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********************************************************* foNETiks A newsletter for The International Phonetic Association and for the Phonetic Sciences May 2018 ******************************************************** Linda Shockey, University of Reading, UK Rachel Smith, University of Glasgow, UK Radek Swiecinski, Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences Claire Timmins, University of Strathclyde, UK Duncan Robertson, University of York, UK E-mail address: fonetiks-request AT jiscmail.ac.uk<http://jiscmail.ac.uk> The foNETiks archive can be found on the WWW at: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/fonetiks.html Twitter: AT foNETiks_list Visit the IPA web page at http://www.internationalphoneticassociation.org ****************************************************** ANNOUNCEMENTS [new ones marked ##, normally with further information below] [date of first appearance follows] ****************************************************** foNETiks is now on Twitter! Follow us AT foNETiks_list ****************************************************** The Association is pleased to announce that Illustrations of the IPA from 2001 through 2015 are now freely available from the Journal of the IPA website: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-the-international-phonetic-association Click on "Illustrations of the IPA - free content" to see a list, or access individual Illustrations from contents of back issues. (03/18) ****************************************************** 24-26 May 2018. 26th Manchester Phonology Meeting. Manchester, United Kingdom.http://www.lel.ed.ac.uk/mfm/26mfm.html (03/18) 26-27 May 2018. First Conference on Pokémonastics. Tokyo, Japan. https://1stpokemonastics.wordpress.com/ (02/18) 2 June 2018. PhonFest 2018. Bloomington, Indiana, USA. kberkson AT Indiana.edu (01/18) 13-16 June 2018. Speech Prosody 2018. Poznan, Poland. http://sp9.home.amu.edu.pl/index.php (07/17) 15-16 June 2018. Language Learning and Teaching in Segmental and Suprasegmental Features (2018 SNU-ICL). Seoul, South Korea. https://snulei.wordpress.com<https://snulei.wordpress.com/> (02/18) 18-20 June 2018. 6th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages. Berlin, Germany. http://public.beuth-hochschule.de/~mixdorff/tal2018/ (10/17) 19-22 June 2018. LabPhon 16, University of Lisboa, Portugal. http://labphon16.labphon.org/(8/17) 23 June 2018. New Developments in Speech Sensing and Imaging. Lisbon, Portugal. http://labphon16.labphon.org/se-04.html (01/18) 23 June 2018. The Role of Predictability in Shaping Sound Systems. Lisbon, Portugal. http://labphon16.labphon.org/se-05.html (01/18) 23 June 2018. Representing Phonotactics. Lisbon, Portugal. http://labphon16.labphon.org/se-03.html (01/18) 25-25th June 2018. UK Speech, Trinity College Dublin, Ireland. http://kalman.mee.tcd.ie/ukspeech2018 (04/18) 27-29 June 2018. RFP 2018 - 16th annual conference of the French Phonology Network. Paris, France. http://www.sfl.cnrs.fr/rfp-2018 (01/18) 29-30 June 2018. 7th International Conference on Phonology and Morphology. Seoul, South Korea. http://sites.google.com/view/icpm7 (03/18) 2-6 July 2018. Spoken Corpora advances: prosody as the crux of speech segmentation, annotation and multilevel linguistic studies. Cape Town, South Africa. http://icl20capetown.com/images/WorkshopSummaries/31.-Spoken-Corpora-advances.pdf (07/17) 2-6 July 2018. Bantu and Khoisan Lab Phonology (Workshop at ICL20). Cape Town, South Africa. http://bit.ly/icl20(01/18) 11-13 July 2018. Second International Conference "Prominence in Linguistics". Cologne, Germany. http://sfb1252.uni-koeln.de/prominenceconference2018.html (01/18) 29 July-1 August 2018. 27th Annual Conference of the International Association for Forensic Phonetics and Acoustics (IAFPA 2018). Huddersfield, UK. http://iafpa2018.wordpress.com(01/18<https://mail.campus.gla.ac.uk/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx>) 2-5 August 2018. Germanic Society for Forensic Linguistics (GSFL2018). York, UK. http://germanicsocietyforensiclinguistics.org/ (02/18) 29 August-2 September 2018. 14th ESSE Conference - Seminar 02: The Role of Distinctive Phonological Features in Language. Brno, Czech Republic. http://www.esse2018brno.org/(02/18) 2-6 September 2018. Interspeech 2018. Hyderabad, India. http://www.interspeech2018.org(02/18<https://mail.campus.gla.ac.uk/owa/UrlBlockedError.aspx>) 6-8 September 2018. Pronunciation in Second Language Learning and Teaching (PSLLT). Iowa, USA. http://www.psllt.org (02/18) ## 7 September 2018. English in India and Indian Englishes: New Horizons in the Study of Phonetics and Phonology. Hyderabad, India. https://phinde1.wordpress.com<https://phinde1.wordpress.com/> (05/18) 19-21 September 2018. 2nd International Symposium on Applied Phonetics (ISAPh2018). Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan. http://onkyo.u-aizu.ac.jp/isaph2018/ (03/18) ## 27-28 September 2018. Laughter Workshop 2018. ISIR, Sorbonne University, Paris, France. http://pages.isir.upmc.fr/~pelachaud/site/LaughterWorkshop18.html (05/18) 5-7 October 2018. Annual Meeting on Phonology 2018. San Diego, CA, USA. http://phonology.ucsd.edu<http://phonology.ucsd.edu/> (03/18) 11-13 October 2018. International Conference on Tone and Intonation. Gothenburg, Sweden. http://sprak.gu.se/forskning/konferenser/tone-and-intonation (10/17) 11-13 October 2018. Experimental and Theoretical Advances in Prosody (ETAP) 4: Sociolectal and dialectal variability in prosody. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. http://etap4.krisyu.org<http://etap4.krisyu.org/> (03/18) 11-13 October 2018. Phonology and Phonetics: Their relations and demarcations. Kraków, Poland. http://www.sinfonija11.confer.uj.edu.pl/phon-session (03/18) 19-21 October 2018. 3rd Sound Systems of Latin America. University of Massachusetts, Amherst, USA. jkingston AT linguist.umass.edu<http://linguist.umass.edu> and emiliana.cr.cr<http://emiliana.cr.cr> AT gmail.com<http://gmail.com> (03/18) ## 26-28 October 2018. 5th NINJAL International Conference on Phonetics and Phonology (NINJAL ICPP). Tokyo, Japan. http://crosslinguistic-studies.ninjal.ac.jp/prosody/?page_id=587&lang=en (05/18) ## 14-15 November 2018. International Conference on Laboratory Phonetics and Phonology. Tehran, Iran. http://iclpp.alzahra.ac.ir/ (05/18) 29-30 November 2018. Workshop on the Processing of Prosody across Languages and Varieties. Wellington, NZ https://proslang.wordpress.com/ (12/17) 29th November - 1st December 2018. 12th Conference on Native and Non-native Accents of English, Lodz Poland http://filolog.uni.lodz.pl/accents/ (04/18) 4-10 August 2019. XIXth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Melbourne, Australia. http://icphs2019.org/ (03/16) ***************** CONFERENCES ***************** Laughter Workshop 2018 27-28 September 2018 ISIR, Sorbonne University, Paris, France http://pages.isir.upmc.fr/~pelachaud/site/LaughterWorkshop18.html Contact: Catherine Pelachaud Following the previous workshops on laughter held in Saarbrücken (2007), Berlin (2009), Dublin (2012) and Enschede (2015), we have the pleasure to announce a forthcoming workshop in Paris, France in September 2018. Non-verbal vocalisations in human-human and human-machine interactions play important roles in displaying social and affective behaviors and in controlling the flow of interaction. Laughter, sighs, filled pauses, and short utterances such as feedback responses are among some of the non-verbal vocalisations that have been studied previously from various research fields. However, much is still unknown about the phonetic or visual characteristics of non-verbal vocalisations (production/encoding) and their relations to their intentions and perceived meanings (perception/decoding) in interaction. The goal of this workshop is to bring together scientists from diverse research areas and to provide an exchange forum for interdisciplinary discussions in order to gain a better understanding of laughter and other non-verbal vocalisations. The workshop will consist of invited talks and oral presentations of ongoing research and discussion papers. Invited speakers: Sophie Scott, UCL Gary McKeown, Belfast University Call for Extended Abstracts: We invite contributions concerning laughter and other non-verbal vocalisations from the fields of phonetics, linguistics, psychology, conversation analysis, social signal processing, and human-machine/robot interaction. In particular, topics related to the following aspects are very much welcomed: * Multimodal interaction: visual aspects of non-verbal vocalisations, e.g., smiles, relation between non-verbal vocalisations and visual behaviors * Social and affective behavior: decoding and encoding of emotion/socio-related states in non-verbal vocalisations * Conversation: (pragmatic) role of non-verbal vocalisations in dialog * Computation: automatic analysis and generation of non-verbal vocalisations Researchers are invited to submit an extended abstract of their work, including work in progress (max. 4 pages, 11pt font, including references). The submissions will be made available online. Important dates * Abstract submission deadline: 26 May 2018 * Notification acceptance/rejection: 29 June 2018 * Registration deadline by email: 14 September 2018 * Workshop dates: 27-28 September 2018 Organizers: Catherine Pelachaud, CNRS – ISIR, Sorbonne University Jonathan Ginzburg, University Paris Diderot Jürgen Trouvain, Language science and Technology, Saarland University Nick Campbell, School of Linguistic, Speech and Communic. Sciences, Trinity College Dublin Khiet Truong, Human Media Interaction, University of Twente/Radboud University Dirk Heylen, Human Media Interaction, University of Twente **** English in India and Indian Englishes: New Horizons in the Study of Phonetics and Phonology 7 September 2018 Hyderabad, India https://phinde1.wordpress.com<https://phinde1.wordpress.com/> Despite attempts immediately after independence to reduce the importance of English as a major language in India, it continues to be used widely. Its most important domains are public contexts such as education, administration, business and politics, but it is also used widely by Indians who travel or reside in a region whose local language they do not speak. English is the primary domestic language for only a small minority, although many others use it at home when discussing topics belonging to the public domain, as for example when a parent asks their child what happened at school that day. Around 23 % of the population of India have at least basic knowledge of English, and 4 % are fluent. Based on the 2011 census, this means there are 50 million fluent speakers (Desai et al. 2010, Sailaja 2009, 2012, Fuchs 2014). While it is widely recognised that English in India is not a monolithic entity and that there is variation across, among others, variables such as education and first language/mother tongue, there is a growing consensus that there is an identifiable variety of English spoken in India. This variety is sometimes called “neutral accent” and is locally prestigious as it shows only a small degree of clearly identifiable traces of mother tongue influence. It is often spoken by and aspired to by educated Indians (Cowie 2007, Maxwell & Fletcher 2009, 2012, Sirsa & Redford 2013, Fuchs 2016). However, the existing evidence is still limited in a number of ways, among them by the number of phonological variables, the number of distinct mother tongue groups and educational backgrounds that have been investigated. A related field of inquiry is the study of Indian Englishes spoken in the diaspora (e.g. Kirkham 2011), which, despite its early successes, covers only some phonological variables and geographic areas (with the bulk of the studies focusing on the United Kingdom, notwithstanding exceptions such as Leung & Deuber 2014). This workshop will provide a forum for empirical studies on the phonetics and phonology of English in India and Indian Englishes in the diaspora. A particular aim of the workshop is to encourage exchange and collaboration between Indian and international researchers. Dr. Olga Maxwell, University of Melbourne, will give a keynote on future perspectives in the study of the phonology of Indian English. Call for Papers: We encourage submissions on the following topics, among others: - Locally prestigious forms of English - Variation in terms of educational background, socio-economic status, geographic mobility within and outside of India, first language/mother tongue, among others - Indian Englishes in the diaspora - Intelligibility, both within and outside India - The pronunciation of English used in classrooms, both by teachers and in aural and textual instructional materials All submissions need to involve an empirical analysis in the realm of phonetics/phonology. Abstracts should be up to two pages long (A4, 12 pt Times New Roman, 1.5 spaced, 2 cm margins), including references. All abstracts should comprise - Brief discussion of previous literature - Clear statement of the aims of the study and in how far they have not been addressed by previous research - Clear description of the methods of data analysis and precise indication of the amount of data analysed (e.g. number of speakers, minutes of speech, number of phonemes) - Description of the results, including statistical tests and graphical illustrations, where appropriate All submissions should be carefully proofread and submitted via EasyChair (https://easychair.org/cfp/phinde1) by 1 June 2018 and presenters will be notified by 15 June 2018. Contact: Robert Fuchs Contact email: robert.fuchs AT uni-hamburg.de **** 5th NINJAL International Conference on Phonetics and Phonology 26-28 October 2018 Tokyo, Japan http://crosslinguistic-studies.ninjal.ac.jp/prosody/?page_id=587&lang=en We are very pleased to announce the 5th NINJAL International Conference on Phonetics and Phonology (NINJAL ICPP 2018), to be held at the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL) on October 26-28, 2018. Keynote Speakers: Laura Downing (University of Gothenburg) Carlos Gussenhoven (Radboud University Nijmegen) Bob Ladd (University of Edinburgh) Aditi Lahiri (University of Oxford) Rachid Ridouane (CNRS/Sorbonne Nouvelle) Other Invited Speakers: Yukari Hirata (Colgate University) Junko Ito (UC Santa Cruz) Sun-Ah Jun (UCLA) Armin Mester (UC Santa Cruz) Jaehyun Son (Duksung Women’s University) Call for Papers: We are very pleased to announce the 5th NINJAL International Conference on Phonetics and Phonology (NINJAL ICPP 2018), to be held at the National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics (NINJAL) on October 26-28, 2018. This three-day conference features the following two main topics: (a) sokuon, or geminate consonants (b) accent, tone, and intonation We invite abstracts for poster presentations related to at least one of the two main topics. If it is related, any presentation is welcome, even if it is not concerned with Japanese. Abstracts on the interface between lexical accent/tone and intonation will be particularly welcome. Rules for Abstract Submission: - The official language of the conference is English. - A single individual may submit only one abstract for which s/he is the sole or first author. - Abstracts should be on A4 (or letter) size paper, typed on one side of the page only. - Leave margins of 2.5cm (1 inch) on all four sides of the page. Type in 12-point font. - Do not put your name or affiliation on your abstract. Abstracts must not exceed 1 page, inclusive of figures, tables, and references. - Please save your abstract both as a Word file [using the file name “ICPP2018_Your surname.docx” or “ICPP2018_Your surname.doc”] and as a pdf file [using the file name “ICPP2018_Your surname.pdf”]. - To submit your abstract, please send an e-mail message with both files attached to icpp2018ninjal.ac.jp. Please write “ICPP abstract” in the subject line of your email message. - The submission deadline is June 30, 2018. Notification of acceptance will be sent in July 2018. Oral presentations will be by invitation only. We will not be accepting abstracts for oral presentations. Financial Support: For graduate students who are the sole or first author of a presentation, the organizers anticipate being able to cover transportation expenses within Japan and lodging expenses, at least in part. For more information, see our website: http://crosslinguistic-studies.ninjal.ac.jp/prosody/?page_id=587&lang=en Please contact us at icpp2018 AT ninjal.ac.jp if you have any questions. **** International Conference on Laboratory Phonetics and Phonology (ICLPP) 14-15 November 2018 Tehran, Iran http://iclpp.alzahra.ac.ir/ This conference is the first International Conference on Laboratory Phonetics and Phonology which is going to be held on Nov. 14 & Nov. 15 in Tehran, Iran. The scientific committee consists of scholars from different universities all over Iran and a research group from the University of Zurich with Prof. Dr. Volker Dellwo as the leader. The conference covers a wide variety of topics including different subfields of forensic phonetics, acoustic phonetics, automatic speaker recognition, signal processing, prosody, speaker and language identification, analysis of speech and audio signal, speech production and perception, speech communication, the phonology and phonetics of language variations, prosodic variations, experimental clinical phonetics, psychoacoustics, speech and language recognition and pattern recognition in speech. All researchers in the fields of Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, Artificial Intelligence, Electrical Engineering, Cognitive Science, Speech and Language Pathology and etc. are invited to submit their papers. Keynote Speakers: Prof. Dr. Volker Dellwo (University of Zurich) Prof. Dr. Mahmoud Bi Jen Khan (University of Tehran) Call for Papers: Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length papers. Papers for the international conference on laboratory phonetics and phonology (ICLPP 2018) proceeding should not exceed more than 5 pages (4 pages of text and maximum one page of reference). All papers must be written in English. The system for paper submission will be open from 21 May 2018. There will be a template available on the conference website as a guideline for authors (it will be uploaded within the next week). Contact Person: Homa Asadi Meeting Email: ICLPP2018 AT gmail.com ********************** POSITIONS VACANT *********************** Chair in Speech and Hearing Sciences University College London, UK Applications are invited for a Chair in Speech and Hearing Sciences, from individuals with an outstanding research record in an area of specialism within speech hearing and phonetic sciences and a commitment to research-led teaching. We are seeking a candidate with an established track record in grant funding and high-quality publications whose research agenda will attract broad-ranging high-level collaborations within the wide community of UCL and beyond, and thereby strengthen UCL’s reputation internationally as a leader in the field. The post-holder will be expected to raise external funds to support their research programme, and any postdoctoral research staff and PhD students, and to contribute to research-led teaching via the development of specialised content for postgraduate and doctoral level professional degrees. The postholder will also be expected to take an active role in knowledge exchange activities, and in shaping the future research and teaching strategy of the Department. A candidate will have an exceptional international research profile in relation to career stage and will be highly committed to a research area within speech hearing and phonetic sciences. A candidate will have an excellent track record of high-impact peer reviewed publications and research funding in relation to career stage. UCL vacancy reference: 1725546 Applicants should apply online. To access further details about the position and how to apply please click on the ‘Apply’ button below. If you have any queries regarding this vacancy or the application process, please contact Professor Valerie Hazan, [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> , tel: +44 (0) 20 7679 4076 Latest time for the submission of applications: 23:59. Interview Date: tbc We particularly welcome female applicants and those from an ethnic minority, as they are under-represented within UCL at this level. We will consider applications to work on a part-time, flexible and job share basis wherever possible. Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver award, in recognition of our commitment and demonstrable impact in advancing gender equality. For more information see: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BJV847/chair-in-speech-and-hearing-sciences/ **** Teaching Fellow in Linguistics and English Language University of Edinburgh, UK The School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences is seeking to appoint a Teaching Fellow in Linguistics and English Language with a speciality in Phonetics and Laboratory Phonology. The post-holder will be responsible for preparing and delivering teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The department of Linguistics and English Language particularly welcomes applications from candidates belonging to groups that have been traditionally underrepresented in the subject, including, but not limited to, women and ethnic minorities For more information on our family-friendly policies please visit - https://www.ed.ac.uk/human-resources/policies-guidance All candidates are requested to apply by submitting a cover letter/letter of application and CV only via the online portal. References will be requested separately for those invited to interview. This is a full time (35 hours), fixed term post (12 months) beginning in September 2018. Salary: £32,548 - £38,833 per annum. Closing date: 5pm (GMT) 6th June 2018. Please find more information and details of how to apply here: https://www.vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/corehrrecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobspec?p_id=043716 If you have any questions, please contact Dr James Kirby <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> or Prof Alice Turk <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>. **** Post-doc position in Phonetics/Phonology University of Potsdam, Germany https://www.ling.uni-potsdam.de/ The Department of Linguistics at the University of Potsdam invites applications for one Postdoc position. Candidates should seek to address problems in Phonetics-Phonology using an integrative approach, by employing combinations of theoretical, computational/mathematical and experimental methods. Prior research experience in the area of phonology-phonetics is a must, but field of past degrees or specialization is not in itself critical. Candidates with an unconventional training background are welcome. Responsibilities include: - original research in phonology-phonetics; - teaching, for 4 hours per week; - assisting with design and execution of experiments; - data analysis; - participating in writing of papers as part of the research team; - participating in writing of grants towards the eventual goal of independent funding. The deadline for the application is June 12, 2018; the recruitment process will continue until the position is filled. International applicants are welcome. Applications should be submitted in the form of a CV, the names and contact information of at least two references, academic transcripts or their equivalent, a sample of research work, and a brief letter of application (a single document with the above parts is preferred). Submission is via email to the address below. The Postdoc position should begin by September 2018 (a PhD is required). The term of the appointment is for one year initially, which can be extended for a second year contingent on performance and continued funding. Salary and benefits are determined by the German pay scale for state employees. The pay scale, with monthly gross income in Euro, is available at http://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/tv-l/ost/ - known as TV-L Band 13 with the specific salary level within this Band depending on prior experience. The University of Potsdam is an equal opportunity employer. Contact for questions/application: Adamantios Gafos, email address below. Application Deadline: 12 June 2018 (Open until filled) Email Address for Applications: gafos AT uni-potsdam.de Contact Information: Prof A Gafos, gafos AT uni-potsdam.de **** Postdoctoral Fellow in Phonetics The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada http://linguistics.ubc.ca<http://linguistics.ubc.ca/> The Department of Linguistics, University of British Columbia – Vancouver, invites applications for a one-year Postdoctoral Fellowship in Phonetics, to commence no later than August 1, 2018. The successful candidate must hold a PhD (or expect to have successfully defended prior to the position start date) and must be within five years of having been awarded the PhD degree at the start of the position. The Postdoctoral Fellow will be expected to take a lead role in UBC’s Speech in Context Lab directed by Prof. Molly Babel. Expertise in the areas of auditory and acoustic phonetics are required, and interests in social and nonsocial sources of phonetic variation, psycholinguistics, and multilingualism are advantageous. The successful candidate is expected to assist in the direction of the lab as well as the supervision of undergraduate and graduate research assistants. The Postdoctoral Fellow will also be expected to teach three courses: two upper level undergraduate sections of Introduction to Phonetics and Speech Science (LING 313) and the first level graduate phonetics course (LING 508). There will also be opportunities for the Postdoctoral Fellow to interact with UBC colleagues on research and teaching. Information about the Department and faculty research can be found on our website, https://linguistics.ubc.ca. There will be some support for research-associated costs, including conference travel. Applicants should submit a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, a one-page statement of research plans, up to 2 sample publications, and evidence of teaching experience and effectiveness. Application materials should be submitted online at the application link below. In addition, applicants should arrange for three confidential letters of reference to be sent directly to: Vicki Ferguson, Manager of Administration, Department of Linguistics, The University of British Columbia, ling.admin AT ubc.ca. Completed applications and reference letters must be received by June 1, 2018. Please include “Phonetics Postdoc Search” in the email subject line. For questions about the position, please contact Professor Molly Babel at molly.babel AT ubc.ca. This position is subject to final budgetary approval. Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Equity and diversity are essential to academic excellence. An open and diverse community fosters the inclusion of voices that have been underrepresented or discouraged. We encourage applications from members of groups that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the B.C. Human Rights Code, including sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, racialization, disability, political belief, religion, marital or family status, age, and/or status as a First Nation, Métis, Inuit, or Indigenous person. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply. Application Deadline: 1 June 2018 Web Address for Applications: https://linguistics.ubc.ca/positions/postdoctoral Contact Information: Molly Babel, molly.babel AT ubc.ca **** Assistant Adjunct Professor University of California, Los Angeles, USA http://linguistics.ucla.edu/ The UCLA Department of Linguistics anticipates making two full time appointments at the rank of Assistant Adjunct Professor starting Fall 2018. These will be two year appointments subject to satisfactory evaluation at the end of year one of the appointment. The appointments will be in areas of (i) phonetics-phonology-general linguistics, and (ii) syntax-semantics-general linguistics. Additional ability to teach a course in computational linguistics is desirable. The teaching load for the positions will be five courses per year over three quarters (last week of September to middle of June) of teaching. The appointees will be expected to conduct original research, and to participate in the research life of the department, interacting with graduate students and other faculty members and attending a weekly seminar in their area of expertise. Fall 2018 instruction will begin in the last week of September 2018. Salary will be based on the current UCLA Assistant Professor salary scales. Further information will be provided at the time of hire. Applicants should make use of UCLA’s job application link below to submit the following: - cover letter (Required) - curriculum vitae (Required) - three letters of recommendation, ideally including letters discussing the applicant’s teaching record - statement of teaching philosophy (Optional) - copies of teaching evaluations or other evidence of teaching effectiveness (strongly encouraged) - copies of three representative research papers The deadline of applications is May 28, 2018 but we will continue to accept applications till the positions are filled. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. The University undertakes affirmative action to assure equal employment opportunity for underrepresented minorities and women, for persons with disabilities, and for covered veterans. All qualified applicants are encouraged to apply, including minorities and women. UC Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policy is posted at: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct UCLA is a tobacco-free workplace. Policy is posted at: http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000371/Smoking%20Policy Web Address for Applications: Phonetics, Phonology and General Linguistics: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF03680 Syntax, Semantics and General Linguistics: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF03679 Application Deadline: 28-May-2018 Contact Information: Academic Personnel Officer Nancy Gutierrez Email: ngutierrez humnet.ucla.edu Phone: 310-825-5018 **** Postdoctoral Research Associate University College London, UK We are seeking to employ a Postdoctoral Research Associate at University College London in the Faculty of Brain Sciences, Division of Psychology and Language Sciences, Department of Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences (https://www.ucl.ac.uk/pals/research/speech-hearing-and-phonetic-sciences) for 36 months. The successful applicant will work with Dr Patti Adank on a project funded by the Leverhulme Trust. The postdoc will work on the project "The Mechanisms Governing Imitation of Speech", ideally starting 1 September 2018 (start date flexible). We are seeking applications from qualified researchers who have acquired their PhD in a relevant field (or are very close to finishing and will have their PhD when the project starts). The project will include behavioural, Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) fMRI and TMS experiments on imitation of speech actions. The post would give the holder experience in combining behavioural research on speech imitation with current cognitive neuroscience techniques, specifically TMS, and will include virtual lesion TMS, but also the collection of Motor Evoked Potentials. This is an ideal research opportunity for an individual interested in working in a brain stimulation research lab with a mix of research students specialising in speech perception, speech production, imitation using research methods including TMS, fMRI, eye-tracking, and basic physiology (electromyography). In addition to running the project the potholder will be given the opportunity to supervise research students and assist in developing and delivering teaching (only if the post-holder is interested, this is a research post). There is also funding available for the potholder to present the work at national and international conferences and to collaborate with our co-inversigator (Prof. Harold Bekkering) at the Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behaviour in Nijmegen, The Netherlands (http://www.dcc.ru.nl/sense/index.php?staff=bekkering). Please feel free to contact Dr Adank directly to discuss specific of the post at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> Further specifics, including details on how to apply, can be found at: http://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/BJK308/research-associate" **** Postdoctoral position in articulatory phonetics University of California, Los Angeles, USA Applications are invited for a two-year (non-renewable) postdoctoral position in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Los Angeles. The postdoc will conduct independent research in the Phonetics Lab and will teach two undergraduate phonetics courses per year in the Department, all under the supervision of Professor Pat Keating. Applicant Qualifications: We seek a phonetician with expertise in all aspects of the use of ultrasound for phonetic research. Interest in EMA and other methods for studying articulation is welcome but not required. A PhD by the time of appointment is required, as is previous experience in teaching. Duties of the position: You will be the key person in setting up an ultrasound facility in the UCLA Phonetics Lab. You will conduct your own research, at least some of which should use ultrasound. You will teach two undergraduate introductory phonetics courses each year; in 2018-2019, these will be in Winter and Spring quarters. The start date for the position is flexible, between August 1, 2018 and December 15, 2018. (A simultaneous appointment as lecturer will begin on Jan. 2, 2019.) Application Requirements: Your application should include: (a) a brief cover letter describing your previous experience using ultrasound, and a description of what ultrasound project(s) you would like to pursue during the postdoc; (b) a current resume/curriculum vitae, with a link to your website; (c) three reference letters, at least one of which should refer to your research and at least one of which should refer to your teaching experience; (d) at least one publication or other paper describing research using ultrasound, in which you played the lead role in data collection, analysis, and interpretation; and (e) documents attesting to undergraduate teaching experience and effectiveness, such as course evaluations. To apply, please submit your application through UCRECRUIT web site at: https://recruit.apo.ucla.edu/apply/JPF03702. If you have any questions about this position, please email: [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. The deadline for applications is June 8, 2018, or until filled. The University of California is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, age or protected veteran status. For the complete University of California nondiscrimination and affirmative action policy see: UC Nondiscrimination and Affirmative Action Policy (http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000376/NondiscrimAffirmAct). **** Lecturer in Phonetics Rice University, Texas, USA https://linguistics.rice.edu/ The Department of Linguistics at Rice University (Houston, Texas) is now accepting applications for a lecturer position to begin August 1, 2018. The candidate should have research expertise related to speech perception, experimental phonetics, and/or laboratory phonology, with broader relevance to the cognitive sciences. Experience recording and analyzing language-in-use in local speech communities (either underdocumented/endangered languages, or minority varieties of English) is also desirable. This is a one-year appointment with strong possibility of renewal contingent on performance. The successful applicant will be asked to teach two undergraduate courses per semester, including our large Introduction to Linguistics course, courses in Phonetics/Phonology, and a course related to empirical research or computational modeling. S/he will also be expected to participate in departmental activities and contribute to the mentoring of undergraduate students in the Linguistics Department and/or the Cognitive Science Program. We especially welcome applications from researchers who share the department’s interest in approaching language from a usage-based perspective with solid empirical grounding in primary data, and approaches of a cognitive, social-interactional, and/or functional nature. See also our department website at http://www.linguistics.rice.edu The deadline for receipt of applications is May 24th, 2018. PhD is required by time of appointment. Application materials include: (1) cover letter, (2) CV, (3) teaching statement, (4) sample of written work, and (5) names and contact information for three references, who will be contacted for short-listed applicants. Past teaching evaluations and/or information about course topics the applicant could teach are also welcome but not required at this time. Equal Opportunity Employer- Females/Minorities/Veterans/Disabled/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity Please upload your application materials to the application link below (hardcopy and email applications will not be considered). Application Deadline: 24-May-2018 Web Address for Applications: https://jobs.rice.edu/postings/14419 Contact Information: Department Administrator Rita Riley Email: rrileyrice.edu Phone: 713-348-6010 Fax: 713-348-4718 *************** STUDENT SUPPORT *************** PhD Studentship in Experimental Phonetics, University of Edinburgh We invite applications by 4th June 2018 for a three-year PhD studentship in the phonetics of sound change, starting in September 2018 or shortly thereafter. You will use a range of techniques in experimental phonetics to study the relationship between perception and production in sound change, focusing on tonogenesis—the emergence of linguistic tone. This PhD work forms an integral part of a major ERC-funded project “The emergence and evolution of linguistic tone” (Principal Investigator: Dr James Kirby). This project will study the emergence of tone systems using a combination of phonetic fieldwork, laboratory studies, and large-scale computational analysis. The portion of the project associated with this studentship will involve gathering and analysing production and perception data on languages current undergoing tonogenesis, and/or studying tonogenetic processes in the laboratory, in order to better understand how phonetic and structural factors interact in the course of tonal evolution. The successful applicant will take a key role in designing appropriate production and perception studies, gathering and analyzing data, and disseminating results at conferences and publications. Prior training in a language science discipline (e.g. linguistics, psychology, cognitive science or similar) is essential. Experience with phonetic fieldwork, running phonetic laboratory experiments, and conducting statistical analyses of experimental data is highly desirable. Prior experience with languages of Southeast Asia and/or the Himalayas is desirable, but not required. Funding · The studentship is funded by the ERC and the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. · The award provides for tuition fees plus an annual stipend of £15,000 per year over three years. · Additional funding for e.g. conference and fieldwork travel is also available. Eligibility · The successful applicant will have an undergraduate degree in a relevant discipline and will ideally have, or will be studying for, a Masters degree (or equivalent). · Existing doctoral researchers are not eligible for this award. · Overseas applicants are welcome and encouraged to apply. Application Procedure · Complete the studentship application form available at https://edin.ac/2JMEGJx and submit with the required supporting documentation by 4th June 2018. Interviews (by Skype if necessary) will take place in the week beginning 11th June 2018. Further information · Start date is anticipated to be September 2018 or January 2019, but is potentially negotiable · Information about Postgraduate Study in PPLS: www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/pg<http://www.ppls.ed.ac.uk/pg> · Queries regarding the ERC project: Dr James Kirby ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) · Queries regarding the application process: Katie Keltie ([log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>) ******************************************************************** The deadline for material for the next foNETiks newsletter is 6th June 2018. ******************************************************************** [University of Glasgow: The Times Scottish University of the Year 2018]