Association for Laboratory Phonology
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The Association for Laboratory Phonology is a non-profit professional society for researchers interested in the sound structure of language. It was founded to promote the scientific study of all aspects of phonetics
and phonology
of spoken and signed languages through scholarly exchange across disciplines and through the use of a hybrid methodology. The founding and honorary members are Amalia Arvaniti, Mary Beckman
, Cathi Best, Catherine Browman
, Jennifer S. Cole
, Mariapaola D'Imperio, Louis M. Goldstein
, José Ignacio Hualde
, Patricia Keating
, John Kingston, D.R. Ladd, Peter Ladefoged
, Janet Pierrehumbert
, Caroline Smith, Paul Warren and Douglas Whalen
. The Association is an international body open to scholars world-wide, and currently has over 100 members.
Since the Association's inception, the methodologies of laboratory phonology are emerging as the dominant approach to the study of sound systems in universities in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and many other locations. In this way, the success of the approach promoted by the Association for Laboratory Phonology can be attributed to its interdisciplinary nature: bridging linguistics
with psychology
, computer science
, etc., and defining the relationship between the cognitive and physical aspects of human speech as a question of cognitive science
.
from 1991 (Vol 1) to 2004 (Vol 6). Beginning with Vol 7, the series was renamed to Laboratory Phonology and published by Mouton de Gruyter. After the publication of Laboratory Phonology 10 in 2010, the book series was replaced by the journal Laboratory Phonology. The journal encompasses the scientific study of the elements of spoken language, their organization, their grammatical function, and their role in speech communication. Research questions and some of the methods addressed in the publications also extend naturally to the parallel investigation of manual signs
as the encoding elements of signed languages.
Phonetics
Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that comprises the study of the sounds of human speech, or—in the case of sign languages—the equivalent aspects of sign. It is concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds or signs : their physiological production, acoustic properties, auditory...
and phonology
Phonology
Phonology is, broadly speaking, the subdiscipline of linguistics concerned with the sounds of language. That is, it is the systematic use of sound to encode meaning in any spoken human language, or the field of linguistics studying this use...
of spoken and signed languages through scholarly exchange across disciplines and through the use of a hybrid methodology. The founding and honorary members are Amalia Arvaniti, Mary Beckman
Mary Beckman
Mary E. Beckman is a Professor of Linguistics at the Ohio State University. She edited the Journal of Phonetics from 1990 to 1994. Perhaps her most significant contribution to linguistics is the fact that in 1987, together with John Kingston, she organized the first Laboratory Phonology conference...
, Cathi Best, Catherine Browman
Catherine Browman
Catherine P. Browman is an American linguist and speech scientist. She was a research scientist at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey and Haskins Laboratories in New Haven, Connecticut, from which she retired due to illness. While at Bell Laboratories, she was known for her work on speech synthesis...
, Jennifer S. Cole
Jennifer S. Cole
Jennifer S. Cole is a professor of linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research uses experimental and computational methods to study the sound structure of language. She is General Editor of Laboratory Phonology, and a founding member of the Association for Laboratory...
, Mariapaola D'Imperio, Louis M. Goldstein
Louis M. Goldstein
Louis M. Goldstein is an American linguist and cognitive scientist. He was previously a professor and chair of the Department of Linguistics and a professor of psychology at Yale University, and is now a professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Southern California...
, José Ignacio Hualde
José Ignacio Hualde
José Ignacio Hualde is a linguist from Navarre, specialised in Basque linguistics and in Spanish synchronic and diachronic phonology, professor of Linguistics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies in the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, and in the Department of Linguistics, at the...
, Patricia Keating
Patricia Keating
Patricia Keating is a professor in the Linguistics Department at UCLA. She received her PhD in Linguistics at Brown University in 1980. She is a noted phonetician, and is the director of the UCLA Phonetics Laboratory. She is also a founding member of the Association for Laboratory Phonology.Keating...
, John Kingston, D.R. Ladd, Peter Ladefoged
Peter Ladefoged
Peter Nielsen Ladefoged was an English-American linguist and phonetician who traveled the world to document the distinct sounds of endangered languages and pioneered ways to collect and study data . He was active at the universities of Edinburgh, Scotland and Ibadan, Nigeria 1953–61...
, Janet Pierrehumbert
Janet Pierrehumbert
Janet Pierrehumbert is a professor of linguistics at Northwestern University whose research uses experimental and computational methods to study the sound structure of language. She developed an intonational model which includes a grammar of intonation patterns and an explicit algorithm for...
, Caroline Smith, Paul Warren and Douglas Whalen
Douglas Whalen
Douglas H. Whalen is an American linguist who is presently a program officer at the National Science Foundation where he is affiliated with the Cognitive Neuroscience, Documenting Endangered Languages, and Linguistics programs...
. The Association is an international body open to scholars world-wide, and currently has over 100 members.
Since the Association's inception, the methodologies of laboratory phonology are emerging as the dominant approach to the study of sound systems in universities in North America, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and many other locations. In this way, the success of the approach promoted by the Association for Laboratory Phonology can be attributed to its interdisciplinary nature: bridging linguistics
Linguistics
Linguistics is the scientific study of human language. Linguistics can be broadly broken into three categories or subfields of study: language form, language meaning, and language in context....
with psychology
Psychology
Psychology is the study of the mind and behavior. Its immediate goal is to understand individuals and groups by both establishing general principles and researching specific cases. For many, the ultimate goal of psychology is to benefit society...
, computer science
Computer science
Computer science or computing science is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems...
, etc., and defining the relationship between the cognitive and physical aspects of human speech as a question of cognitive science
Cognitive science
Cognitive science is the interdisciplinary scientific study of mind and its processes. It examines what cognition is, what it does and how it works. It includes research on how information is processed , represented, and transformed in behaviour, nervous system or machine...
.
Meetings
The biennial Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon) brings together researchers across the many relevant disciplines to present work on the phonological patterns and structures of natural languages. All oral paper sessions are plenary, and are organized to promote discussion across the disciplines. Each session groups together invited and submitted talks on a conference theme and ends with a talk by an invited discussant followed by an open discussion by the entire conference audience. Since the second conference in 1989, there have also been one or more poster sessions, which also are plenary. Conferences generally have between four and six themes, which are broadly defined in order to bring together speakers and commentators from different disciplines and theoretical backgrounds.Publications
The proceedings of the Conference on Laboratory Phonology were published as Papers in Laboratory Phonology by Cambridge University PressCambridge University Press
Cambridge University Press is the publishing business of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII in 1534, it is the world's oldest publishing house, and the second largest university press in the world...
from 1991 (Vol 1) to 2004 (Vol 6). Beginning with Vol 7, the series was renamed to Laboratory Phonology and published by Mouton de Gruyter. After the publication of Laboratory Phonology 10 in 2010, the book series was replaced by the journal Laboratory Phonology. The journal encompasses the scientific study of the elements of spoken language, their organization, their grammatical function, and their role in speech communication. Research questions and some of the methods addressed in the publications also extend naturally to the parallel investigation of manual signs
Manual communication
Manual communication systems use articulation of the hands to mediate a message between persons. Being expressed manually, they are received visually, and sometimes tactually...
as the encoding elements of signed languages.
Proceedings
- Papers in Laboratory Phonology Volume I: Between the Grammar and Physics of Speech
- Papers in Laboratory Phonology Volume II: Gesture, Segment, Prosody
- Papers in Laboratory Phonology Volume III: Phonological Structure and Phonetic Form
- Papers in Laboratory Phonology Volume IV: Phonology and Phonetic Evidence
- Papers in Laboratory Phonology Volume V: Acquisition and the Lexicon
- Papers in Laboratory Phonology Volume VI: Phonetic Interpretation
- Laboratory Phonology 7
- Laboratory Phonology 8
- Laboratory Phonology 9
- Laboratory Phonology 10
Executive Council
- D. Robert Ladd, President (2010–2012)
- José Ignacio HualdeJosé Ignacio HualdeJosé Ignacio Hualde is a linguist from Navarre, specialised in Basque linguistics and in Spanish synchronic and diachronic phonology, professor of Linguistics and Latin American and Caribbean Studies in the Department of Spanish, Italian and Portuguese, and in the Department of Linguistics, at the...
, Vice-President (2010–2012) - Jennifer S. ColeJennifer S. ColeJennifer S. Cole is a professor of linguistics at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Her research uses experimental and computational methods to study the sound structure of language. She is General Editor of Laboratory Phonology, and a founding member of the Association for Laboratory...
, Editor-in-Chief of Laboratory Phonology (2010–2015) - Ian MaddiesonIan MaddiesonIan Maddieson is a linguist at UC Berkeley, an Adjunct Professor Emeritus at the University of New Mexico, Vice-President of the International Phonetic Association, and Secretary of the Association for Laboratory Phonology...
, Secretary (2010–2014) - John Kingston, Treasurer (2010–2014)
- Caroline Smith, Organizing committee LabPhon12 (2010–2012)
- Grzegorz Dogil, Organizing committee LabPhon13 (2010–2014)
- Paul Warren (2010–2012)
- Mariapaola D'Imperio (2010–2012)
- Mary E. Beckman (2010–2012)
- Eleonora Albano (2010–2012)