Congreso, coloquio o simposio

The International Conference on Phonetic Variation: Diversity within and across Languages (ICPhoV) will be held at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Granada (Spain) from Monday 19th until Wednesday 21st January 2026.

This conference will provide a forum for the presentation and discussion of research on different issues related to phonetic variation within and across languages. The papers presented at the conference will cover a wide range of topics (e.g., dialectology, cross-linguistic variation), methodological approaches (e.g., experimental phonetics, theoretical analyses, interdisciplinary research), and perspectives (e.g., synchronic analyses, language change through time); this list is by no means exhaustive and other topics, approaches, and perspectives are welcome, as long as the focus of the study is phonetic variation.

ICPhoV aims to celebrate phonetic diversity. Submissions on under-studied languages or language varieties are particularly welcome.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

• Production and perception of phonetic variation
• Phonetic variation and language contact
• Sociophonetic variation
• Regional phonetic variation
• Prosodic variation
• Phonetic variation and language change
• Phonetic variation in second language acquisition
• Technological and computational approaches to phonetic variation
• Phonetic variation and speech disorders
• Cross-linguistic phonetic variation
• Phonetic variation in child language development
• Forensic and applied perspectives on phonetic variation
• Multimodality and phonetic variation
• Phonetic variation, cultural heritage, and archival research
• Prosodic variation in media and speech
• Phonetic variation and psycholinguistics
• Historical analyses of phonetic variation

Submissions close on Sunday 1st June 2025 at 23:59 Madrid time.

Notification of acceptance will be sent in late July 2025.

Further details, including important dates, registration details, and preliminary programme, can be found on https://blogs.ugr.es/icphov/

Preparing your submission

Presentations will be 20-minutes long, followed by a 10-minute discussion. Papers must be written and presented in English. Submissions are limited to two per author and they can be individual or joint. ICPhoV will be an in-person event, so at least one author per paper must register and present at the conference.

Each submission can be up to three pages long, with the third reserved exclusively for references and acknowledgments. Papers should be written in Times New Roman size 12, with single line spacing, and margins of at least 2.5 cm. Figures and tables can be included in the submission; please include a caption under each figure and table in Times New Roman size 10.

In line with our double-blind review process, ICPhoV submissions must be anonymised. Please upload your submission as a PDF (anonymised) and as a Word document (not anonymised).

Accepted submissions will be included in an electronic booklet, which will be available for download prior to the conference. Please use the template below for your submission. Some of the formatting might not display properly in this email. Please, check the conference website for clearer details on formatting.

Title

Author (removed in the PDF)

Affiliation (removed in the PDF)

Email (removed in the PDF)

Abstract

Between 50 and 400 words. Please refrain from citing works in the abstract.

Keywords: max 5, max 5, max 5, max 5, max5.

We recommend using the following structure for the rest of the submission. However, authors are invited to organise their submission differently if they prefer. The abstract and the sections below should fit within two pages. The third page is only for references and acknowledgements. 

Please do not leave lines between paragraphs. Instead, insert a 0.5-cm indent in the first line of every paragraph which is not after a heading, a table, or a figure.

1. Introduction and background

Text

1.1. Subsection (if any)

Text

1.1.1. Subsection (if any)

Text

2. Methodology

Text

2.1. Subsection (if any)

Text

2.1.1. Subsection (if any)

Text

3. Results

Text

4. Discussion and conclusion 

Text

5. References

In-text citations

As Author (Year) explains, …

As Author (Year: first page-last page) explains, … (include pages for books).

As Author1 & Author2 (Year) explain…

As Author1 et al. (Year) explain…

… (Author Year).

… (Author Year: first page-last page) (include pages for books).

… (Author1 & Author2 Year).

… (Author1 et al. Year).

If there are more than two authors, use “et al.” after the first author’s surname for in-text citations but include all names in the references.

Articles

Surname, Name. Year. Title of article. Journal, Volume(Issue), First page-last page.

Surname1, Name1 & Surname2, Name2. Year. Title of article. Journal, Volume(Issue), First page-last page.

Book

Surname, Name. Year. Title. Place of publication: Publisher.

Surname1, Name1 & Surname2, Name2. Year. Title. Place of publication: Publisher.

Book chapters and conference proceedings

Surname, Name. Year. Title of the chapter. In N1, Surname1 & N2, Surname 2 (eds.), Title of the book (First page-last page). Place of publication: Publisher.

Computer programs or online publications

Surname1, Name1 & Surname2, Name2. Year. Name of software or publication Version. URL. Accessed on DD/MM/YYYY.

Submissions should be uploaded via this link https://forms.gle/4cKL7EzN4RKaKPCy8

For further information, you can email the organising committee on icphov2026@gmail.com

Alfredo Herrero de Haro (chair), Department of Spanish Language, Universidad de Granada

Daniel M. Sáez Rivera, Department of Spanish Language, Universidad de Granada

María Heredia Mantis, Department of Spanish Language, Universidad de Granada

Rocío Cruz Ortiz, Department of Spanish Language, Universidad de Granada

Antonio Manjón-Cabeza Cruz, Department of Spanish Language, Universidad de Granada

Doina Repede, Department of Spanish Language, Universidad de Granada

Amina Naciri-Azzouz, Department of Semitic Studies, Universidad de Granada

Radka Svetozarovová, Department of Spanish Language, Universidad de Granada

María Cardenete, Department of Spanish Language, Linguistics, and Literary Theory, Universidad de Sevilla

Valentina Colonna, Department of Linguistics and Literary Theory, Universidad de Granada