LINGUIST List 6.1414

Fri Oct 13 1995

FYI: ALFAL, Foreign accent

Editor for this issue: T. Daniel Seely <dseelyemunix.emich.edu>

Directory

1. , Latin American Linguistics & Philology Association (ALFAL) congress
2. , Foreign accent -- judges needed for many languages

	 and membership

To all subscribers who are interested in linguistic and philological studies on
Latin America:
The Asociacio'n de Lingui'stica y Filolog'ia de la Ame'rica Latina (ALFAL) will
hold its XI International Congress at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran
Canaria in the Canary Islands from July 22-27, 1996. In addition to papers
and plenary sessions, there will be short courses, research project meetings
and meetings of investigators. Presenters must be members of the Association.
Those residing in the United States only may contact Diane Ringer Uber for
membership information:
	send snail-mail address to
	duberacs.wooster.edu
or to	Spanish Dept.
	The College of Wooster
	Wooster, OH 44691
Dues are only $30 for the 3-yr period 1994-96. New members pay a one-time
only additional fee of $10.

Those residing outside of the United States may contact Carmen Silva-Corvala'n
for membership information:
	silvavm.usc.edu
or	FAX 1-310-459-4173.

Dues must be paid by DEC. 31, 1995 in order to present a paper in Las Palmas.
Many of you have communicated to me your intention to join, but have not yet
sent your dues. This will be the last notice, as I will be out of the US for
the next few weeks.

Saludos,
Diane Ringer Uber

As part of a research project investigating some phonetic aspects of
foreign accent, I am seeking informants with phonetic training who would
be willing to act as judges of foreign accent.

Judges will be asked to listen to many words and phrases in their native
language and be asked to rate degree of accent, and to describe
if/where/why accent is heard.

I seek judges who are native speakers of the following languages or
regional varieties:

> British English, American English, Australian English
> French (of France only)
> German (hauptsa"chlich fu"r den bundesdeutschen Sprachraum)
> Swedish
> Danish
> Finnish
> Russian
> Japanese
> Mandarin

It is preferable that judges are good at identifying regional varieties
of their L1.

If you are interested in helping me, or would like to know more, please
contact me before November 15, and I will send you further details.

Duncan Markham
Dept of Linguistics and Phonetics
Lund University, Sweden
Duncan.Markhamling.lu.se
fax: +46-46-222 42 10