36.2723, Confs: 22nd Conference Italian Association for Speech Sciences (Italy)

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Date: 12-Sep-2025
From: Yuka Naito [yuka.naito at unimi.it]
Subject: 22nd Conference Italian Association for Speech Sciences


22nd Conference Italian Association for Speech Sciences
Short Title: AISV 2026
Theme: Fieldwork experimental phonetics for language documentation

Date: 22-Jan-2026 - 24-Jan-2026
Location: Milan, Italy
Meeting URL: https://sites.google.com/view/aisv2026unimi/home

Linguistic Field(s): Language Documentation; Phonetics; Phonology
Subject Language(s): English (eng)
                     Italian (ita)

Submission Deadline: 30-Sep-2025

The thematic session of the conference aims to explore the
contribution of fieldwork experimental phonetics to language
documentation (Demolin 2002; Gibbon 2020), both with respect to
under-researched languages and linguistic minorities, and in relation
to the sociophonetic variability of these languages and the
development of oral archives.
Over time, the aims of fieldwork experimental phonetics have expanded
in both thematic scope and methodological techniques. In addition to
acoustic data, articulatory investigations are increasingly common,
especially using portable and minimally invasive equipment such as EGG
(e.g., Chirkova et al. 2019; Ghio et al. 2024) or aerodynamic analysis
(e.g., Bhaskararao 2004; Demolin et al. 2006); other articulatory
tools are also under ongoing development (see Butcher 2013; Demolin
2016). At the same time, the systematic collection of speech data has
enabled the creation of large corpora for sociophonetic research, once
again with a particular focus on minority and contact varieties, also
from a diachronic perspective (van de Velde et al. 1997). The
structured and coherent organization of such data into digital corpora
presents further theoretical and methodological challenges, including
from anthropological and ethnographic standpoints, and offers the
possibility of investigating real-time rather than apparent-time
change.
Finally, collaboration with local communities is essential—not only
for data collection, but also for the dissemination and valorisation
of the materials produced. These materials can support the creation of
dictionaries, grammars, oral source archives, educational resources,
and language revitalization projects. Fieldwork experimental phonetics
is therefore not merely a scientific practice, but (especially when
applied to the preservation and transmission of endangered varieties)
can also serve as a political and ethical tool for protecting
linguistic diversity.
Submissions to the thematic session may address (but are not limited
to) one or more of the following topics:
 - Methodologies in fieldwork experimental phonetics;
 - Phonetic research and language documentation of endangered
languages;
 - Phonetic research on linguistic minorities, particularly in Italy;
 - Sociophonetic variation and language contact;
 - Emergence, loss, and evolution of phonological categories in
non-standardized and/or under-documented languages;
 - Development of oral archives for minority or endangered language
varieties;
 - Documentation of non-standard varieties from web-based sources;
 - Language revitalization projects, particularly those focused on
phonetic-phonological aspects;
 - Recovery of documentation on currently extinct language varieties;
 - Ethical and political issues in the creation of spoken corpora of
endangered languages.
As per AISV tradition, it will also be possible to submit abstracts on
any topics related more generally to voice analysis, even if not
specifically related to the theme of the conference.
Those wishing to present a paper are invited to submit an abstract in
Italian or English (max. 2 pages, including references; Times New
Roman 12 pt, 1.15 line spacing, justified alignment). An optional
third page may be included for figures, tables, and/or images
supporting the proposal.
Submissions must be anonymous and sent in both editable text format
and PDF. Abstracts must be submitted no later than September 30, 2025,
to the following address: aisv2026 at gmail.com.
The email must include the full details of all authors (Full Name,
Affiliation, Email), as well as the title of the proposed paper. In
the case of co-authored submissions, please also indicate a
corresponding author to act as the contact person for the Organizing
Committee.
Registration:
Please remember that anyone attending the conference must also
subscribe to the AISV association. Further details will be made
available by September on a dedicated page on this website.
Publication:
Proposals for publication in the Studi AISV volume
(https://www.studi.aisv.it/index.php/home), which will include a
selection of papers presented at the conference, must be submitted by
April 1, 2026. Additional publication opportunities for thematic
sessions as special journal issues will be announced during the
conference.
Please note that acceptance of an abstract for presentation at the
conference does not guarantee inclusion of the extended paper in Studi
AISV or in any other publication venue.
Further details regarding the publication process will be provided at
the end of the conference and subsequently via email to the authors.



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