Scheer (University of Nice) - Government Phonology
Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kołaczyk (A.Mickiewicz University, Poznań) - Natural Phonolo
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PARLAY Conference: Postgraduate and Academic Researchers in Linguistics At York
Friday 6th September 2013, The University of York, Berrick Saul Building
Second Call for Papers
Submission deadline: Friday 26th April 2013, 17:00
CONFIRMED KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Prof Francis Nolan (University of Cambridge)
Dr Sam Hellmuth (University of York)
In the University of York’s 50th anniversary year, we are pleased to announce the first Postgraduate and Academic Researchers in Linguistics At York (PARLAY) conference. This one-day conference is designed to give linguistics postgraduates from all research areas an opportunity to present and discuss their research in a friendly and intellectually stimulating setting at the University of York, with an opportunity for presenters to publish in a special edition of York’s own linguistics journal, the York Papers in Linguistics.
We invite postgraduates, doctoral students and early career researchers to submit abstracts for oral and poster presentations on any language, across a range of topics in language and linguistics. This may include, but is not restricted to:
Applied Linguistics * Conversation Analysis * Corpus Linguistics * Discourse Analysis * Forensic Linguistics * Historical Linguistics * Language Acquisition * Morphology * Phonetics * Phonology * Pragmatics * Psycholinguistics * Semantics * Sociolinguistics * Syntax
KEY DATE
Deadline for submission of abstracts: Friday, 26th April 2013, 17:00
ABSTRACT SUBMISSION GUIDELINES
Submit your abstract for a paper or poster presentation in no more than 300 words (excluding references) at http://linguistlist.org/easyabs/parlay2013 by Friday 26th April.
FURTHER INFORMATION
More information can be found at the conference website: www.parlayconference.blogspot.com
Look out for us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/PARLAYConf and Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/PARLAYconference
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact us at [log in to unmask]
The PARLAY Conference Organising Committee
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Accents 2013: 7th Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English
Lodz, Poland. 5-7 December 2013
http://filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents
Deadline: 30 September 2013
‘Accents’ is an annual conference organized by the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Łódź, Poland. It brings together researchers and teachers interested in native and non-native accents of English, approached from a variety of theoretical and/or practical perspectives. Among issues discussed each year, the characteristics and the dynamism of accent usage come into the foreground, with a strong interest in the methodology and tools for accent studies. While we hope to continue the discussion of characteristics, variability and function of phonetic / pronunciation features in natural as well as in formal teaching contexts, the focus of 2013 meeting is on prosody and ways of handling spoken data.
We are proud to announce that the following researchers accepted our invitation and will talk on the following topics:
Ulrike Gut - Corpus-based analysis of second language prosody
Jane Setter - Priorities for intonation teaching: A Global Englishes perspective
Beatrice Szczepek Reed - Phonetics and prosody in natural conversation
Special Workshop:
Ulrike Gut - Handling spoken data
We invite proposals for papers, workshops and posters related to the main theme ‘Prosody in Action’ as well as other issues related to native and non-native accents of English, including, but not limited to the ones mentioned below:
- Accents of English around the world ‘New Englishes’, ‘Euro-Englishes’
- Variability in accents
- Interaction between L1 and L2 sound systems
- Functions of phonetics features in interaction
- Spoken (learner) corpora
- Phonetics in conversation analysis
- Priorities in pronunciation teaching
- Teaching accents/pronunciation of English
Please notice that each author can propose two contributions if one is intended for the main conference and the other one for a special session. Papers are given 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for discussion, workshops will typically have 45 minute slots. Please specify the intended presentation format in your proposal.
The deadline for abstract submission is September 30, 2013. Please send two copies of an abstract of up to 400 words (excluding references) to [log in to unmask], with the intended format, name and affiliation written under the title in one copy. The proposals will go through the process of peer review, after which notifications of acceptance will be sent out by October 20, 2013.
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pS – prominences
Viterbo, Italy, 12-13 Dec 2013
http://www.gscp.it/GSCP_official_website/pS-prominenceS.html
Deadlin
Prominence is the name of a way to analyse the linguistic phenomena: the idea that a well-formedness condition of linguistic constituents relies on the existence of a dependency between a hierarchically higher-level obligatory element (sometimes referred to as the ‘head’) and one or more subordinate and optional elements (the domain of the head). This condition operates in many components or structures of the grammar: syntax, morphology, pragmatics, metric, and intonation. In short, the prominence is a matter of interface.
To this effect we propose a meeting on all these different fields of study. The goal is to test this epistemological concern and to compare approaches and definitions.
The concept of prominence holds a plurality of meanings, but they may relate to diverse linguistic approaches and are not always compatible. According to some scholars, the prominence is a fact of perception, which is not well specified and concerns the linguistic marking of some pragmatically relevant categories (focus, topic, given/new, etc). Others believe it is the name of a metric phenomenon (calculated as the sum of ‘strong’ constituents on the branches of a metric tree: strong syllable, strong feet, strong phonological word, etc). For other scholars the prominence is a phonological feature which is associated with some points of the intonation contour (where the Pitch Accents are located). According to others, it is a pretty metalinguistic fact, due to the governance relationship of a constituent on its domain (the head of a phrase, of a compound, or of a morphological construct in general).
This plurality of meanings not always triggers unambiguous uses of the term. Sometimes, the individual researcher is not aware of which particular definition of prominence he is implicitly adopting. This makes it difficult to dialogue with other scholars, who belong to other sectors of the vast landscape of language studies.
During the Viterbo Conference a Round Table will be organized in order to put scholars from different backgrounds (syntax, morphology, prosody, phonetics, phonology, pragmatics) side by side. The goal is to highlight similarities and differences in the use and in the implicit definition of prominence. Each of the participants in the Panel would be entrusted with a specific field (syntax, morphology, intonation, speech technologies, metrics and pragmatics).
So far the following Italian and foreigner (the titles are tentative) colleagues have accepted to join the project:
Giuliano Bocci and Cinzia Avesani (Which psychological plausibility for a theory of phonological prosodic prominence?); Emanuela Cresti (The semantic prominence within information units in the pragmatics of spoken language); Amedeo De Dominicis (The model of multiple prominences); Sergio Scalise (The notion of head in morphology); Raffaele Simone (Untitled contribution in the field of prominence in syntax); Fabio Tamburini (Automatic identification of the prominence by means of acoustic analyses).
Keynote Speakers:
Carlos Gussenhoven (Radboud University Nijmegen), Prominence and phonology
Anders Eriksson (University of Gothenburg), Perceptual syllable prominence as a function of the language of the samples and the language of the listener
Melanie Bell (Anglia Ruskin University)
Iørn Korzen (Copenhagen University), Text pragmatic prominence and topicality. Four hierarchies regarding the topic suitability of nominal constituents
Ralf Vogel (University of Bielefeld), Syntactic prominence patterns - motivated by its interfaces
Call for Papers:
The contributions may be both theoretical and application studies. They should address the following themes:
- Issues of the linguistic prominence in phonetics and perception
- Issues of the linguistic prominence in metrical phonology
- Issues of the linguistic prominence in intonation phonology
- Theoretical and metalinguistic issues of the linguistic prominence
- Syntactical issues of the notion of the linguistic prominence
- Morphological issues of the notion of the linguistic prominence
- Pragmatic issues of the notion of the linguistic prominence
- Speech technology models of the linguistic prominence
- History of the notion of prominence in linguistics
The abstracts will be submitted in pdf format (via a web-based procedure), in English. They should have no less than 600 and no more than 1000 words (title and bibliography excluded), and they should contain:
- Problem statement
- Review of current literature
- Methodology
- Results: partial or full
Authors have to indicate the theme they address and whether their preference is for an oral or poster presentation; however the Scientific Committee will have the discretion of recommending the presentation format that better suits the abstract proposal. The abstracts will be evaluated by a board of anonymous reviewers. Accepted abstracts will be published at the conference site after authors’ registration.
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Call for papers
10th International Seminar on Speech Production – ISSP 2014
We are pleased to announce the 10th International Speech Production Seminar, which will take place in Cologne from 5th to 8th May 2014. This international meeting was launched in 1988 in Grenoble, with the aim of providing an interdisciplinary forum for researchers working on all aspects of speech production from fields as diverse as phonology, phonetics, prosody, mechanics, acoustics, physiology, motor control, neuroscience, computer science and human interaction. At this meeting we shall be celebrating the tenth anniversary of this series.
Topics of interest for ISSP 2014 include, but are not restricted to, the following:
• Perception-action control
• Intra- and inter-speaker variability
• Articulatory synthesis
• Mapping between articulatory and acoustic events
• Acoustic-to-articulatory inversion
• Connected speech processes
• Convergence and human interaction
• Coarticulation
• Prosody
• Rhythm and timing
• Biomechanical modeling
• Models of motor control
• Audiovisual synthesis
• Aerodynamic models
• Cerebral organization and neural correlates of speech
• Disorders of speech motor control
• Instrumental techniques
• Speech and language acquisition
• Audio-visual speech perception
• Plasticity of speech production and perception
Invited speakers:
Christian Kell (Brain Imaging Center, Frankfurt, Germany)
Oscillatory signatures of speech preparation and production
D. Robert Ladd (University of Edinburgh, UK)
(title to be announced)
Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel (MIT, USA)
The role of prosody in speech production planning
Michael J. Richardson (University of Cincinnati, USA)
Behavioural dynamics of social coordination and speech production
Caroline Palmer (McGill University, CA)
Auditory-motor integration in ensemble music performance
Further information is provided here:
http://www.issp2014.uni-koeln.de/
To contact the organizers, please send an email to:
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Important dates:
1st October 2013: Four page paper submission
15th December 2013: Notification of acceptance
15th January 2014: Online registration open
25th February 2014: Revised version of four page paper
15th March: Deadline for early bird registration
5th May - 8th May 2014 : ISSP 2014
The organizers:
Susanne Fuchs, Martine Grice, Anne Hermes, Leonardo Lancia, Doris Muecke
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POSITIONS VACANT
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Lecturer, Phonetics and Phonology
University of Lancaster, UK
http://www.lancs.ac.uk/
Application deadline: 22 April 2013
This post is advertised at a Grade 7/8 in UK classifications. The description given here is the Grade 7, the Grade 8 job description can be viewed following the weblink for the vacancy.
Vacancy Ref: A688
Job Title: Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology
Present Grade: 7A
Department/College: Department of Linguistics and English Language
Directly responsible to: Head of Department
Supervisory responsibility for: N/A
Internal Contacts: Colleagues and students in the Department and in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, together with colleagues in other faculties, providers of student support services, the library, ISS, central administration and other relevant university actors.
External Contacts: Relevant research funding bodies and councils, professional bodies, employers, business organisations, local and UK government organisations, academic and research networks.
Major Duties:
- Contribute to the development of the Department as a unit generating research and scholarship of national and international excellence;
- Develop a personal research programme (in keeping with REF criteria) leading to publications in key international peer-reviewed academic journals and to other appropriate forms of research output;
- Develop a clear and realizable plan to apply for new research projects, individual and/or collaborative;
- Participate in research teams or other collaborative research initiatives, departmental and/or inter-departmental;
- Contribute to the teaching of the Department’s existing undergraduate courses in Phonetics and Phonology;
- Contribute to the development of new courses or modules in Phonetics and Phonology, individually and/or consortially taught, and participate in ongoing development of aspects of course structure, delivery, assessment, etc;
- Contribute to modules that are taught off-site (currently in London and Hong Kong) as required by the Head of Department.
- Supervise dissertations and where appropriate doctoral research projects;
- Communicate effectively with students and colleagues, using face-to-face, telephone, written and electronic communication (including email and Moodle) modes as appropriate;
- Contribute to the Department’s academic and pastoral care of its students and to the enhancement of their learning, personal development and achievement;
- Participate in the Department’s various outreach activities including Open Days etc;
- Assume various administrative tasks and responsibilities as requested by the Head of Department;
- Provide cover for colleagues on sabbatical where necessary;
- Undertake other duties as required by the Head of Department.
Application URL: https://hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/
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Lecturer, Phonetics and {honology
Department of Linguistics, Indiana University
http://www.indiana.edu/~lingdept/
Application deadline: 10 May 2013
The Department of Linguistics at Indiana University, Bloomington, invites applications for a one-year position as Visiting Lecturer for the 2013-2014 academic year. Applicants must have a Ph.D. in hand by August 2013. The teaching load will be 5 courses, one general introductory course, undergraduate phonetics and phonology courses, and an advanced graduate phonology course. Preference will be given to applicants with demonstrated teaching effectiveness.
Address inquiries to Robert Botne, Chair (see contact info below). Application materials, including CV, a letter of interest, sample teaching evaluations, a sample publication, and names and email addresses of three recommenders, should be sent to: Brandi Liford at the application email address below. Preference will be given to applications received by May 10th. Short-listed applicants will be interviewed via Skype.
Indiana University is an Equal Employment Affirmative Action Employer. Indiana University encourages applications from women and minorities.
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Postdoc in phonetics, phonology
North Carolina State University, USA
http://www.ncsu.edu/linguistics/
Application deadline: 15 May 2013
The postdoc will participate in research in phonetic and phonological variation and change, including large-scale sociophonetics research and laboratory phonology. Duties include participation in research in phonetic and phonological variation and change, including large-scale sociophonetics research and laboratory phonology. The postdoc may be asked to teach one course. He/she will be working with Jeff Mielke and Robin Dodsworth.
This position is a one year appointment with possibility of renewal for a second year.
Application URL: http://jobs.ncsu.edu/postings/22076
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Postdoc, Phonetics
Graduate Centre, City University of New York
Application deadline: 19 May 2013
The Graduate Center of the City University of New York is offering a full-time, 2 year post-doctoral position in speech production. Work will be done on the movement and coordination of speech articulators in first and second languages. Expertise in measurement systems for speech articulation is required. Experience with ultrasound is especially useful, as is familiarity with electromagnetic
articulometry. Duties will include assisting with the experiments described in the grant (recruitment, setup, analysis and write-up), coordinating with the PI on scheduling and maintenance of the Speech
Production Laboratory, and working on research projectís of the applicantís own design that advance the goals of the grant.
In addition to the performance of research, the chosen candidate will also be given the opportunity to participate in the educational activities of the graduate students in the Speech-Language-Hearing
Sciences and the Linguistics programs. Grant writing will be supported and encouraged.
A Ph.D. in a speech related field (Linguistics, Speech and Hearing, etc.) must be in hand before acceptance.
Application URL: http://www.rfcuny.org/hr/pvn/cgi-bin/show_job.asp?pvn=REA-1566
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Post-doctoral Fellow in Articulatory Phonetics & Phonology
School of Humanities, Linguistics, University of Hong Kong (Ref.: 201300106)
Application deadline: 21 May 2013
Founded in 1911, The University of Hong Kong is committed to the highest international standards of excellence in teaching and research, and has been at the international forefront of academic scholarship for many years. The University has a comprehensive range of study programmes and research disciplines spread across 10 faculties and about 100 sub-divisions of studies and learning. There are over 23,400 undergraduate and postgraduate students coming from 50 countries, and more than 1,800 members of academic and academic-related staff, many of whom are internationally renowned.
Applications are invited for appointment as Post-doctoral Fellow in the School of Humanities (Linguistics), from August 2013 for a period of three years.
The post falls within the strategic area of establishing an acoustic and articulatory research facility at HKU and developing software tools for collecting and analyzing articulatory data. The appointee will contribute to the department's research programme in understanding how sound works in human language both through software development and through articulatory research that makes use of those tools, supervised by Professor Diana Archangeli.
A highly competitive salary commensurate with qualifications and experience will be offered, in addition to annual leave and medical benefits.
The ideal applicant should have a Ph.D. degree in Linguistics or a related field with expertise in phonetics/phonology as well as programming expertise (e.g. python, C++).
Information about the School can be obtained at the department's website. Enquiries about the post should be sent to the application e-mail below, and should be addressed to Dr. Umberto Ansaldo, School of Humanities.
Applicants should send a completed application form and an up-to-date C.V. to the contact email. Application forms (341/1111) can be obtained through the application website. Further particulars can be obtained at the department URL. Closes May 21, 2013.
The University thanks applicants for their interest, but advises that only shortlisted applicants will be notified of the application result.
The University is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a No-Smoking Policy.
Application URL: http://jobs.hku.hk/jd.php?id=201300106
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Research Scientist, Phonetics and Phonology
Centre for Advanced Study of Language, University of Maryland
Application deadline: Open until filled
The University of Maryland Center for Advanced Study of Language (CASL) is seeking to expand its research capability in the area of phonetics, laboratory phonology, and speech science. Applications are invited for a research scientist to join CASL’s interdisciplinary research program investigating a range of basic issues and applied problems related to working with or learning foreign languages. Current projects in phonetics include the description and acoustic analysis of tone and related systems in Asian and African languages, second language speech perception, and the development of speech recognition aids for a range of critical languages. Overall, the successful candidate will assist in the development of research projects that enable government employees – especially foreign language professionals – to improve their performance.
Appointments to CASL are as members of the research faculty of the University of Maryland under renewable three-year contracts, with highly competitive salary (12-month) and benefits.
Qualifications: Candidates must have an earned Ph.D. in Linguistics, Psychology, Engineering or a related field with a focus on phonetics and/or laboratory phonology, preferably from a cognitive/perceptual/experimental point of view, and a record of individual research achievement pointing to a strong promise of publication. The center is seeking people who will play a leading role in the strategic direction of CASL and will participate in multiple research projects in their field. Candidates’ research and publications should demonstrate the ability to tackle interdisciplinary research and to work collaboratively with a range of institutions and researchers.
CASL, established in 2003, is one of 14 university-affiliated research centers in the nation. Its mission is to conduct state-of-the-science research that results in improved performance on language tasks relevant to the work of government language professionals. Our research focuses on improving knowledge of less commonly taught languages, enhancing the acquisition and maintenance of foreign language capability by government professionals, advancing the capacity to use foreign language skills in government professions, and improving the quality of human language technology. For more information, please visit the department URL.
Application: For best consideration, please apply online by May 15, 2013 at the application website. You will need to create an account and submit a letter of application, a curriculum vitae (CV), three writing samples and a list of references containing the contact information for at least three professional referees. References will later be requested from short-listed candidates. The position will remain open until a suitable candidate is selected. The University of Maryland is an affirmative action, equal opportunity employer. Women and minorities are encouraged to apply.
Candidates must hold U.S. citizenship and be willing to obtain the appropriate security clearance.
Application URL: http://ejobs.umd.edu/postings/16718
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The deadline for material for the next foNETiks newsletter is 26 April 2013.
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Dr Lisa Lim
Coordinator, Language and Communication Programme, School of English, The University of Hong Kong
http://www.english.hku.hk/staff/lisalim.htm, http://www.english.hku.hk/3yrlangcom.htm, http://www.english.hku.hk/4yrlangcom.htm
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