Conference: Morphology in production and perception: Phonetics, phonology and spelling of complex words
Date: February 7-9, 2022
Organizer: Ingo Plag, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany
Aims and Scope
Recent research on the production and comprehension of morphologically complex words in speech and writing has shown that morphological structure may influence their phonology, articulation, acoustics and spelling. So far, the range of investigated phenomena and languages is still small. Nevertheless, the results obtained so far pose serious challenges for current theories of phonology-morphology interaction, of the mental lexicon and of language production, perception and comprehension. The following questions are at the center of the debate:
- How does morphological structure affect the articulatory, acoustic, orthographic and phonological properties of complex words?
- Seen from the reverse angle, what do the phonological, phonetic and orthographic properties of complex words reveal about morphological structure?
- What are the implications of the answers to the above questions for theories and models in these domains?
- We invite contributions on the articulation, acoustics, phonology and spelling of complex words that address the above-mentioned questions.
Plenary speakers
Sonja Kandel
Janet Pierrehumbert
Patrycja Strycharczuk
Presentations and Abstracts
There will be 30-minute slots for oral presentations (20-minute talk + 10-minute Q&A) and two poster sessions.
Please submit anonymized abstracts electronically in PDF format through the EasyChair system by November 1, 2021:
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=mpp2022
Abstracts should be at most one page long, plus references on the second page, on A4 paper with 1-inch margins on all sides, and must be set in Times New Roman font of at least 11 points. In the submission form, please indicate whether you want your abstract considered for a talk, poster, or both.
Important dates
Abstract submission: November 1, 2021
Notification of acceptance: November 15, 2021
The conference is planned as an off-line event, with participants being physically present. This may be subject to change, depending on the COVID-19 situation.
In the case of an off-line event, the conference organizers will cover the hotel costs of the participants who present a paper (up to four nights, at the HK Hotel, www.hk-hotels-duesseldorf.de)
Conference website: https://mpp2022.phil.hhu.de/
This conference is partially funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft, DFG Research Unit FOR2373 ‘Spoken Morphology’