[Lingtyp] Call for Papers: Conference on Usage-Based Approaches to Phonology (UBP)

[Shelece Easterday]

Dear all,

Please share the following announcement among your networks:

***Call for Papers: Conference on Usage-Based Approaches to Phonology***

We are pleased to announce the Conference on Usage-Based Approaches to
Phonology, to be held *12-13 July 2025* and co-located with the 2025 LSA
Summer Institute at University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon, USA. This
conference aims to bring together researchers exploring how phonological
patterns emerge from usage-based processes.

In recent decades, interest in including usage factors in phonetic and
phonological work has increased dramatically, and yet there have been no
conferences devoted exclusively to this topic. Given the wide variety of
research questions and diverse methodologies applied to understanding the
phonological systems of both signed and spoken languages from a usage-based
perspective, it is especially important to provide a platform for
researchers to gather in person and share their questions and results. The
organizers hope to encourage a community of researchers interested in
usage-based approaches to phonological systems to come together to share
ideas, learn from each other, and continue to advance this important field
of study. We invite submissions from diverse perspectives that engage with,
but are not limited to, the following topics:


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   The role of frequency and use in shaping phonological structure
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   Gradience and variability in phonological representations
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   Cognitive representations
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   Application of usage-based theories
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   Diachronic phonological change driven by language usage
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   Computational modeling of usage-based phonology
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   L1 or L2 acquisition of phonological patterns through exposure and
   experience
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   The effect of morphosyntactic constructions on phonetics or phonology
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   Phonological processing in real-time language use
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   Experimental and corpus-based studies supporting usage-based phonology
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   Studies of spoken or signed phonology that reference usage, including
   variation and sound change


Keynote speaker: Joan Bybee (Professor Emerita, University of New Mexico)

We welcome abstract submissions for paper and poster presentations.
Submissions should be made via EasyAbs
<https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/UBP/>. The deadline for
abstract submissions is 15 February 2025.

For more information, please visit the conference website:
https://sites.google.com/view/usage-based-phonology-2025/home.

Organizing Committee:

Earl Brown - Brigham Young University

Joan Bybee - University of New Mexico

Shelece Easterday - University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Corrine Occhino - University of Texas at Austin




-- 
Shelece Easterday, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics
University of Hawai'i at Mānoa
shelece at hawaii.edu
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