About
Malte Belz is a researcher in Phonetics/Phonology at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, affiliated with the Institute for German Language and Linguistics. His work focuses on spontaneous language phenomena, particularly filler particles like 'äh' and 'ähm', and their phonetic integration in German. He contributes to corpus linguistics, especially through projects like the Berlin Dialogue Corpus (BeDiaCo) and Wroclaw Dialogue Corpus (WroDiaCo). Belz teaches courses on phonetics, language structure, and spoken language phenomena. His research spans acoustic and articulatory analysis, dialect variation, and language learner fluency. He supervises students in phonetic perception and linguistic methodology. Belz actively publishes in journals like Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft and presents at international conferences such as ICPhS and LabPhon.
- Affiliations: Phonetics/Phonology Lab, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
- Research Interests: Spontaneous speech, filler particles, vowel tenseness, dialogue structure, language learner fluency
His recent articles explore Zoom's impact on vocal quality, phrase-final lengthening in German, and the phonetic realization of gender-neutral language. Belz is also involved in corpus development and annotation standards for historical and learner corpora.
