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
Dear all again,
As not entirely unexpected a couple of last-minute requests for an extension of the deadline reached us yesterday. A longer extension will not be possible, unfortunately, but a closer look at our schedule revealed that at least two more days (+ a night for those who really need it) are possible.
Therefore, it’s still ok to submit contributions, or to update already submitted contributions, via the submission system, until Thursday (24/4) morning 8.00 Swedish time.
It is also still possible to register without contribution, and we will probably extend this deadline even further – stay tuned!
(Note, by the way, that there was a mistake in our last message concerning the deadline mentioned in the subject line; the deadline was, of course, 21/4 and nothing else, now extended until 24/4, 8.00.)
Best,
Gilbert, Federica, Nate
Call for papers International Conference on Phonetic Variation: Diversity within and across
Languages (ICPhoV)
The International Conference on Phonetic Variation: Diversity within and across Languages
(ICPhoV) will be held at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Granada (Spain) from Monday
19th until Wednesday 21st January 2026.
This conference will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research on
different issues related to phonetic variation within and across languages. The papers presented
at the conference will cover a wide range of topics (e.g., dialectology, cross-linguistic
variation), methodological approaches (e.g., experimental phonetics, theoretical analyses,
interdisciplinary research), and perspectives (e.g., synchronic analyses, language change
through time); this list is by no means exhaustive and other topics, approaches, and perspectives
are welcome, as long as the focus of the study is phonetic variation.
ICPhoV aims to celebrate phonetic diversity. Submissions on under-studied languages or
language varieties are particularly welcome.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
1. Production and perception of phonetic variation
2. Phonetic variation and language contact
3. Sociophonetic variation
4. Regional phonetic variation
5. Prosodic variation
6. Phonetic variation and language change
7. Phonetic variation in second language acquisition
8. Technological and computational approaches to phonetic variation
9. Phonetic variation and speech disorders
10. Cross-linguistic phonetic variation
11. Phonetic variation in child language development
12. Forensic and applied perspectives on phonetic variation
13. Multimodality and phonetic variation
14. Phonetic variation, cultural heritage, and archival research
15. Prosodic variation in media and speech
16. Phonetic variation and psycholinguistics
17. Historical analyses of phonetic variation
Submissions close on Sunday 1st June 2025 at 23:59 Madrid time.
Notification of acceptance will be sent in late July 2025.
Plenary speakers:
Paul Boersma, University of Amsterdam.
Ghada Khattab, Newcastle University.
Vidarebefordrat mejl:
Från: "A. Herrero de Haro" <ahh(a)ugr.es>
Ämne: CFP out
Datum: 9 april 2025 07:46:12 CEST
Till: undisclosed-recipients:;
The call for papers is out (attached). Please distribute it as you consider appropriate.
All the best.
Alfie (and the rest of the organising committee).
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Dr. Alfredo Herrero de Haro
Investigador Emergia/ Emergia Research Fellow
Departamento de Lengua Española/ Department of Spanish Language
Universidad de Granada/ University of Granada
Website<https://aherrerodeharo.com/> Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3x1v0mMAAAAJ&hl=en>
Dear all!
It’s been some time since our last message, but, well, there wasn’t so much to say. However, spring seems to be on its way (at least in the southern parts of Sweden), and FONETIK 2025 is approaching, too – it’s in fact happening next month!
Now, we do have some updates & reminders:
First, the deadline for registration and submission of papers or abstracts is approaching (April 21), and we would like to stress that this deadline needs to be strict; we already tried our best to schedule it as late as possible. However, we’ll need a few weeks for putting together the program and producing the proceedings volume.
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Second, here are a few updates concerning the program:
This year’s FONETIK conference will highlight a special topic – (embodied) pronunciation training – through a series of events:
1. Invited Talk – Dr. Florence Baills (University of Lleida):
"Embodied Pronunciation Training: Achievements and Challenges"
2. Lab Demonstration – LiLa (Linnaeus University Language, Cognition, and Culture Lab):
PhD student Federica Raschellà presents her ongoing experiment on embodied training for the Swedish length contrast.
3. Pre-Conference Event (May 20, 13.15-15.00, Fe3016) – Talk by Bosse Thorén (in Swedish): "Fonetik och fonologi i andraspråksdidaktiskt perspektiv – vilka uttalsdrag och vilken abstraktionsnivå ska pedagogen ta fasta på?
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Another update:
Those who have attended previous conferences will experience a few slight modifications when it comes to social events and meals provided by the conference: There will be, as usual, a reception on Wednesday evening – held at Teleborgs Castle (https://teleborgsslott.com/) Unlike previous conferences, on the one hand, access to (free) drinks will have to be more restricted, but a buffet will be served (for free) and the bar will be open (for own purchases over and above the first glass)! On the other hand, on Thursday, lunch will be served for all participants for free, and – as usual - there will be a conference dinner.
Looking very much forward to seeing you all in May!
The organizing committee,
Gilbert, Federica, Nate
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[ˈɡ̥ɪlbɐt][ˈɡ̥ilːbɛʈ][ˈjilːbɛʈ][ˈɡ̥ilːbɔʁ̥t][ˈjilːbɔʁ̥t]
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Gilbert Ambrazaitis
Docent i fonetik / Ass. Prof. of Phonetics
Universitetslektor i Svenska som andraspråk /
Senior lecturer in Swedish as a second language
LiLa Linnaeus University Language, Cognition and Culture Lab
Inst för svenska språket / Dept of Swedish
Linnéuniversitet/ Linnaeus University
SE-351 95, Växjö, Sweden
Phone +46 (0)480446725
Email: gilbert.ambrazaitis(a)lnu.se<mailto:gilbert.ambrazaitis@lnu.se>
https://lnu.se/personal/gilbert.ambrazaitis/
Selected publications
Ambrazaitis, G., & House, D. (2023). The multimodal nature of prominence: some directions for the study of the relation between gestures and pitch accents. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of Nordic Prosody (pp. 262-273). Sciendo. https://doi.org/10.2478/9788366675728-024
Ambrazaitis, G., & House, D. (2022). Probing effects of lexical prosody on speech-gesture integration in prominence production by Swedish news presenters. Laboratory Phonology, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.16995/labphon.6430
Svensson Lundmark, M., Frid, J., Ambrazaitis, G., & Schötz, S. (2021). Word-initial consonant–vowel coordination in a lexical pitch-accent language. Phonetica, 78(5-6), 515-569. https://doi.org/10.1515/phon-2021-2014
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Dear all!
Registration and paper submission for FONETIK 2025 is now open!
Recall: deadline for both registration and submission is April 21!
Papers are submitted as part of the registration process, so if you are planning to submit one (or several) paper(s) please don’t register until you’re ready to submit.
However, in case you plan to register, and haven’t pre-registered yet, we’re still happy to receive a pre-registration to Gilbert.Ambrazaitis(a)lnu.se<mailto:Gilbert.Ambrazaitis@lnu.se> !
Thank!
To register and submit, please scroll down to “Registration and submission” on our conference website:
https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/current/events/2025/konferenser/…
Gilbert Ambrazaitis, Federica Raschellà, Nathan Young
(Organizing Committee for FONETIK 2025)
https://www.dyslexiforeningen.se/aktuellt-blog/2024/10/2/ingvar-lundberg
Open invitation to the Ingvar Lundberg Honorary Lecture (and mingle) by
Prof Maggie Snowling, Oxford an international expert on Dyslexia, on
April 8, 2025 14:00 (see bottom of invitation)
(invitation in Swedish, but lecture in English) You need to register by
March 24
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Bjorn Granstrom
Prof. Emeritus Speech Communication
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Speech, Music and Hearing
TMH/EECS/KTH (Royal Institute of Technology)
Lindstedtsvägen 24
SE-100 44 STOCKHOLM
phone +46 707174533
Dear pre-registered, yet to be pre-registered, and others interested in the upcoming Fonetik 2025 conference!
It was about time, wasn’t it?
We now finally have a (still slightly rudimentary) conference website:
https://lnu.se/en/meet-linnaeus-university/current/events/2025/konferenser/…
More information will be added eventually, but at least it provides paper and abstract templates, accommodation information and a little more already.
Gilbert Ambrazaitis, Federica Raschellà, Nathan Young
(Organizing Committee for FONETIK 2025)
Welcome to FONETIK 2025 – Växjö – May 21–23, 2025: Please pre-register now!
It’s (still) about time, isn’t it?
Dear all,
This is a gentle, two-fold reminder:
1. First, for us, the organizing committee, to set-up a conference website, and provide a paper template and other relevant information!
2. Second, for all who are likely to attend, with or without a contribution, to pre-register! If possible, until February 14, 2025 (because our first love will always be phonetics…)
As we haven’t provided any information whatsoever on how to pre-register, and the website is apparently not available yet, we now kindly ask you pre-register by writing to this e-mail: Gilbert.Ambrazaitis(a)lnu.se<mailto:Gilbert.Ambrazaitis@lnu.se>
The conference website is ordered and will hopefully be available very soon. We will send out a new, short notice, when this is the case.
You might also want to start planning potential paper/abstract contributions.
Themes and submissions
The conference covers any aspect of phonetics and speech science. Scientific areas include, but are not limited to: phonetics, phonology, linguistics, computational linguistics, gesture studies, speech and language pathology, pronunciation teaching, voice research, music and singing, conversation analysis, psychology, cognitive science, speech and language technology, signal processing, machine learning...
Submissions by junior researchers, bachelor or master students, and/or researchers who have not yet been introduced to the FONETIK meeting are strongly encouraged!
Two types of submissions are possible: Abstract-only submissions (300 words) and papers (up to 6 pages). As usual, there will be no peer review (enabling a rather late submission deadline), although we will request revisions of formal issues in case of significant deviations from the template.
Important dates (again):
* Pre-register for the conference: February 14, 2025 (Because our first love will always be phonetics)
* Final registration and submission deadline (300-word abstract or 6-page paper): April 21, 2025 (Easter Monday)
We look forward to seeing you in May!
Gilbert Ambrazaitis, Federica Raschellà, Nathan Young
(Organizing Committee for FONETIK 2025)
Hej fonetiker,
En ASV-are här i behov av lite råd - finns det svenska namn på IPA-tecknen?
(Se nedanstående konversation för kontext.)
Lisa Gustavsson på SU tipsade mig att skicka frågan vidare till er.
Varma hälsningar,
Susanne
---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Lisa Gustavsson <lisa.gustavsson(a)ling.su.se>
Date: Fri, Jan 17, 2025, 10:03
Subject: Re: Svenska namn på IPA symboler
To: Susanne Vejdemo <susanne(a)vejdemo.se>, Charlotta Haldén <
thisischarlie(a)gmail.com>
Hej Susanne,
Så kul att höra från dig!
Jag misstänker att det kanske inte finns vedertagna svenska namn för alla
IPA-symboler, bara de som används för att beskriva svenska språket, gissar
jag. Men jag tror att svaret finns att hämta på fonetiklistan, som når
ganska många fonetiker i Sverige 😊 Kanske har någon fonetiker försökt sig
på en översättning av alla symboler.
Jag är osäker på rätta mejladressen till listan, men du skulle kunna prova
fonetiklistan(a)lists.sunet.se
Bästa hälsningar
Lisa
*From: *Susanne Vejdemo <susanne(a)vejdemo.se>
*Date: *Thursday, 16 January 2025 at 18:16
*To: *"lisa.gustavsson(a)ling.su.se" <lisa.gustavsson(a)ling.su.se>, Charlotta
Haldén <thisischarlie(a)gmail.com>
*Subject: *Svenska namn på IPA symboler
Hej Lisa,
Jag har en kompis som jobbar med upplösande av ljudböcker, och nu gäller
det en bok med fonetik i. Vi undrar om det finns svenska vedertagna namn på
IPA symbolerna? I IPA-handböckerna kallas de saker som reversed capital R
etc...
Varma hälsningar,
Susanne
Hej alla (svenskspråkiga) kollegor inom fonetikvärlden!
Delta gärna i vår studie (se nedan) och sprid gärna till vänner och familj! Gärna snabbt; vi sitter på en större restpost biobiljetter som vi gärna vill bli av med 😉
(Detta är ett samarbete med Johan Frid och David House.)
/Gilbert
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Välkommen att delta i en språkvetenskaplig studie – enkelt via webben – och gå på bio (senast den 6 februari)!
Att delta i studien tar ca 30 minuter. Det går ut på att titta på ett par videoklipp och bedöma hur starkt orden som sägs är betonade.
OBS: Vi söker endast vuxna deltagare (minst 18 år) som har normal hörsel. Du behöver en dator med minst ”normalstor” skärm (inte mobil eller surfplatta) samt hörlurar för att kunna genomföra testet.
Följande länk innehåller förklaringar samt själva experimentet:
http://130.239.81.130:7072/GAperc/video2024.html
Som tack för ditt deltagande får du 1 biobiljett till Filmstaden (OBS: biljetten går ut den 6 februari).
Om du vill delta i studien är det bara att följa länken ovan. Men meddela oss via e-post (Gilbert.Ambrazaitis(a)lnu.se<mailto:Gilbert.Ambrazaitis@lnu.se>) efteråt att du har deltagit och när du gjorde det (dag och ca klockslag för när du började), om du vill ha en biobiljett; så får du den skickad i form av en kod till din e-postadress.
Tack för din hjälp!
Hälsningar,
Gilbert Ambrazaitis
Docent i fonetik / Ass. Prof. of Phonetics
LiLa-lab
Linnaeus university Language processing lab
Inst för svenska språket / Dept of Swedish
Linnéuniversitet/ Linnaeus University
gilbert.ambrazaitis(a)lnu.se<mailto:gilbert.ambrazaitis@lnu.se>
Dear all,
We just posted a Senior Lecturer position in Phonetics at Stockholm University if you’re interested. See https://su.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:769505/where:4/.
In addition, there is a Senior Lecturer in General Linguistics out now: https://su.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:769231/where:4/.
Don’t trust the Sollentuna kommun logo though.
Best,
Mattias Heldner
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Mattias Heldner
Professor, Head of Department, Director of the Phonetics Laboratory
Department of Linguistics
Stockholm University
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Visiting address: Universitetsvägen 10C, room C265
Phone: +46 (0)8-16 19 88
E-mail: heldner(a)ling.su.se
www.ling.su.se
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Welcome to FONETIK 2025 – Växjö – May 21–23, 2025!
It’s about time, isn’t it?
Time, as we all know, is a central dimension in spoken language production and perception—and it is also crucial when planning a conference. After careful consideration, we are thrilled to announce the dates for FONETIK 2025: May 21–23, 2025.
This year’s conference will take place earlier than usual, and we hope the timing works well for everyone. So it is high time to announce FONETIK 2025!
It is also time to broaden the geographical scope of phonetic research in Sweden. We are excited to host FONETIK in one of Sweden’s most challenging cities to pronounce: Växjö!
Might it also be time to put Växjö on the phonetic map of Sweden?
At Linnaeus University, phonetic research is based in the Department of Swedish, primarily through LiLa Lab (the Linnaeus University Language Processing Lab), which was founded in 2019. As of late, a vibrant group of phoneticians has started toassemble here, and we are excited to welcome you into this fold.
We, the phoneticians at Linnaeus University, invite you to join us for the 35th annual FONETIK conference, which will be held at the university campus May 21–23, in a lunch-to-lunch format.
As in previous years, including last year’s event in Stockholm, FONETIK 2025 will be an in-person meeting only, with no hybrid option.
More information, including a conference website and link for (pre-)registration, will be available soon, so stay tuned!
Important dates (tentative):
* Pre-register for the conference: February 14, 2025 (Because our first love will always be phonetics)
* Final registration and submission deadline (abstract or 6-page paper): April 21, 2025 (Easter Monday)
Note: Pre-registration is a FONETIK tradition. Since the deadlines for registration and submission are usually later, optionalpre-registration allows us to estimate attendance early. If you’re likely to attend, with or without a contribution, please consider pre-registering.
We look forward to seeing you in May!
Gilbert Ambrazaitis, Sanna Kraft, Federica Raschellà, Nathan Young
(Preliminary Organizing Committee for FONETIK 2025)
Dear colleagues,
Apologies for possible cross-posting.
We would like to bring to your attention the launch of the Nordic Speech Research Forum, a new Nordic webinar series!
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 once a month on varying weekdays and times to test which meeting time would be optimal. The talks (30-40 mins) will be followed by free discussion in a relaxed atmosphere.
In the launch, we have an amazing opportunity to listen to Professor Kazuya Saito<http://kazuyasaito.net/>, University College London. Please join us and feel free to spread the word!
What? Prof. Kazuya Saito's talk: Having a good ear promotes second language speech learning: Roles of auditory processing at perceptual, cognitive & motoric levels + discussion.
When? Mon, Jan 22 at 13:00-14:00 Finnish time (UTC+2)
Where? Zoom: https://jyufi.zoom.us/j/61656736999
Also, please save the dates for the upcoming talks this winter/spring and follow the forum's website at https://jyu.fi/nsrf for updates.
16.2.2024 at 15:00-16:00 (UTC+2) Professor Ocke-Schwen Bohn<https://pure.au.dk/portal/en/persons/ocke.bohn%40cc.au.dk>: Learning new sounds: Only during a "critical period" or across the whole life span?
19.3.2024 at 13:00-14:00 (UTC+2) Doctoral Researcher Elina Lehtilä<https://www.utu.fi/en/people/elina-lehtila>: Exploring multilingual speakers' fluency across Finnish, Swedish, and English: Perceived, cognitive, and utterance fluency perspectives.
19.4.2024 at 13:00-14:00 (UTC+3) Senior Lecturer Gilbert Ambrazaitis<https://lnu.se/personal/gilbert.ambrazaitis/>: Understanding the multimodal nature of prominence - On the coordination of gestures and pitch accents.
23.5.2024 at 10:00-11:00 (UTC+3) Postdoctoral Researcher Katja Haapanen<https://www.utu.fi/en/people/katja-haapanen>: Speech production studies with multilingual Namibian speakers.
More webinars to be announced. Stay tuned for updates.
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 and Elina Tergujeff from the JyU Speech Research Lab, University of Jyväskylä. For 2024, the forum has received funding from the Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics through its Speech and Speech Research Special Interest Group. Thank you AFinLA!
Hoping to meet you at the forum,
Riikka Ullakonoja & Elina Tergujeff
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Sharing:
Invitation to participate in the experiment “Vad säger rösten om talaren? – Ett perceptionstest”
You are being invited to participate in an experiment, part of a study on how listeners perceive a character’s physical, social, and psychological features based on their vocal characteristics.
This is a listening experiment. To participate, you must be a native Swedish speaker, between 20 and 50 years old. The experiment is online, in Swedish, and takes around 20 minutes to complete. You will be asked to give some background information on yourself to help analyse the data we collect. That information will not be shared with outside parties, and all the data collected will be anonymized.
There is no compensation for participating in this study. However, your participation will be a valuable addition to our research on voice and its role in media and social interaction.
If you are interested in taking part in the experiment, you can access it at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/vo_se, where you will find additional information and instructions. Your participation is voluntary, and if you change your mind, you are free to quit the experiment at any point with no penalty.
You are also welcome to share the experiment with family, friends, and anyone you think would be interested in answering it.
If you have any questions, you can reach me at arcrochiquia(a)gmail.com<mailto:arcrochiquia@gmail.com>
Thank you!
Alice Crochiquia
doctorand at LAEL/PUC-SP,
Guest doctorand at the Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University
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Julio Cesar Cavalcanti, MSc, Ph.D.
Nu är det hög tid att informera stort om Nordiska Dyslexikongressen 2024
vid Stockholms universitet, 22-24 augusti. Se bifogad flyer. Mer
Information finns på dyslexikongress.se <http://dyslexikongress.se/>
Undervisar du, så var snäll och sprid till studenter. Lärarstudenter,
inklusive speciallärarstudenter och specialpedagogstudenter, doktorander
(oavsett disciplin) och post-doc kan söka stipendier för resa, logi och
konferenskostnad hos Svenska Dyslexistiftelsen. Om man går in
pådyslexikongress.se <http://dyslexikongress.se/>kan man följa länk där
för vidare information. Stora utsikter att få medel.
Tack på förhand
___________________________________________________
Spånga Torgväg 4 163 51 SPÅNGA
info(a)dyslexistiftelsen.se www.dyslexistiftelsen.se
<http://www.dyslexistiftensen.se>
Nu är det hög tid att informera stort om Nordiska Dyslexikongressen 2024
vid Stockholms universitet, 22-24 augusti. Se bifogad flyer. Mer
Information finns på dyslexikongress.se <http://dyslexikongress.se/>
Undervisar du, så var snäll och sprid till studenter. Lärarstudenter,
inklusive speciallärarstudenter och specialpedagogstudenter, doktorander
(oavsett disciplin) och post-doc kan söka stipendier för resa, logi och
konferenskostnad hos Svenska Dyslexistiftelsen. Om man går in
pådyslexikongress.se <http://dyslexikongress.se/>kan man följa länk där
för vidare information. Stora utsikter att få medel.
Tack på förhand
___________________________________________________
Spånga Torgväg 4 163 51 SPÅNGA
info(a)dyslexistiftelsen.se www.dyslexistiftelsen.se
<http://www.dyslexistiftensen.se>
Welcome to Fonetik 2024
The phoneticians at Stockholm University invite you to the 34th edition of the annual phonetics conference Fonetik 2024. The conference will be held at Stockholm University Albano Campus June 3–5, 2024, and include a special seminar to celebrate the 90th birthday of Professor Björn Lindblom.
Fonetik 2024 will be an onsite meeting only, with absolutely no hybrid options. But please remember that Stockholm in early June can be very nice!
Pre-register today!<https://su.powerinit.com/Data/Event/EventTemplates/2602/?EventId=2937>
<https://su.powerinit.com/Data/Event/EventTemplates/2602/?EventId=2930>
Check out the conference website
We look forward to seeing you in June
Mattias Heldner & colleagues
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Themes and submissions
Fonetik 2024 welcomes submissions on any aspect of phonetics and speech science. Scientific areas include, but are not limited to: phonetics, phonology, linguistics, computational linguistics, speech and language pathology, voice research, music and singing, conversation analysis, psychology, cognitive science, speech and language technology, signal processing, machine learning... Submissions by junior researchers, bachelor or master students, and/or researchers that have not yet been introduced to the Fonetik meeting are strongly encouraged!
Seminar to celebrate Björn Lingblom's 90th birthday
As this iteration of the conference coincides with the 90th birthday of Professor emeritus Björn Lindblom, we will also organize a special afternoon seminar to celebrate! Björn is the former head of the Stockholm University Department of Linguistics and founder of the Phonetics Laboratory. He has served as tutor, colleague, advisor, and friend to generations of phonetics students. We encourage presenters to submit contributions toward this special seminar on themes pertinent to central themes of Björn’s research. These topics include speech production, coarticulation, phonological development, evolution of speech, phonetic systems, and phonological universals – and many others. These contributions will be included as part of the general conference proceedings.
Language for presentation
The contributions at Fonetik deal with Swedish, Nordic and other languages, and the meeting is often visited by researchers from neighbouring countries and occasionally by more long-distance participants. The language for presentations and plenary discussions has been English since the mid-10s, which provides better opportunities for both visitors and doctoral students from other language environments to participate.
Social events
Conference participants are invited to a reception on Monday evening, June 3rd, at the conference site, and to a dinner on Tuesday evening, close to the campus area.
Important dates
Preliminary registration: 9th February-15th March 2024<https://su.powerinit.com/Data/Event/EventTemplates/2602/?EventId=2937>
Paper Submission Deadline: 19th May 2024
Registration open: 16th March-19th May 2024
Dear all,
The organisers are pleased to announce that next year’s edition of the annual phonetics conference Fonetik 2024 will take place at Stockholm University. We kindly ask you to mark the dates June 3-5 2024 in your calendars. There will be more substantial information and important dates in due time.
However, we can already now announce that there will also be a Special seminar to commemorate Björn Lindblom’s 90th birthday in connection with Fonetik 2024, and that this event will be organised by Axel Ekström at KTH. The call for this event reads like this:
Special seminar to commemorate Björn Lindblom’s 90th birthday
The 35th iteration of the conference is organized at Stockholm University and coincides with the 90th birthday of Professor emeritus Björn Lindblom. Therefore, in addition to the traditional two-day lunch-to-lunch meeting, we will also be organizing a special afternoon seminar to celebrate.
Björn is the former head of the SU Department of Linguistics and founder of the Stockholm University Phonetics Laboratory. He has served as tutor, colleague, advisor, and friend to generations of phonetics students.
We encourage presenters to submit contributions toward this special seminar on themes pertinent to central themes of Björn’s research. These topics include speech production, coarticulation, phonological development, evolution of speech, phonetic systems, and phonological universals – and many others. These contributions will be included as part of the general conference proceedings.
Axel Ekström <axeleks(a)kth.se>
Best regards,
Mattias Heldner
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Mattias Heldner
Professor, Head of Department, Director of the Phonetics Laboratory
Department of Linguistics
Stockholm University
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Visiting address: Universitetsvägen 10C, room C265
Phone: +46 (0)8-16 19 88
E-mail: heldner(a)ling.su.se
www.ling.su.se
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Hello,
There is a new special issue in the journal Languages (with me as a guest editor) titled:
"Research on articulation and prosodic structure”
We are looking for new and creative ways to investigate articulation and prosody, with focus on the syllable. For more information please visit the website:
https://www.mdpi.com/journal/languages/special_issues/8O12K5BV6U
Submission is open - and if you’re interested - please submit an abstract by April 1, 2024.
Also, if you know of any researchers that might be working on relevant topics, please pass on the web page link.
All the best,
Malin Svensson Lundmark

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Malin Svensson Lundmark
Ph.D. in Phonetics
https://portal.research.lu.se/en/persons/malin-svensson-lundmark
Dear colleague,
On 12-13 October 2023, a new NNL2P conference will take place in Trondheim, Norway. You are most welcome to participate!
The NNL2P Conference brings together researchers and teachers in second and foreign language pronunciation. The Nordic Network for L2 Pronunciation (NNL2P) takes a special interest in studies of L2 pronunciation specific to Nordic languages as well as general L2 research topics exemplified with Nordic language materials. We also welcome other contributions that are relevant to the field.
The on-site, in-person conference provides an opportunity to meet other researchers and teachers in an informal setting. We particularly welcome submissions from early researchers. To stimulate discussion, we encourage poster presentations, but it is also possible to indicate a preference for oral presentation.
Invited speakers:
- Magdalena Wrembel (Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznan, Poland)
From a multilingual perspective: Cross-linguistic influence in the acquisition of L3 phonetics and phonology
- Ari Huhta (University of Jyväskylä, Finland)
Fluency and pronunciation in language assessment: How do language testers define them and what do raters pay attention to?
Deadline for abstract submission: 15 August 2023
Please refer to the conference website<https://www.ntnu.edu/isl/nnl2p> for more information.
We hope to see you in Trondheim!
Jacques Koreman and co-organizers
P.S. Please feel free to pass this e-mail on to your direct colleagues if they are not on the NNL2P mailing list. But please do not distribute it to a wider audience to prevent double postings/spam.
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Prof. Dr. Jacques Koreman
Professor of Phonetics
Dept. of Language and Literature (ISL)
Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU)
E-mail: jacques.koreman(a)ntnu.no<mailto:jacques.koreman@ntnu.no>
URL: http://folk.ntnu.no/koreman
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