29.1558, Confs: Phonetics, Phonology, Psycholinguistics/Japan

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LINGUIST List: Vol-29-1558. Tue Apr 10 2018. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 29.1558, Confs: Phonetics, Phonology, Psycholinguistics/Japan

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Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2018 18:11:27
From: Yurie Hara [yuriehara at aoni.waseda.jp]
Subject: 1st Conference on Pokémonastics

1st Conference on Pokémonastics 

Date: 26-May-2018 - 27-May-2018 
Location: Tokyo, Japan 
Contact: Shigeto Kawahara 
Contact Email: pokemonasticskeio at gmail.com 
Meeting URL: https://1stpokemonastics.wordpress.com/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics; Phonology; Psycholinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

The First Conference on Pokémonastics is to be held at Keio University from
May 26 (Sat) to 27 (Sun).

Recent studies (“Pokémonastics”) have identified sound symbolic relationships
in Japanese Pokémon names (Kawahara et al, to appear; Kawahara & Kumagai to
appear). More specifically, both mora counts and number of voiced obstruents
in their name seem to, albeit stochastically, affect Pokémon characters’
size, weight, and strength parameters. Vowel quality in initial syllables
seems to have a tangible effect as well.

A natural question that arises is whether these sorts of sound symbolic
patterns hold in Pokemon names in other languages. Another open question is
whether there are other types of sound symbolic patterns.

We invite researchers addressing these questions in English, Chinese and
Russian. Our hope is that based on cross-linguistic Pokémonastic research we
can explore important questions about sound-meaning relationship in natural
languages, such as language-specificity and universality of sound symbolism.

The conference also features talks by the invited speakers that are not
related to Pokemonastics. We also intend to have poster sessions by
researchers in Japan on topics related to Pokémonastics or otherwise. See
call for papers for details.

In summary, this conference will have three main themes:

Pokémonastic talks on several languages
Non-Pokémonastics talks by invited speakers
Poster sessions that we hope would facilitate international communication
between researchers in Japan and invited speakers. (Non-invited,
non-Japanese-residing researchers are of course welcome).
Place: Keio University, Mita Campus

Acknowledgments: This research is supported by JSPS Grant # 17K13448 to
Shigeto Kawahara, and Keio research grants to Shigeto Kawahara and Yasuyo
Minagawa.

Program: 

https://1stpokemonastics.wordpress.com/program/

Day 1:  Pokémonastics day:

10:20-10:25:
Opening remarks 
by the Institute Director, Yoko Sugioka

10:25-10:30:
Logistic annnoucement
by Shigeto Kawahara

10:30-11:45:
General introduction to Pokémonastics
Stephanie Shih, Jordan Ackerman, Noah Hermalin, Sharon Inkelas, Darya
Kavitskaya, Shigeto Kawahara, Rebecca Starr, & Alan Yu

11:45-13:00: Lunch Break

13:00-13:45:
On Russian Pokémonastics
Darya Kavitskaya

13:45-14:45:
Sound symbolic effects in Mandarin and Cantonese personal names and Pokémon
names
Rebecca Starr & Alan Yu

14:45-15:00: Break
15:00-15:45: 
Some new Pokémonastics experiments: Japanese children and Brazilian Portuguese
Shigeto Kawahara

15:45-16:15:
General commentary on Pokémonastics
Kimi Akita

16:15-17:30:
Poster session I

Day 2: General phonetics and phonology

10:00-10:55:
Q Theory: splitting the segment
Sharon Inkelas

10:55-11:00: Short break

11:00-12:00:
Q Theory: Representing tone in Surface Optimizing Phonology
Stephanie Shih and Sharon Inkelas

12:00-13:30: Lunch Break
13:30-14:30:
Phonetics and phonology of contrast maintenance and loss
Darya Kavitskaya

14:30-15:30:
Evaluation of mora-based and syllable-based text-setting by native speakers
and learners of Japanese
Rebecca Starr & Stephanie Shih

15:30-17:00:
Poster session 2

17:00-18:00:
The sound symbolic nature of your voice
Alan Yu

18:00:
Farewell

Poster Day 1: On sound symbolism

Sound symbolic patterns in Pokémon move names.
Michinori Suzuki & Shigeto Kawahara

Evidence of sound symbolism in French-speakers using animal categories
Léa De Carolis

Evil or not? Sound symbolism in Pokémon and Disney character names.
Yuta Hosokawa, Naho Atsumi, Ryoko Uno, and Kazuko Shinohara

name2pokemon: Automated Pokémon Generator with Generative Adversarial Networks
and Character-Level Name Analysis
Taku Ueki and Yuka Morinaga

Influence of Lexical Stratum on Sound Symbolic Interpretations: Evidence From
Pokémon Names
Noah Hermalin

Phonosemantic maps: Toward a typology of sound symbolism
Kimi Akita

Pokémorphology: Are Pokémon Naming Conventions Iconic?
Arthur Lewis Thompson

Sound Symbolism in the Creatures of Magic: The Gathering
Jeff Moore

Poster Day 2:
Cross-featural polarity and OCP in Tenyidie Tone
Savio Megolhuto Meyase

L = some [nas] and some [lat]
Hyunjung Lee

A gradient view of Raddoppiamento fonosintattico
Irene Amato

Lexical tone as a cue to speech segmentation: Evidence from listeners of
Taiwanese Southern Min
Shu-chen Ou and Zhe-chen Guo

Prosodic Preservation and Neutralization in Japanese Parody Songs
Hiziru Takashima

Opaque Interaction of Rhythmic Syncope and Reduplication in Mojeño Trinitario
Christine Marquardt

The pluralization of plurals in Urdu: An OT Analysis
Humaira Yaqoob

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