31.1538, Calls: Phonetics/Germany

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Subject: 31.1538, Calls: Phonetics/Germany

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Date: Wed, 06 May 2020 20:21:12
From: Marcel Schlechtweg [marcelschlechtweg at mail.com]
Subject: Interfaces of Phonetics

 
Full Title: Interfaces of Phonetics 

Date: 18-May-2021 - 19-May-2021
Location: Oldenburg, Germany 
Contact Person: Marcel Schlechtweg
Meeting Email: marcelschlechtweg at gmail.com
Web Site: http://interfacesofphonetics.weebly.com 

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics 

Call Deadline: 15-Jun-2020 

Meeting Description:

In several models of speech production (see, e.g., Fromkin 1971; Harley 1984;
Levelt 1989, 1995; Levelt, Roelofs, and Meyer 1999; Roelofs 1997), the role of
phonetics is rather limited and acoustic differences between phonologically
identical words are typically not expected. However, over the years, more and
more evidence has suggested that fine acoustic details play a more prominent
role within language, and that approaches permitting a more flexible
interaction between phonetic and other types of information represent a
serious alternative (see, e.g., Pierrehumbert 2001, 2002).

Evidence comes from different areas. At the morphology-phonetics interface, it
has been shown that forms (e.g., word-final s in English) are uttered
differently if they are affixal (e.g., laps) as opposed to the same form that
is non-affixal (e.g., lapse) (see, e.g., Plag et al. 2017; Seyfarth et al.
2018; Smith et al. 2012). At the syntax-phonetics interface, Sereno and
Jongman’s (1995) analysis revealed that one and the same item (e.g., answer)
is realized differently depending on whether it is used as a noun or verb (but
see Lohmann 2020 for a different conclusion). Moreover, morpho-syntactic
features like number seem to be expressed in the acoustic output as well, as
recently shown in two studies on German singular-plural syncretism
(Schlechtweg & Heinrichs 2020; Schlechtweg, Heinrichs, and Linnenkohl 2020).
Next, classical homophones such as time and thyme do not seem to be expressed
with exactly the same pronunciation in that the high-frequency meaning (time)
differs from its low-frequency counterpart (thyme) in duration (see, e.g.,
Conwell 2018; Gahl 2008; Lohmann 2018). Finally, an example at the interface
between semantics/pragmatics and phonetics is the observation that words are
articulated differently if they are mentioned, with mentioning being expressed
through the presence of quotation marks around an item, in comparison to their
simple denotational use (see Schlechtweg & Härtl 2019). 
    
(All references are listed at https://interfacesofphonetics.weebly.com)


Call for Papers: 

The meeting aims at bringing together researchers who work on the interface
between phonetics and other (linguistic) domains or aspects, such as, e.g.,
phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, or pragmatics. Contributions
focusing on speech production and/or perception and connecting empirical
findings to theoretical issues are welcome.

Once the abstracts have been received and accepted and once you have confirmed
your participation in the meeting, we will apply for funding that is supposed
to cover travel expenses and accommodation for each active participant. There
is no conference fee.  

Details of abstracts are as follows:
Please submit your abstract as both a word- and a pdf-file to
marcelschlechtweg at gmail.com
Submission deadline: June 15, 2020
Language: English
Number of abstracts per author: You can submit as many abstracts as you want
to. 
Maximum length: A single page (if needed, references, figures, tables, and/or
examples can appear on a second page)
Formal criteria: Times New Roman, 12pt, single spacing, margins of 1 inch on
all sides, justified
Structure: First line = Title (bold), Second line = Blank line; Third line =
Author(s), Fourth line = Affiliation(s), Fifth line = blank line, After the
fifth line = Your text; After your text = Blank line; Finally = References,
etc.




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