PLM 2003
34th Poznan
Linguistic Meeting
1-3 May
2003
FIRST
CIRCULAR AND CALL FOR PAPERS (November 2002)
The 34th
Poznan Linguistic Meeting, organised by the School of English, Adam Mickiewicz
University, Poznan, Poland, will be held under the patronage of the Vice-Chancellor
of the University Prof. Bronislaw Marciniak. The conference will focus on hot
topics in contemporary linguistics. The already known points of the programme
include:
Plenary
talks:
Prof.
Ronald A. Cole (Center for Spoken Language Research, University of Colorado at
Boulder);
Prof. John
C. Wells (University College, London);
Prof. Peter
Trudgill (University of Fribourg).
Workshop:
“Focus on Accents”, organised by
Joanna Przedlacka (Warsaw, joanna.przedlacka@mercury.ci.uw.edu.pl)
Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk (Poznan, dkasia@ifa.amu.edu.pl)
The
workshop aims to discuss choices of a pronunciation variety for EFL and the
plausibility of teaching standard/reference accents such as RP/GA as opposed to
alternative, artificially derived models such as Lingua Franca Core. We also
hope to look at current changes in the pronunciation of English. We plan to
look at educational and pedagogical aspects of the issue, and a realistic
(minimum) syllabus for a foreign learner. Prof. J.C. Wells’s and Prof.
Trudgill’s keynote speeches will open the workshop. Other already known
participants include Ewa Waniek-Klimczak (Lodz/Plock) and the phonetics
teaching team of the School of English, AMU Poznan.
Workshop:
“Rhythm as structure and process”, organised by
Dafydd Gibbon
(Bielefeld, gibbon@spectrum.uni-bielefeld.de)
Grazyna Demenko (Poznan, lin@amu.edu.pl)
The
characterisation of temporal regularity, the quantification of rhythmicity, the
functionality of rhythm and the aesthetics of metre have fascinated
phoneticians, phonologists, discourse analysts, and poets in various waxing and
waning fashions for centuries. Most recently, the contribution of rhythm to
naturalness and comprehensibility in speech synthesis has added to the
interest. But the field has remained extremely diverse. On the one extreme, the
terminology of poetic versification is often used to characterise rhythm, and
on the other hand, experimental methods for quantifying vowel-consonant
relationships or for relating timing patterns to a prosodic hierarchy have been
developed in recent studies covering and comparing many different languages. In
between, rhythm is modelled structurally in approaches such as metrical
phonology. Open questions await answers, such as the question of whether rhythm
is a factor in speech production, a construct in speech perception, or both.
The goal of this workshop is to provide a forum for discussion of contemporary
interests in rhythm in the context of speech timing, with a view to developing
more integrative computational models in this domain.
Workshop:
Government Phonology vs. Natural Phonology, organised by
Eugeniusz Cyran
(Lublin, cyran@kul.lublin.pl)
Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk (Poznan, dkasia@ifa.amu.edu.pl)
Contrary to
what the title might suggest, the aim of the workshop is to compare rather than
contradict the views of the two frameworks on particular issues in phonological
theory. We have noted that, despite the obvious differences, there are a number
of common interests and similarities in the treatment of phonotactics,
markedness, morphology-phonology interaction, as well as the nature of
phonological processes themselves. There areas are quite broad and will be
narrowed down to more focused topics as contributions begin to be announced. It
is hoped that such a workshop will be beneficial for both frameworks.
Sessions on
syntax (convened by Jacek Witkos, Poznan, wjacek@ifa.amu.edu.pl), diachronic
pragmatics (convened by Barbara Kryk-Kastovsky, Poznan/Vienna,
dieter.kastovsky@univie.ac.at), and second language acquisition (convened by
Sylwia Scheuer, Poznan, scsylwia@ifa.amu.edu.pl)
are also planned.
PAPERS
Proposals
for papers (as well as OTHER SESSIONS or WORKSHOPS) are invited. 500-word
abstracts should be submitted by the end of January 2003, preferably by e-mail
(plm@ifa.amu.edu.pl); alternatively,
you may send us a diskette (Word for Windows .doc or .rtf).
The
abstracts will be reviewed by an international advisory board. The authors will
be notified of acceptance by the end of February, 2003.
(Abstracts
for WORKSHOPS should be sent directly to the organisers.)
BOOK
EXHIBITION AND SALE
Traditionally,
a book exhibition and sale will be organised by the Omnibus bookshop, offering
very attractive prices on books by major linguistic publishers.
THE VENUE
This time,
the conference will be held at the new University campus located in Poznan’s
northern suburb of Morasko. The modern campus buildings are an ideal conference
venue, offering both all the necessary facilities and attractive surroundings.
ACCOMMODATION
Conference
participants will be accommodated at the Polonez Hotel at discount prices.
Transportation between the hotel and the campus will be provided by the
organisers.
REGISTRATION
For
preliminary registration, please use our on-line registration form at
http://elex.amu.edu.pl/ifa/plm/
Please
register as soon as possible but no later than the end of January, 2003.
The
registration fee will be 50 Euros. This will cover:
-
conference
materials;
-
coffee/tea/biscuits
during coffee breaks;
-
transportation
between the hotel and conference venue;
Additionally:
lunches for the three days: 25 Euros; conference banquet: 25 Euros.
ADDRESS
We strongly
recommend contacting us by e-mail (plm@ifa.amu.edu.pl). You may also use our
web page, which will
be updated on a regular basis. The conventional mail address is:
PLM 2003
School of
English
Adam
Mickiewicz University
Collegium
Novum
Al. Niepodleglosci 4
61-874 Poznan
POLAND
Tel: (+48
61) 829-35-06
Fax: (+48
61) 852-31-03
PLM
Organisers
Katarzyna Dziubalska-Kolaczyk
Jaroslaw Weckwerth
Katarzyna
Janicka