phonetics and phonology * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * announcing : chiphon ' 99 ' new syntheses : multidisciplinary approaches to basic units of speech ' friday , april 23 , 1999 , at the university of chicago presented by the workshop on theory and data in speech research , in conjunction with cls 35 invited speakers : john ohala , university of california , berkeley joseph perkell , massachusetts institute of technology * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * in phonetic and phonological analyses , linguists define primitive units to advance their understanding of linguistic structure . these units have generally been used as starting points by studies of speech processing . at the same time , alternative lines of research , such as studies of the physiology and neurophysiology of speech production and perception , contribute additional information to our understanding of the mental representations of speech . this panel seeks to synthesize findings from linguistics and other fields which investigate linguistic behavior , to determine whether these findings can be used as evidence for a unified theory of the units of speech processing . we invite papers which address questions such as the following : 1 ) how do speech processing units mediate between universal and language-specific information ? do they account for isolated forms and connected speech phenomena equally well ? 2 ) how closely do the primitive units assumed by linguists match those assumed by researchers in other fields ? what is the source of the differences ? 3 ) are the units used to account for speech production equally successful in accounting for speech perception ? 4 ) how does evidence for linguistic primitives from speech and hearing pathologies , speech perturbations , l1 and l2 acquisition , psycholinguistics , and connectionist modeling , or other related fields , contribute to the above questions ? for further information : http : / / cas . uchicago . edu / workshop55 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * submission information : please submit ten copies of a one-page , 500 - word , anonymous abstract for a twenty-minute paper ( optionally , one additional page for data and / or references may be appended ) , along with a 3 " x 5 " card with : 1 . your name 2 . affiliation 3 . address , phone number , and email address 4 . title of paper 5 . an indication that the paper is intended for the chiphon panel the abstract should be as specific as possible , and it should clearly indicate the data covered , outline arguments presented , and include any broader implications of the work . an individual may present at most one single and one co-authored paper . authors must submit a camera-ready copy of the paper at the time of the conference in order to be considered for publication . only a selection of papers presented at cls 35 will be published . deadline for receipt of abstracts is february 1 , 1999 . send abstracts to : chicago linguistic society 1010 e . 59th street chicago , il 60637 ( 773 ) 702-8529 information on email submission and additional guidelines for abstracts may be obtained by visiting the cls website at http : / / humanities . uchicago . edu / humanities / cls / cls . html , by writing to the above address , or via email from cls @ diderot . uchicago . edu . * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *