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SLP2012 Programme

 

Alcuin Research Resource Centre

 

6th July 2012

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9:30 - 10:00

Registration

10:00 - 10:05

Opening words

Sam Hellmuth (University of York) and Becky Taylor (University of York)

10:05 - 11:00

Perceptual interference in L2 learning: Exploring the interface between auditory, phonetic, and phonological processing abstract

Invited Speaker: Paul Iverson (University College London) 

11:00 - 11:20

Coffee

11:20 - 11:45

Cue weighting in the perception of English tenseness contrast by Polish and Croatian subjects   

Malgorzata Cavar (ILIT), Pawel Rydzewski (Warsaw University), Antonio Oštarić (University of Zadar) abstract talk     

11:50 - 12:15

Effects of orthographic representations on pronunciation in learners of English as a Foreign Language abstract

Benedetta Bassetti (University of York), Marianna Kaimaki (University of York) 

12:20 - 12:45

Processing word boundaries in a second language   abstract

Ellenor Shoemaker (CNRS / Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle)

12:45 - 1:45

Lunch

 

Special Session on English Learners of Other Languages

 

1:45 - 1:50

Introduction to Special Session

Becky Taylor (University of York)

 

1:50- 2:15

L2 phonological acquisition: What does orthography have to do with it?  abstract

Yasaman Rafat (Western University) 

 

 

2:20 - 2:45

An investigation into whether English listeners are 'stress deaf' abstract

Becky Taylor (University of York), Sam Hellmuth (University of York) 

 

 

2:50 - 3:15

Perception of non-native contrast: Consonant length and L1 English listeners  abstract

Vincent Porretta (University of Alberta), Benjamin Tucker (University of Alberta) talk

 

 

3:15 - 3:35

Coffee

3:35 - 4:30

Orthographic Input and the Acquisition of Second Language Phonological Forms   abstract

Invited Speaker: Rachel Hayes-Harb (University of Utah) 

 

 

4:30 - 5:35

Poster Session on English Learners of Other Languages*

Foyer

 

 

General poster session*

Seminar Room 1                                                                                  *See below for list of posters

5:35 - 5:45

 Closing words

Sam Hellmuth (University of York) and Becky Taylor (University of York)

6.30pm

Optional conference dinner (ASK Restaurant, York)

 

 

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Poster Session on English Learners of Other Languages

 

The second language acquisition of French nasal vowels by advanced English learners  abstract

Adeline Charlton (Newcastle University)

 

Russian palatalized consonants: Acoustic properties of L2 learners’ productions  abstract poster

Jane Hacking (University of Utah)

 

Compound loanword accentuation by English-speaking learners of Japanese: How do learners form their interlanguage prosody? abstract poster

Nami Kaneko (Newcastle University)

 

L2 acquisition of prosodic structures of Japanese nouns by L1 English learners abstract poster

Tokiko Okuma (McGill University)

 

Discrimination of vowel length contrasts in known/learned and unknown/unlearned languages by native speakers of American English  abstract poster

Kimiko Tsukada (Macquarie University), Yukari Hirata (Colgate University)

 

The lexical encoding of novel phonological features: Discrimination of Arabic phonemes by native English speakers abstract poster

Aaron Wood (University of Utah), Asmaa Shehata (University of Utah)

 

General poster session

 

The acquisition of L2 laryngeal features: the processing of robust transitional phonetic cues abstract

John Archibald (University of Victoria) poster

 

Differential Substitution: Phonetic distance in the perception of interdental fricatives abstract poster

Kathleen Brannen (McGill University / Université du Québec à Montréal)

 

Acoustic Analysis of English Diphthong /oʊ/: Comparison between Korean speakers' and Chinese speakers' sound production abstract

Bo-Ram Kim (Ewha Womans University)

 

The (non-)representation of English /h/ by francophones  abstract

Jennifer Mah (Mount Royal University), Heather Goad (McGill University), Karsten Steinhauer (McGill University)

 

Using brain-imaging to explore second-language speech sound acquisition: Links between vowel production, perception and MMN  abstract poster

Georgina Oliver (UCL), Paul Iverson (UCL), Alex Leff (UCL/ICN)

 

The emergence of a visual phonological system by hearing learners of British Sign Language (BSL)  abstract poster

Gerardo Ortega (UCL, DCAL), Gary Morgan (City University London, DCAL)

 

The earliest stage of fricative acquisition among Thai learners of Mandarin Chinese  abstract poster

Patchanok Kitikanan (Newcastle University), Jalal Al-Tamimi (Newcastle University),

Martha Young-Scholten (Newcastle University)

 

English with Brazilian melody? The acquisition of English pre-final stress by Brazilian Portuguese native speakers  abstract poster

Amanda Post da Silveira (Leiden University Centre for Linguistics)

 

Processing strategies in L1 and L2 liaison  abstract

Ellenor Shoemaker (CNRS / Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle), Sophie Wauquier (CNRS/Université Paris 8)

 

Intonation of Spanish as a foreign language spoken by Brazilians  abstract

Cristiane Silva (Plínio Almeida Barbosa (UNICAMP))

 

Acquisition of a new L2 phonological feature  abstract poster

Nasir AR Syed (University of Essex)

 

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