37.2265, Confs: 4th International Conference on Tone and Intonation (Hong Kong)

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Date: 04-Jul-2026
From: Charles B. Chang [cbchang at cityu.edu.hk]
Subject: 4th International Conference on Tone and Intonation


4th International Conference on Tone and Intonation
Short Title: TAI 2027
Theme: Universality and Specificity of Tone and Intonation Systems

Date: 27-May-2027 - 29-May-2027
Location: Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Contact: TAI 2027 Organizing Committee
Contact Email: 2027tai at gmail.com
Meeting URL: https://ling.cuhk.edu.hk/tai2027/

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

Submission Deadline: 06-Dec-2026

We are delighted to announce a call for papers for the 4th
International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI 2027), which will
be held in Hong Kong at the Chinese University of Hong Kong on 27-29
May 2027.
The TAI conference originated from the International Symposium on
Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL) and the Conference on Tone and
Intonation in Europe (TIE). TAI 2027 aims to provide an
interdisciplinary forum for distinguished scholars, experts, and
practitioners to exchange ideas and discuss the latest advances in the
study of tone and intonation. The conference proceedings will be
archived by the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA).
The special theme of TAI 2027, "Universality and Specificity of Tone
and Intonation Systems," addresses a central question in prosodic
research: Which aspects of tone and intonation are shared across
languages (universal), and which are shaped by particular linguistic,
cultural, social, or communicative factors (specific)? We invite
submissions that explore phonetic, phonological, typological,
psycholinguistic, neurolinguistic, sociolinguistic, computational, and
technological aspects of tone and intonation from cross-linguistic and
interdisciplinary perspectives. We particularly encourage
contributions that investigate both universal tendencies and
language-specific realizations in tone and intonation systems,
including studies examining variation across languages, generations,
dialects, regions, social groups, and bilingual or multilingual
contexts.
We are very honoured to welcome three keynote speakers and two invited
speakers at TAI 2027:
- Keynote Speaker: Sasha Calhoun (Victoria University of Wellington)
- Keynote Speaker: Aoju Chen (Utrecht University)
- Keynote Speaker: Pilar Prieto Vives (ICREA-Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
- Invited Speaker: Menghui Shi (Fudan University)
- Invited Speaker: Ping Tang (Nanjing University of Science &
Technology)
Important Dates:
- Abstract submission opens: 12 October 2026
- Abstract submission deadline: 6 December 2026 (Anywhere on Earth)
- Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2027
- Conference dates: 27-29 May 2027
Please see the conference website (https://ling.cuhk.edu.hk/tai2027/)
for full abstract guidelines. Authors of accepted abstracts will have
the opportunity to submit a 5-page comprehensive paper for inclusion
in the ISCA Proceedings post-conference.



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