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Date: 16 Oct 2008
From:Ghada Khattab <Ghada.Khattab at newcastle.ac.uk>
Subject:Workshop on Pharyngeals and Pharyngealisation

International Workshop on Pharyngeals & Pharyngealisation: 26-27  
March, 2009

Co-organised by the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language  
Science (CRiLLS), Newcastle University and Praxiling Centre National  
de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Université Montpellier III

http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/news/events/item/international-workshop-on-pharyngeals-pharyngealisation


Workshop Aims:

The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers from  
around the world who have worked on pharyngeal and pharyngealised  
sounds in the different areas mentioned above in order to share  
expertise in different methodologies and theoretical approaches to the  
study of these sounds and attempt to answer various outstanding  
questions regarding:

1. Language universals: why are pharyngeal sounds present in only 1%  
of languages surveyed in the UPSID data base when they are present in  
children's early vocalisations? How have these sounds evolved in  
languages that have lost the pharyngeal distinctions? Is there a  
relationship between a dense consonantal system and the existence of  
pharyngeal/pharyngealised sounds in a language?

2. Production and perception: what are the acoustic, articulatory, and  
perceptual correlates of pharyngeal and pharyngealised sounds? What  
role do visual cues (e.g. lip rounding) play in processing pharyngeal  
articulations?

3. The sociolinguistic indices of pharyngeal/pharyngealised  
articulations: How does pharyngealisation manifest itself in different  
languages/dialects? Is the gender-correlated patterning that has been  
documented in urban areas in the Arab world with respect to de- 
emphasis found in other varieties/languages with pharyngeal/ 
pharyngealised articulations? How are pharyngeal articulations  
affected in language contact situations?

4. Acquisition: at what age are pharyngeal and pharyngealised sounds  
acquired and what are the developmental manifestations across  
languages and/or dialects?


Organization committee:

Jalal Al-Tamimi, CRiLLS, Newcastle University (UK)
Mohamed Embarki, Praxiling UMR 5267 CNRS-Montpellier III (France)
Ghada Khattab, CRiLLS, Newcastle University (UK)
Hussain Kriba, CRiLLS, Newcastle University (UK)

Workshop style:
The workshop consists of invited oral presentations and a poster  
session. Click here for a programme: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/linguistics/assets/documents/Programme.pdf


Abstract submission:
Abstracts on any of the workshop sub-themes are invited for the poster  
session. Abstracts should be no longer than two pages including  
illustrations and references. Please submit your abstract  
electronically to Crills at ncl.ac.uk by November 30, 2008. Abstracts  
will be reviewed by the Scientific Committee and applicants will be  
notified of their acceptance by December the 15th, 2008.

Important dates:
Abstract submission for the poster session:     November 30, 2008
Notification of acceptance:                             December 15,  
2008
Workshop Dates:                                                 March  
26-27, 2009


Ghada Khattab and the Organising Committee.

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Ghada Khattab
Speech and Language Sciences Section
King George VI bldg
Newcastle University
Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU
UK
Tel: +44.191.222.6583
Fax: +44.191.222.6518
e-mail: ghada.khattab at ncl.ac.uk
http://www.ncl.ac.uk/ecls/staff/profile/ghada.khattab

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