8.1318, Confs: 2 Confs on the Word

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Subject: 8.1318, Confs: 2 Confs on the Word

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Date:  Wed, 04 Jun 1997 14:16:52 +0200
From:  Ursula Kleinhenz <ursula at fas.ag-berlin.mpg.de>
Subject:  Conferences on the word

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Date:  Wed, 04 Jun 1997 14:16:52 +0200
From:  Ursula Kleinhenz <ursula at fas.ag-berlin.mpg.de>
Subject:  Conferences on the word


CONFERENCE ON THE PHONOLOGICAL WORD

October 24-26 1997

Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Berlin, Germany

The theme of this conference is the role of the prosodic word in
phonology and morphology. In addition to several invited speakers
there will be slots for approximately 10-16 papers. Invited speakers
who have agreed to participate are:

Geert Booij (University of Amsterdam)
Aditi Lahiri (University of Konstanz)
Elizabeth Selkirk (University of Massachusetts at Amherst)

Abstracts are invited on papers which focus on the role
of the phonological word with emphasis on the following topics:

1. The relationship between morphosyntactic and prosodic structure
2. The role of the phonological word in connected speech phenomena
    (e.g.cliticization).
3. The relationship between phonological words and other prosodic
consitituents
4. The ranking of alignment constraints referring to prosodic words
5. Minimal word phenomena
6. The phonetic correlates of prosodic structure

Papers will be 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes discussion. Deadline
for submission of abstracts is July 15, 1997.  Send four copies of an
abstract (maximum 2 pages; three anonymous, one camera ready with name
and affiliation) to:

CPW organizers
Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Jaegerstrasse 10-11
10117 Berlin, Germany
Phone: +49-30-20192-570, +49-30-20192-499
Fax: +49-30-20192-402
e-mail: hall at ricarda.fas.ag-berlin.mpg.de,
ursula at ricarda.fas.ag-berlin.mpg.de

This conference is being organized by T.A.Hall, Ursula Kleinhenz, and
Sylvia Loehken with support of the ZAS.


Conference on "The word as a phonetic unit"

October 22-23 1997

Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Berlin, Germany

The theme of this conference is the phonetic appearance of words in
connected speech. In addition to several invited speakers there will
be slots for approximately 8-12 papers. Invited speakers who have
agreed to participate are:

William Barry (University of Saarbruecken)
Bernd Kroger (University of Cologne)
Hans G. Tillmann (University of Munich)
Patricia A. Keating (UCLA)
Klaus Kohler (University of Kiel)
Edda Farnetani (Italy)

Abstracts are invited on papers which focus on the word in connected
speech with emphasis on the following topics:

1. Canonical word forms and variants in connected speech
2. Variation due to speaking styles
3. Residual cues in reduced forms
4. Boundary markers
5. Articulatory timing vs. articulatory reorganisation
6. "Realisationsphonologie" and/or phonetic readout

Papers will be 30 minutes, followed by 15 minutes discussion. Deadline
for submission of abstracts is July 15, 1997.  Send four copies of
an abstract (maximum 2 pages; three anonymous, one camera ready with
name and affiliation) to:

CWPU organizers
Zentrum fuer Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Jaegerstrasse 10-11
10117 Berlin
Germany
Phone: +30 20 192 419
Fax: +30 20 192 402
e-mail: bobby at fas.ag-berlin.mpg.de

This conference is being organized by Bernd Pompino-Marschall and
Christine Mooshammer with support of the ZAS.

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