20 years of the MFM, 20 years of phonology

Patrick Honeybone, Koen Sebregts, Marton SoskuthyPatrick Honeybone, Marton Soskuthy, Koen SebregtsKoen Sebregts, Patrick Honeybone, Marton SoskuthyKoen Sebregts, Marton Soskuthy, Patrick HoneyboneMarton Soskuthy, Koen Sebregts, Patrick HoneyboneMarton Soskuthy, Patrick Honeybone, Koen Sebregts

24 May 2012

20 years of MFM

1993: the first MFM

20 years of MFM

1993: the first MFM

! held every year in Manchester at Hulme Hall

20 years of MFM

1993: the first MFM

! held every year in Manchester at Hulme Hall

! small, mainly local conference → the biggest phonologyconferences in the world

20 years of MFM

! 684 different presenters

20 years of MFM

! total length of talks:17,775 mins = 296 hours = 12 days

20 years of MFM

! total length of talks:17,775 mins = 296 hours = 12 days

× 2

20 years of MFM

! total length of talks:17,775 mins = 296 hours = 12 days

× 2

! average lifespan of a worker ant (!)

20 years of MFM

! total length of talks:17,775 mins = 296 hours = 12 days

× 2

! average lifespan of a worker ant (!)

! length of pregnancy in an opposum (!!)

20 years of MFM

! total area of posters:304m2 = 4% of a football pitch

20 years of MFM

! total area of posters:304m2 = 4% of a football pitch

× 3

20 years of MFM

! total area of posters:304m2 = 4% of a football pitch

× 3

! (useful information: it would take 39 BCPs to cover a footballpitch)

20 years of MFM

1995 2000 2005 2010

020

4060

80

year

number posters

talks

Countries

UK US NL

Germany

France

Canada

Hungary

Norway

Poland

Spain

Top 10 MFM countries

050

150

250

350

Countries

MFMers across the globe

Countries

MFMers across the globe (fair comparison)

Countries

MFMers in Europe (fair comparison)

Theories

1995 2000 2005 2010

0.0

0.2

0.4

0.6

0.8

1.0

year

proportion

OT

GP

non−generative

representationsrules

Theories

184 OT 22 FOT95 GP 21 ET50 phonetics 16 dependency50 features 16 declarative29 representations 12 rule-based

Frequency of different topics

Frequency of different topics

Topics: MFM 1-5

Topics: MFM 15-20

Languages

Languages

Titles

! longest:Issues in the theory of lexical tone: on the phonologicalmodelling of the tones of Tamang, in light of a comparisonwith level tones (Naxi) and pitch-plus-voice-quality tones(Vietnamese) [Martine Mazaudon, Alex Michaud, Paris III]

Titles

! longest:Issues in the theory of lexical tone: on the phonologicalmodelling of the tones of Tamang, in light of a comparisonwith level tones (Naxi) and pitch-plus-voice-quality tones(Vietnamese) [Martine Mazaudon, Alex Michaud, Paris III]

! shortest:On R [Judith Broadbent, UCL]

Titles

! longest:Issues in the theory of lexical tone: on the phonologicalmodelling of the tones of Tamang, in light of a comparisonwith level tones (Naxi) and pitch-plus-voice-quality tones(Vietnamese) [Martine Mazaudon, Alex Michaud, Paris III]

! shortest:On R [Judith Broadbent, UCL]

! longest titles by country: Spain (76 chars)

Titles

! longest:Issues in the theory of lexical tone: on the phonologicalmodelling of the tones of Tamang, in light of a comparisonwith level tones (Naxi) and pitch-plus-voice-quality tones(Vietnamese) [Martine Mazaudon, Alex Michaud, Paris III]

! shortest:On R [Judith Broadbent, UCL]

! longest titles by country: Spain (76 chars)

! shortest titles by country: Turkey (35 chars)

There is no . . .

Phonetic representation (Harris & Lindsey 1993)Phonological constituents at the phrasal level (Delais, 2001)Extrasyllabicity (Scheer, 2002)Post-verbal liaison in French (Pagliano, 2004)Epenthesis (Huber, 2004)Lexical tones in East Norwegian (Moren, 2005)Voicing spread in Kera (Pearce, 2006)Place of articulation in velars (Huber, 2006)Poverty of the stimulus in phonology (Soskuthy, 2008)Duplication problem (Paster, 2010)Categorical assimilation (Heselwood, 2010)Ambisyllabicity (Caratini, 2011)The skeleton (Caratini, 2011)Compensatory lengthening in Old English

after loss of /x/ (Huber, 2011)Moraic onsets (Ulfsbjorninn, 2012)

Who are these people?

MFM regulars

MFM regulars

3. (9) Norval Smith

3. (9) Glyne Pigott

3. (9) Marc van Oostendorp

3. (9) Ken Lodge

3. (9) Stuart Davis

3. (9) Ricardo Bermudez-Otero

3. (9) Katalin Balogne Berces

MFM regulars

2. (10) Jim Scobbie

2. (10) Tobias Scheer

2. (10) Jacques Durand

2. (10) Jill Beckman

3. (9) Norval Smith

3. (9) Glyne Pigott

3. (9) Marc van Oostendorp

3. (9) Ken Lodge

3. (9) Stuart Davis

3. (9) Ricardo Bermudez-Otero

3. (9) Katalin Balogne Berces

MFM regulars

1. (11) Catherine Ringen

1. (11) Martin Kramer

2. (10) Jim Scobbie

2. (10) Tobias Scheer

2. (10) Jacques Durand

2. (10) Jill Beckman

3. (9) Norval Smith

3. (9) Glyne Pigott

3. (9) Marc van Oostendorp

3. (9) Ken Lodge

3. (9) Stuart Davis

3. (9) Ricardo Bermudez-Otero

3. (9) Katalin Balogne Berces