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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">It is a pleasure to announce the 9th edition of 'r-atics, an international workshop for all researchers working on the variation of /r/, within and between languages, to take place
in Vienna, Austria, on 2-4 June 2027. Information about the workshop and abstract submission can be found below and will be updated on the website
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><a href="https://www.oeaw.ac.at/isf/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/r-atics9/" data-outlook-id="74ffc5f1-3da1-408b-8025-e08ea6c6cd6e" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>r-atics9.org</u></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Kind regards,</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Eva Reinisch </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>Workshop announcement: 'r-atics 9 (Vienna, Austria; 2-4 June 2027)</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Meeting Description:</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">The Acoustics Research Institute of the Austrian Academy of Sciences organizes the 'r-atics 9 workshop in Vienna, Austria, on June 2-4 2027. 'r-atics gathers an international network
of researchers working on different issues concerning r sounds. It is an international mid-size specific conference that enhances mutual cooperation in a friendly environment on phonetic, phonological, sociolinguistic and diachronic aspects of rhotics.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">We invite contributions on any theme concerning rhotic sounds, including but not limited to: </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">- The diversity of /r/ realizations in the world’s languages</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">- The production and perception of rhotics in a language or in a language family</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">- The socio-phonetic aspects of /r/ realizations</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">- The phonological status of /r/ sounds</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">- Diachronic aspects of /r/ sounds</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">- The acquisition of rhotics in L1 and L2</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">- Phenomena of /r/ sandhi</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Information about the workshop and abstract submission can be found and will be updated on the website
</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114);"><a href="https://www.oeaw.ac.at/isf/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/r-atics9/" data-outlook-id="2be910fd-6865-42ca-9e5c-038ff18514d2" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;"><u>r-atics9.org</u></a></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;"><b>The prospective timeline is<br>
</b>Start of abstract submission: 1 December 2026. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Deadline for Abstract Submission: 31 January 2027</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Notification of acceptance: 15 February 2027</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; color: black;">Registration Deadline: 5 March 2027</span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Palatino; font-size: 10pt; color: black;"><b>Dr. habil. Eva Reinisch</b><br>
Leiterin Arbeitsgruppe Phonetik | Head of the Phonetics Cluster<br>
Institut für Schallforschung | Acoustics Research Institute<br>
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften | Austrian Academy of Sciences</span></p>
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