Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you to another webinar offered by the Nordic Speech Research Forum. The webinar takes place on Fri, Oct 11 at 11:00 - 12:00 (Eastern European Summer Time EEST; UCT+3). Join the webinar at https://jyufi.zoom.us/j/61656736999.
Heritage Icelandic and North American English: Cross-linguistic influences in phonology
Associate Professor Christiane Ulbrich, University of Cologne
Professor Nicole Dehé, University of Konstanz
The Nordic Speech Research Forum is organized by the Speech and Speech Research Special Interest Group of the Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics (AFinLA<https://afinla.fi/>) and the Nordic Network for L2 Pronunciation (NNL2P<https://groups.io/g/nnl2p>). The current coordinators are Riikka Ullakonoja (University of Jyväskylä and University of Turku) and Elina Vasu (Tampere University).
Please follow the forum’s website at https://jyu.fi/nsrf for upcoming webinars. Under past events, you will now find Professor Jacques Koreman's presentation materials from our September webinar.
Best regards,
Riikka Ullakonoja & Elina Vasu
Elina Vasu (formerly Tergujeff)
PhD, University Lecturer in English Linguistics
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Languages Unit
Tampere University
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Subject: Nordic Speech Research Forum is back!
Dear colleagues,
Apologies for possible cross-posting.
We would like to bring to your attention that the Nordic Speech Research Forum is back after a summer break.
The Nordic Speech Research Forum convenes online to hear about and discuss interesting ongoing work in the broad area of speech research. Invited speakers mainly represent Nordic scholars at different career stages. In 2024, we will convene on varying weekdays and times to test which meeting time would be optimal. The talks (30–40 mins) will be followed by discussion in a relaxed atmosphere.
On Tue, Sept 17, we have an opportunity to listen to Professor Jacques Koreman<https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/jacques.koreman> from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Professor Koreman’s talk is about online pronunciation learning. Please join us and feel free to spread the word!
What? Prof. Jacques Koreman’s talk: Developing L2 pronunciation skills: goals and hurdles for online learning + discussion.
When? Tue, Sept 17 at 16:00–17:00 Finnish time (UTC+3)
Where? Zoom: https://jyufi.zoom.us/j/61656736999
Also, please save the dates for the upcoming talks this autumn and follow the forum’s website at https://jyu.fi/nsrf for updates.
11.10.2024 at 11:00–12:00 Christiane Ulbrich, University of Cologne: Heritage Icelandic and North American English: Cross-linguistic influences in phonology.
11.11.2024 at 16:00–17:00 Sébastien Vandenitte, University of Jyväskylä: Setting Stories in Motion: Investigating the kinematics of Finnish Sign Language narratives with motion capture.
12.12.2024 at 14:00–15:00 Anna Persson, Stockholm University: Investigating the role of pre-linguistic formant normalization in vowel perception.
The Nordic Speech Research Forum is organized by the Speech and Speech Research Special Interest Group of the Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics (AFinLA<https://afinla.fi/>) and the Nordic Network for L2 Pronunciation (NNL2P<https://groups.io/g/nnl2p>). The current coordinators are Riikka Ullakonoja (University of Jyväskylä and University of Turku) and Elina Vasu (Tampere University).
Hoping to meet you at the forum,
Riikka Ullakonoja & Elina Vasu
Elina Vasu (formerly Tergujeff)
PhD, University Lecturer in English Linguistics
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Languages Unit
Tampere University
*** Apologies for cross-posting***
Dear all,
Santiago Barreda from UC Davis (https://linguistics.ucdavis.edu/people/santiago-barreda) will be visiting the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism from May 26-29. As part of his visit, we are pleased to invite you to a half-day workshop on Tuesday, May 27, featuring a research talk and a hands-on tutorial on formant tracking, please see schedule below.
Date: Tuesday, May 27
Location: room D365, Södra Huset D, Frescati
13.30-14.30
Tutorial: The ‘problem’ of formant tracking, and how to use fast track.
An overview of key challenges in formant tracking will be presented, followed by an introduction to the Fast Track tool (https://github.com/santiagobarreda/FastTrack) The session includes basic theory, practical examples, and hands-on time for trying out the tool and asking questions.
15.00-16.30
Talk: A Bayesian Model of Joint Vowel and Speaker Perception.
Researchers often employ normalization algorithms to transform formant representations of vowels into more neatly invariant phonetic representations. Although these models are meant to reflect the perceptual transformations carried out by human listeners, they usually rely on parameters estimated 'offline' using substantial information about the speaker. This makes them fundamentally different from speech perception in which listeners must 'guess' the necessary speaker parameters at the same time as they 'guess' the linguistic content in the signal. I will present a Bayesian model of vowel normalization that simultaneously estimates speaker characteristics and vowel quality/category from individual vowels/syllables. By integrating speech perception and the perception of speaker characteristics from limited evidence, this model offers a better approximation of human speech perception than 'traditional' approaches to normalization. A paper providing more detail is available here: https://github.com/santiagobarreda/STM_paper And an R package that can be used to simulate perceptual data is available here: https://github.com/santiagobarreda/STM
If you are interested in attending, please let me know whether you plan to join for one or both sessions. Feel free to forward this information to anyone who might be interested.
Welcome!
Anna
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Anna Persson, FD / PhD
Lecturer
Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism
Stockholm University
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Email: anna.persson(a)su.se<mailto:anna.persson@su.se>
My profile page: Anna Persson<https://www.su.se/english/profiles/anpe7128-1.281692>
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Hi all!
Here's another quick update about FONETIK 2025:
Last chance!
It's still possible to register under the same conditions as mentioned in our previous message (with a chance to get a dinner ticket), but registration will definitely close this Sunday at midnight.
The full program will be published a few days before the conference begins—we’re still finalizing it.
That said, we can already share the start and end times: the program will begin at 14:00 on Wednesday and end by 12:00 (or slightly earlier) on Friday.
The relatively late start on Wednesday should make it easier for participants traveling from Stockholm—you can catch the later (and cheaper) 09:24 train, which should still give you enough time to get from Växjö Central Station to the university campus.
(From the train station, take bus no. 3 to Linnéuniversitetet—a ride of about 10 minutes. More information about the conference venue and directions from the bus stop will be available on the website soon!)
See you soon!
Gilbert, Federica, and Nate
Dear all,
First of all, a big thank you to everyone who has registered for FONETIK 2025 and/or contributed a submission! We're currently putting together an exciting conference program and proceedings volume, and we’re very much looking forward to seeing everything come to life in just a few weeks.
A quick update:
It is still possible to register for the conference (though submissions are now closed). However, as of today, registration for the conference dinner (Day 2, Thursday) is closed.
We faced some challenges securing a venue for the dinner. Initially, it seemed that our preferred choice – PM & Vänner (yes, the one with the Michelin star!) – was unavailable. But thanks to a slightly lower-than-expected number of participants (which we now view as an opportunity for a cozier yet equally dynamic event), we reached out to the restaurant again with a revised headcount. Good news: it looks like we’ll be able to hold the dinner there after all!
Because of this, we can’t accommodate too many more attendees for the dinner. Therefore, if you register from today onward, you will be placed on a waiting list for the dinner. There’s still a chance we can fit you in, and we’ll contact you directly if a spot becomes available—but no guarantees.
That said, registration still includes access to the following social events:
* Welcome reception with buffet, held at the beautiful Teleborgs Slott – a castle located right on campus! (https://teleborgsslott.com/)
* Lunch on Day 2
If you're still considering joining us, don't wait too long—we'd love to see you there!
Warm regards,
Gilbert, Federica, Nate
