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SPoSS Sound Patterns of Spontaneous Speech Production and Perception 24-26 September , La Baume les Aix, Aix en Provence, FRANCE PRELIMINARY PROGRAM THURSDAY 24 10h-10h30 Registration 10h30-11h Opening, Presentation of the communications 11h-11h30 Coffee Break 11h30-12h30 * Invited Lecture : Making sense of the infinite variety of natural speech patterns B. Lindblom, Stockholm University and Austin University 12h30-13h30 Lunch 13h30-14h30 * Invited Lecture : The phonetic manifestation of words in spontaneous speech K. Kohler, University of Kiel 14h30-15h Coffee Break 15h-15h20 * Between-word processes in early multi-word speech C. Newton, University College, London 15h20-15h40 * Phonological and phonetic aspects of Brazilian Portugese : a study of /R/ variants R. Cruz and L. Messias, UFPA, Brazil 15h40-16h * Distribution and acoustical characteristics of the /R/ allophones in French :laboratory/spontaneous speech D. Autesserre and M. Chafcouloff, LPL, Aix en Provence 16h-16h20 * Assimilatory behavior of tongue-tip trills M.J. Sole, Laboratoria de Fonetica, Barcelona 16h20-16h40 * Consonant reduction in spontaneous Polish speech R. Gubrynowicz* and P. Durand** ,*SAL, Warsaw and **LPL, Aix en Provence 16h40-17h * Quasi-homorganic V1##V2 sequencies in Austrian German S. Moosmuller, Acoustic research Departement, Wien FRIDAY 25 9h-10h * Invited lecture : Synchronic variations and prosodic changes : the influence of prosodic structuring J. Vaissiere, ILGLA, Paris 10h-10h20 Coffee Break 10h20-10h40 * What is deleted in Spontaneous Finnish : Segmental interaction with word stress, vowel harmony and moras R. Valimaa-Blum, CNRS UA 1027, Universite de Lille 10h40-11h * Aspects of the reduction and contextual assimilation of consonant sequences in spontaneous French speech D. Duez, LPL, CNRS ESA 6057, Aix en provence 11h-11h20 * Preaspiration and pre-stopped laterals : historical change in light of spontaneous speech P. Helgason, institute of Phonetics, Stockholm 11h20-11h40 * Casual speech : a rich source of intriguing puzzles S. Manuel, Research Laboratory of Electronics, MIT Cambridge 11h40-12h * Language dependent and independent spontaneous speech phenomena P. Basset and T. Su, ILPGA, Paris 12h30-13h30 Lunch 13h30-14h30 * Invited lecture : The recognition of spoken words with variable representation A. Cutler, Max Planck Institute, Nijmegen 14h30-14h50 * Perception of `reduced` forms by non-native speakers of English L. Shockey, University of Reading 14h50-15h10 * Listening to nonnative language which violates native assimilation rules A. Weber, MPI, Nijmegen 15h10-15h30 * Lexical access in spontaneous speech : reduced forms prime...less E.G. Bard, M.L. Kelly and C. Sotillo, HCRC, Edinburgh 15h30-15h50 * Disfluent speech : The transcriber problem R. Lickley and E.G. Bard, HCRC, Edinburgh 15h50-16h10 Coffee Break 16h10-17h30 Poster Session : 16h10-16h30 Oral presentation of the posters by J. Vaissiere 16h30-17h30 Poster Session : discussion with authors Posters : * Is hypo-articulation lexically constrained ? C.F. Sotillo and E.G. Bard, HCRS, Edinburgh * The use of ALISP for automatic acoustic-phonetic transcription J. Cernocky*, G. Baudoin** and G. Chollet**, *TU of Brno, **ESIEE and **ENST Paris * Multilingual detection of specific sound patterns : the case of vowels and plosives N. Parlangeau and F. Pellegrino, IRIT Toulouse * We talk like meh ? No, Lah : intonation patterns on discourse particles in spontaneous Singapore English L. Lim, University of Singapore * Palatalized plosives in French and palatal in Korean : a comparative study H.Z. Kim, Dankook University * Extent of context and vowel identification in speech variation S.M. Williams and R.L. Diehl, University of Texas * Vowel quality in spontaneous speech : what makes a good vowel ? M. Aylett and A. Turk, HCRC, Edimburgh * Dual-route encoding : a synthesis of acoustic evidence from normal speech S.P. Whiteside and R.A. Varley, University of Sheffield * Acoustic-prosodic cues of speech repairs in spontaneous speech S.C. Tseng, University of Bielefeld * Disentangling multiple sources of stress in word segmentation H. Borfeld and J. Morgan, Brown University, Providence SATURDAY 26 9h-9h20 * Speaker strategies in the use of prosodic means in spontaneous discourse in Dutch M. Van Donzel, F.J. Koopmans-Van Beinum, L.C.W. Pols, University of Amsterdam 9h20-9h40 * Global and local characteristics of Dutch questions in play-acted and spontaneous speech J.Haan* and V.J. Van Heuven**, Nijmegen University* and Leiden University** 9h40-10h10 * Effects of prosodic constraints on the lengthening of syllable constituent in French :a comparison between spontaneous and French speech C. Astesano, Universite de Provence, Aix en Provence 10h10-10h30 * Coffee Break 10h30-10h50 * Direct and indirect measurement of the articulation of intervocalic stop consonants in French A. Soquet, Universite libre de Bruxelles 10h50-11h10 * Comparison of aerodynamic and EPG data in spoken and spontaneous speech D. Demolin, Universite libre de Bruxelles 11h10-11h30 * Effect of emphasis and irritation on jaw opening O. Fujimura, D. Erickson and B. Pardo, the Ohio State University 11h30-11h50 * Selection of pronunciation variants in spontaneous speech : comparing the performance of man and machine M. Wester, J.M. Kessens, C. Cucchiarini and H. Strik 11h50-12h50 Panel Session : Achievements and perspectives of research on spontaneous speech More information on la baume les Aix and the workshop can be found on our web site : http://www.lpl.univ-aix.fr/spossMail to author|Respond to list|Read more issues|LINGUIST home page|Top of issue