Call for Papers - HISPhonCog
Call for Papers for HISPhonCog 2026 (22-23 May, Seoul)
Hanyang International Symposium on Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language 2026 (22-23, May, 2026)
Deadline for abstract submission: TBA
- Theme: Speech Across the Lifespan: From Early Acquisition to Skilled Interaction
- Dates: 22-23 May, 2026
- Venue: HIT, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea
HIPCS (Hanyang Institute for Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language), together with Department of English Language and Literature, holds its 4th annual international symposium on current issues on phonetics and cognitive sciences of language (HISPhonCog) 2026 on 22-23 May, 2026.
A special theme for HISPhonCog 2026 is ‘speech Across the Lifespan: From Early Acquisition to Skilled Interaction.'
Over the past decades, research on speech has increasingly highlighted the importance of a lifespan perspective. Speech is not a static capacity acquired once in childhood but a continuously developing system shaped by motor growth, social interaction, and cognitive maturation. From the earliest stages of acquisition, children’s developing motor control, perceptual attunement, sensitivity to linguistic regularities, and prosodic patterning intertwine to establish the foundations of linguistic communicative competence. As individuals mature, these skills expand into more complex forms of interaction, supporting nuanced communication, pragmatic adaptation, and stylistic variation. At the same time, speech across the lifespan reveals vulnerabilities: atypical developmental pathways, age-related changes in motor or cognitive systems, the demands of second-language use, and neurocognitive conditions all offer windows into the mechanisms linking phonetics, phonology, and broader communicative functions. Prosody and fine phonetic detail emerge as central, linking speech production and perception with motor skill, linguistic structure, and social cognition. HISPhonCog 2026 invites contributions that address these interrelated perspectives. We particularly welcome studies examining the linguistic and cognitive functions of fine phonetic detail as they manifest in speech development, skilled interaction in adulthood, and variation across typical and atypical populations. Submissions from articulatory, perceptual, sociolinguistic, and neurocognitive approaches, in both native and non-native contexts, are encouraged.
Invited speakers and titles
- Megha Sundara (University of California, Los Angeles, United States)
TBA
- Benjamin Munson (University of Minnesota Twin Cities, United States)
TBA
- Sam Kirkham (Lancaster University, United Kingdom)
TBA
- Amalia Arvaniti (Radboud University, Netherlands)
TBA
- Patrick Wong (Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong)
TBA
- Cathi Best (Western Sydney University, Austrailia)
TBA
- Jason Bishop (City University of New York, United States)
TBA
- Meghan Sumner (Stanford University, United States)
TBA
Special Issue to be published in a journal (newly updated)
- Oral presentations (including invited talks) and a limited number of selected posters (related to the themes of the conference under the rubric of linguistic/cognitive functions of fine phonetic detail) will be invited to submit a full manuscript to be considered further for a possible inclusion in a Special Issue in a peer-reviewed international journal.
- The target journal: Journal of Phonetics
- (tentative) Guest editors: T. Cho, S. Kim & H. Mitterer
- If you wish to have your paper considered for the special issue, regardless of whether your paper is selected for oral presentation or not, please indicate your intention when you submit an abstract through Easy Chair.
- We will also consider non-conference papers on the theme, even if they are not to be presented at the conference. In such a case, please send a two-page abstract (including figures and references within the two page limit) to Taehong Cho at tcho@hanyang.ac.kr by February 10.
- Deadline of submission of full invited/selected papers (for a special issue): July 30, 2023. (This deadline will be strictly enforced.)
- Note that each selected paper will undergo standard editorial/review processes which may eventually lead to its exclusion (rejection).
*Free accommodation for international participants (newly updated)
- We are very pleased to announce that we have succeeded in securing some budget to provide a free hotel room for up to 3 nights (two single beds to be shared by two conference participants) for international presenters (including both students and non-students) affiliated with a foreign institute/university, travelling from abroad. (Up to one co-author, who is traveling together with the presenter and actually attending the conference, will be eligible to share the room with the presenter or someone else upon prior approval.)
Free registration
- Free banquet, free munches for breakfast, free refreshments and a free conference handbook
Note for Lunch: Attendees will have to pay (optionally) for lunches (10 USD or equivalent in KRW for each lunch) at the time of arrival. (The detail will be provided along with registration.)
Free Registration by April 10
- Pre-registration should be made by no later than April 10, 2023 to be guaranteed for accommodation subsidy (for international presenters) and free registration (for all foreign and domestic participants and audience).
- A pre-registration form that arrives after April 10 may still be considered for free registration, depending on the budget and availability. Please contact us at hanyang.hipcs@gmail.com if you miss the deadline but still would like to register in advance.
- On-site registration will be possible for small fees, but with no guarantee for lunches and banquet admission.
- For further information about how to register, please check the website later.
Abstract Submission Instruction: by February 10 (EasyChair)
- A PDF file of a two-page abstract (single-spaced with 12 pt font size *without* a list of authors’ names and their affiliations) should be submitted through EasyChair by February 10, 2023.
- URL for EasyChair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=hisphoncog2023
- The submission system will be open on November 15.
Workshop Proposal
- We set aside May 25 (Thursday), 2023 (the day before the main conference) for one or two possible satellite workshops.
- We will provide rooms and light refreshments free of charge with support of our onsite personnel.
- If you are interested, please contact Taehong Cho directly at tcho@hanyang.ac.kr. The proposal will be welcome until the two slots are filled.
- Deadline for a proposal for Satellite Workshop: *January 31, 2023.
Timeline
-(Deadline for a workshop proposal: January 31, 2023)
-Deadline of submission of a two-page long abstract: February 15, 2023 (*updated*)
-Notification of Acceptance: No later than March 10, 2023
-Free Registration with free accommodation: No later than April 10, 2023
-Satellite Workshop (if organized): May 25, 2023
-Symposium dates: May 26-27, 2023
-(Post-symposium scientific committee meeting (organizers and invited speakers only): May 28, 2023)
-(Submission of invited/selected papers to a special issue: July 30, 2023)
Local Organizing Committee
- Taehong Cho (Chair, HIPCS, Hanyang University, Seoul)
- Sahyang Kim (Co-Chair, Hongik University & HIPCS, Seoul)
- Sang-Im Lee-Kim (Secretary, HIPCS, Hanyang University, Seoul)
- Say Young Kim (HIPCS, Hanyang University, Seoul)
- Jiyoung Lee (graduate student conference manager, HIPCS)
- Eunhwan Lee (administrative staff, HIPCS)
Contact: hanyang.hipcs@gmail.com
Organizing Bodies of HISPhonCog
- HIPCS (Hanyang Institute for Phonetics and Cognitive Sciences of Language)
- CRC for Articulatory DB and Cognitive Sciences
- Department of English Language and Literature, Hanyang University