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PAC 2012
The Phonology of Contemporary English. Variation and change

University of Toulouse 2-Le Mirail, 1-2 March 2012
Toulouse, France

On 1st and 2nd March 2012, the CLLE-ERSS research institute (CNRS and
University of Toulouse 2) will be organizing its first international
conference on The Phonology of Contemporary English: Variation and
Change.

Websites: http://w3.pac.univ-tlse2.fr
           http://w3.erss.univ-tlse2.fr
           http://clle.univ-tlse2.fr

GOALS OF THE CONFERENCE

All papers focusing on the main theme summarized by the title of the
conference are welcome but, to contextualise this forthcoming event,
participants should be aware that PAC 2012 is a logical extension of
the open workshops that the PAC project has organised annually since
2000, on a European level, at the universities of Toulouse II,
Montpellier III and Aix-Marseille I, and reflects the developing
activities of this project.

The PAC project (Phonologie de l?Anglais Contemporain: usages,
variétés et structure - The Phonology of Contemporary English:
usage, varieties and structure) is coordinated by Jacques Durand
(University of Toulouse II) and Philip Carr (University of
Montpellier III).
The main aims of the project can be summarised as
follows: to give a better picture of spoken English in its unity and
diversity (geographical, social and stylistic); to test phonological
and phonetic models from a synchronic and diachronic point of view,
making room for the systematic study of variation; to favour
communication between specialists in speech and in phonological
theory; to provide corpus-based data and analyses which will help
improve the teaching of English as a foreign language.

To achieve these goals, the cornerstone of the PAC project is the
creation of a corpus of oral English, coming from a wide variety of
linguistic areas in the English-speaking world (such as Great
Britain: Received Pronunciation, Lancashire, York, Ayrshire,
Edinburgh, Glasgow; West Midlands : Birmingham, Black Country ;
Republic of Ireland: Limerick, Cork ; Canada : Alberta, Ontario ;
Australia : New South Wales ; New Zealand : Christchurch, Dunedin ;
India : Delhi English, Mumbai ; USA : California, West Texas, Saint
Louis, Boston, North Carolina). The protocol used is the same
throughout and was inspired by the classical methodology of William
Labov. Although significant corpora of oral English already exist,
many of them have been conceived along exclusively sociolinguistic
rather than explicitly phonological lines. In other cases, hardly any
information is available on speakers beyond gender and regional
affiliation. Furthermore, few corpora are based upon a single
methodology permitting a fully comparative analysis of the data. The
approach chosen by the PAC project is modelled on the French PFC
project (La Phonologie du Français Contemporain, coord. J. Durand,
B. Laks (Paris X) and C. Lyche (Oslo/Tromsø),
http://www.projet-pfc.net/). This parent project has demonstrated how
a corpus which was originally conceived for phonology can lend itself
to many other types of linguistic exploitation: the lexicon,
morpho-syntax, prosody, pragmatics, dialectology, sociolinguistics
and interaction.

All contributions on the phonology and phonetics of contemporary
English are welcome. Other things being equal, papers with a focus on
variation and change within a corpus approach will be given priority.
Plenary sessions will alternate with shorter oral presentations along
with swift, five-minute presentations to accompany posters presented,
in our two Speed Postering sessions. A PAC workshop will form part of
the general programme of the conference. Papers are expected to be
delivered in English.

INVITED PLENARY SPEAKERS
Felicity Cox (Macquarie University, Australia)
Ulrike Gut (University of Augsburg, Germany)
Nicolas Ballier (University of Paris VII, France)

SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE
Ricardo Bermudez-Otero, University of Manchester, England
Phil Carr, EMMA, University of Montpellier III, France
Jacques Durand, CLLE-ERSS, University of Toulouse II, France
Colleen Fitzgerald, University of Texas Arlington, USA
Jean-Michel Fournier, University of Tours, France
Heinz Giegerich, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Michael T. Hammond, University of Arizona, USA
Sophie Herment, University of Aix-Marseille I, France
Daniel Hirst, University of Aix-Marseille I, France
Patrick Honeybone, University of Edinburgh, Scotland
Wyn Johnson, University of Essex, England
Mariko Kondo, University of Waseda, Japan
Christiane Migette, University of Paris XIII, France
Monika Pukli, University of Strasbourg, France
Gabor Turcsan, University of Aix-Marseille I, France
Jørgen Staun, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

SUBMISSION OF PAPERS
Abstracts should be no longer than one side of A4, with 2.5cm
margins, single-spaced, with a font size no smaller than 12, and with
normal character spacing. All examples and references in the abstract
should be included on the one single page, but it is enough, when
referring to previous work, to cite "Author (Date)" in the body of
the abstract - you do not need to include the full reference.
Please send two copies of your abstract - one of these should be
anonymous and one should include your name, affiliation and email at
the top of the page, directly below the title. All abstracts will be
reviewed anonymously by members of the scientific committee. The
named file should be camera-ready, as it will be used in the
abstracts booklet if the proposal is accepted.

Abstracts both for talks and posters should be submitted in the same
form, in a PDF file, by email to Anne Przewozny-Desriaux
anne.przewozny at univ-tlse2.fr with copy to Steven Moore
steven.moore at univ-tlse2.fr.
The scientific committee will decide the final format of each accepted
abstract.

Time for papers: 20 minutes, plus 10 minutes for questions.

DATES AND DEADLINES

Conference: 1st and 2nd March 2012
Final deadline for submissions: 1st October 2011
Results of refereeing of abstracts: 15th December 2011

Anne Przewozny-Desriaux, anne.przewozny at univ-tlse2.fr
Steven Moore, steven.moore at univ-tlse2.fr

PAC 2012 organisers

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