Workshop 'Pharyngeals & Pharyngealisation'

Fri Oct 17 12:29:34 UTC 2008

Bonjour,
Veuillez trouver ci-dessous le premier appel à communication pour le
workshop 'Pharyngeals & Pharyngealisation' qui aura lieu à Newcastle (UK)
les 26 et 27 mars 2009.
-- 
EMBARKI Mohamed
Maître de conférences-HDR en phonétique
Praxiling UMR 5267 CNRS-Montpellier III
Route de Mende
34199 Montpellier cedex 5
Tel. 00 (0) 4 67 14 26 37
http://praxiling.univ-montp3.fr

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International Workshop on Pharyngeals & Pharyngealisation
Co-organised by the Centre for Research in Linguistics and Language
Science (CRiLLS), Newcastle University and Praxiling UMR 5267
CNRS-Montpellier III

Date: 26 March - 27 March 2009
Venue: Research Beehive, Newcastle University
This is the first call for posters and for participants for this
Pharyngeals and Pharyngealisation Workshop.

Background on Pharyngeals and Pharyngealisation
Over the last 50 years, the study of pharyngeal and pharyngealised sounds
has fascinated many a linguist due to their varied phonological
representations, their complex articulation and co-articulation patterns,
their late development in the process of language acquisition, and their
sociolinguistic and crosslinguistic patterning. Approaches to the study of
pharyngeal and pharyngealised sounds have included: a) phonological work
looking at identifying consistent and uniform characteristics for this
class of sounds b) experimental work looking at auditory, acoustic, and
articulatory manifestations of pharyngeal constrictions c) acquisition
studies looking at pharyngeals in babies’ early vocalisations regardless
of language and later development in languages which contain these sounds
d) socioliguistic work identifying cross-linguistic and cross-dialectal
differences in the realisation of these sounds as well as the influence of
social factors such gender, ethnicity, and social class. For more
information please click here.

Aims of the Workshop
The purpose of this workshop is to bring together researchers from around
the world who have worked on pharyngeal and pharyngealised sounds in order
to share expertise in different methodologies and theoretical approaches
to the study of these sounds and attempt to answer various outstanding
questions regarding:

Language universals: why are pharyngeal sounds present in only 1% of
languages surveyed in the UPSID data base when they are present in
children’s early vocalisations? How have these sounds evolved in languages
that have lost the pharyngeal distinctions? Is there a relationship
between a dense consonantal system and the existence of
pharyngeal/pharyngealised sounds in a language?
Production and perception: what are the acoustic, articulatory, and
perceptual correlates of pharyngeal and pharyngealised sounds? What role
do visual cues (e.g. lip rounding) play in processing pharyngeal
articulations?
The sociolinguistic indices of pharyngeal/pharyngealised articulations:
How does pharyngealisation manifest itself in different
languages/dialects? Is the gender-correlated patterning that has been
documented in urban areas in the Arab world with respect to de-emphasis
found in other varieties/languages with pharyngeal/pharyngealised
articulations? How are pharyngeal articulations affected in language
contact situations?
Acquisition: at what age are pharyngeal and pharyngealised sounds acquired
and what are the developmental manifestations across languages and/or
dialects?
Invited Speakers
Dr John Esling, University of Victoria (Canada)
Dr Zeki Hassan, University of Gottenbörg (Sweden)
Dr Barry Heselwood, University of Leeds (UK)
Prof Asher Laufer, The Hebrew University (Israel
Prof Ian Maddieson, University of New Mexico (USA)
Dr Slim Ouni, CNRS-Université de Nancy I (France)
Dr Yves Laprie, CNRS-Université de Nancy I (France)
Dr Rachid Ridouane, LPP CNRS-Université Paris III (France)
Dr Kimary Shahin, Qatar University (Qatar)
Prof Jim Scobbie, Queen Margaret University (UK)
Prof Janet Watson, University of Salford (UK)
Dr Chakir Zeroual, Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Taza (Morocco)
Scientific Committee
Jalal Al-Tamimi (Newcastle University)
Enam Al Wer (Essex University)
Thomas Baer (University of Cambridge)
Jean-Francois Bonnot (Université de Besançon)
Nick Clements (LPP CNRS-Université Paris III)
Stuart Davis (Indiana University)
Susanne Fuchs (Berlin University)
John McCarthy (UMASS)
Mohamed Embarki (Université Montpellier III)
Kenneth de Jong (Indiana University)
Ghada Khattab (Newcastle University)
Amanda Miller (University of British Columbia)
Daniel Recasens (University Autònoma of Barcelona)
Harvey Sussman (University of Texas)
Nathalie Vallée (Université Stendhal, Grenoble)
Organisation of the Workshop
The programme consists of 11 invited oral presentations and a poster session.

Workshop Themes
We welcome work on pharyngeals and pharyngealisation in any of the
following fields:

Universals
Phonology
Production and perception
Modelling
Acquisition
Sociolinguistic variation
To Apply to Present a Poster
Abstracts on any of the workshop themes are invited for the poster
session. Abstracts should be no longer than two pages including
illustrations and references. Please submit your abstract to
Crills at ncl.ac.uk by November 30, 2008. Abstracts will be reviewed by the
Scientific Committee and applicants will be notified of their acceptance
by December the 15th, 2008.

To Apply to Participate
Places are available for participants who are not presenting papers but
who will participate in discussions. Registration for this event will open
in mid-December.

Important dates:
Abstract Submission for the poster session: November 30, 2008
Notification of Acceptance: December 15, 2008
Workshop Dates: March 26-27, 2009
Registration:
Early deadline (£80 for staff and £40 for students):  January 30, 2009
Late registration (£100 for staff and £50 for students):  January 30-
March 25
Registration on the day: £120 for staff and £60 for students
Registration for this event will open mid-December so please keep checking
the website.
Scholarships:
Four scholarships of 125 Euros (approximately £100) each will be offered
to students travelling from outside the UK and presenting at the poster
session. In order to apply for one of the scholarships, please fill in the
scholarship form and submit it together with your abstract by the 30th of
November deadline.
Travel
For more information on travelling to and around Newcastle please visit
link to www.ncl.ac.uk/travel/info where you can also download maps of the
city centre and campus.

Accommodation
Coming soon

Organization Committee
Jalal Al-Tamimi, CRiLLS, Newcastle University (UK). Jalal.Al-Tamimi at ncl.ac.uk

Mohamed Embarki, Praxiling UMR 5267 CNRS-Montpellier III (France).
mohamed.embarki at univ-montp3.fr

Ghada Khattab, CRiLLS, Newcastle University (UK). Ghada.Khattab at ncl.ac.uk

Hussain Kriba, CRiLLS, Newcastle University (UK). Hussin.Kriba at ncl.ac.uk--

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