Conferences
23–26 May 2022, Lisbon, Portugal
The 11th International Conference on Speech Prosody (Speech Prosody 2022)
Prosody is the organizational structure of speech. The functions and forms of prosody are multifold, and prosody plays a role in many aspects of language and communication. Speech Prosody, the biennial meeting of the Speech Prosody Special Interest Group (SProSIG) of the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), is the only recurring international conference covering all aspects of prosody in spoken language.
The main theme of Speech Prosody 2022 is ‘Getting the Prosody Right: Acquisition, Impairments, Interventions, and Beyond’. The conference has four keynote speakers: Judith Gervain (CNRS & Université Paris Descartes), Usha Goswami (University of Cambridge), Martine Grice (University of Cologne), and Juan Manuel Toro (ICREA – Universitat Pompeu Fabra).
The conference program includes 6 special sessions on the following topics:
. Digital prosodic typology: Machine learning in prosodic typological analysis
. How prosody bootstraps grammar and the lexicon: A cross-linguistic perspective
. Measuring, modeling, and training of speaking styles
. Musical power: The effect of musicality on prosodic development
. Prosodic marking of information structure in child language: Prosody and beyond
. Timing and Rhythm Across Languages (TRALA)
3 tutorials, one conference workshop and one satellite event will be organized before and after the conference:
. Tutorial | FOLErPa: Online Tool for Perceptual Experimentation
. Tutorial | ForensicHandsOn - A phonetic-based protocol to Forensic Speaker Comparison practices
. Tutorial | Guide to Annotation with PoLaR (GAP)
. Workshop on Gradience in intonation: GRIN
. 2nd International Seminar on the Foundations of Speech (SEFOS II) 2022
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