Focus and Scope

Loquens seeks to promote further advancement and understanding of the most distinguishing feature of human beings: speech. The complex nature of speech means that it can be approached from many different perspectives which go beyond the limits of the often isolated fields commonly imposed by academic research. Loquens aims to tackle the interdisciplinary character of speech analysis by publishing papers that deal with any and all aspects of the speech sciences.

The following non-exhaustive list is an example of the possible fields where speech is the object of study:

PHONETICS

Acoustic, articulatory, and perceptual phonetics
Phonetic variation (Diatopic, Diastratic, Diaphasic)
Phonetic change (Sound change)
Methodology of phonetic research
Presentation and analysis of Speech Corpus

PHONOLOGY

Phonological theory
Phonological phenomenon analysis (from any model or method)
Computational phonology
Diachronic phonology
Historiography of Phonic Studies

SPEECH TECHNOLOGY

Speech recognition technology
Speech synthesis
Dialog systems
Speech technology applications

CLINICAL PHONETICS

Pathology of language acquisition and development
Speech and articulatory pathology (Neurological, Organic, Functional)
Pathology of Hearing
Speech Rehabilitation Techniques

PHONETIC AND PHONOLOGICAL ACQUISITION (L1)

Stages and processes of phonic development
Acquisition of phonic components in bilingual children
Evaluation of phonetic-phonological development
Learning models and algorithms

PHONETIC AND PHONOLOGICAL ACQUISITION (L2)

Acquisition of the phonic component in L2 (in comparison with L1)
Dialog between research in acquisition (L1/L2) and teaching practice
Error diagnosis
Contrastive Phonetics as applied to teaching/learning

FORENSIC PHONETICS

Phonetic characterization of voices
Voice Comparison
Automatic speaker identification and verification
Methodology of judicial expertise

VOICE SCIENCE

Phonation
Speech functions (Linguistic, Paralinguistic, Extralinguistic)
Vocal Technique
Vocal coaching /training
Professional voice

Papers submitted to Loquens should fall within the scope of the Journal, be scientifically sound and well written, and make an original and significant contribution to the field of study.