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Program

Program-at-a-Glance

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  • Conference registration will be in the lobby of the Lipsius building.
  • The opening and closing ceremonies, as well as all oral sessions, will take place in room 019 of the Lipsius building.
  • All poster sessions will be held in the Herta Mohr building.

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Full program

Book of abstracts

Daily Program

08:30-09:00 Conference registration
Location: Lobby of the Lipsius building
09:00-12:30

Tutorial: Simultaneous analysis of contours and durations
Organizer: Michele Gubian (University of Munich, Germany)
Location: Lipsius 011

Workshop: Prosodic features of language learners'fluency
Organizers: Jürgen Trouvain (Saarland University, Germany), Bernd Möbius (Saarland University, Germany), and Nivja de Jong (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Location: Lipsius 147

12:30-14:00 Lunch & conference registration
Location: Lobby of the Lipsius building
14:00-17:00

Tutorial: Subgroup detection in generalized mixed-effects models (GLMMs) and generalized additive models (GAMs)
Organizer: Marjolein Fokkema (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Location: Lipsius 011

17:00-18:00 Conference registration
Location: Lobby of the Lipsius building

 

08:00-08:45 Registration
Location: Lipsius lobby
08:45-09:00 Opening ceremony
Chair: Yiya Chen (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Location: Lipsius 019
09:00-10:00 Keynote: Motor Involvement in Language Production as Reflected in Prosodic Development
Speaker: Melissa Redford (University of Oregon, United States)
Chair: Aoju Chen (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Location: Lipsius 019
10:00-11:30 Morning poster session and coffee
Chair: Bert Botma (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Location: Herta Mohr building
11:30-12:30

Thematic session: Prosody through the lifespan
Chair: Sónia Frota (University of Lisbon, Portugal)
Location: Lipsius 019

Mengru Han (East China Normal University, China), Lianghui Yang (East China Normal University, China), and Yan Gu (University of Essex; University College London, United Kingdom). Faster and smoother: Fluency in Chinese child-directed speech
Enkeleida Kapia (University of Munich, Germany) and Felicitas Kleber (University of Munich, Germany). From old to new to contrastive: Exploring prosodic marking of information structure in child and adult speakers of Albanian
Joyshree Chakraborty (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India), Leena Dihingia (Gauhati University, India), Priyankoo Sarmah (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India), and Rohit Sinha (Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, India). Effect of Sociolinguistic Variations on Rate and Rhythm of Hindi L2 Speech
Giada Antonicelli (Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain and Language, Spain), Nicola Molinaro (Basque Centre on Cognition Brain and Language, Spain), Patricia De La Riva (Hospital Universitario de Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain), Raquel Laspiur (Biogipuzkoa Health Research Institute, Spain), Arantza Lopez de Turiso (Hospital Universitario de Donostia-San Sebastian, Spain), and Simona Mancini (Basque Centre on Cognition Brain and Language, Spain). Cortical Tracking of prosody after stroke and in aging: evidence from magnetoencephalography
12:30-14:15 Lunch
14:15-15:00 Special session: Prosody in speech synthesis, recognition and understanding
Organizers: Zofia Malisz (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden) and Sofoklis Kakouros (University of Helsinki, Finland)
Location: Lipsius 019
Cedric Chan (University of Pennsylvania, United States) and Jianjing Kuang (University of Pennsylvania, United States). Exploring the accuracy of prosodic encodings in state-of-the-art text-to-speech models
Na Hu (Radboud University, Netherlands), Jiseung Kim (Radboud University, Netherlands), Riccardo Orrico (Radboud University, Netherlands), Stella Gryllia (Radboud University, Netherlands), and Amalia Arvaniti (Radboud University, Netherlands). Can OpenAI’s TTS model convey information status  using intonation like humans?
Tuukka Törö (University of Helsinki, Finland), Antti Suni (University of Helsinki, Finland), and Juraj Šimko (University of Helsinki, Finland). Emergent Dialectal Patterns: Analysis of regional variants in a vast corpus of Finnish spontaneous speech using a large-scale self-supervised model
15:00-16:30 Afternoon poster session and coffee
Chair: Johanneke Caspers (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Location: Herta Mohr building
16:30-17:30 Industry panel: Prosody in Tech
Moderator: Nigel Ward (University of Texas at El Paso, United States)
Panelists: Rob Clark (Google, United Kingdom), Zack Hodari (Papercup, United Kingdom), and Ann Lee (Meta, United States)
Location: Lipsius 019
18:00-19:30 General reception
Location: Herta Mohr building

 

09:00-10:00 Keynote: Prosody and Language contact in Creoles:  Shifting from the periphery
Speaker: Shelome Gooden (University of Pittsburgh, United States)
Chair: Amalia Arvaniti (Radboud University, Netherlands)
Location: Lipsius 019
10:00-11:30 Morning poster session and coffee
Chair: Nancy Kula (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Location: Herta Mohr building
11:30-12:30

Thematic session: Prosody in language contact
Chair: Stavros Skopeteas (University of Goettingen, Germany)
Location: Lipsius 019

Gabriela Braga (University of Lisbon, Portugal; University of São Paulo, Brazil), Sónia Frota (University of Lisbon, Portugal), and Flaviane Svartman (University of São Paulo, Brazil). The intonation of Kriol: a first approach
Philipp Meer (University of Münster, Germany), Ronald Francis (University of the West Indies at Cave Hill, Barbados), and Robert Fuchs (University of Bonn, Germany). Lexical stress perception by Trinidadian English listeners
Yulia Zuban (University of Stuttgart, Germany) and Sabine Zerbian (University of Stuttgart, Germany). The effect of age and gender on global intonational features in heritage and monolingual Russian
Marieke Einfeldt (University of Konstanz, Germany), Anna Huggenberg (University of Konstanz, Germany), and Bettina Braun (University of Konstanz, Germany). Between dialect and standard: Segmental and prosodic differences in Zurich Swiss German speakers
12:30-14:00 Lunch
14:00-15:00 Special session: Interaction between segmental and prosodic features
Organizers: Menghui Shi (Fudan University, China) and Rasmus Puggaard-Rode (University of Munich, Germany)
Location: Lipsius 019
James Kirby (University of Munich, Germany), Rasmus Puggaard-Rode (University of Munich, Germany), Sireemas Maspong (University of Munich, Germany), and Francesco Burroni (University of Munich, Germany). Effects of coda consonants on preceding vowel F0
Bogdan Pricop (University of Zurich, Switzerland) and Eleanor Chodroff (University of Zurich, Switzerland). Consonant f0 effects. A case study on Catalan
Sireemas Maspong (University of Munich, Germany), Francesco Burroni (University of Munich, Germany), and James Kirby (University of Munich, Germany). CF0 effect and articulatory strength of geminate consonants
Menghui Shi (Fudan University, China) and Yiya Chen (Leiden University, Netherlands). Cues of voicing contrast in two Chinese dialects: Implication for sound change
15:00-16:30 Afternoon poster session and coffee
Chair: Jurriaan Witteman (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Location: Herta Mohr building
16:30-17:30 Special session: Pitch processing in language and music across different populations: Toward an integrated account
Organizers: Xin Wang (Macquarie University, Australia), Fang Liu (University of Reading, United Kingdom), and Peter Pfordresher (University at Buffalo, United States)
Location: Lipsius 019
Qianyutong Zhang (Shanghai International Studies University, China), Lei Zhu (Shanghai International Studies University, China), and Xiaoming Jiang (Shanghai International Studies University, China). Can we sing the tones of a tonal language? The duration of Mandarin tones under music context
Xin Wang (Macquarie University, Australia) and Bob McMurray (University of Iowa, United States). Lexical tone in bilingual crosstalk
Peng Li (Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain and Language, Spain) and Xiaotong Xi (Shandong University of Finance and Economics, China). The perception of Spanish lexical stress by proficient Mandarin learners of Spanish
Chen Zhao (University of Manchester, United Kingdom), Qingqi Hou (Nanjing Normal University of Special Education, China), Ariadne Loutrari (University of Reading, United Kingdom), Li Wang (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong), Cunmei Jiang (Shanghai Normal University, China), and Fang Liu (University of Reading, United Kingdom). Immediate sentence repetition in autism: Effects of listening background, mode of presentation, and semantic content
17:30-19:00 Student reception
Students (and non-students) conference attendees can now register for the Student Reception held at Leiden city hall held on Wednesday July 3rd at 17:30!
This will be a great networking opportunity as well as a chance to learn more about Leiden’s history!
Register here

 

09:00-10:00 Keynote: The power of voice
Speaker: Silke Paulmann (University of Essex, United Kingdom)
Chair: Hugo Quené (Utrecht University, Netherlands)
Location: Lipsius 019
10:00-11:30 Morning poster session and coffee
Chair: Janet Grijzenhout (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Location: Herta Mohr building
11:30-12:30 Thematic session: Individual and social variation
Chair: Martine Grice (University of Cologne, Germany)
Location: Lipsius 019
Yao Yao (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong), Meixian Li (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong), Shiyue Li (The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong) and Charles B. Chang (Boston University, United States). Perceiving the social meanings of creaky voice in Mandarin Chinese
Giulio G.A. Severijnen (Radboud University, Netherlands), Verena M. Gärtner, Runa F.E. Walther (Radboud University, Netherlands), and James M. McQueen (Radboud University, Netherlands). Talker-specific perceptual learning about lexical stress: stability over time
Martti Vainio (University of Helsinki, Finland), Antti Suni (University of Helsinki, Finland), Juraj Šimko (University of Helsinki, Finland), and Sofoklis Kakouros (University of Helsinki, Finland). The Power of Prosody and Prosody of Power: An Acoustic Analysis of Finnish Parliamentary Speech
Kexin Wang (Kobe University, Japan), Carlos Ishi (RIKEN; ATR, Japan), and Ryoko Hayashi (Kobe University, Japan). Acoustic analysis of several laughter types in conversational dialogues
12:30-14:00

Lunch & SPRoSIG business meeting (starting at 13:15)
Location: Lipsius 201

14:00-15:00 Special session: Cross-talk between linguistic and attitudinal functions of Intonation in tonal and non-tonal languages
Organizers: Katharina Zahner-Ritter (University of Trier, Germany) and Yiya Chen (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Location: Lipsius 019
Heiko Seeliger (University of Cologne, Germany) and Sophie Repp (University of Cologne, Germany). Givenness perception in declaratives vs. exclamatives
Csilla Tatár, Jonathan Brennan (University of Michigan, United States), Jelena Krivokapić (University of Michigan, United States), and Ezra Keshet (University of Michigan, United States). Examining melodiousness in sarcasm: wiggliness, spaciousness, and contour clustering
Chen Lan (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong) and Peggy Mok (The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong). Can Cantonese listeners identify the prosodic cues of sarcasm?
Xiaotong Xi (Shandong University of Finance and Economics, China), Siyu Zhou (Shantou University, China), and Peng Li (Basque Centre on Cognition, Brain and Language, Spain). Duration as a prosodic marker of contextual factors in Mandarin positive polar questions
15:00-16:30 Afternoon poster session and coffee
Chair: Claartje Levelt (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Location: Herta Mohr building
16:30-17:30 Regular session
Chair: Lieke van Maastricht (Radboud University, Netherlands)
Location: Lipsius 019
Jelena Krivokapic (University of Michigan, United States), Mark Tiede (Yale University, United States), Martha Tyrone (Gallaudet University, United States), Ruaridh Purse (University of Michigan, United States), and Jungyun Seo (University of Michigan, United States). The role of prosodic structure in the planning of coordinated speech and manual gestures
Albert Giberga (Open University of Catalonia, Spain), Alfonso Igualada (Open University of Catalonia, Spain), Nadia Ahufinger (Open University of Catalonia, Spain), Mari Aguilera (University of Barcelona, Spain), Ernesto Guerra (University of Chile, Chile), and Nuria Esteve-Gibert (Open University of Catalonia, Spain). Prosody and gesture in the comprehension of pragmatic meanings: the case of children with Developmental Language Disorder
Patrick Louis Rohrer (Radboud University, Netherlands), Ronny Bujok (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands), Lieke van Maastricht (Radboud University, Netherlands), and Hans Rutger Bosker (Radboud University, Netherlands). The timing of beat gestures affects lexical stress perception in Spanish
Raphael Werner (Radboud University, Netherlands), Luc Selen (Radboud University, Netherlands), and Wim Pouw (Radboud University, Netherlands). Arm movements increase acoustic markers of expiratory flow
18:00-20:00 Conference dinner
To register for the Conference dinner at Hortus Botanicus, you must the fill out the SP2024 Registration survey.

 

09:00-10:00 Keynote: Revisiting universals of prosodic structure
Speaker: Kristine Yu (University of Massachusetts Amherst, United States)
Chair: Yiya Chen (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Location: Lipsius 019
10:00-11:30

Morning poster session and coffee
Chair: Willemijn Heeren (Leiden University, Netherlands)
Location: Herta Mohr building

11:30-12:30 Thematic session: Typology and cross-linguistic variation
Chair: Jennifer Cole (Northwestern University, United States)
Location: Lipsius 019
Kathleen Jepson (University of Munich, Germany), Rasmus Puggaard-Rode (University of Munich, Germany), and John Mansfield (University of Zurich, Switzerland). Stylised sustained prosody in three Australian languages
Rachida Ganga (Utrecht University, Netherlands), Jorik Geutjes (Utrecht University, Netherlands), Elanie van Niekerk (Utrecht University, Netherlands), Victoria Reshetnikova (Utrecht University, Netherlands), and Aoju Chen (Utrecht University, Netherlands). Processing prosodic boundaries in Dutch coordinated constructions
Nadja Spina (Research Centre Deutscher Sprachatlas, Germany) and Alfred Lameli (Research Centre Deutscher Sprachatlas, Germany). Regional variation in pre-boundary lengthening from a horizontal and vertical perspective: Evidence from German dialect- and standard-targeted speech
Riccardo Orrico (Radboud University, Netherlands), Stella Gryllia (Radboud University, Netherlands), Na Hu (Radboud University, Netherlands), Jiseung Kim (Radboud University, Netherlands), and Amalia Arvaniti (Radboud University, Netherlands). Prosodic prominence in Greek: methodological and theoretical considerations
12:30-14:00 Lunch & ISCA Students meet Experts (12:45-13:45)
Location: Lipsius 147
For the details about the ISCA student-mentor event click above.
14:00-15:00 Special session: Advances in studies on prosodic planning
Organizers: Constantijn van der Burght (Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands) and Candice Frances (Max Planck institute for Psycholinguistics, Netherlands)
Location: Lipsius 019
Jungyun Seo (University of Michigan, United States), Ruaridh Purse (University of Michigan, United States) and Jelena Krivokapić (University of Michigan, United States). Interaction between speech planning and prosodic structure in English
Dorotea Bevivino (Paris Cité University, France), Marie Huygevelde (Paris Cité University, France), Barbara Hemforth (Paris Cité University, France), and Giuseppina Turco (Paris Cité University, France). Priming Boundaries in Production: Data from French
Nele Ots (Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany). The cognitive perspective on pre-planning sentence intonation: a cross-linguistic approach
Mila Freiseis (University of Konstanz, Germany), Tianyi Zhao (University of Konstanz, Germany), and Tina Bögel (University of Konstanz, Germany). Semantic priming and prosodic structure: At the interface between language redundancy and acoustic salience
15:00-16:30 Afternoon poster session and coffee
Chair: Stella Gryllia (Radboud University, Netherlands)
Location: Herta Mohr building
16:30-17:30 Regular session
Chair: Khalil Iskarous (University of Southern California, United States)
Location: Lipsius 019
Jennifer Cole (Northwestern University, United States), Jeremy Steffman (The University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom), and Aya Awwad (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom). Functional modeling of F0 variation across speakers and between phonological categories: Rising pitch accents in American English
Hae-Sung Jeon (University of Central Lancashire, United Kingdom), Constantijn Kaland (University of Cologne, Germany), and Martine Grice (University of Cologne, Germany). Cluster analysis of Korean IP-final intonation
Johannah O’Mahony (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom), Niamh Corkey (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom), Catherine Lai (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom), Esther Klabbers (ReadSpeaker, United States), and Simon King (University of Edinburgh, United Kingdom). Hierarchical Intonation Modelling for Speech Synthesis using Legendre Polynomial Coefficients
Christina Tånnander, Jim O’Regan (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden), David House (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden), Jens Edlund (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden), and Jonas Beskow (KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Sweden). Prosodic characteristics of English-accented Swedish neural TTS
17:30-18:00 Closing ceremony
Location: Lipsius 019

 

09:00-13:00

Workshop: Intonation at the crossroads (CROSSIN)
Organizers: Amalia Arvaniti (Radboud University, Netherlands), Riccardo Orrico (Radboud University, Netherlands), Jiseung Kim (Radboud University, Netherlands), Stella Gryllia (Radboud University, Netherlands), Na Hu (Radboud University, Netherlands), and Alanna Tibbs (Radboud University, Netherlands
Location: Lipsius 005

Workshop: Beyond words: Exploring prosody in non-verbal vocalisations across diverse groups
Organizers: Aoju Chen (Utrecht University, Netherlands), Marijke Achterberg, Elanie van Niekerk (Utrecht University, Netherlands), Laura Smorenburg (Utrecht University, Netherlands), and Jill Thorson (University of New Hampshire, United States)
Location: Lipsius 028

13:00-14:00 Lunch
14:00-16:00

Tutorial: Iskarous, Dynamical Systems Analysis for Speech Prosody
Organizer: Khalil Iskarous (University of Southern California, United States)
Location: Lipsius 011

 

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