The Carleton Linguistics Program is very pleased to announce the second colloquium of the Carleton Linguistics Colloquium Series.
The Cognitive Representation of Social Stratification in Phonology
Professor Benjamin Munson
Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Department
University of Minnesota
Friday, 16 April 2010, Leighton 304, 4:00 pm
Pronunciation is highly variable. Much of this variation reflects attributes about speakers, both in terms of macrosociological categories like gender, age, and sexuality, and of local norms relating to stances, personal identities, and social groupings. My research examines how people learn these systematic associations, and how listeners exploit them in perception. This talk will focus principally on the acquisition and processing of phonetic variation related to gender and sexuality.
All are welcome to attend a reception which will follow the talk.
Through this series of colloquia, the Linguistics Program will host two public talks per term. Expect to hear about a wide range of cutting-edge scholarly research, both within the field of linguistics narrowly defined as well as that which transcends traditional disciplinary boundaries. Expect to hear from talented and respected researchers in all fields, both within and without the Carleton community, whose work pertains in some way to linguistics.
All talks in this series will be held on Friday afternoons at 4:00 pm. Keep an eye on this space for information about upcoming colloquia in our series. If you have any questions or suggestions, please contact Cati Fortin (cfortin).