36.306, Calls: English; Morphology; Phonetics; Phonology; Pragmatics; Syntax: Anglophonia - "Prominence in Spoken English" (Jrnl)

Wed Jan 22 03:05:02 UTC 2025

LINGUIST List: Vol-36-306. Wed Jan 22 2025. ISSN: 1069 - 4875.

Subject: 36.306, Calls: English; Morphology; Phonetics; Phonology; Pragmatics; Syntax: Anglophonia - "Prominence in Spoken English" (Jrnl)

Moderator: Steven Moran (linguist at linguistlist.org)
Managing Editor: Justin Fuller
Team: Helen Aristar-Dry, Steven Franks, Joel Jenkins, Daniel Swanson, Erin Steitz
Jobs: jobs at linguistlist.org | Conferences: callconf at linguistlist.org | Pubs: pubs at linguistlist.org

Homepage: http://linguistlist.org

Editor for this issue: Erin Steitz <ensteitz at linguistlist.org>

================================================================

Date: 22-Jan-2025
From: Olivier Glain [olivier.glain at univ-st-etienne.fr]
Subject: English; Morphology; Phonetics; Phonology; Pragmatics; Syntax: Anglophonia - "Prominence in Spoken English" (Jrnl)

Call for Papers:
According to Cangemi and Bauman (2020), “few concepts in phonetics and
phonology research are as widely used and as vaguely defined as is the
notion of prominence”. The authors argue, however, that the
integration of phonetics and phonology in the study of linguistic
prominence is crucial. Indeed, the two disciplines are often used to
put certain elements forward (being thus more prominent) in speech.
Similar processes on other linguistic levels can be witnessed, as for
instance in syntax with with extrapositions or cleft structures. This
issue of Anglophonia will look at how prominent units are
distinguished from other units, whether it be from the point of view
of production or from that of perception.
In phonetics, “variations in length, pitch, stress and inherent
sonority are all factors which contribute to the relative prominence
of a unit” (Crystal 2008). In acoustic and prosodic analyses, Herment
(2001) and Hanote (2015) identify the following correlates: variations
in fundamental frequency, intensity, rhythm and duration of phonemes
(vowels and consonants), the presence of pauses and the absence of
linking at word onsets (with or without an associated glottal stop).
In phonology, the features that define prominence may vary depending
on the theory used. Prominence may for instance refer to “the relative
weight between constituents in a metrical tree” (Crystal, 2008). From
syntactic, utterer-centered and pragmatic points of view, the
prominence of an element is not random, but depends on the information
content of the element in its context and the choice of the speaker to
emphasize it (see, for instance, Cappeau & Hanote 2012; Hanote 2015;
Herment 2008, 2011; Herment & Rouveyrol 2014; Videau & Hanote 2015).
Thus, prominence most likely involves a complex network of links
between the different linguistic levels of (morpho)phonology,
phonetics, prosody, syntax and pragmatics. We therefore welcome
submissions dealing with any of these fields (as well as with the
interface between them) in relation to spoken English across different
corpus types and discourse genres, within a variety of theories.
Here are a few ideas contributors may wish to investigate:
What is the relationship between (morpho)phonology, syntax,
information structure, speech cohesion and coherence, and prosody in
cases of oral prominence? Is the very structure of oral productions
(for example, the long preliminary breaths and pauses) enough to
convey the salience of speech?
What about the concepts of sonority and markedness when dealing with
phonetics (Krämer & Golson 2020)? Is prominence an important issue
only for phonetics? When do we start dealing with phonological
considerations?
What about stylistic prominence? Can different styles be associated
with different ways of marking prominence? Such variation may be
approached by comparing different speakers or by examining
intra-speaker stylistic variation.
What are the motivations of speakers when they emphasize certain
elements in their utterances (pragmatic dimension) and what is the
impact of prominence on the listener?
Can the prominence of certain phenomena predict prosodic or
phonological patterns?
What are the prominent features displayed by speakers in relation to
the variety of English that they speak (whether it is a native or a
non-native variety)? To what extent do they form an acoustic signature
that allows listeners to associate them with the accent? How do
listeners perceive such dialectal prominence? What perceptual
phenomena are involved? Which are markers and which are stereotypes?
How are they encoded in artistic representations of particular accents
of English? Is it necessarily at the suprasegmental level that
salience occurs (thanks to intonation variation and emphasis)? What
characteristics are perceived by listeners at the lexical and
segmental levels? (Cf. the fundamental frequency of fricatives in gay
discourse, known as « gay lisp »; e.g. Munson et al. 2006).
In the teaching and learning of English, how do instructors highlight
the phonemes, articulations and suprasegmental features that are
considered important elements to acquire in order to have a good
command of spoken English?
The list above consists of only a few suggestions and is by no means
exhaustive.
Fully written paper proposals should be sent before May 15th 2025 to:
    Olivier Glain (olivier.glain at univ-st-etienne.fr)
    Airelle Theveniaut (airelle.theveniaut at univ-ubs.fr)
    Henri Le Prieult (henri.le-prieult at univ-tlse2.fr)
Please follow the guidelines for submission available on the following
page: https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/353
A full list of references is available on the official Call for
Papers.

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology
                     Phonetics
                     Phonology
                     Pragmatics
                     Syntax

Subject Language(s): English (eng)

------------------------------------------------------------------------------

********************** LINGUIST List Support ***********************
Please consider donating to the Linguist List to support the student editors:

https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=87C2AXTVC4PP8

LINGUIST List is supported by the following publishers:

Bloomsbury Publishing http://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/

Cambridge University Press http://www.cambridge.org/linguistics

Cascadilla Press http://www.cascadilla.com/

Elsevier Ltd http://www.elsevier.com/linguistics

John Benjamins http://www.benjamins.com/

Language Science Press http://langsci-press.org

Multilingual Matters http://www.multilingual-matters.com/

Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke (LOT) http://www.lotpublications.nl/

Wiley http://www.wiley.com

----------------------------------------------------------
LINGUIST List: Vol-36-306
----------------------------------------------------------