36.1847, Confs: Dynamical Models of Speech (USA)

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Subject: 36.1847, Confs: Dynamical Models of Speech (USA)

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Date: 13-Jun-2025
From: Sam Kirkham [s.kirkham at lancaster.ac.uk]
Subject: Dynamical Models of Speech


Dynamical Models of Speech
Short Title: DYMOS

Date: 26-Jul-2025 - 27-Jul-2025
Location: Eugene, OR, USA
Meeting URL: https://samkirkham.github.io/dymos/

Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics; Phonology

A conference exploring new frontiers in dynamical models of speech.
Registration:
- Free registration before 27 June 2025
- Register at:
https://lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0MV1PPHZ8izeNUO
- More information at: https://samkirkham.github.io/dymos/
The event is co-located at the 2025 LSA Linguistics Institute.
This two-day conference will bring together researchers in dynamical
models of speech, featuring plenary talks from invited speakers,
contributed talks, and open discussion.
Speakers:
 - Carina Ahrens
 - Manasvi Chaturvedi
 - Adamantios Gafos
 - Khalil Iskarous
 - Sam Kirkham
 - Scott Nelson
 - Melissa Redford
 - Jason A. Shaw
 - Michael C. Stern
 - Patrycja Strycharczuk
 - Sam Tilsen
 - Alice Turk
 - Rachel Walker
Organisers:
 - Sam Kirkham
 - Patrycja Strycharczuk
Description:
A fundamental topic of linguistic inquiry concerns the nature of
phonological cognition. Dynamical models of speech – most prominently
Articulatory Phonology (Browman & Goldstein 1992) / Task Dynamics
(Kelso, Saltzman & Tuller 1986) – have proven great successes in
modelling the dynamics of coarticulation (Fowler 1980), prosody (Byrd
2003; Iskarous et al. 2024), long-range processes (Gafos & Benus 2006;
Tilsen 2019), and neural dynamics of speech planning (Roon & Gafos
2006; Tilsen 2022; Stern & Shaw 2023). At the same time, there remain
a range of unresolved issues and critiques, including the nature of
timing control, the relations between symbolics and dynamics, the
emergence of phonological structure, and what counts as a necessary
condition of a dynamical theory. The conference aims to assess the
state-of-the-art and future research directions in dynamical models of
speech, with a focus on the following topics:
 - Emergence and change in dynamical phonological categories
 - Dynamics, variation, and linguistic universals
 - The status of spatial and temporal variation in task dynamic models
 - Autonomous and non-autonomous gestural models
 - Neural dynamical models of speech planning
 - Dynamical models of production-perception
 - The relationship between task dynamic and biomechanical models
 - Feedback control
 - Systems-level dynamics
 - Philosophical foundations



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