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Where Do Features Come From ?
Phonological Primitives in the Brain, the Mouth, and the Ear Speech sounds are made up of atomic units termed "distinctive features", "phonological features" or "phonetic features", according to the researcher. These units, which have achieved a notable success in the domain of phonological description, may also be central to the cognitive encoding of speech, which allows the variability of the acoustic signal to be related to a small number of categories relevant for the production and perception of spoken languages. In spite of the fundamental role that features play in current linguistics, current research continues to raise many basic questions concerning their cognitive status, their role in speech production and perception, the relation they have to measurable physical properties in the articulatory and acoustic/auditory domains, and their role in first and second language acquisition. The conference will bring together researchers working in these and related areas in order to explore how features originate and how they are cognitively organized and phonetically implemented. The aim is to assess the progress made and future directions to take in this interdisciplinary enterprise, and to provide researchers and graduate students from diverse backgrounds with a stimulating forum for discussion.
Authors are invited to submit an anonymous two-page abstract by May 6, 2007 to
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, accompanied by a separate page stating name(s) of author(s), contact information, and a preference for oral paper vs. poster presentation. Contributions presenting new experimental results are particularly welcome. For more information on how to submit an abstract, please download the Submission guidelines (PDF). Notification e-mails will be sent out by June 15, 2007. Publication of selected papers is envisaged.
Conference topics include, but are not limited to:
- Phonetic correlates of distinctive features
- Acoustic-articulatory modeling of features
- Quantal definitions of distinctive features
- Role of subglottal and/or side-cavity resonances in defining feature boundaries
- Auditory/acoustic cues to acoustic feature correlates
- Visual cues to distinctive features
- Within- and across-language variability in feature realization
- Enhancement of weak feature contrasts
- Phonological features and speech motor commands
- Features and the mental lexicon
- Neurological representation of features
- Features in early and later language acquisition
- Features in the perception and acquisition of non-native languages
- Features in speech disorders
The two-day conference (October 4-5, 2007) will consist of four invited talks, four half-day sessions of oral presentations (30 minutes including discussion), and one or two poster sessions.
Organizers
Rachid Ridouane (Laboratory of Phonetics and Phonology, Paris)
Nick Clements (Laboratory of Phonetics and Phonology, Paris)
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