Dear all,
We are very happy to announce that we advertised a PhD position in Phonetics at Stockholm University today, and here is the link: https://su.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:856045/where:4/. Please forward to suitable candidates! The deadline is October 15, 2025.
Best,
Mattias Heldner
TUNI Luottamuksellinen - Confidential (3Y)
Dear colleagues,
You are warmly welcome to attend the season launch of the Nordic Speech Research Forum. The webinar is open to everyone and can be accessed through our website www.jyu.fi/nsrf<http://www.jyu.fi/nsrf> which lists all upcoming events on this webinar series. Simply click on the event to join!
Friday, September 12th at 13:00–14:00 Helsinki time (EEST, UCT+3)
L2 Accent in Icelandic: Folk Ideas and Attitudes
Stefanie Bade, University of Iceland
The season is full of interesting webinars with a wide range of topics within speech research. Please find the poster attached and feel free to spread the word.
The Nordic Speech Research Forum is organized by the Speech and Speech Research Special Interest Group of the Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics (AFinLA) and the Nordic Network for L2 Pronunciation (NNL2P; to join, see https://groups.io/g/nnl2p) The current coordinators are Riikka Ullakonoja (University of Jyväskylä) and Elina Vasu (Tampere University).
Best regards,
Riikka Ullakonoja & Elina Vasu
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Dear colleagues,
We would like to invite you to another webinar offered by the Nordic Speech Research Forum. The webinar takes place on Fri, Oct 11 at 11:00 - 12:00 (Eastern European Summer Time EEST; UCT+3). Join the webinar at https://jyufi.zoom.us/j/61656736999.
Heritage Icelandic and North American English: Cross-linguistic influences in phonology
Associate Professor Christiane Ulbrich, University of Cologne
Professor Nicole Dehé, University of Konstanz
The Nordic Speech Research Forum is organized by the Speech and Speech Research Special Interest Group of the Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics (AFinLA<https://afinla.fi/>) and the Nordic Network for L2 Pronunciation (NNL2P<https://groups.io/g/nnl2p>). The current coordinators are Riikka Ullakonoja (University of Jyväskylä and University of Turku) and Elina Vasu (Tampere University).
Please follow the forum’s website at https://jyu.fi/nsrf for upcoming webinars. Under past events, you will now find Professor Jacques Koreman's presentation materials from our September webinar.
Best regards,
Riikka Ullakonoja & Elina Vasu
Elina Vasu (formerly Tergujeff)
PhD, University Lecturer in English Linguistics
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Languages Unit
Tampere University
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Subject: Nordic Speech Research Forum is back!
Dear colleagues,
Apologies for possible cross-posting.
We would like to bring to your attention that the Nordic Speech Research Forum is back after a summer break.
The Nordic Speech Research Forum convenes online to hear about and discuss interesting ongoing work in the broad area of speech research. Invited speakers mainly represent Nordic scholars at different career stages. In 2024, we will convene on varying weekdays and times to test which meeting time would be optimal. The talks (30–40 mins) will be followed by discussion in a relaxed atmosphere.
On Tue, Sept 17, we have an opportunity to listen to Professor Jacques Koreman<https://www.ntnu.edu/employees/jacques.koreman> from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology. Professor Koreman’s talk is about online pronunciation learning. Please join us and feel free to spread the word!
What? Prof. Jacques Koreman’s talk: Developing L2 pronunciation skills: goals and hurdles for online learning + discussion.
When? Tue, Sept 17 at 16:00–17:00 Finnish time (UTC+3)
Where? Zoom: https://jyufi.zoom.us/j/61656736999
Also, please save the dates for the upcoming talks this autumn and follow the forum’s website at https://jyu.fi/nsrf for updates.
11.10.2024 at 11:00–12:00 Christiane Ulbrich, University of Cologne: Heritage Icelandic and North American English: Cross-linguistic influences in phonology.
11.11.2024 at 16:00–17:00 Sébastien Vandenitte, University of Jyväskylä: Setting Stories in Motion: Investigating the kinematics of Finnish Sign Language narratives with motion capture.
12.12.2024 at 14:00–15:00 Anna Persson, Stockholm University: Investigating the role of pre-linguistic formant normalization in vowel perception.
The Nordic Speech Research Forum is organized by the Speech and Speech Research Special Interest Group of the Finnish Association for Applied Linguistics (AFinLA<https://afinla.fi/>) and the Nordic Network for L2 Pronunciation (NNL2P<https://groups.io/g/nnl2p>). The current coordinators are Riikka Ullakonoja (University of Jyväskylä and University of Turku) and Elina Vasu (Tampere University).
Hoping to meet you at the forum,
Riikka Ullakonoja & Elina Vasu
Elina Vasu (formerly Tergujeff)
PhD, University Lecturer in English Linguistics
Faculty of Information Technology and Communication Sciences
Languages Unit
Tampere University
*** Apologies for cross-posting***
Dear all,
Santiago Barreda from UC Davis (https://linguistics.ucdavis.edu/people/santiago-barreda) will be visiting the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism from May 26-29. As part of his visit, we are pleased to invite you to a half-day workshop on Tuesday, May 27, featuring a research talk and a hands-on tutorial on formant tracking, please see schedule below.
Date: Tuesday, May 27
Location: room D365, Södra Huset D, Frescati
13.30-14.30
Tutorial: The ‘problem’ of formant tracking, and how to use fast track.
An overview of key challenges in formant tracking will be presented, followed by an introduction to the Fast Track tool (https://github.com/santiagobarreda/FastTrack) The session includes basic theory, practical examples, and hands-on time for trying out the tool and asking questions.
15.00-16.30
Talk: A Bayesian Model of Joint Vowel and Speaker Perception.
Researchers often employ normalization algorithms to transform formant representations of vowels into more neatly invariant phonetic representations. Although these models are meant to reflect the perceptual transformations carried out by human listeners, they usually rely on parameters estimated 'offline' using substantial information about the speaker. This makes them fundamentally different from speech perception in which listeners must 'guess' the necessary speaker parameters at the same time as they 'guess' the linguistic content in the signal. I will present a Bayesian model of vowel normalization that simultaneously estimates speaker characteristics and vowel quality/category from individual vowels/syllables. By integrating speech perception and the perception of speaker characteristics from limited evidence, this model offers a better approximation of human speech perception than 'traditional' approaches to normalization. A paper providing more detail is available here: https://github.com/santiagobarreda/STM_paper And an R package that can be used to simulate perceptual data is available here: https://github.com/santiagobarreda/STM
If you are interested in attending, please let me know whether you plan to join for one or both sessions. Feel free to forward this information to anyone who might be interested.
Welcome!
Anna
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Anna Persson, FD / PhD
Lecturer
Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism
Stockholm University
SE-106 91 Stockholm, Sweden
Email: anna.persson(a)su.se<mailto:anna.persson@su.se>
My profile page: Anna Persson<https://www.su.se/english/profiles/anpe7128-1.281692>
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Hi all!
Here's another quick update about FONETIK 2025:
Last chance!
It's still possible to register under the same conditions as mentioned in our previous message (with a chance to get a dinner ticket), but registration will definitely close this Sunday at midnight.
The full program will be published a few days before the conference begins—we’re still finalizing it.
That said, we can already share the start and end times: the program will begin at 14:00 on Wednesday and end by 12:00 (or slightly earlier) on Friday.
The relatively late start on Wednesday should make it easier for participants traveling from Stockholm—you can catch the later (and cheaper) 09:24 train, which should still give you enough time to get from Växjö Central Station to the university campus.
(From the train station, take bus no. 3 to Linnéuniversitetet—a ride of about 10 minutes. More information about the conference venue and directions from the bus stop will be available on the website soon!)
See you soon!
Gilbert, Federica, and Nate
Dear all,
First of all, a big thank you to everyone who has registered for FONETIK 2025 and/or contributed a submission! We're currently putting together an exciting conference program and proceedings volume, and we’re very much looking forward to seeing everything come to life in just a few weeks.
A quick update:
It is still possible to register for the conference (though submissions are now closed). However, as of today, registration for the conference dinner (Day 2, Thursday) is closed.
We faced some challenges securing a venue for the dinner. Initially, it seemed that our preferred choice – PM & Vänner (yes, the one with the Michelin star!) – was unavailable. But thanks to a slightly lower-than-expected number of participants (which we now view as an opportunity for a cozier yet equally dynamic event), we reached out to the restaurant again with a revised headcount. Good news: it looks like we’ll be able to hold the dinner there after all!
Because of this, we can’t accommodate too many more attendees for the dinner. Therefore, if you register from today onward, you will be placed on a waiting list for the dinner. There’s still a chance we can fit you in, and we’ll contact you directly if a spot becomes available—but no guarantees.
That said, registration still includes access to the following social events:
* Welcome reception with buffet, held at the beautiful Teleborgs Slott – a castle located right on campus! (https://teleborgsslott.com/)
* Lunch on Day 2
If you're still considering joining us, don't wait too long—we'd love to see you there!
Warm regards,
Gilbert, Federica, Nate
Dear all again,
As not entirely unexpected a couple of last-minute requests for an extension of the deadline reached us yesterday. A longer extension will not be possible, unfortunately, but a closer look at our schedule revealed that at least two more days (+ a night for those who really need it) are possible.
Therefore, it’s still ok to submit contributions, or to update already submitted contributions, via the submission system, until Thursday (24/4) morning 8.00 Swedish time.
It is also still possible to register without contribution, and we will probably extend this deadline even further – stay tuned!
(Note, by the way, that there was a mistake in our last message concerning the deadline mentioned in the subject line; the deadline was, of course, 21/4 and nothing else, now extended until 24/4, 8.00.)
Best,
Gilbert, Federica, Nate
Call for papers International Conference on Phonetic Variation: Diversity within and across
Languages (ICPhoV)
The International Conference on Phonetic Variation: Diversity within and across Languages
(ICPhoV) will be held at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Granada (Spain) from Monday
19th until Wednesday 21st January 2026.
This conference will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research on
different issues related to phonetic variation within and across languages. The papers presented
at the conference will cover a wide range of topics (e.g., dialectology, cross-linguistic
variation), methodological approaches (e.g., experimental phonetics, theoretical analyses,
interdisciplinary research), and perspectives (e.g., synchronic analyses, language change
through time); this list is by no means exhaustive and other topics, approaches, and perspectives
are welcome, as long as the focus of the study is phonetic variation.
ICPhoV aims to celebrate phonetic diversity. Submissions on under-studied languages or
language varieties are particularly welcome.
Topics include, but are not limited to:
1. Production and perception of phonetic variation
2. Phonetic variation and language contact
3. Sociophonetic variation
4. Regional phonetic variation
5. Prosodic variation
6. Phonetic variation and language change
7. Phonetic variation in second language acquisition
8. Technological and computational approaches to phonetic variation
9. Phonetic variation and speech disorders
10. Cross-linguistic phonetic variation
11. Phonetic variation in child language development
12. Forensic and applied perspectives on phonetic variation
13. Multimodality and phonetic variation
14. Phonetic variation, cultural heritage, and archival research
15. Prosodic variation in media and speech
16. Phonetic variation and psycholinguistics
17. Historical analyses of phonetic variation
Submissions close on Sunday 1st June 2025 at 23:59 Madrid time.
Notification of acceptance will be sent in late July 2025.
Plenary speakers:
Paul Boersma, University of Amsterdam.
Ghada Khattab, Newcastle University.
Vidarebefordrat mejl:
Från: "A. Herrero de Haro" <ahh(a)ugr.es>
Ämne: CFP out
Datum: 9 april 2025 07:46:12 CEST
Till: undisclosed-recipients:;
The call for papers is out (attached). Please distribute it as you consider appropriate.
All the best.
Alfie (and the rest of the organising committee).
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Dr. Alfredo Herrero de Haro
Investigador Emergia/ Emergia Research Fellow
Departamento de Lengua Española/ Department of Spanish Language
Universidad de Granada/ University of Granada
Website<https://aherrerodeharo.com/> Google Scholar<https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=3x1v0mMAAAAJ&hl=en>
Dear all!
It’s been some time since our last message, but, well, there wasn’t so much to say. However, spring seems to be on its way (at least in the southern parts of Sweden), and FONETIK 2025 is approaching, too – it’s in fact happening next month!
Now, we do have some updates & reminders:
First, the deadline for registration and submission of papers or abstracts is approaching (April 21), and we would like to stress that this deadline needs to be strict; we already tried our best to schedule it as late as possible. However, we’ll need a few weeks for putting together the program and producing the proceedings volume.
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Second, here are a few updates concerning the program:
This year’s FONETIK conference will highlight a special topic – (embodied) pronunciation training – through a series of events:
1. Invited Talk – Dr. Florence Baills (University of Lleida):
"Embodied Pronunciation Training: Achievements and Challenges"
2. Lab Demonstration – LiLa (Linnaeus University Language, Cognition, and Culture Lab):
PhD student Federica Raschellà presents her ongoing experiment on embodied training for the Swedish length contrast.
3. Pre-Conference Event (May 20, 13.15-15.00, Fe3016) – Talk by Bosse Thorén (in Swedish): "Fonetik och fonologi i andraspråksdidaktiskt perspektiv – vilka uttalsdrag och vilken abstraktionsnivå ska pedagogen ta fasta på?
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Another update:
Those who have attended previous conferences will experience a few slight modifications when it comes to social events and meals provided by the conference: There will be, as usual, a reception on Wednesday evening – held at Teleborgs Castle (https://teleborgsslott.com/) Unlike previous conferences, on the one hand, access to (free) drinks will have to be more restricted, but a buffet will be served (for free) and the bar will be open (for own purchases over and above the first glass)! On the other hand, on Thursday, lunch will be served for all participants for free, and – as usual - there will be a conference dinner.
Looking very much forward to seeing you all in May!
The organizing committee,
Gilbert, Federica, Nate
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Gilbert Ambrazaitis
Docent i fonetik / Ass. Prof. of Phonetics
Universitetslektor i Svenska som andraspråk /
Senior lecturer in Swedish as a second language
LiLa Linnaeus University Language, Cognition and Culture Lab
Inst för svenska språket / Dept of Swedish
Linnéuniversitet/ Linnaeus University
SE-351 95, Växjö, Sweden
Phone +46 (0)480446725
Email: gilbert.ambrazaitis(a)lnu.se<mailto:gilbert.ambrazaitis@lnu.se>
https://lnu.se/personal/gilbert.ambrazaitis/
Selected publications
Ambrazaitis, G., & House, D. (2023). The multimodal nature of prominence: some directions for the study of the relation between gestures and pitch accents. In Proceedings of the 13th International Conference of Nordic Prosody (pp. 262-273). Sciendo. https://doi.org/10.2478/9788366675728-024
Ambrazaitis, G., & House, D. (2022). Probing effects of lexical prosody on speech-gesture integration in prominence production by Swedish news presenters. Laboratory Phonology, 13(1). https://doi.org/10.16995/labphon.6430
Svensson Lundmark, M., Frid, J., Ambrazaitis, G., & Schötz, S. (2021). Word-initial consonant–vowel coordination in a lexical pitch-accent language. Phonetica, 78(5-6), 515-569. https://doi.org/10.1515/phon-2021-2014
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