Nordic Prosody

Nordic Prosody is a recurring conference series and research network dedicated to the study of prosody in the Nordic languages and beyond.
This website serves as the organisational home of the Nordic Prosody conference series. It is available for use by conference organisers and will gradually be expanded with historical information.

Upcoming conference

Nordic Prosody XIV — Stockholm,

Host
Dept. of Speech, Music and Hearing (TMH), KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Dates
Organisers
Jens Edlund, Christina Tånnander, Eva Liina Asu
Invited speakers
Julia Hirschberg (Columbia University); Tomas Riad (Stockholm University)
Website
npxiv.nordicprosody.org

Conference history

Nordic Prosody XIII — Sønderborg,

Host
University of Southern Denmark / Centre for Industrial Electronics
Dates
Editors
Oliver Niebuhr, Melissa Svensson Lundmark
Publisher
Sciendo / de Gruyter, 2023
ISBN
978-83-66675-72-8
Pages
273
Open access
reference-global.com/book/9788366675728 (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0)
Proceedings
Open access (Sciendo/de Gruyter)

Papers

  1. Articulation of prosody and rhythm: Some possible applications to language teaching — Donna Erickson, Oliver Niebuhr (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-001)
  2. Suprasegmental phonology in Danish word formation — Ruben Schachtenhaufen (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-002)
  3. Processing Danish nouns with stød-alternating stems — Christophe Zerakitsky Vies, Sabine Gosselke Berthelsen (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-003)
  4. Creak Rate Variation in Individual Speakers of Finnish — Michael L. O'Dell, Tommi Nieminen, Liisa Mustanoja (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-004)
  5. Typology, chronology, and phonetic mechanisms of Finnic secondary gemination in light of Soikkola Ingrian acoustic data — Natalia Kuznetsova (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-005)
  6. Multi-tracking TTS for the development and post hoc interpretation of neural TTS — Christina Tånnander, David House, Jens Edlund (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-006)
  7. Acoustic characteristics of Estonian plosive bursts — Liis Ermus (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-007)
  8. Towards Lithuanian Intonation Annotation — Regina Sabonytė, Asta Kazlauskienė (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-008)
  9. The intonation of declaratives, polar questions and wh-questions in two varieties of Faroese — Nicole Dehé, Moritz Jakob, Meike Rommel, Christiane Ulbrich (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-009)
  10. Interaction of fundamental frequency contour and segment duration in the production and perception of Norwegian — Wim A. van Dommelen (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-010)
  11. Cooperative aspects in a multi-talker interview scenario — Angelika Hönemann (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-011)
  12. Polar question intonation in Russian speech from Moscow and Perm — Margje Post, Bistra Andreeva (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-012)
  13. The two odd ones out among the North and the West Germanic languages — Georgi Dimitrov (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-013)
  14. How to pause in charismatic speeches: A case study of Barack Obama — Elina Banzina, Oliver Niebuhr (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-014)
  15. "And miles to go before…" – Are vocal-effort levels in speech adjusted to VR communication distances? — Katharina Selck, Till Albert, Oliver Niebuhr (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-015)
  16. Voice quality: Interactions among F0, vowel quality, phonation mode and pharyngeal narrowing — Kerrie Obert, Jihyeon Yun, Donna Erickson, Matthew Reeve, Helen Rowson, Klaus Møller (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-016)
  17. Investigating and comparing remote recording methods — Stephanie Berger, Jana Neitsch (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-017)
  18. Vocal tract length effects on glottal source: An essay into voice quality — Yongwei Li, Donna Erickson, Kerrie Obert, David Philips, Feng Li (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-018)
  19. Vowel quality and voice quality effects on spectral parameters: a pilot study — Alexsandro R. Meireles (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-019)
  20. How am I reading? Using a chatbot to evaluate prosodic cues in Italian L2 — Valentina De Iacovo, Marco Palena, Antonio Romano (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-020)
  21. The prosody of Seamus Heaney: a phonetic study on some original readings — Valentina Colonna, Antonio Romano (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-021)
  22. A Road Map for the Development of Teaching Material on Scandinavian Prosody — Maria Alm, Åsa Abelin, Jardar Eggesbø Abrahamsen, Egil Albertsen, Jacques Koreman, Oliver Niebuhr, Kerstin Fischer (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-022)
  23. Segmental articulations across prosodic levels — Malin Svensson Lundmark, Johan Frid (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-023)
  24. The multimodal nature of prominence: some directions for the study of the relation between gestures and pitch accents — Gilbert Ambrazaitis, David House (DOI 10.2478/9788366675728-024)

Nordic Prosody XII — Trondheim,

Host
NTNU
Dates
Editors
Jardar Eggesbø Abrahamsen, Jacques Koreman, Wim A. van Dommelen
Publisher
Peter Lang, 2017
ISBN
978-3-631-72352-4
Pages
194
Papers
16
Proceedings
Peter Lang (paywalled)

Nordic Prosody XI — Tartu,

Host
University of Tartu
Dates
Editors
Eva Liina Asu, Pärtel Lippus
Publisher
Peter Lang, 2013
ISBN
978-3-631-64427-0
Pages
434
Papers
42
Keynotes
Carlos Gussenhoven (Radboud University / Queen Mary); Oliver Niebuhr (Kiel)
Proceedings
Peter Lang (paywalled)

Nordic Prosody X — Helsinki,

Host
University of Helsinki
Dates
Editors
Martti Vainio, Reijo Aulanko, Olli Aaltonen
Publisher
Peter Lang, 2009
ISBN
978-3-631-59552-7
Pages
298
Papers
25
Proceedings
Peter Lang (paywalled)

Nordic Prosody IX — Lund,

Host
Lund University
Dates
Editors
Gösta Bruce, Merle Horne
Publisher
Peter Lang, 2006
ISBN
978-3-631-53744-2
Pages
286
Papers
26
Proceedings
Peter Lang (paywalled)

Nordic Prosody VIII — Trondheim,

Host
NTNU
Dates
Editors
Wim A. van Dommelen, Thorstein Fretheim
Publisher
Peter Lang, 2001
ISBN
978-3-631-38491-6
Pages
266
Papers
19
Proceedings
Peter Lang (paywalled)

Nordic Prosody VII — Joensuu,

Host
University of Joensuu
Dates
Editors
Phol Werner
Publisher
Peter Lang, 1998
ISBN
978-3-631-32713-5

Nordic Prosody VI — Stockholm,

Host
TMH / KTH
Editors
Björn Granström, Lennart Nord
Publisher
Almqvist & Wiksell International, 1992
Pages
212

Nordic Prosody V — Turku,

Host
University of Turku, Dept. of Phonetics
Dates
Editors
Kari Wiik, Ilkka Raimo
Publisher
University of Turku Phonetics, 1990
ISBN
978-951-880-474-4
Pages
365

Nordic Prosody IV — Middelfart,

Host
Odense University
Editors
Frans Gregersen, Hans Basbøll
Publisher
Odense University Press, 1986
Pages
192

Nordic Prosody III — Umeå,

Host
Umeå University
Dates
Editors
Claes-Christian Elert, Sigbritt Johansson, Eva Strangert
Publisher
Almqvist & Wiksell / Acta Universitatis Umensis, 1984
Pages
244

Nordic Prosody II — Trondheim,

Host
University of Trondheim
Editors
Thorstein Fretheim
Publisher
Tapir, 1981
Pages
249

Nordic Prosody I — Lund,

Host
Lund University, Dept. of Linguistics
Editors
Eva Gårding, Gösta Bruce, Robert Bannert
Publisher
Lund University (Travaux de l'Institut de Linguistique de Lund, Vol. 13), 1979
Pages
301