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Phonology at the interfaces
Phonology at the interfaces
International Workshop
July 1–2, 2027 | Universitat de Barcelona
Invited speakers
Donca Steriade · Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Patrycja Strycharczuk · University of Manchester
We invite abstracts for an international workshop on phonology and its interfaces with phonetics and morphosyntax. The workshop will explore how phonetic and morphosyntactic evidence informs phonological theory, and how phonological principles constrain the form and distribution of morphemes and words. It will bring together researchers working on phonological theory and linguistic variation for two days of presentations and discussion (1st-2nd July, 2027) in Barcelona.
The workshop is organized within Subproject 1 of GIAVA, Grammar and its interfaces: architecture, variation and applications (PID2023-150846NB-C31). This subproject investigates the interaction of phonology with phonetics and morphosyntax, using variation within and across languages to test hypotheses about phonological representations and the organization of grammar.
Scope and research questions
How do articulatory and perceptual factors shape phonological patterns? How does morphosyntactic structure condition the realization and domains of application of phonological patterns? Conversely, how do phonological requirements influence the form, distribution, and ordering of morphemes and words? These and related questions invite a closer examination of the representations and mechanisms that connect sound and grammatical structure.
A central focus of interest in our project is the role of prosodic structure in mediating these interactions, together with the evidence that can distinguish prosodic accounts from alternative analyses. We are particularly interested in contributions that use variation within and across languages to test competing predictions about the architecture of grammar.
The workshop welcomes research on all languages, with particular interest in Catalan, Spanish, and other Romance languages, but studies on other languages are welcome. Theoretical, experimental, corpus-based, computational, and typological contributions are welcome, including work in Optimality Theory and Harmonic Grammar and research developed in other frameworks.
Organizers
Clàudia Pons-Moll (UB)
Violeta Martínez-Paricio (UV)
Xevi Pujol-Molist (UB)
Carla Molas (UB)
Topics of interest
We particularly welcome contributions on the following topics.
- Prosodic structure and morphosyntax. Prosodic constituency and recursion, the mapping between syntactic and prosodic structure, and the domains of phonological processes, including clitic constructions.
- Prosodic weight and rhythm. The contribution of prosodic weight and rhythm to word order, binomials, and fixed expressions; metrical structure, word size, truncation, and evidence from verse.
- Phonetic variation and phonological representation. Gradience and categoricity, articulatory and perceptual conditioning, and the relationship between phonetic implementation and phonological generalizations.
- Vowel phenomena and their domains. Harmony, reduction, neutralization, diphthongs, and hiatus, with attention to prosodic and morphological conditioning and the interaction of phonetic and grammatical factors.
- Morphophonology and grammatical contrasts. Cliticization, the phonological realization of grammatical gender, and the interaction between sound patterns, morphological paradigms, and their development.
- Loanword adaptation and linguistic change. The preservation and adaptation of contrasts, the roles of phonetic and phonological similarity, and evidence from dialect variation, language contact, acquisition, and change.
Publication
A selection of papers presented at the workshop will be published in Catalan Journal of Linguistics, following the journal’s peer-review process. Selected contributors will be invited to submit full manuscripts; final acceptance will depend on peer review and editorial assessment.
Catalan Journal of Linguistics is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal published by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. It publishes research on theoretical linguistics and the formal study of languages, including thematic volumes addressing specific grammatical questions. Its scope encompasses a wide range of languages and grammatical domains. The journal is indexed in Scopus and the Emerging Sources Citation Index (Web of Science).
Abstract submission
Please submit an anonymous abstract in English as a PDF, no longer than one page including examples, and figures, using 11-point type and margins of at least 2.5 cm. Abstracts should state the research question, data and methods, main findings, and theoretical contribution. Oral presentations will last 20 minutes, followed by 10 minutes for discussion.
Submission link: [to be added]
Contact: claudia.pons@ub.edu
Important dates
Abstract submission deadline: January 31, 2027, 23:59 CET
Notification of acceptance: March 15, 2027
Presenter registration deadline: May 15, 2027
Workshop: July 1–2, 2027
Full papers submission deadline: October 1, 2027 [to be confirmed]
Scientific committee
Birgit Alber (Free University of Bozen-Bolzano)
Eulàlia Bonet (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Teresa Cabré (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Jenna Conklin (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)
Mirella De Sisto (Tilburg University)
Gorka Elordieta (University of the Basque Country)
Silke Hamman (University of Amsterdam)
Ricard Herrero (Universitat de València)
Pavel Iosad (University of Edinburgh)
Jesús Jiménez (Universitat de València)
Nick Kalivoda (University West)
Yuni Kim (University of Surrey)
Martin Krämer (UiT The Arctic University of Norway)
Andrew Lamont (University College London)
Maria-Rosa Lloret (Universitat de Barcelona)
Violeta Martínez-Paricio (Universitat de València)
Andrew Nevins (University College London)
Maria Ohannesian (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Clàudia Pons-Moll (Universitat de Barcelona)
Pilar Prieto (Universitat Pompeu Fabra)
Daniel Recasens (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Kevin Ryan (Harvard University)
Donca Steriade (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
Patrycja Strycharczuk (University of Manchester)
Nina Topintzi (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens)
Francesc Torres-Tamarit (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona)
Danielle Turton (Lancaster University)
M. del Mar Vanrell (Universistat de les Illes Balears)
Chao Zhou (University of Lisbon)