Prosody in action

'Accents' is an annual conference organized by the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics at the University of Łódź, Poland. It brings together researchers and teachers interested in native and non-native accents of English, approached from a variety of theoretical and/or practical perspectives. Among the issues discussed each year, the characteristics and the dynamism of accent usage come into the foreground, with a strong interest in the methodology and tools for accent studies. While we hope to continue the discussion of characteristics, variability and function of phonetic / pronunciation features in natural as well as in formal teaching contexts, the focus of 2013 meeting is on prosody and ways of handling spoken data.

Invited talks

Ulrike Gut - Corpus-based analysis of second language prosody
Jane Setter - Priorities for intonation teaching: a Global Englishes perspective
Beatrice Szczepek Reed - Phonetics and Prosody in Natural Conversation
Special Workshop:
Ulrike Gut - Handling spoken data

Call for Papers

We invite proposals for papers, workshops and posters related to the main theme 'Prosody in action' as well as other issues related to native and non-native accents of English, including, but not limited to the ones mentioned below:

  • Accents of English around the world 'New Englishes', 'Euro-Englishes', etc
  • Variability in accents
  • Interaction between L1 and L2 sound systems
  • Functions of phonetics features in interaction
  • Spoken (learner) corpora
  • Phonetics in conversation analysis
  • Priorities in pronunciation teaching
  • Teaching accents / the pronunciation of English

Please notice that each author can propose two contributions if one is intended for the main conference and the other one for a special session. Papers are given 20 minutes followed by 10 minutes for discussion, workshops will typically have 45 minute slots. Please specify the intended presentation format in your proposal.
The deadline for abstract submission is September 30th, 2013. Please send two copies of an abstract of up to 400 words (excluding references) to accents@uni.lodz.pl, with the intended format, name and affiliation written under the title in one copy. The proposals will go through the process of peer review, after which notifications of acceptance will be sent out by October 20, 2013.

Organisers

The conference is organized by Ewa Waniek-Klimczak (ewaklim@uni.lodz.pl), the head of the Department of English Language and Applied Linguistics, University of Łódź with the departamental team headed by Magda Zając (conference secretary), Agata Barańska, Anna Cichosz, Anna Gralińska-Brawara, Aleksandra Matysiak and Przemek Ostalski. Please send all conference related questions to accents@uni.lodz.pl. For information on previous Accents conferences please go to Programme and Abstracts.

Venue

The conference is planned for two full days, December 5, 2013 (Thursday) noon till December 7, 2013 (Saturday) afternoon. The venue for the conference is the University Conference Centre in Łódź, Kopcińskiego 16/18. The venue offers conference facilities, accommodation and meals on the premises. It is conveniently situated near the city centre, with easy access from the airport, train and bus stations. If you need assistance in planning your journey, please contact us at accents@uni.lodz.pl.
Information on travelling to Łódź can be downloaded from here.

Registration

To register, please fill in the registration form (which can be downloaded from here) and e-mail it to accents@uni.lodz.pl. If you would like to receive further conference information without registering yet, please fill in the mailing list information and send it to accents@uni.lodz.pl. The deadline for registration and bank payments is November 10, 2013. Please notice that while on-site registration is possible, the payments can be made in cash only.

Payments

There are two payment options: (1) conference package or (2) conference fee + individual needs cost.

  1. Conference package: Regular 350 Euro; PhD/MA students: 300 Euro

    Conference package includes:

    • Registration fee
    • Full board accommodation at the conference centre for two nights, arriving 5.12. leaving 7.12.
    • Conference dinner
    • Sightseeing trip

  2. Conference fee: Regular 200 Euro; PhD/MA students: 150 Euro

    • Bed and breakfast at the hotel center: E 50 per night (single room) or E 40 (double room)
    • Meals: lunch E 10, Dinner E 25, Conference Dinner E 50
    • For an individual cost calculator please see the registration form.

Please make payments to the university bank account: (NOTE: please remember to specify your name and the name of the conference - Accents 2013 with the payment).

IBAN: PL14 1240 3028 1111 0010 0434 7782
BIC/Swift: PKOPPLPW
Bank Polska Kasa Opieki S.A., II Oddział‚ w Łodzi
Piotrkowska 270, 90-361 Łódź

Participants from Poland are asked to make payments in PLN

  1. Conference package: Regular 750 PLN, PhD/MA students 650 PLN
  2. Conference: Regular 300 PLN, PhD/MA students 250
  • Bed and breakfast at the hotel center: PLN 150 per night (single room) or PLN 120 (double room)
  • Meals: lunch 40 PLN, Dinner 70 PLN, Conference Dinner 120 PLN

For participants from Poland - additional financial information

Osoby, które będą potrzebowałyfaktury prosimy o dokonanie płatności przelewem najpóźniej do przelewem najpóźniej do 10.11.2013 i przesłanie danych do faktury na adres accents@uni.lodz.pll. Z uwagi na termin konferencji (koniec roku rozliczeniowego), nie będzie możliwe wystawienie faktur za płatności dokonane w późniejszym terminie. Przypominamy, że faktury wystawiane są na autora przelewu, nie jest zatem możliwe wystawienie faktury na uczelnie przy płatności przelewem z prywatnego konta bankowego.

Programme

Accents 2012 programme can be downloaded from here.

Abstracts

Books of abstracts from previous Accents conferences can be found below:
Accents 2012
Accents 2011
Accents 2010
Accents 2009
Accents 2008
Accents 2007