Intraspeaker and interspeaker variability
The MTA–ELTE NYTK Lendület “Momentum” Neurophonetics Research Group and the ELTE Research Centre for Linguistics invite you to participate in the Intraspeaker and interspeaker variability Workshop, taking place 25–27 November, 2026.
The keynote speakers of the workshop are Anne Hermes, who will give a talk on speech coordination in relation to syllable structure, age, and disease-related effects, and Stefano Coretta, who will present on Bayesian multilevel modelling and the estimation of uncertainty in speaker variation.
The aim of the workshop is to present research addressing phonetic, phonological, or other linguistic aspects of spoken language that contributes to understanding and exploring inter-speaker and intra-speaker variability across different phenomena. We particularly welcome abstracts focusing on neuroatypical and pathological phonetic variability, while also encouraging submissions from researchers working on any aspect of speech variability. Accordingly, the workshop invites submissions—without claiming to be exhaustive—on the following topics:
- intra- and interspeaker variability
- short term phonetic variability
- longitudinal speech changes
- phonetic variability: articulation, acoustics, speech perception
- linguistic variability
- social and/or spatial variability of speech/language
- neurophonetic/neurolinguistic/pathological variation
- forensic speaker identification
- earwitness identification
- linguistic evidence
- speaker specific features in speech
- pathological variation
- speech type related variation
- other related topics
The workshop will take place in person at the ELTE Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 33 Benczúr Street, Budapest 1068, Hungary.
The working language of the conference will be English for the first two days, then Hungarian for the third (last) day. Presentations will be 20 minutes in length, followed by a 10-minute Q&A. There will be no poster session at the conference.
To apply, a 1+1-page abstract must be submitted (submission deadline: May 25, 2026: https://easyabs.linguistlist.org/conference/SpeakVar2026/). Following the workshop, a 4+1-page paper may be submitted for inclusion in the conference proceedings.
For general information visit https://speakvar.nytud.hu/. The specific information on submissions and deadlines are available: https://speakvar.nytud.hu/info/