LINGUIST List 21.3648 Thu Sep 16 2010 Calls: Cog Sci, Phonetics, Psycholing/Italy Editor for this issue: Di Wdzenczny <dilinguistlist.org> LINGUIST is pleased to announce the launch of an exciting new feature: Easy Abstracts! Easy Abs is a free abstract submission and review facility designed to help conference organizers and reviewers accept and process abstracts online. Just go to: http://www.linguistlist.org/confcustom, and begin your conference customization process today! With Easy Abstracts, submission and review will be as easy as 1-2-3! Directory         1.    Barbara Gili Fivela, Communicative Context and Variability in Language Production and Perception Message 1: Communicative Context and Variability in Language Production and Perception Date: 14-Sep-2010 From: Barbara Gili Fivela <barbara.giliunisalento.it> Subject: Communicative Context and Variability in Language Production and Perception E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Communicative Context and Variability in Language Production and Perception Short Title: 7th AISV Conference Date: 26-Jan-2011 - 28-Jan-2011 Location: Lecce, Italy Contact Person: Barbara Gili Fivela Meeting Email: info.crilunisalento.it Web Site: http://www.cril.unisalento.it/aisv2011 Linguistic Field(s): Cognitive Science; Phonetics; Psycholinguistics Call Deadline: 10-Oct-2010 Meeting Description: Multiple factors influence the production and perception of language; this can be easily observed, for instance, in speaking or sign language. An important role is played by communicative context: the availability of different types of information, both in quantitative and qualitative terms, a more or less controlled context, the speaker/listener's perception of the communicative situation in which they act and an objective change in the communicative situation are some major causes of variation in language use, with clear effects on the production and perception of the message. Communicative context determines many linguistic features, such as the degree of coarticulation between language units or rhythm and melody. Therefore this year's conference will focus on the relationship between variability and communicative context as it may be observed in spoken natural language, sign language or in speech production and recognition software applications. Presentations dealing with topics directly related to the conference theme or to voice sciences in general are particularly welcome. There will also be a session for non-thematic papers. A special session will be reserved to graduate, PhD students, and junior researchers whose proposals are warmly encouraged. Call For Papers Participants interested in presenting their work should submit an abstract of at least 5000 characters (including spaces) and not more than 7500 characters (including spaces). The abstracts will be evaluated anonymously by the scientific committee. Abstracts may be submitted online in *.doc and *.pdf formats by accessing the conference website. The official language of the conference is Italian, but abstracts and presentations in English are also welcome. Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue Page Updated: 16-Sep-2010       About LINGUIST    |   Contact Us       While the LINGUIST List makes every effort to ensure the linguistic relevance of sites listed on its pages, it cannot vouch for their contents.