SLP2012 Programme
Alcuin Research Resource Centre
6th July 2012
9:30 - 10:00 |
Registration |
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10:00 - 10:05 |
Opening words Sam Hellmuth (University of York) and Becky Taylor (University
of York) |
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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) |
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11:00 - 11:20 |
Coffee |
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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 |
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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) |
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12:20 - 12:45 |
Processing word boundaries in a second language abstract Ellenor Shoemaker (CNRS / Université
Sorbonne-Nouvelle) |
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12:45 - 1:45 |
Lunch |
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Special Session on English Learners of Other Languages |
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1:45 - 1:50 |
Introduction to
Special Session Becky Taylor (University of York) |
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1:50- 2:15 |
L2 phonological acquisition: What does orthography have to
do with it? abstract Yasaman Rafat (Western
University) |
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2:20 - 2:45 |
An investigation into whether English listeners are 'stress
deaf' abstract Becky Taylor
(University of York), Sam Hellmuth (University of York) |
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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 |
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3:15 - 3:35 |
Coffee |
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3:35 - 4:30 |
Orthographic Input and the Acquisition of Second Language Phonological
Forms abstract Invited Speaker: Rachel Hayes-Harb
(University of Utah) |
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4:30 - 5:35 |
Poster Session on English Learners
of Other Languages* Foyer |
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General poster session* Seminar Room 1
*See below for list of posters |
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5:35 - 5:45 |
Closing words Sam Hellmuth (University of York) and Becky Taylor
(University of York) |
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6.30pm |
Optional conference dinner (ASK
Restaurant, York) |
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Poster Session
on English Learners of Other Languages |
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The second language acquisition
of French nasal vowels by advanced English learners abstract |
Adeline Charlton (Newcastle University) |
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Russian palatalized
consonants: Acoustic properties of L2 learners’ productions abstract
poster |
Jane Hacking (University of Utah) |
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Compound loanword
accentuation by English-speaking learners of Japanese: How do learners form
their interlanguage prosody? abstract poster |
Nami Kaneko (Newcastle University) |
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L2 acquisition of prosodic
structures of Japanese nouns by L1 English learners abstract poster |
Tokiko Okuma (McGill University) |
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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) |
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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) |
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General poster
session |
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The acquisition of L2 laryngeal features: the
processing of robust transitional phonetic cues abstract |
John
Archibald (University of Victoria) poster |
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Differential Substitution: Phonetic distance in the
perception of interdental fricatives abstract poster |
Kathleen Brannen (McGill University / Université du Québec à Montréal) |
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Acoustic Analysis of English Diphthong /oʊ/:
Comparison between Korean speakers' and Chinese speakers' sound production abstract |
Bo-Ram
Kim (Ewha Womans
University) |
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The (non-)representation of English /h/ by francophones abstract |
Jennifer Mah (Mount Royal University), Heather Goad (McGill
University), Karsten Steinhauer
(McGill University) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Processing strategies in L1 and L2 liaison abstract |
Ellenor Shoemaker (CNRS / Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle), Sophie Wauquier (CNRS/Université Paris 8) |
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Intonation of Spanish as a foreign language spoken
by Brazilians abstract |
Cristiane Silva (Plínio Almeida Barbosa (UNICAMP)) |
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Acquisition of a new L2 phonological feature abstract poster |
Nasir AR Syed (University of Essex) |
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