Upcoming conference: Palatalization
December 4-5 2014 at UiT The Arctic University of Norway, sponsored by CASTL and the Department of Linguistics
Abstract submission deadline August 30 2014
The conference webpage is here.
To submit an abstract click here.
Invited speakers
Alexei Kochetov (University of Toronto)
Ania Łubowicz (University of Minnesota)
Jaye Padgett (UC Santa Cruz)
Organizers Martin Krämer, Olga Urek
Call for papers
Palatalization is commonly attested in the languages of the world, and has received considerable attention in the literature over the years.
However, it is by no means clear which processes count as palatalization phonologically or if the term refers to one or several phenomena. Palatalization processes exhibit great variation within and across languages, regarding the triggers of the process, the targets, and the output of the process. Most studies focus on a certain palatalization process in a specific language. Nevertheless, typological surveys have revealed some intriguing tendencies. Among these are apparently universal implicational relations that have been shown to hold among palatalization triggers and targets. For instance, survey results indicate that if labials undergo palatalization, so do coronals and dorsals (Bhat 1978, Chen 1973, Bateman 2007). If lower front vocoids trigger palatalization, so do higher front vocoids, and if non-front high vocoids act as triggers, so do front high vocoids (Bateman 2007, Kochetov 2011). In addition, coronals tend to be palatalized by high vocoids, while dorsals tend to be palatalized by front vocoids (Bhat 1978, Kochetov 2011).
Outputs of palatalization show a range of variation. The targeted segment either acquires a secondary palatal place of articulation or shifts the primary place of articulation closer to the palatal region. Interestingly, changes in the primary place of articulation are often accompanied by spirantization. In addition, the change of manner without the change of place is also attested (Bhat 1978, Bateman 2007).
Theoretical approaches to palatalization face a considerable challenge of characterizing language-specific patterns in addition to capturing cross-linguistic tendencies and variability. Palatalization processes have been crucial in developing and testing representational and computational phonological models (Clements 1991, Rubach 2003, Padgett 2003, Baker 2004, Bateman 2007, Iosad and Morén-Duolljá 2009,Youssef 2013).
We invite submissions for presentations, including (but not limited to) formal analyses, typological and comparative studies, natural and unnatural patterns, expressive palatalization, acquisition, diachronic accounts, or the phonetics of palatalization.
Abstracts for short or long talks, or posters can soon be submitted via easyabs and should not exceed one A4 page with 12 point font and 2.45cm (1 inch) margins and an additional page for data, figures, and references.
There will be a limited budget to provide support for travel expenses for participants with no research funds from their home institution. In case your abstract is accepted, you may apply for support.
Looking forward to your abstract
Martin, Olga
I received my PhD from the University of Düsseldorf in 2001 and lectured in phonetics and phonology at the University of Ulster at Jordanstown from 2001 to 2004, where I also took the Post-Graduate Certificate in University Teaching. In 2004 I took up a position as Associate Professor in English Linguistics at the University of Tromsø (UiT). From 2008 to 2012 I was Associate Professor in General Linguistics at UiT. Since August 2012 I am a Professor of Linguistics at UiT.