sound patterns spontaneous speech sposs sound patterns spontaneous speech production perception aix en provence france 2425 26 september 1998 european speech communication association esca identified area sound patterns spontaneous speech important area current research esca workshop organised aix en provence focus contributions describe explain spontaneous speech processes perception word phrase sentence level wide variety languages workshop theme last decades descriptions spontaneous speech mainly focused reduction assimilation speech segments adjacent segment reduction assimilatory processes spontaneous speech products gesture economy physical constraints also constrained phonetic phonological prosodic specificities languages dialects therefore workshop aimed contributing description understanding production perception spontaneous speech processes various languages workshop centred around following topics acoustic articulatory analysis spontaneousspeech processes prosodic information spontaneousspeech processes perception reduction assimilatory processes modelling format workshop international workshop within limited number active participants e priority given persons accepted papers session introduced tutorial presentation invited expert papers presented plenary sessions time demonstration discussion papers presented poster sessions followed plenary discussions workshop site sposs take place conference centre located area aix en provence ten minute drive aix en provence bus transportation centre provided every day detailed logistic information distributed registered participants proceedings languages contributions workshop published workshop proceedings available participants time workshop new french law loi toubon requires include french abstracts official languages workshop english french registration fees fee workshop including proceedings lunches bus tranportation conference centre sposs reception 1700 ff 300 ff reduction esca members students certificate status pay 750 ff 100 ff reduction esca student members registration non esca members includes complementary membership 1998 important dates march 31 1998 preliminary registration deadline submission title abstract may 15 1998 notification acceptance imstructions authors information accomodation september 1 1998 imperative deadline early registration 4 page cameraready paper september 10 1998 preliminary program emailed september 2425 26 worshop european speech communication association esca esca nonprofit organisation promoting speech communication science technology european context limited number grants participation available information available though email esca icp inpg fr hrrp ophale icp inpg fr esca international scientific committee andrew butcher aust olle engstrand sw wolfgang hess ger klaus kohler ger florien koopmans van beinum ned bjorn lindblom sw joaquim llisterri sp francis nolan uk john ohala usa louis pols ned willy serniclaes bel jacqueline vaissiere fr organising committee danielle duez lpl bernard teston lpl marie helene casanovarossi lpl annie rival lpl martin brousseau lpl worshop secretariat correspondence concerning workshop please use following address sposs att danielle duez laboratoire parole et langage cnrs esa6057 universite de provence 29 avenue robert shuman 13621 aix en provence france phone 33 04 42 95 36 23 fax 33 04 42 59 50 96 email sposs lpl univaix fr furteher information sent preliminary registerd participants updated information also available http www lpl univaix fr