RFP 2017 First call for abstracts
15th annual conference of the French Phonology Network

Grenoble, France, July, 5-7, 2017

http://www.gipsa-lab.fr/colloque/RFP-2017


The French Phonology Network (Réseau français de phonologie) is launching a call for papers for its 2017 annual conference. Building on the success of the previous conferences organized in Orléans (2010), Tours (2011), Paris (2012), Nantes (2013), Lille (2014), Bordeaux (2015) and Nice (2016), the 2017 edition will be organized by GIPSA-lab and will take place from 5 to 7 July at the Grenoble Alpes University, France.

Keynote speakers
?    Sabrina Bendjaballah, LLING & Univ. Nantes
?    Monik Charette, SOAS London
?    John Harris, UCL London
?    Rachid Ridouane, LPP & Univ. Paris 3

Main session
Submissions from any school or theoretical framework of phonology are welcome. Topics of interest may relate to phonology in general or in specific language, in synchronic or in diachronic dimensions. Issues focusing on phonology and its interfaces, epistemology, descriptive phonology, experimental phonology,  phonological modeling or formalism are awaited.

Thematic session
This year's conference, we especially encourage submissions focusing on the two following topics:
?    Multi-level approach of the phonology-phonetic interface and / or description of minority languages, dialects, spatial variation, phonological changes, language and sound system typologies;
?    Development and acquisition of phonological representations.

Abstract submission and review
Abstracts can be written in either French or English. Abstracts should not exceed two pages in length (A4 pages, TimesNewRoman or similar, size 11, single-spaced), including references, tables and figures. Anonymous PDF abstracts should mention under the title the request for an oral or poster presentation (or without notice) and should be submitted on the RFP2017 site at the following address: http://rfp2017.sciencesconf.org.
All abstracts will be reviewed by at least two referees.

Presentation
Oral presentations will be scheduled for 35-minute time slots (25 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for discussion).
A poster session will be set up. 

Important dates
Call for papers:  December 10th 2016
Deadline for submission: March 3rd 2017
Notification of acceptance: April 28th 2017
Conference: July 5th-7th 2017

Scientific Committee
J.-P. Angoujard (U. de Nantes, PR)    B. Laks (U. Paris 10, PR)
X. Barillot (U. de Nice, MCF)    N. Lampitelli (U. de Tours, MCF)
J.-M. Beltzung (U. de Nantes, MCF)    J.-L. Léonard (U. Paris 4, PR)
S. Bendjaballah (U. de Nantes, DR)    J. Lowenstamm (U. Paris 7, PR)
G. Bergounioux (U. d?Orléans, PR)    X. Luo (U. d?Orléans, Post-doc)
J. Brandao de Carvalho (U. Paris 8, PR)    N. Nguyen (U. d?Aix-Marseille, PR)
J. Bucci (U. de Grenoble Alpes, Post-doc)    R. Noske (U. Lille 3, MCF)
E. Caratini (U. de Poitiers, MCF)    D. Passino (U. de Nice, PR)
C. Dos Santos (U. de Tours, MCF)    C. Patin (U. Lille 3, MCF)
J. Dufour (U. de Strasbourg, MCF)    A. Rialland (U. Paris 3, DR)
C. Dugua (U. d?Orléans, MCF)    R. Ridouane (U. Paris 3, CR)
J. Durand (U. Toulouse 2, PR)    O. Rizzolo (U. de Nice, MCF)
R. Fathi (U. de Nantes, Post-doc)    M. Russo (U. Lyon 3, PR)
N. Faust (U. Paris 8, MCF)    T. Scheer (U. de Nice, DR)
S. Ferré (U. de Tours, MCF)    Ph. Ségéral (U. Paris 7, MCF)
J.-M. Fournier (U. de Tours, PR)    A. Tifrit (U. de Nantes, MCF)
D. Le Gac (U. de Rouen, MCF)    F. Torres-Tamarit (U. Paris 8, CR)
S. Herment (U. d?Aix-Marseille, PR)    N. Trapateau (U. de Nice, MCF)
M. D?Imperio (U. d?Aix-Marseille, PR)    S. Ulfsbjorninn (U. Lyon 3, Post-doc)
H. Jacobs (U. Radboud (NL), PR)    N. Vallée (U. de Grenoble Alpes, CR)
L. Labrune (U. Bordeaux 3, PR)    S. Wauquier (U. Paris 8, PR)
M. Lahrouchi (U. Paris 8, CR)    N. Yamaguchi (U. Paris 3, MCF)

Conference Organizers
Responsibles : Nathalie Vallée (CR), Julien Meyer (CR)
Permanents :  Elisabetta Carpitelli (PR), Giovanni Depau (MCF), Jean-Pierre Lai (IE), Thi Thuy Hien Tran (MCF), Anne Vilain (MCF)
Non-permanents :  Ekaterina Biteeva Lecoq (IE),  Jonathan Bucci (Post-doc),  Silvia Gally (Doc),  Bénédicte Grandon (Doc)


Contact : RFP-2017@gipsa-lab.fr