16.12, Calls: Pragmatics/UK; Language Acquisition/Canada

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Subject: 16.12, Calls: Pragmatics/UK; Language Acquisition/Canada

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1)
Date: 07-Jan-2005
From: Richard Breheny < richardb at ling.ucl.ac.uk >
Subject: Experimental Pragmatics 

2)
Date: 07-Jan-2005
From: Ocke-Schwen Bohn < engosb at hum.au.dk >
Subject: 1st ASA Workshop on Second Language Speech Learning 

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Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:33:06
From: Richard Breheny < richardb at ling.ucl.ac.uk >
Subject:  Experimental Pragmatics 

Full Title: Experimental Pragmatics 

Date: 14-Apr-2005 - 16-Apr-2005
Location: Cambridge, United Kingdom 
Contact Person: Napoleon Katsos
Meeting Email: nk248 at cam.ac.uk
Web Site: http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2004-5/experprag.html

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Pragmatics; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 31-Jan-2005 

Meeting Description:

Experimental Pragmatics: Exploring the Cognitive Basis of Conversation

April 14-16 2005
University of Cambridge
http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2004-5/experprag.html

Experimental Pragmatics: Exploring the Cognitive Basis of Conversation

April 14-16 2005
University of Cambridge
http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2004-5/experprag.html

Experimental pragmatics brings together researchers from linguistics, philosophy, psychology and 
neuropsychology who are interested in the cognitive basis of the domain of speech acts, 
implicature and speaker meaning. The field of experimental pragmatics is new. Most research in 
the area has been collaborative between experimentalists and linguists or philosophers. The 
benefits from such collaborations can and do flow to both sides. 

This is the third in a series of workshops and conferences whose aims are to provide a platform 
for the dissemination of recent results in the field and also to draw in researchers from either the 
empirical or the analytical disciplines in order that new ideas may be exchanged and new alliances 
may be forged.

Invited Speakers:

Gennaro Chierchia - University of Milan-Bicocca
Stephen Crain - University of Maryland
Bart Geurts - University of Nijmegen
Julien Musolino - Indiana University
Ira Noveck - Institut des Sciences Cognitives, Lyon
Anna Papafragou - University of Delaware
Martin Pickering - University of Edinburgh
Uli Sauerland - Zentrum für allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS), Berlin
Michael Tanenhaus - University of Rochester

Call for Submitted Papers:

In addition to the invited papers, there will be presentations of 12 submitted papers. Submitted 
papers will be 35 minutes long (with 10 minutes for discussion).
We invite researchers interested in the field of experimental pragmatics to submit an abstract. 
Although the themes of the conference are loosely 'processing/architectures' and 'development/
acquisition', we will consider papers on other themes.
Abstracts should be no more than two pages long (including references, minimum 2.54cm 
margins, 12 point font). Please only submit abstracts in .pdf, .ps or Word formats. Abstracts should 
be anonymous. Please include author details in the text of the accompanying email.

Deadline for Submission of Abstracts: 31 January 2005
Notification of Acceptance: 28 February 2005

Abstracts will be reviewed by a committee which includes the invited speakers 

Please send abstracts and all inquiries to: Napoleon Katsos nk248 at cam.ac.uk

This conference is supported by The British Academy and The Centre for Research in the Arts, 
Social Sciences and Humanities, University of Cambridge

(http://www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/2004-5/experprag.html)

-------------------------Message 2 ---------------------------------- 
Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2005 13:33:10
From: Ocke-Schwen Bohn < engosb at hum.au.dk >
Subject:  1st ASA Workshop on Second Language Speech Learning 

Full Title: 1st ASA Workshop on Second Language Speech Learning 

Date: 14-May-2005 - 15-May-2005
Location: Vancouver, BC, Canada 
Contact Person: Murray Munro
Meeting Email: spchlab at sfu.ca
Web Site: http://www.sfu.ca/~mjmunro/swshp.htm

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Phonetics; Phonology; Psycholinguistics 

Call Deadline: 05-Feb-2005 

Meeting Description:

One reason for holding the workshop is to honor the work of James E. Flege, in the year of his 
retirement. The workshop is an international gathering of researchers whose work covers all 
aspects of second language (L2) speech. It focuses primarily on the ways in which people learn to 
perceive and produce the sound system of a new language, and addresses both theoretical and 
practical issues. Topics to be covered include perception and production by L2 learners, L2 
speech intelligibility, the perception of foreign-accented speech by native and non-native listeners, 
computer speech recognition of foreign accents, the effects of computer-based training on L2 
speech, the developmental aspects of speech learning, and sociolinguistic issues pertinent to L2 
speech. Leading scholars in the field will present their research findings, and participants will have 
the opportunity to engage in discussions about past, current, and future research directions. 

WORKSHOP ACTIVITIES: The workshop begins at 8:30 AM on Saturday, 14 May, and ends at 
5:30 PM on Sunday, 15 May. Activities include keynote and invited presentations, contributed
 poster sessions, and round-table discussions.

INVITED SPEAKERS: Catherine Best, Ann Bradlow, James E. Flege, Linda Polka, Winifred 
Strange, Janet Werker (Other speakers TBA)

CONTRIBUTED POSTERS: The deadline for poster submissions (maximum 300-word abstract) is 
5 February 2005. Please go to meeting website (http://www.sfu.ca/~mjmunro/swshp.htm) for
 details on how to submit your abstract. (Contributors will be notified of acceptance by the end of
 March.)

LOCATION and ACCOMODATION: Workshop activities will take place in Room 1430 at Simon 
Fraser University's Harbour Centre Campus (515 West Hastings Street). This facility is located in 
downtown Vancouver, just six blocks from the Hyatt Regency where the ASA meeting will be held.
  The deadline for reservations at the Hyatt Regency is 17 April. For more information about 
accommodation, visit the ASA Meeting Website (http://asa.aip.org/meetings.html).

REGISTRATION: Workshop participants should pre-register no later than 11 April 2005. Note that 
space is limited.

Registration Fees (in $US)
Workshop, Regular, by 11 April                $100 
     NOTE: Regular participants who register simultaneously for both the ASA  
     Meeting and the Workshop can deduct $50 from their registration fees.
Workshop, Regular, after 11 April             $150
Workshop, Student (with ID) by 11 April        $35
Workshop, Student (with ID) after 11 April     $45

For registration details, please visit the registration section of the ASA Meeting Website 
( http://asa.aip.org/meetings.html ).

PRIMARY SPONSORS: 
Acoustical Society of America
Simon Fraser University

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE:
Murray Munro, Simon Fraser University
Ocke-Schwen Bohn, Aarhus University
Yue Wang, Simon Fraser University
Charles Schmid, Acoustical Society of America

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