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nwu.edu>LabPhon 5 Fifth Conference on Laboratory Phonology July 6th-8th 1996 Northwestern University Evanston, Illinois P R E L I M I N A R Y P R O G R A M A N D R E G I S T R A T I O N I N F O R M A T I O N Day 1: July 6th GENERAL SESSIONS [8:45] Welcome! [9:00] Invited Speaker: Kevin Munhall (Queen's University, Kingston), with E. Vatikiotis-Bateson & M. Kawato (ATR Human Information Processing Research Laboratories, Kyoto) Coarticulation and physical models of the vocal tract [9:45] Yuko Kondo (Musashino University, Tokyo) Production of schwa by Japanese speakers of English: an acoustic study of shifts in coarticulatory strategies from L1 to L2 [10:15] Coffee [10:45] Jonathan Harrington (Macquarie University, Sydney), Janet Fletcher (University of Melbourne) & Mary Beckman (Ohio State University) Manner and place conflicts in the articulation of accent in Australian Engli= sh [11:15] Dani Byrd (Haskins Laboratories), Shrikanth Narayanan (AT&T Research Laboratories), Abigail Kaun (Yale University) & Elliot Saltzman (Haskins Laboratories Phrasal influences on articulatory detail [12:45] Lunch [1:15] Commentary: John Coleman (University of Oxford) [2:00] Elliot Saltzman, Anders Lofqvist (Haskins Laboratories) & Subhobrath Mitra (University of Connecticut) 'Clocks' and 'glue': global timing and intergestural cohesion [2:30] John Hajek (University of Melbourne) & Shinji Maeda (CNRS, Paris) Investigating universals of sound change: the effect of vowel height and duration on the development of distinctive nasalization [3:00] Coffee [3:30] Andrew Lotto, Keith Kluender & Lori Holt (University of Wisconsin) Effects of language experience on perceptual organization of vowel sounds [4:00] Invited Speaker: Donca Steriade (UCLA) Morphemic invariance and the phonology-phonetics boundary [4:45] Commentary: Bj=F6rn Lindblom (Stockholm University) [5:30] General Discussion Day 2: July 7th GENERAL SESSIONS (cont.) [8:30] Poster setup [9:00] Armalia Arvaniti (University of Cyprus), D. Robert Ladd & Ineke Mennen (University of Edinburgh) What is a starred tone? Evidence from Greek [9:30] Carlos Gussenhoven (University of Nijmegen) The boundary tones are coming: on the nonperipheral realization of boundary tones [10:00] Shu-hui Peng (Ohio State University) Lexical versus 'phonological' representations of Mandarin sandhi tones [10:30] Coffee [11:00] Commentary: Jennifer Cole (University of Illinois) POSTER SESSION [11:30 - 12:30] Even Posters [12:00 -1:00] Buffet lunch in the poster area [1:00 - 2:00] Odd Posters SPECIAL SESSIONS: ACQUISITION AND LEXICAL REPRESENTATION [2:00] Invited Speaker: Janet Werker, with Christine Stager (University of British Columbia) Developmental changes in speech perception and early word learning: is there a link? [2:45] James Scobbie, Fiona Gibbon & William Hardcastle (Queen Margaret College, Edinburgh) Covert contrast as a stage in the acquisition of phonetics and phonology [3:15] Coffee [3:45] Marlys Macken (University of Wisconsin) Prosodic templates [4:15] John Archibald (University of Calgary) The acquisition of syllable weight and foot type [4:45] Commentary: Jan Edwards (Ohio State University) [5:30] General Discussion [7:00] Banquet Day 3: July 8th SPECIAL SESSIONS (CONT.) [9:00] Invited Speaker: Joan Bybee (University of New Mexico) Lexicalization of sound change and alternating environments [9:45] Rebecca Treiman (Wayne State University), Brett Kessler (Stanford University), Stephanie Knewasser (Wayne State University) & Ruth Tincoff (SUNY) Adults' sensitivity to phonotactic probabilities in English words [10:15] Coffee [10:45] Stefan Frisch (Northwestern University) Temporally organized lexical representations as phonological units [11:15] Rochelle Newman, James Sawusch & Paul Luce (SUNY) The influence of underspecification and phoneme frequency in speech percepti= on [11:45] Lunch [1:15] Mary Beckman & Jan Edwards (Ohio State University) Lexical frequency effects on young children's imitative productions [1:45] Mara Goodman, Peter Jusczyk & Angela Bauman (SUNY) Developmental changes in infants' sensitivity to internal syllable structure [2:15] Commentary: Gary Dell (University of Illinois) [3:00] General Discussion [3:30] Farewell! ______________________ REGISTRATION INFORMATION: Conference fees: Before June 12th 1996: $60.00 (Regular) $30.00 (Students) After June 12th 1996: $120.00 (Regular) $60.00 (Students) The July 7th banquet is included in the registration fee. Please take advantage of the early registration rate so we can finalize counts for the meeting and banquet! It will be very difficult to add anyone to the banquet at the last minute. Fees should be paid by check or money order in US dollars, and made payable to: Northwestern University: LabPhon 5 Fees should be sent to the following address (a form can be found at the end of this announcement): LabPhon 5 Committee, Department of Linguistics Northwestern University 2016 Sheridan Road Evanston, IL 60208, USA A conference packet including final schedule, maps, and other conference information will be sent in early June to those registered. ACCOMMODATION: Conference participants must make their own reservations. A list of recommended accommodations follows: all have air-conditioned rooms and are within walking distance of campus. No accommodation in dormitories is being offered, due to lack of interest. The Orrington, a full-service hotel, is providing discounted rates for conference participants who reserve by June 14th. Reservations must identify affiliation with the conference. Omni Orrington Hotel Single: $99.00 1710 Orrington Avenue Double:$110.00 Evanston IL 60201, Tel: 1-800-843-6664 Less expensive options are listed below. These hotels do not have room-service or dining facilities, but there are many good places to eat nearby. The Margarita Inn Single: $78.00-116.55 ($61.00 without bath.) 1566 Oak Avenue Double: $90.00-128.00 ($72.00 without bath.) Evanston, IL 60201, Tel: 847-869-2273, Fax: 847-869-2353 The Homestead Single: $65.00 1625 Hinman Avenue Double: $70.00 Evanston, IL 60201, Tel: 847-475-3300, Fax: 847-570-8100 Reman's Bed & Breakfast Single: $50.00 1316 Judson Avenue Double: $66.00 Evanston, IL 60202, Tel: 847-328-8966, Fax: 847-328-9520 HOW TO GET HERE: The simplest way to get to Evanston is to fly into Chicago's O'Hare Airport and take a cab (approx. 30 minutes, $25.00). The conference will take place in the Norris Center on the Northwestern Campus. FURTHER INFORMATION: The LabPhon committee can be contacted at labphonMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue