LINGUIST List 20.2880
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Wed Aug 26 2009
Confs: Phonetics, Phonology, Spoken Arabic/UK
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Intonational Variation in Arabic
Message 1: Intonational Variation in Arabic
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Date: 25-Aug-2009
From: Sam Hellmuth <sh581york.ac.uk>
Subject: Intonational Variation in Arabic
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Intonational Variation in Arabic
Short Title: IVA09
Date: 28-Sep-2009 - 29-Sep-2009
Location: York, United Kingdom
Contact: Sam Hellmuth
Contact Email: sh581york.ac.uk
Meeting URL: http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~sh581/iva09
Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics; Phonology
Subject Language(s): Spoken Arabic
Meeting Description:
The first international conference on Intonational Variation in Arabic will
be held on 28th and 29th September 2009 at the University of York, UK. The
aim of the conference is to bring together researchers working on Arabic
prosody and intonation, and together to explore the range of prosodic
variation observed in spoken varieties of Arabic.
Conference Website: http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~sh581/iva09
Intonational Variation in Arabic
Programme (with abstracts): http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~sh581/prog.htm
Venue & registration: http://www-users.york.ac.uk/~sh581/iva09
Provisional Programme
Monday 28th September
12.30-13.30
Registration
13.30-13.45
Sam Hellmuth & Dana Chahal
Welcome from the conference organisers
13.45-14.30
Invited speaker:
Francis Nolan (University of Cambridge)
Theoretical and Practical Aspects of Studying Intra-Language Intonational Variation
14.30-15.00
Daniel Newman (University of Durham) & Jo Verhoeven (City University):
Cross-dialectal Intonation Contours in Arabic
15.00-15.30
Andrew Dilbert (American University in Cairo):
Colloquial Damascene Arabic Intonation: A Description of Contours in Four
Syntactic Categories
15.30-16.00
Coffee
16.00-17.30
Intonational Transcription Workshop Sam Hellmuth (University of York) & Dana
Chahal (University of Melbourne)
- Transcription systems and how to map between them
- Using transcription to establish an intonational phonological inventory
- Practical exercises and data samples
18.30
Meet to catch bus into York for conference dinner
19.00-22.00
Conference dinner (included in conference registration fee)
Tuesday 29th September
9.30-10.00
Dina El Zarka (Universität Graz):
The Representation of Focal Accents in Egyptian Arabic
10.00-10.30
Raya Kalaldeh (Trinity College, Dublin):
Peak Alignment in Jordanian Formal and Colloquial Arabic
10.30-11.00
Coffee
11.00-11.30
Hanady Mansour (Qatar University):
Intonation and Stress Generator for Arabic Text-To-Speech
11.30-12.00
Droua-Hamdani, G. (CRSTDLA, Algiers), Selouani, S.A. (University of Moncton,
Canada), Boudraa, M., Boudraa, B. (USTHB, Algiers):
ALGASD Project: Statistical Study of Vocalic Variations According to Education
Levels of Algiers Speakers
12.00-12.30
Bouchhioua, Nadia (University of 7th November, Carthage, Tunisia):
Stress and Accent in Tunisian Arabic
12.30-13.45
Sandwich lunch (included in conference registration fee)
13.45-14.15
Abdel-Fattah Moftah (Suez Canal University, Ismailiya):
Stress Timing of Tone Groups in Arabic
14.15-14.45
Mohammed Hafiz (University of Melbourne):
An Account of Tonicity and Intonation of West African Spoken Standard Arabic: A
Case Study of Ghanaian Muslim Scholars
14.45-15.15
Coffee
15.15-16.00
Invited speaker:
Judith Rosenhouse (Swantech Ltd):
A Phonetic Delineation of Pragmatic Features in Male Bedouin Narratives
16.00-16.15
Closing greetings
16.15-17.00
Closing reception
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