Workshop on sociolectal and dialectal prosodic variation: Amherst, MA - October 11-13, 2018

韵律学描述了语言的音乐方面，如音高，措辞和节奏。在过去的40年里，我们已经了解了很多关于说话者如何用韵律来表达语言意义的信息：韵律线索有助于听者更好地理解说话者，对儿童学习语言尤其重要。然而，在许多语言领域，大多数韵律研究都集中在大多数语言和方言，以及在社会结构中掌握权力的发言人。资助研讨会的目标是多样化的韵律研究的语言和方言正在调查，以及影响韵律变化的社会结构。研讨会将汇集韵律研究人员和研究人员探讨社会学变化在韵律中的作用，特别关注研究不足的方言和濒危语言，以及基于性别和性的个体差异。受邀演讲者将（i）提出他们认为韵律研究特别有益的问题和领域，（ii）教授韵律研究人员在这些领域进行研究所需的知识，（iii）分享他们与更广泛公众接触的经验，围绕研究不足和濒危语言，语言偏见和科学交叉性等问题。除了受邀演讲者的演讲，还将举办更多的讲座和两次海报展示会，重点介绍与特别会议专题以及更广泛的韵律专题有关的工作。一个以非洲裔美国人英语韵律为中心的卫星研讨会将汇集与会者，共同分析数据集，讨论共享数据资源的发展和特殊的方法考虑，如韵律转录的挑战。该奖项反映了NSF的法定使命，并被认为是值得通过使用基金会的智力价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估的支持。

Prosody describes the musical aspects of language, like pitch, phrasing, and rhythm. Over the past 40 years, we've learned a great deal about how speakers signal language meaning with prosody: Prosodic cues help listeners better understand their speaker and are especially important for children learning language. However, as in many language fields, the majority of studies of prosody have focused on majority languages and dialects and on speakers who hold power in social structures. The goal of the funded workshop is to diversify prosody research in terms of the languages and dialects being investigated, as well as the social structures that influence prosodic variation. The workshop will bring together prosody researchers and researchers exploring the role of sociological variation in prosody, with a specific focus on understudied dialects and endangered languages, and individual differences based on gender and sexuality. Invited speakers will (i) raise what questions and areas they think would especially benefit from prosodic research, (ii) teach prosody researchers what they need to know to do research in these areas, and (iii) share insights from their experience engaging with the broader public around issues of understudied and endangered languages, linguistic bias, and intersectionality in science.In addition to talks from invited speakers, there will be additional talks, and two poster sessions, highlighting work related to the special session topic and to topics in prosody more generally. A satellite workshop centered on African-American English prosody will bring together participants to contribute analyses of common data sets and discuss the development of shared data resources and special methodological considerations such as challenges in prosodic transcription.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.