The biennial Conference on Laboratory Phonology brings together researchers across the many relevant disciplines to present work on the phonological patterns and structures of natural languages. All oral paper sessions are plenary, and are organized to promote discussion across the disciplines. Each session groups together invited and submitted talks on a conference theme and ends with a talk by an invited discussant followed by an open discussion by the entire conference audience. Since the second conference in 1989, there have also been one or more poster sessions, which also are plenary, and there have been satellite events such as parasessions and workshops at some of the conferences as well.
Next Conference: LabPhon20
LabPhon20 (2026), TBA
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Past Conferences
- LabPhon19 (2024), Seoul, Korea
- The 19th Conference on Laboratory Phonology took place at the Hanyang Institute for Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language (HIPCS), Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea, 27-29 June, 2024.
- LabPhon18 (2022), Online
- The 18th Conference on Laboratory Phonology was run as an on-line conference, organised by an international team, 23-25 June, 2022.
- LabPhon17 (2020), Vancouver, Canada
- The 17th Conference on Laboratory Phonology was run as an on-line conference by the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, 6-8 July 2020
- LabPhon16 (2018), Lisbon, Portugal
- The 16th Conference on Laboratory Phonology took place at Universidade de Lisboa in Lisbon, Portugal, 19-22 June 2018.
- LabPhon15 (2016), Ithaca, New York
- Conference web site.
- Satellite workshops on:
- Tools for big data in laboratory phonology
- Speech dynamics, social meaning, and phonological categories
- Dynamics and representation of turbulent sounds
- Exploring speech planning and production in children
- Reduction
- Higher-order structure in speech variability: phonetic/phonological covariation and talker adaptation
- Holistic phonological representations and their uses
- Perspectives on marginal contrasts
- LabPhon14 (2014), Tokyo, Japan
- Conference web site
- Satellite workshop on Gestural Coordination Within and Between Speakers in First Language Phonological Acquisition
- For pdf archive of web site click here
- LabPhon13 (2012), Stuttgart, Germany
- For pdf archive of web site click here
- To see photos from the LabPhon13 conference click here
- Satellite symposium on Phonological and phonetic competence: Between grammar, signal processing, and neural activity.
- Satellite workshop on Advancing Prosodic Transcription for Spoken Language Science and Technology
- LabPhon12 (2010), Albuquerque, NM, USA
- For pdf archive of web site click here
- LabPhon11 (2008), Wellington, New Zealand
- For pdf archive of web site click here
- LabPhon10 (2006), Paris, France
- LabPhon9 (2004), Urbana, IL, USA
- For pdf archive of web site click here
- LabPhon8 (2002), New Haven, CT, USA
- For pdf archive of web site click here
- LabPhon7 (2000), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- For pdf archive of web site click here
- LabPhon6 (1998), York, UK
- LabPhon5 (1996), Evanston, IL, USA
- LabPhon4 (1993), Oxford, UK
- LabPhon3 (1991), Los Angeles, CA, USA
- LabPhon2 (1989), Edinburgh, UK
- LabPhon1 (1987), Columbus, OH, USA