26.3943, Calls: Phonetics; Phonology/ Laboratory Phonology (Jrnl)

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Subject: 26.3943, Calls: Phonetics; Phonology/ Laboratory Phonology (Jrnl)

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Date: Mon, 07 Sep 2015 10:01:39
From: Adrian Leemann [al764 at cam.ac.uk]
Subject: Phonetics; Phonology/ Laboratory Phonology (Jrnl)

 
Full Title: Laboratory Phonology 


Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics; Phonology 

Call Deadline: 30-Sep-2015 

We solicit high-quality contributions on the topic of 'Multiplicity of cues and functions in prosody' for a Special Issue of Laboratory Phonology. 

The main challenge for prosody research today is to develop an integrated approach that encompasses both the complexity of the interplay of different types of prosodic cues and the multiplicity of functions they signal. The difficulty in analyzing the cues lies in the fact that, although there are systematicities in the mapping between individual cues and functions within domains, they vary between different domains. A further difficulty is that the picture is often blurred by cue trading, i.e. when the same perceptual effect is achieved through a different relationship between the cues.

The difficulty in analyzing the functions lies in the sheer number of the functions themselves and in how to formalize them in a theoretically rigorous way. One example is boundary marking which can signal - among many other things - syntactic structure, discourse structure and pragmatic meaning, but it can also play a role in entrainment in talker interaction. Another important function of prosody is its role in top-down processing of speech, for instance when boundary cues allow the listener to predict whether a phrase has high or low attachment in the syntactic tree.

The recognition that prosody is fundamentally multidimensional has opened the door to whole new research programs in language acquisition, dialectology, cognitive and neural processing of speech, prosodic typology, and speech pathology. In this Special Issue of Laboratory Phonology we take stock of the latest theoretical developments in multidimensional prosody research, inspired by the 'Phonetics and Phonology in Europe' (PaPE) conference, held in Cambridge in June 2015.

Laboratory Phonology is a journal that publishes research on the scientific study of the elements of spoken language, their organization, their grammatical function, and their role in speech. Laboratory Phonology is at the forefront of the general shift towards experimental and quantitative approaches to the study of language across the discipline of linguistics.

Contributions for this Special Issue should reflect, at an international level, the best work in the theme outlined. As a first step, contributors are asked to send in a 1-page abstract (12p. font; excluding references) to labphonspecialissue2015 at gmail.com by 30 September, 2015. 

Based on these proposals, the guest editors of the Special Issue will evaluate the contributions. The selection of the highest-quality abstracts is the outcome of a collaborative evaluation by the editorial team according to the following criteria:

- Suitability of the topic for this Special Issue of Laboratory Phonology
- Overall quality of the abstract: originality and contribution to the field
- Theoretical rationale and scope of implications
- Methodological adequacy
- Clarity of argumentation and presentation

Once the highest-quality abstracts have been selected among those submitted, the decision will be communicated and a timeline for the selected contributions will be suggested. Each selected contribution will undergo a regular peer review. Contributions that do not completely fulfill the criteria for this special issue can of course still be submitted for review to Laboratory Phonology as regular full-length research articles.

We are looking forward to receiving your creative abstracts.



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