‘R-atics6

[paʁi] 7th - 8th November 2019

‘R-atics6

The Laboratory of Phonetics and Phonology of the Université Sorbonne nouvelle organizes the ’R-atics 6 colloquium in Paris the 7th and 8th November 2019. ‘R-atics gathers an international network of researchers working on different issues concerning r sounds and has been previously organized in Nijmegen (The Netherlands), Bruxelles (Belgium), Bozen (Italy), Grenoble (France) and Leeuwarden (Nethrelands). This is an international mid-size specific conference that enhances mutual cooperation in a friendly environment on phonetic, phonological and sociolinguistic aspects of rhotics. The 2019 edition will propose to emphasize, in addition to the usual themes, r's in indigenous languages and the automatic treatment of rhotic consonants variation.

Invited speakers

 Martine Adda-Dekker: LPP, CNRS-UMR 7018, Sorbonne nouvelle & Limsi CNRS

 Koen Sebreghts: University of Utrecht

 Moges Yigezu: University of Addis Ababa

Organizing committee

 Didier Demolin: LPP, CNRS-UMR 7018, Sorbonne nouvelle

 Alexis Dehais Underdown: LPP, CNRS-UMR 7018, Sorbonne nouvelle

 Cédric Gendrot: LPP, CNRS-UMR 7018, Sorbonne nouvelle

 Naomi Yamaguchi: LPP, CNRS-UMR 7018, Sorbonne nouvelle

Key dates

 Abstract deadline: 1st July 2019.

 Authors notification: 15th July 2019

 Registration: 30th September 2019

 Colloquium: 7th-8th November 2019

CALL FOR PAPERS

We invite contributions specifically to any theme concerning the r and the two themes chosen for this edition: 'r's in indigenous languages and the automatic treatment of the variation of rhotics'.

 the diversity of r realizations

 the socio-phonetic aspects of r realizations

 the production the perception of rhotics in a language or in a language family

 the description of rhotics in the world’s languages

 the phonological status of r sounds

 issues in the acquisition of rhotics in L1 and L2

 aspects of corrective phonetics in the pronunciation of r sounds

 r sounds in clinical phonetics

Abstracts of 500 words (plus bibliographic references) should be sent in PDF format to https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=ratics6 by 1 July 2019. Authors will take care to anonymize their communication (do not indicate names and affiliations of authors, do not refer directly to one’s own publications) and specify the type of presentation (oral, poster, indifferent).