Arabic-L:LING:Intonation Variation in Arabic Extension

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1) Subject:Intonation Variation in Arabic Extension

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Date: 05 Jun 2009
From:sh581 at YORK.AC.UK
Subject:Intonation Variation in Arabic Extension

Intonational Variation in Arabic =20
28-29th September 2009, York, UK
http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~sh581/iva09=20

**Extended submission deadline: 14th June 2009**

Papers of a descriptive and/or theoretical nature are invited which  
treat=20
the phonetics and/or phonology of suprasegmental phenomena in one or  
more=20
Arabic varieties (or other related Afro-Asiatic languages).

Papers treating the intonational phonology of spoken Arabic dialects  
will=20
be particularly welcome and will be prioritised. The conference will=20
include a special workshop session on the development of  
transcription=20
systems for research on intonational variation in Arabic.

Invited speakers:=20
Professor Francis Nolan (University of Cambridge, UK)=20
Professor Khaled Rifaat (Al-Imam Muhammad Ibn Saud University,  
Riyadh)=20

Abstracts should be no longer than one side of A4 (or 'American  
letter'),=20
with 2.5cm or one inch margins, single-spaced, with a font size no  
smaller=
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than 12, and with normal character spacing. A second page may be used  
to=20
provide examples, figures and/or references. No submissions will be=20
accepted which are longer than two pages.

Your abstract should be anonymous. You will be asked to submit a  
version=20
with your name and affiliation on it if your abstract is selected for=20
presentation. Please do not use your name in the filename for your=20
abstract.

If you choose to use a phonetic font in your abstract or if you wish  
to=20
include figures/pitch traces, we strongly recommend that you submit  
your=20
abstract in pdf format.

Abstracts should be uploaded to the IVA09 page on the EasyAbstracts  
site on=
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or before 14th June 2009. You may use one of the following formats for  
your=
=20
abstract: pdf, Word (.doc), or plain text (.txt). The link for  
uploading=20
abstracts is: http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/iva09

All abstracts will be reviewed anonymously by two members of the  
scientific=
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committee.=20

A small number of bursaries will be available to students and/or  
authors=20
with limited institutional financial support. If you would like to  
apply=20
for a bursary please indicate this when sending your abstract.

Organisers:=20
Dr Sam Hellmuth (University of York)=20
Dr Dana Chahal (University of Melbourne)=20

Scientific Committee: Dina El Zarka, Janet Fletcher, Sonia Frota,  
Martine=20
Grice, Barry Heselwood, Sun Ah Jun, Francis Nolan, Brechtje Post,  
Judith=20
Rosenhouse, Sandra Vella, Janet Watson, Mohamed Yeou

Local Organising Committee (University of York):=20
Sam Hellmuth, Ghazi Al Gethami, Rana Al Hussein Almbark, Nora Al  
Zahrani=20

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Sam Hellmuth
Department of Language & Linguistic Science
University of York
Heslington
York YO10 5DD

email: sh581 at york.ac.uk
tel: 01904 432657
fax: 01904 432673


http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/lang/people/pages/hellmuth.htm

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