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Speech Prosody 2024 (SP2024) will be held in Leiden, The Netherlands (02–05 July 2024). The conference aims to showcase the facets of prosodic variation and their role in the production, comprehension, and acquisition of speech in order to obtain a better understanding of the structure and function of prosody.
The theme includes four subthemes:
- Prosody through the lifespan
- Typology and cross-linguistic variation
- Individual and social variation
- Contact-induced variation
The conference will include both thematic sessions, based on the above subthemes, and non-thematic sessions, as well as special sessions, workshops and tutorials.
We welcome submissions on any aspect of prosody in language. Contributions relating to the conference themes, and particularly, submissions by junior researchers, on under-studied languages, and/or with interdisciplinary research methods, are strongly encouraged.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
- Phonology and phonetics of prosody
- Prosody and its interfaces with morphology, syntax, and semantics
- Prosody and pragmatics
- Rhythm and timing
- Tone and intonation
- Interaction between segmental and suprasegmental features
- Production and perception of prosody
- Acquisition of first, second, and third language prosody
- Prosody in neurodevelopmental disorders
- Prosody and speech and language impairments
- Assessment of prosody and measures to evaluate prosodic skills
- Prosody in infant-directed speech, child-directed speech, and elderly speakers
- Psycholinguistic, cognitive, and neural correlates of prosody
- Cognitive processing and modelling of prosody
- Prosody in language contact
- Prosody of under-resourced languages and dialects
- Audiovisual and multimodal prosody
- Prosody of sign language
- Prosody in language and music
- Prosody in speaker characterization and recognition
- Prosody in speech synthesis, recognition, and understanding
- Forensic voice and language investigation
- Prosody in computer language learning systems
- Computational modelling and applications of prosody
The Speech Prosody Conference https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/sp2024 has announced the workshops, tutorials, and special sessions:
Workshops
- Prosodic features of language learners' fluency (Organizers: Jürgen Trouvain, Bernd Möbius, and Nivja de Jong)
- Intonation at the crossroads (CROSSIN) (Organizers: Amalia Arvaniti, Riccardo Orrico, Jiseung Kim, Stella Gryllia, Na Hu, and Alanna Tibbs)
- Prosody in animal and human non-verbal communication: Exploring commonalities and differences (Organizers: Aoju Chen, Marijke Achterberg, Laura Smorenburg, and Jill Thorson)
Tutorials
- Dynamical Systems Analysis for Speech Prosody: Khalil Iskarous
- Simultaneous analysis of contours and durations: how to link F0 and intensity contours to corresponding segment or syllable durations within one statistical model: Michelle Gubian
- Subgroup detection in generalized mixed-effects models (GLMMs) and generalized additive models (GAMs): Marjolein Fokkema
Special Sessions
- How segments influence prosody in the languages of the world (Organizers: Menghui Shi and Rasmus Puggaard-Rode)
- Pitch processing in language and music across different populations: Toward an integrated account (Organizers: Xin Wang, Fang Liu, and Peter Pfordresher)
- Advances in studies on prosodic planning (Organizers: Constantijn van der Burght and Candice Frances)
- Research at the intersection of breathing and speech prosody (Organizers: Melissa Redford and Susanne Fuchs)
- Prosody and Code-Switching (Organizers: Antje Muntendam, Yiya Chen, and M Carmen Parafita Couto)
- Exploring the (dual) role of intonation for linguistic and socio-cognitive functions: Cross-talk between tonal and non-tonal languages (Organizers: Katharina Zahner-Ritter and Yiya Chen)
- Exploring the potential of Information Theory and Large Language Models in prosodic research and speech technology (Organizers: Zofia Malisz and Sofoklis Kakouros)
Panel
- Prosody in Tech (Rob Clark, Zack Hodari, TBD, moderated by Nigel Ward)
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Important dates:
Abstract submission deadline
20/12/2023
Full paper submission deadline
07/01/2024
Notification of acceptance (by email)
25/02/2024
Revised paper submission
23/03/2024
Please note that the deadline of 20 December 2023 for 200-word abstract submission will not be extended. See the conference website for the submission guidelines and paper templates.
EasyChair submission page: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=sp2024
We hope to see you at Speech Prosody 2024 in Leiden!
Laura Smorenburg, on behalf of Yiya, Aoju and Amalia
This mail was sent through the SProSIG mailing list, which is for announcements of interest to the speech prosody research community.
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