SoS2018

Call for Papers

We invite abstracts for papers of twenty minutes in length on the theme of ‘sound’: its creation, imitation, and its relationship with language. Proposals may range across fields of study, with interdisciplinary approaches particularly welcome in areas such as literature, music, performance and creative practice, modern languages, and linguistics. Topics may include but are not limited to: Utterance, verbal and non-verbal Metre, rhythm, and rhyme Timbre and voicing Pitch and tone Echo and imitation Song and lyric in performance and on the page Phonetics and phonology Soundscapes and sounds in place Orality and aurality Dialect and vernacularity Gossip, rumour and bruit Noise Sound media (including radio and film) Repetition and repetitiveness Silence and the absence of sound Please send abstracts of 250-300 words and a short biography to symposiumofsound2018@gmail.com by 14th June 2018.