LINGUIST List 23.1731: Calls: Romance, Phonetics, Phonology/Mexico

LINGUIST List 23.1731
Wed Apr 04 2012 Calls: Romance, Phonetics, Phonology/Mexico Editor for this issue: Alison Zaharee <alisonlinguistlist.org>
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Date: 03-Apr-2012 From: Erik Willis <ewwillisindiana.edu> Subject: Laboratory Approaches to Romance Phonology E-mail this message to a friend Full Title: Laboratory Approaches to Romance Phonology Short Title: LARP-6 Date: 03-Oct-2012 - 05-Oct-2012 Location: Mexico City, Mexico Contact Person: Erik Willis Meeting Email: < click here to access email > Linguistic Field(s): Phonetics; Phonology Other Specialty: Romance Languages Call Deadline: 30-Apr-2012 Meeting Description: El Colegio de México and Indiana University announce the 6th Laboratory Approaches to Romance Phonology. The 6th Laboratory Approaches to Romance Phonology (LARP-6) is a bi-annual conference for research that is based on laboratory and instrumental approaches to the study of Romance phonology. The conference theme for this occasion is 'Linguistic Varieties in Contact' (both between languages and dialects). The conference will take place at El Colegio de México, (México D.F.) from October 3-5, 2012. The organizing committee consists of Esther Herrera Zendejas (eherreracolmex.mx), Pedro Martín Butragueño (pmartincolmex.mx) and Erik Willis (ewwillisindiana.edu). Additional information about phonetics and phonology at El Colegio de Mexico can be found at http://lef.colmex.mx/. Invited Plenary Talks: Laura Colantoni, University of Toronto Cecile Fougeron, Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie, Universidad de París 3 Workshop on Praat for Perception Research: Miquel Simonet, University of Arizona The cost for general registration is $100.00 (US) or equivalent in Mexican pesos; student registration with identification is $50; assistants may attend gratis although a certificate will not be awarded. The registration will be collected at the time of registration. 2nd Call for Papers: The organizers of the 6th Laboratory Approaches to Romance Phonology (LARP6) announce the call for abstracts in the area of laboratory and instrumental approaches to the study of Romance phonology. The conference theme is 'Linguistic Varieties in Contact' (both between languages and dialects); other related contributions will also be considered. Possible perspectives include studies that are strictly phonetic and phonological as well as work on acquisition, sociolinguistics, pathology, etc., in which one or more languages are involved. In addition to the normal oral presentations, in this edition of the conference we will have an additional poster session. Abstracts may be submitted at http://linguistlist.org/confcustom/LARP2012-MX_IU and the contact email is larp2012.mxiugmail.com. The preferred languages for presentation at LARP are Spanish and English, but presentation in other Romance languages are also accepted. The deadline for submission of abstracts is (in English, Spanish or any other Romance language) April 30, 2012. We request that the abstracts not be longer than one-page (single spaced, Times 12pt); there may be an additional page for bibliography or figures. Please specify the preferred nature of your submission, oral or poster. Only one individual and/or one co-authored paper will be accepted. Scientific Committee: Barbara Bullock Conxita Lleó Daniel Recasens David Eddington Eduardo Velázquez Elsa Mora Erik Willis Esther Herrera Haike Jacobs J. Brandão de Carvalho Jeff Steele Joaquim Llisterri Jorge Iván Pérez Silva José Ignacio Hualde Manuel Díaz-Campos Mariapaola D'Imperio Marina Vigario Mary Beckman Pedro Martín Butragueño Pilar Prieto Tim Face Yolanda Rodríguez Cadena Zsuzsanna Fagyal This Year the LINGUIST List hopes to raise $67,000. This money will go to help keep the List running by supporting all of our Student Editors for the coming year. See below for donation instructions, and don't forget to check out Fund Drive 2012 site! http://linguistlist.org/fund-drive/2012/ There are many ways to donate to LINGUIST! 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