36.2470, Confs: Speech Prosody 2026 (USA)

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Date: 21-Aug-2025
From: Sunghye Cho [csunghye at ldc.upenn.edu]
Subject: Speech Prosody 2026


Speech Prosody 2026
Short Title: SpeechProsody
Theme: Prosodic Encodings in Context: From Structure and Cognition to
Technology, and Back

Date: 26-May-2026 - 29-May-2026
Location: Philadelphia, USA
Contact Email: speechprosody2026 at sas.upenn.edu
Meeting URL: https://www.speechprosody2026.org

Linguistic Field(s): General Linguistics; Phonetics; Phonology

We are pleased to invite submissions for Speech Prosody 2026, the 13th
International Conference on Speech Prosody, to be held May 26–29,
2026, at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
https://www.speechprosody2026.org
Speech Prosody is the largest international forum dedicated to prosody
in all its forms. This year’s theme, Prosodic Encodings in Context:
>From Structure and Cognition to Technology, and Back, highlights our
commitment to advancing interdisciplinary inquiry into the role of
prosody in human communication. The conference aims to bring together
scholars from linguistics, cognitive science, neuroscience, speech
technology, and related fields to explore emerging insights and
challenges. It will foster collaboration across disciplines and
inspire new research at the intersection of structure, cognition, and
technology.
To ensure inclusive participation in a time of uncertainty, Speech
Prosody 2026 will be held in a hybrid format. We warmly encourage
participants to attend in person, but will also provide meaningful
virtual participation options for those facing travel restrictions.
Our goal is to bring the field together despite these challenges and
uphold the spirit of community that defines Speech Prosody.
We welcome submissions on any aspect of prosody in spoken or signed
languages. Submissions that reflect the conference theme or adopt
integrative approaches are especially encouraged. We also welcome work
by junior researchers, on understudied languages, or using
interdisciplinary methods.
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:
 - Phonology and phonetics of prosody
 - Interfaces with morphology, syntax, semantics, and pragmatics
 - Rhythm and timing; tone and intonation
 - Segmental-suprasegmental interactions
 - Production, perception, and modeling of prosody
 - Prosody acquisition in L1, L2, and L3
 - Language impairments and prosodic assessment
 - Infant-, child-, and elder-directed prosody
 - Cognitive, psycholinguistic, and neural bases of prosody
 - Prosody in language contact and variation
 - Under-resourced languages and dialects
 - Multimodal and audiovisual prosody
 - Sign language and musical prosody
 - Prosody in speech synthesis, recognition, and understanding
 - Forensic prosody and speaker characterization
 - Language learning systems and educational technology
 - Computational modeling and applications of prosody
Important Dates:
Proposals for special sessions, workshops, tutorials, and show & tell
due: September 15, 2025
Notification of acceptance of special sessions: October 15, 2025
Abstract submission opens: October 16, 2025
Abstract submission deadline: November 15, 2025
Full paper submission deadline: November 21, 2025
Notification of acceptance for papers: January 16, 2026
Camera-ready papers due: January 31, 2026
Registration opens: Early February 2026
For full details, please visit the official website:
https://www.speechprosody2026.org



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