29.2146, Confs: Language Documentation, Phonetics, Phonology, Sociolinguistics/USA

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Subject: 29.2146, Confs: Language Documentation, Phonetics, Phonology, Sociolinguistics/USA

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Date: Thu, 17 May 2018 13:21:54
From: Kelly Harper Berkson [kberkson at indiana.edu]
Subject: PhonFest 2018

 
PhonFest 2018 

Date: 02-Jun-2018 - 02-Jun-2018 
Location: Bloomington, Indiana, USA 
Contact: Kelly Harper Berkson 
Contact Email: kberkson at indiana.edu 
Meeting URL: https://www.indiana.edu/~phonfest/ 

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation; Phonetics; Phonology; Sociolinguistics 

Meeting Description: 

Registration is now open for PhonFest 2018, a symposium on phonetic and
phonological documentation. 

For links to the registration site, as well as more information about PhonFest
2018, please visit https://www.indiana.edu/~phonfest/

''Mixing it up: from the lab to the field and back again.''
May 29 - June 2, 2018 ~ Indiana University, Bloomington

While language science is moving in an ever more experimental direction, and
tightly controlled experiments in lab settings can generate invaluable
information about human language, such studies are not always possible,
realistic, or productive in the context of actual language usage. Humans are
members of communities, and linguists often work in the field, in communities.
Speakers are not just passive consultants, but are members of a language
community, agents who ‘do’ the language. The data generated by fieldwork,
which is also invaluable, presents its own challenges—including technological
challenges, like how to organize and annotate records in order to render them
maximally accessible and useful. PhonFest is designed to create a space for
dialogue: How can practices from the lab inform our work in the field, and
vice versa? How can we pull the best elements from both worlds together to
strengthen the work we do? Expert speakers from the US and abroad will address
these topics.

Invited Speakers:

Cynthia Clopper, The Ohio State University
Christian DiCanio, University at Buffalo
Josef Fruehwald, University of Edinburgh
Marija Tabain, La Trobe University

Dates:

Tues. May 29 – Fri. June 1: Invited speakers present short courses.
Sat. June 2: Conference for Fest participants to present their own work.
Mon. June 4-Thurs. June 7: Incubator week! Designated work time (in a
supportive environment) to help propel your work from where it’s at to the
next stage.
 

Program: 

Join for any or all of these sections.

Short Courses (May 29-June 1, 2018) on current issues in phonetic/
phonological/sociophonetic documentation and analysis in a workshop and
lecture-type format with four prominent invited scholars.

- Course 1: Christian DiCanio (University at Buffalo), “Examining tonal and
segmental complexity in rural Mexico: challenges and opportunities for
fieldwork and laboratory phonology” 

- Course 2: Cynthia Clopper (The Ohio State University), “Language Research in
a Science Museum: Opportunities and Challenges” 

- Course 3: Josef Fruehwald (University of Edinburgh), “Using Corpora to Probe
Questions about Phonetics, Phonology, and Sound Change”

- Course 4: Marija Tabain (La Trobe University), ''Fieldwork in Central
Australia: some (phonetic) reflections”

Conference (Sat. June 2) for Fest participants to present their own work (see
list of presenters at the end of the program at
http://www.indiana.edu/~phonfest/files/images/Schedule_May2018.pdf).

Extra! Incubator week (Mon. June 4-Thurs. June 7) - Collaborative work time!
Not part of the conference proper; 5 hours of work time per day, plus
structured conversations and accountability. 

Registration Rates:

- IU Student rate: $45.00
- General student rate: $90.00
- IU Faculty rate: $90.00
- Outside faculty/professional rate: $150.00





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