[MOTʰ] 2024

McGill University
Montreal-Ottawa-Toronto-Hamilton Phonology/Phonetics Workshop

Conference Information

About

Theme: Phonetics and Phonology

Where

3650 Mc Tavish St, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1Y2

When

19th - 20th April, 2024

Call for Papers

Call for papers – [MOTʰ] 2024 at McGill University


  • We are pleased to announce a call for papers for this year's Montréal-Ottawa-Toronto-Hamilton Phonology/Phonetics Workshop ([MOTʰ] 2024), hosted in person by McGill from April 19th to 21st 2024. We invite abstracts on any topic in or relating to phonology, phonetics or their interfaces.
  • Abstracts and presentations may be in either French or English. Abstracts must not exceed 1 page, including figures and references, with 1-inch margins and 11-point font. Please submit abstracts as PDF documents by Friday, February 9th via this Google forms link and also fill in the title of the submission, name of the author(s), and presentation type preference. Following internal review, notification of a decision will be sent out by February 23rd.
  • Any questions or comments can be sent to the organizing committee of the workshop via meghan.clayards@mcgill.ca, specifying [MOTʰ 2024] in the subject of the email.


Appel à communications – [MOTʰ] 2024 à l'université McGill

  • Nous avons le plaisir d'annoncer l'appel à communications pour l'édition 2024 de l'Atelier de phonologie/phonétique Montréal-Ottawa-Toronto-Hamilton ([MOTʰ] 2024), qui aura lieu du 19 au 21 avril 2024 en présence à l'université McGill . Nous accueillons toute proposition se rapportant à la phonologie, la phonétique ou leurs interfaces.
  • Les communications peuvent être présentées en français ou en anglais. Les propositions de communications peuvent être rédigées en l'une ou l'autre de ces langues et ne doivent pas dépasser une page (y compris les figures et les références), avec des marges de 1 pouce et une police de taille 11. Veuillez téléverser un document en format PDF avant le vendredi 9 février à l'aide du lien Google Forms suivant. Veuillez également inscrire dans le formulaire le titre de la soumission et le nom des auteures et/ou auteurs, ainsi que votre préférence quant au format de présentation (présentation orale ou par affiche). Suite à un processus de révision interne, les personnes ayant soumis une proposition seront informées de l'acceptation ou du refus de celui-ci d'ici le 23 février.
  • Plusieurs informations pratiques seront disponibles sur le site web du colloque: https://moth2024.github.io/.
  • Veuillez adresser vos questions et préoccupations au comité organisateur de l'atelier via meghan.clayards@mcgill.ca, avec l'identifiant [MOTʰ 2024] dans l'objet du courriel.


Conference Schedule

Fri Meeting Place: 680 Sherbrooke West, Room 1041
Sat Meeting Place: 3650 Mc Tavish St, Thompson House

Registration

Opening remarks

Brenden Legros

Talk 1 Irene Smith and Morgan Sonderegger, McGill University

Cross-dialectal variation in prenasal allophony

Brenden Legros

Talk 2 Samannaz Sedigh Afshar, Carleton University

Imitation of the formant differences in English vowels /i/-/ɪ/ by Spanish learners of English

Coffee Break

Brenden Legros

Talk 3 Jeanne Brown and Morgan Sonderegger, McGill University

Creaky voice in Canadian English-French bilinguals: An acoustic study across language, gender and age

Brenden Legros

Talk 4 Philippe Aigner-Therrien, Carleton University

Patterning of laxing spreading in Quebec French

Brenden Legros

Talk 5 Natália Brambatti Guzzo and Guilherme D. Garcia, Université Laval

Allophony in the L1 induces misperception and misproduction in loanwords

Social Dinner

Place: TBD

Registration

Brenden Legros

Talk 6 Simon LiVolsi, McGill University

Consonant-glide onsets do not exist in Kanien’kéha

Brenden Legros

Talk 7 Wei Zhang, McGill University

Exploring the link between perception and imitation of Mandarin flat-falling tonal contrast at individual level

Brenden Legros

Talk 8 Lev Blumenfeld, Carleton University

A Micronesian merger mystery: the fate of Proto-Oceanic *R

Coffee Break

Brenden Legros

Talk 9 Song Jiang and Alexei Kochetov, University of Toronto

Variability in the articulation of Beijing Mandarin rhotic vowels

Brenden Legros

Talk 10 Massimo Lipari, Morgan Sonderegger and Meghan Clayards, McGill University

Spectral dynamics of Quebec French sibilants

Brenden Legros

Talk 11 B. Elan Dresher, University of Toronto

A learning theory for abstract underlying phonemes

Lunch

Brenden Legros

Talk 12 Radu Craioveanu, University of Toronto

Long and short diphthongs in North Saami

Brenden Legros

Talk 13 Connie Ting, McGill University and Yoonjung Kang, University of Toronto

Effects of speaker-specific speech rate on English stop voicing perception: local vs habitual influences

Brenden Legros

Talk 14 Mahnaz Talebi-Dastenaei, Hamideh Poshtvan and Karen Jesney, Carleton University

Exploring variability and contextual influences on the uvular consonant [ġ] in Gilaki

Coffee Break

Brenden Legros

Talk 15 Yaisha Stilwell, Alex Zhai and Claire Honda, McGill University

Speech and musical context effects in perception

Brenden Legros

Talk 16 Zhanao Fu and Idila Yogeswaran, University of Toronto

Investigating phonemic encoding with electroencephalography during continuous speech production


Hotel Information

Hotel Address Booking Procedure
Hotel Sens 1808 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, Quebec H3H 1E5 (~15 minute walk to McGill campus)

Attendees can book these rooms by phone at +1-888-933-8111

or email at reservations@sensmtlversailles.com

Chateau Versailles 1659 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montréal, QC H3H 1E3 (~15 minute walk to McGill Campus)

Attendees can book these rooms by phone at +1-888-933-8111

or email at reservations@sensmtlversailles.com

Le Germain 2050 Mansfield St, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1Y9 (~3 minutes walk to McGill Campus)

Call (514) 849-2050

Hotel Le Cantile Suites 1110 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G8 (~2 minute walk to McGill Campus)

Reserve by phone at: 514-844-3951 ext. 2808 or 2802

Reserve by email at: ventesadjoint@hotelcantlie.com or ventescoord@hotelcantlie.com

Hotel 10 10 Sherbrooke St W, Montreal, Quebec H2X 4C9 (~15 minute walk to McGill Campus)

Call Phone: 514-843-6000, toll-free 1-855-390-6787.

Email at: reservations@hotel10montreal.com

Location and Food