EDITORIAL
The
Proceedings of the Institute of Phonetic Sciences of the University of
Amsterdam is an annual publication, intended to provide up-to-date information
on current research projects in our Institute.
Proceedings
22 presents, apart from six full papers, two papers based on Master's theses
finished in 1998
(Jansen;
Schwippert)
,
and three summaries of recently defended Ph.D. theses of post-graduate students
(Verdonck;
Boersma; Mozziconacci)
.
The first two contributions are chapters of one of the Ph.D. theses
(Boersma),
the third
(van
den Dikkenberg)
and
the sixth paper
(Streefkerk)
report
on ongoing Ph.D. research, the fourth paper is a chapter of a Ph.D. thesis that
will appear in the near future
(van
Dijk)
,
and the fifth paper is a contribution of one of our guest researchers
(Rechziegel).
The
papers on current research projects in this Proceedings represent our two main
research fields:
- PERCEPTUAL
AND PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION OF VARIATION AND INVARIANCE IN SPEECH
- SPEECH
COMMUNICATION: DEVELOPMENT AND PATHOLOGY
For
your information a list of personnel of our Institute is included, as well as a
list of our publications in 1997 and 1998.
The
texts of this Proceedings 22 are also available on our World Wide Web server:
URL:
http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl
Apart
from our Proceedings our Institute's "Profile" is available, giving an overview
of our teaching programs, our technical facilities, and short descriptions of
all current research projects.
All
correspondence, including requests to be put on our mailing list, may be sent to:
Institute
of Phonetic Sciences
University
of Amsterdam
Herengracht
338
1016
CG Amsterdam
The
Netherlands
tel.:
+ 31 20 5252183
fax:
+ 31 20 5252197
e-mail:
IFA@FON.HUM.UVA.NL
URL:
http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl
December,
1998.
Editor: F.J.
Koopmans-van Beinum
Technical
realization:
E.
Berkman
D.T.
Jaasma