36.3413, Confs: Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2026 (Korea, South)

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Date: 07-Nov-2025
From: Sang-Im Lee-Kim [sangimleekim at hanyang.ac.kr]
Subject: Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2026


Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of
Language 2026
Short Title: HISPhonCog 2026
Theme: Speech Across the Lifespan: From Early Acquisition to Skilled
Interaction

Date: 22-May-2026 - 23-May-2026
Location: Seoul, Korea, Korea, South
Meeting URL: https://site.hanyang.ac.kr/web/hisphoncog/welcome

Linguistic Field(s): Language Acquisition; Phonetics; Phonology;
Psycholinguistics; Sociolinguistics
Subject Language(s): English (eng)

Submission Deadline: 31-Jan-2026

HIPCS (Hanyang Institute for Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of
Language) at Hanyang University, together with Departments of English
Language and Literature and Chinese Language and Literature, holds its
5th annual international symposium on current issues on phonetics and
cognitive sciences of language (HISPhonCog) 2026 on May 22-23, 2026.
Theme for HISPhonCog 2026: Speech Across the Lifespan: From Early
Acquisition to Skilled Interaction
Over the past decades, research on speech has increasingly highlighted
the importance of a lifespan perspective. Speech is not a static
capacity acquired once in childhood but a continuously developing
system shaped by motor growth, social interaction, and cognitive
maturation. From the earliest stages of acquisition, children’s
developing motor control, perceptual attunement, sensitivity to
linguistic regularities, and prosodic patterning intertwine to
establish the foundations of linguistic communicative competence. As
individuals mature, these skills expand into more complex forms of
interaction, supporting nuanced communication, pragmatic adaptation,
and stylistic variation. At the same time, speech across the lifespan
reveals vulnerabilities: atypical developmental pathways, age-related
changes in motor or cognitive systems, the demands of second-language
use, and neurocognitive conditions all offer windows into the
mechanisms linking phonetics, phonology, and broader communicative
functions. Prosody and fine phonetic detail emerge as central, linking
speech production and perception with motor skill, linguistic
structure, and social cognition.
HISPhonCog 2026 invites contributions that address these interrelated
perspectives, especially by providing some empirical (experimental)
evidence. We particularly welcome studies examining the linguistic and
cognitive functions of fine phonetic detail as they manifest in speech
development, skilled interaction in adulthood, and variation across
typical and atypical populations. Submissions from articulatory,
perceptual, sociolinguistic, and neurocognitive approaches, in both
native and non-native contexts, are encouraged.
Invited Speakers:
Amalia Arvaniti (Radboud University, Netherlands)
Cathi Best (Western Sydney University, Australia)
Jason Bishop (City University of New York, USA)
Sam Kirkham (Lancaster University, UK)
Benjamin Munson (University of Minnesota, USA)
Meghan Sumner (Stanford University, USA)
Megha Sundara (UCLA, USA)
Patrick Wong (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
A Possible Special Issue to Be Published in a Journal:
We are tentatively planning to compile a limited selection of papers,
including invited talks, into a Special Issue in a peer-reviewed
international journal. The issue will feature selected studies that
best align with the conference theme, Speech Across the Lifespan: From
Early Acquisition to Skilled Interaction.
The target journals (to be determined): Journal of Phonetics,
Linguistics Vanguard, Laboratory Phonology, Language and Speech etc.
Please note that the special issue plan may be subject to cancellation
if an adequate number of papers cannot be compiled or if journal
selection does not succeed.
Support for International Student Participants (free accommodation):
We are pleased to announce that we have secured funding to provide
complimentary accommodations for up to three nights in a twin room
(two single beds to share) for international student presenters
affiliated with institutions abroad. Each room is intended to be
shared by two presenters; however, if a co-author is traveling with
the presenter and attending the conference in person, they may also be
eligible to share the room with the presenter—pending prior approval.
Free Registration for All (with a free banquet):
We are very pleased to inform you that we will be able to make
registration free as before.
Free registration will include a free banquet, free munches for
breakfast, free refreshments and two free lunches.
Pre-registration should be made by no later than April 1, 2026 to be
guaranteed for possible accommodation support (for international
student presenters) and free registration (for all foreign and
domestic participants and audience).
A pre-registration form that arrives a few days after April 1 may
still be considered for free registration, depending on the budget and
availability. Please contact us at hanyang.hipcs at gmail.com if you miss
the deadline by a few days but still would like to register in
advance.
On-site registration will be possible for small fees, but with no
guarantee for lunches and banquet admission.
For further information about how to register, please check the
website later.
Abstract Submission Instructions:
A PDF file of a two-page abstract (single-spaced with 12 pt font size
without a list of authors’ names and their affiliations) should be
submitted through EasyChair by January 31, 2026, observing the
"Anywhere on Earth" deadline (according to Niue time zone).
(Submission will open December 1, 2025)
Abstracts should be written in English and must not exceed one page of
text, totaling a maximum of 600 words. References, examples, and
figures can be included on a second page.
The submitted abstracts should be in PDF format, using Times New Roman
font with a font size of 12. Margins should be set at 2.54 cm or 1
inch on an A4 page format, and single spacing must be applied with no
page numbers.
The file name of the abstract should adhere to the format:
Paper_title.pdf. The file name must match the paper title up to the
first 9 words. For instance, “Speech Across the Lifespan: From Early
Acquisition to Skilled.pdf”
Do not include author names or affiliations within the filename or the
content of the abstract.
URL for EasyChair: Please check
https://site.hanyang.ac.kr/web/hisphoncog/about-hisphoncog/2026 for an
update.
Call for Satellite Workshop Proposals:
We set aside May 21 (Thursday), 2026 (the day before the main
conference) for one or two possible satellite workshops.
We will provide lecture rooms for the workshop free of charge with
support of our onsite personnel.
If you are interested, please contact Taehong Cho with proposal
directly at tcho at hanyang.ac.kr.
Proposal deadline: January 31, 2026
Timeline:
Deadline of submission of a two-page long abstract: January 31, 2026
Notification of Acceptance: No later than March 1, 2026
Free Registration with free accommodation: No later than April 1, 2026
Satellite Workshop (if organized): May 21, 2026
Main conference dates: May 22-23, 2026
(Submission of 'full' invited papers to a special issue, if
materialized: September 30, 2026)
Local Organizing Institute and Committee
Organizing Bodies of HISPhonCog:
HIPCS (the Hanyang Institute for Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of
Language)
Department of English Language and Literature; Department of Chinese
Language and Literature, Hanyang University
Organizing Committee:
Taehong Cho (Chair, HIPCS, Hanyang University)
Sahyang Kim (HIPCS & Hongik University)
Sang-Im Lee-Kim (HIPCS, Hanyang University)
Say Young Kim (HIPCS, Hanyang University)
Holger Mitterer (HIPCS & University of Malta)
Contact:
Contact person: Mr. Eunhwan Lee at hanyang.hipcs at gmail.com
https://site.hanyang.ac.kr/web/hisphoncog/about-hisphoncog/2026



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