Programme: International Workshop on Pharyngeals and Pharyngealisation
March 26, 2009
12:00-13:00: Arrival, registration, and lunch
13:00-13:15: Ghada Khattab, Newcastle University & Mohamed Embarki, CNRS-Montpellier III: Introduction
13:15-14:00: Ian Maddieson, University of New Mexico and Collégium de Lyon: “Typology and occurrence of pharyngeals and pharyngealization around the world”
14:00-14:45: Barry Heselwood, University of Leeds: “The problem of classifying and describing pharyngeals” Handout
14:45-15:30: Kimary Shahin, Qatar University: “The phonology of pharyngeals” Handout
15:30-16:00: Coffee break
16:00-16:45: Chakir Zeroual, Faculté Polydisciplinaire de Taza, John Esling, University of Victoria, and Philip Hoole, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität: “Endoscopic, transillumination, EMA, and ultrasound study of emphatic, back, and labialised consonants of Moroccan Arabic” Handout
16:45-17:30: Janet Watson, University of Salford, and Alex Bellem, CBRL and University of Salford: “The phonetics and phonology of emphatics in Mehri” Handout
17:30-18:00: Discussion
18:00-20:00: Drinks reception and Poster session (in alphabetical order):
- Rana Almbark, University of York: “A sociophonetic study of pharygealisation in Syrian Arabic: gender and regional differences between Damascene and Aleppian dialects”. Handout
- Jalal Al-Tamimi, Newcastle University: “Effect of pharyngealisation on vowels revisited: static and dynamic analyses of vowels in Moroccan and Jordanian Arabic”. Handout.
- Alex Bellem, CBRL and University of Salford: “The ‘problem’ of Pharyngealisation and its role in the sound systems of North-East Caucasian Languages”.
- Noah Girgis, University of California: “Pharyngealised fricatives in Egyptian Arabic: heritage vs non-heritage speakers”. Handout
- Taoufik Gouma, Université Paris VIII: “Pharyngeal harmony in Moroccan Arabic: directionality, locality, and opacity”. Handout
- Sven Grawunder, Andre Müller, and Arsen Abduaev, MPI for Evolutionary Anthropology: “Pharyngealisation and pharygeals in Tsez”.
- Markus Hiller, University of Mannheim: “Pharyngeals and ‘lax’ vowel quality”. Handout
- Michael Kenstowicz, MIT, and Nabila Louriz, University of Hassan II: “Pharyngealisation in loanword adaptation”.
- Hussin Kriba, Newcastle University: “The role of locus equation in characterising CV coarticulatory patterns for the plain-emphatic distinction in Libyan Arabic”.
- Thomas Magnuson, University of Victoria: “A pharyngeal component in Kansai Japanese /r/ variants?” Handout
- Tareq Maiteq, University of Edinburgh: TBC Handout
- Scott Moisik, John Esling, and Lise Crevier-Buchman, University of Victoria: “High-speed laryngoscopic evaluation of the effect of glottal parameter variation on aryepiglottic trilling”. Handout
- Karim Shoul, Université de Sorbonne Nouvelle: “Formants as cues for pharyngealisation perception in Oriental Moroccan Arabic”.
- Hanan Taqi, Newcastle University: “The realisation of (s) as [ sˁ] in Kuwaiti Arabic”. Handout
20:00- Workshop dinner
March 27, 2009
9:00-9:45: John Esling, University of Victoria: “Pharyngeals in the language acquisition process”. Handout
9:45-10:30: Asher Laufer, The Hebrew University: “Pharyngeal articulation in Hebrew” Handout
10:30-11:00: Coffee break
11:00-11:45: Slim Ouni & Yves Laprie, CNRS-Université de Nancy I: “Studying pharyngealisation using an articulograph” Handout
11:45-12:30: James Scobbie, Queen Margaret University: “Ultrasound-based tongue root imaging and measurement”. Handout
12:30-14:00 Lunch break
14:00-14:45: Rachid Ridouane, CNRS-Université Paris III: “Pharyngealisation and Pharyngeals in Tashlhiyt Berber: a descriptive and comparative study”
14:45-15:30: Zeki Hassan, University of Gottenbörg and Al-Zaytoonah University: “Some laryngeal and pharyngeal mechanisms observed in the realisation of emphatics and pharyngeal consonants in Iraqi Arabic” Handout
15:30-16:00: Coffee break
16:00-16:45: Mohamed Embarki & Ghada Khattab: “Discussion and new perspectives on studying pharyngeals and pharyngealisation”
16:45-17:00: Closing message + Poster Prize
