11.1679, Confs: Phonetics and Phonology of Prosody

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Date:  Wed, 02 Aug 2000 05:11:28 -0400
From:  "dan everett"<dan_everett at sil.org>
Subject:  Workshop on the Phonetics and Phonology of Prosody

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Date:  Wed, 02 Aug 2000 05:11:28 -0400
From:  "dan everett"<dan_everett at sil.org>
Subject:  Workshop on the Phonetics and Phonology of Prosody

Workshop on the phonetics and phonology of prosody, 2001

First Announcement


The analysis of stress, intonation, and tone in natural languages is
notoriously difficult. Yet these phenomena and others closely
associated with them are vital for a thorough understanding of the
grammar of many languages. The difficulties of analysis in these
domains are both phonological and phonetic. Phonologically, a proper
understanding of prosody requires analysis of many interlocking areas
of linguistics.  The research needs to know about syllables, moras,
morphophonology, syntax, and, quite often, discourse to make headway.
Consequently, prosody is  frequently underanalyzed and misanalyzed
crosslinguistically. More generally, understanding in this area is
impeded when there is a lack of systematic analysis of the phonetics
underlying the phonology of prosody.

The 'Phonetics and Phonology of Prosody' workshop offered through the
University of North Dakota-SIL International  Summer 2001 Session will
offer the following helps for researchers from any part of the world:

1) Instruction in the acoustic phonetics bases and correlates of
intonation, stress, and tone crosslinguistically, along with hands-on
learning of PC and MAC tools for speech analysis (especially SIL
International's _Speech Analyzer_ software and the _PRAAT_ program
developed by researchers at the University of Amsterdam);
2) Regular individual sessions with participants on analyzing prosodic
features of their languages of concern;
3) Presentations from workshop organizers and participants on the
phonological and phonetic nature of prosody in different areas of the
world;
4) Help and instruction in writing research results for publication.
Helped will be offered for writing either descriptive or more
theoretically-oriented reports. We hope to edit and publish a volume
of research reports from the workshop.

This workshop is available to linguists currently engaged in fieldwork
who have a minimum of one course each in phonology and
grammar/morphosyntax. No particular theoretical background is
required, nor is any previous training in acoustics phonetics.
Participants in the workshop must be enrolled as students of the
University of North Dakota - SIL summer session. Those linguists who
do not need or wish to receive academic credit for their participation
will still need to enroll to audit the workshop as a course. (This
will enable them to receive special rates for room & board during the
workshop.) Participants wishing to receive academic credit for the
workshop may enroll for 2-5 graduate credits, depending on the type
and level of research they plan to engage in. The workshop will begin
during the second week of June and will run until the second week of
August, 2001. Exact dates will be provided in a later announcement.

For further information, contact dan_everett at sil.org or visit the
website of the University of North Dakota - SIL summer session:
http://www.nd.sil.org


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