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Knowledge Integration and
Translation Laboratory
Faculty of Arts and
Humanities,Ain Chock
Centre for Translation
Research and Education
Faculty of Arts and
Humanities
University of Hassan II
Casablanca
Faculty of Arts and
Humanities
University of Cadi Ayad,
Marrakesh
University of Ibn Zahr, Agadir
The First International Conference on: “Phonetics and Music: A Multidisciplinary
Approach”
May 4-5, 2016
In Honour of Professor Mohamed Ait Elfarran
Interdisciplinarity in modern day academia has proved to be extremely successful in solving
problems the scope of which is beyond any one discipline. While mono-disciplinary
approaches remain limited due to their rigid boundaries, multi-disciplinary approaches have
provided broader scopes to engulf different areas and eras of knowledge, which connect
together to finally produce major breakthroughs.
The case of phonetics is a good example to show the importance of multidisciplinary
research. Phonetics has never been the monopoly of linguists or phoneticians as, indeed,
phonetics has always been involved with other disciplines with the intention of finding
answers to its own issues as well as those related to other fields of study.
From this perspective, the Knowledge Integration and Translation Laboratory at the
University of Cadi Ayad, Marakech, in collaboration with other organizing bodies, plans to
hold a series of international scientific conferences to discuss, from a multidisiplinary stance,
the relationship between phonetics and other speech and sound related areas such as music,
Qiraat (readings), Tajweed (melodious recitation of Quraan), Rhetoric, stylistics, philosophy
and Sufism.
Owing to the profound relationship binding phonetics and music on both the problematic and
inferential levels, the scientific committee has decided to dedicate its opening session to the
subject of “Insterdisciplinarity between Music and phonetics”.
The interconnectedness between phonetics and music is not only a necessity, it is a legitimate
fact embodied by the intersections both subjects share in terms of issues, terminology and
concepts. It is no surprise that Arab musicians such as Al Farabi (339 A.H.), Al Hassan Bin
Ahmad Al Kateb (343 A.H.), Ibn Jinni (392 A.H.), Avicen (428 A.H.) contributed to
the lifting of the veil on the connection and interdependence of the musical and linguistic
aspects of the human voice. In fact, their books abound with immaculate ideas and effective
associations that have greatly influenced the advancement of phonetics in the Arab and
Islamic culture.
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The goals of the conference are:
1)To deepen and further research into the correlation between Phonetics and Music in theory
and practice.
2)To draw on the Arabic phonetic knowledge in music and reproduce it in a more modern
framework.
3)To gather the findings of phonetics in the field of music and make use of the findings of
music in the field of phonetics to further the advancement of both fields and expand their
horizons.
4)To identify intersections between phonetics and music.
5)To bridge the gap between traditional phonetics and music and the science of modern
phonetics.
Conference-related points to bear in mind
-Background knowledge of interdisciplinarity between phonetics and music.
-Commonality and interdependence between phonetics and musical terminology.
-Rhythm in phonetics and music
-The role of vowels in human voice and musical performance.
-The pleasure of tunefulness and eloquence of intonation in music and phonetics.
-Simulation in phonetics and music.
-Sharpness and weightiness of sounds in phonetics and music.
-Musical rhythm and intonation of speech.
-The pleasure and corruption of the (musical eloquence) between the phonetic rhythm and
composition.
-Simulation between human emotions, musical performance and human speech.
Important Notes :
Attendance and participation certificates are delivered strictly to invited guests after the
closing session of the conference.
The Scientific Committee Coordinator :
Dr. Murad Mawhoub : Dean of the Faculty of Arts in, Ain Chock- University of Hassan II –
Casablanca – Morocco.
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Scientific Committee :
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Dr. Mourad Mawhoub : Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Ben Msik – University of Hassan
II, Casablanca, Morocco.
Dr. Ahmed Aliwa: Faculty of Arts – University of Qadi Eyad , Marrakesh, Morocco.
Dr. Hasan Nejmy : Faculty of Arts – Ibn Tufail University, Qunaitarah, Morocco.
Dr. Mouhammad Taki : Faculty of Arts- University of Sultan Moulay Sliman, Beni
Mellal, Morocco.
Dr. Ahmed Kerroum: Faculty of Arts – Ibn Zahr University, Agadir , Morocco.
Dr. Mubarak Hanoun: Faculty of Arts – Mohammed V University, Rabat , Morocco.
Dr. Mohammad Dekkak : Britain.
Dr. Ahmed Al Baybay: Multi specialties Faculty – Moulay Ismail University, Al
Rashedyah , Morocco.
Dr. Mu’tasem Al Qarqouty: Faculty of Arabic Language – University of Al
Qarawiyin, Marrakesh , Morocco.
Dr. Hicham, Fath: Faculty of Arabic Language – University of Al Qarawiyin,
Marrakesh , Morocco.
Dr. Abdelhamid zahid : Faculty of Arts – University of Cadi Aayad, Marrakesh,
Morocco
Requirements:
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The research should observe the principles of scientific methodology and be based on
empirical and sound evidence.
The paper should be between 15 and 20 A4 pages in MS-Word format, 1.5 spaced,
Time new Romans, front size 12.
Each page should be numbered at the bottom and only the title of the book and page
number should appear.
References and sources should be listed at the end of the article and work titles should
be clearly mentioned.
Important Dates
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Articles, participation forms and C.Vs should be submitted by (30-06-2015).
Initial approval of abstracts will be announced on (30-07-2015).
The deadline for the submission of articles is (30-10-2015).
Approval of articles, requests for amendments or elimination will take place on (3011-2015).
Conference Date: (4-5-2016).
Conference venue: Faculty of Arts and Humanities – Marrakesh.
Abstracts, forms, and proposed researches should be e-mailed to the
following address:
Phoneticsconference@hotmail.com
The papers will be printed before the beginning of the conference God willing