The Association for Laboratory Phonology is a non-profit organization. The purpose of the association is to promote the scientific study of all aspects of the phonetics and phonology of spoken and signed languages through scholarly exchange across disciplines. The association is an international body open to scholars world-wide, and is committed to the advancement and diffusion of knowledge on the phonetics and phonology of all human languages.
Conference
The Association conference is the biennial LabPhon series that began in 1987. LabPhon18 will be hosted June 30 - July 2, 2022 by Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, with the theme "Where speech sounds meet the architecture of the grammar and beyond". More information will be posted as it becomes available.
Journal
The Association journal Laboratory Phonology is published in online only open-access format by Ubiquity Press, with support of the Linguistics in Open Access foundation (LingOA) and the Open Library of Humanities (OLH).
Volumes 1-6 of the journal are freely available via the Mouton de Gruyter website.
The journal is listed in the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ) and it also is a member of the Free Journal Network.
Announcements
The Association is delighted to announce that LabPhon18 will be hosted June 30 - July 2, 2022 by Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
The Association is very pleased to announce dramatically reduced membership rates for researchers from most countries ($40 full, free for students, see membership page for more details), to increase opportunities for collaboration in the labora
The programme for the virtual conference LabPhon 17 is now out - see the conference website for details!
In light of Covid-19 related travel disruption and social distancing measures, LabPhon17 will be held entirely online, with free registration for LabPhon members - see the LabPhon17 website for further updates.
Interested in childcare options at LabPhon17? Contact labphon.17@ubc.ca.
Registration for LabPhon17 is now open - also book your accommodation now to take advantage of discounted rates.
Paper notifications for LabPhon17 are out. Some satellite events are still accepting abstracts - see here for details.
Call for Papers – Special Collection on “Phonological Categories: Identification, representation, implementation”
Guest editors: Barbara Gili Fivela, Cinzia Avesani, Michelina Savino
Call for papers
