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Announcement of lectures from the International Exchange Committee

August 12th, 2013

1) Lectures at the Phonological Forum 2013 co-hosted by the Phonological Society of Japan

  • Venue: Sapporo Gakuin University, (Shakai Renkei Center) Community College, Room 301 (http://www.sgu.ac.jp/rcc)
  • Date: Thursday, August 22nd, 2013, 5pm-6pm
  • Lecturer: Bert Botma (Leiden University)
    “Crossing the great divide: The phonological status of voiced fricatives”
  • Date: Friday, August 23rd, 2013, 5pm-6pm
  • Lecturer: Michael Hammond (University of Arizona)
    “Phonological complexity and input optimization”
Participation fee for the lectures is free. No pre-registration necessary. Participation fee for the rest of the forum is 1000 yen for members of the Phonological Society of Japan, and 500 yen for student members. Please see http://sils.shoin.ac.jp/PhonWeb/ for further details.

2) Lecture on the day before the Annual Convention co-hosted by NINJAL

  • Date: Friday, September 27th, 2013, 3:30pm-5:00pm
  • Venue: Seminar Room, Shiinoki Cultural Complex (Kanazawa city)
    http://www.shiinoki-geihinkan.jp/about/access.html
  • Lecturer: Bob Ladd (University of Edinburgh)
    “Individual differences in pitch perception, and their possible relevance for language typology”
Participation is free, and no pre-registration is necessary.