Fonetik 2025
We are pleased to welcome you to the 35th edition of the annual Swedish Phonetics Conference, FONETIK 2025. This year’s conference features a special focus on Embodied Pronunciation Training, highlighted through events such as a lab demonstration (LiLa) and a keynote lecture by Dr. Florence Baills from the University of Lleida. The conference will be conducted in English and held exclusively as an in-person event.
1. Invited Talk – Dr. Florence Baills (University of Lleida):
"Embodied Pronunciation Training: Achievements and Challenges"
2. Lab Demonstration – LiLa (Linnaeus University Language, Cognition, and Culture Lab):
PhD student Federica Raschellà presents her ongoing experiment on embodied training for the Swedish length contrast.
3. Pre-Conference Event (May 20, 13.15-15.00, Fe3016) – Talk by Bosse Thorén (in Swedish): "Fonetik och fonologi i andraspråksdidaktiskt perspektiv – vilka uttalsdrag och vilken abstraktionsnivå ska pedagogen ta fasta på?"
Themes and submissions
The conference covers any aspect of phonetics and speech science. Scientific areas include, but are not limited to: phonetics, phonology, linguistics, computational linguistics, gesture studies, speech and language pathology, pronunciation teaching, voice research, music and singing, conversation analysis, psychology, cognitive science, speech and language technology, signal processing, machine learning...
Submissions by junior researchers, bachelor or master students, and/or researchers who have not yet been introduced to the FONETIK meeting are strongly encouraged!
Two types of submissions are possible: Abstract-only submissions and papers (up to 6 pages). As usual, there will be no peer review (enabling a rather late submission deadline), although we will request revisions of formal issues in case of significant deviations from the template.
Welcome to submit a paper or abstract by downloading and using this template:
Templates
Please find instructions for papers and abstracts in the template file.
Social events
As usual, we are planning to organize a reception on Wednesday, and a dinner on Thursday.
Important dates
- Pre-register for the conference: February 14, 2025, by e-mail to Gilbert.Ambrazaitis@lnu.se
- Last day for registration and submission deadline (abstract or 6p-paper – two options): April 21, 2025
Since the deadline for registration and submission is usually late, a (non-compulsory) pre-registration helps us to estimate the number of participants at an early stage.
So, if you, most likely, intend to participate, with or without contribution, please pre-register!
Travel Instructions: Getting from Växjö Train Station to Linnaeus University Campus
About Linnaeus University
Linnaeus University is a creative and international knowledge environment that promotes curiosity, creativity, companionship and utility. More than 44,000 students are registered at Linnaeus University.
Linnaeus University is located in Växjö and Kalmar and offers 150 degree programmes and 1,300 single-subject courses. Linnaeus University was e
stablished in 2010 through a merger between Växjö University and Kalmar University College.
With some 2,100 employees and 44,000 students it is a modern university with Småland as its base and the world as its arena. Studying and working at Linnaeus University involves being part of an environment that is characterised by knowledge and development. Students acquire new knowledge and learn to have a critical approach. Researchers make new discoveries that can bring change to our society. Employees share stories of a workplace with both challenges and opportunities. Linnaeus University is a university where people can reach their full potential.
A sustainable event
This conference is a sustainability-assured meeting in accordance with Linnaeus University’s guidelines for sustainable events. These guidelines are linked to the 17 global goals in Agenda 2030 and comprise the three dimensions of sustainable development: the economic, the social, and the environmental.
Learn more about Linnaeus University's sustainable events here.