International Conference on Tone and Intonation
Santorini (Greece), 9-11 September 2004
ESF Network Tone and Intonation in Europe
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The International Conference on Tone and Intonation was held at the Santorini Image Hotel in Messaria (Santorini, Greece), 9-11 September 2004. This was the closing event of a three-year scientific exchange programme funded by the European Science Foundation as the Network ‘Tone and Intonation in Europe’ (TIE) 2001-2004.
The aim of the network was to stimulate and coordinate research on the prosody of European languages and language varieties, with special emphasis on languages that feature lexical tone. The workshops were devoted to tonogenesis, experimental procedures, and typology, and attempted to embed the discussion of the European languages in a global typological perspective.
The conference closed off the Network programme in the same spirit, and included contributions dealing with European as well as non-European languages. Topics represented at the conference were the interaction between intonation and lexical tone as well as typologically, historically and psycholinguistically oriented work, including brain imaging research, on tone and intonation.
Invited speakers
Gösta Bruce (Lund), Jack Gandour (Purdue), José Hualde (Illinois), Larry Hyman (Berkeley), Sun-Ah Jun (UCLA), Shigeki Kaji (Tokyo U Foreign Studies), John Kingston (UMass), Bob Ladd (Edinburgh), David Odden (Ohio), Lisa Selkirk (UMass), Hubert Truckenbrodt (Tübingen), Zendo Uwano (Tokyo)
Programme, Abstracts and Conference Presentations
Publication of volume on Tone and Intonation
Travel
As always, flights to are cheaper the earlier you book. The cheapest fares are best established through the internet, for instance http://www.travellersweb.com/discounted_flights/, or your local travel agent. There are flights to Santorini (aka: Thira) from Athens [http://www.aegeanair.com and http://www.olympic-airways.com]
There are also several ferry services from Piraeus (Athen's harbour) to Santorini. A general site is http://www.gtp.gr. One of these is a night ferry [http://www.dolphins.gr].
Transport from Santorini Aiport to the hotel and back is included in the standard fee. .
Conference Venue
Publication
A volume of papers on the theme of the conference is envisaged in the near future.
Network coordinators
Amalia Arvaniti (UC San Diego), Gorka Elordieta (Basque Country), Sónia Frota (Lisbon), Esther Grabe (Oxford), Carlos Gussenhoven (chair, Nijmegen), Aditi Lahiri (Constance), Tomas Riad (Stockholm), Norval Smith (Amsterdam)