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Prof. Ghada Khattab is a Professor of Phonetics and Phonology at Newcastle University's School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences. She leads the Phonetics and Phonology Lab and directs the Cross-Faculty Phonetics and Phonology Research Group. Her research focuses on Arabic phonetics-phonology, bilingual acquisition, and sociophonetic variation. She has held roles including Postgraduate Research Director and is affiliated with the British Association of Academic Phoneticians and the International Phonetic Association.
Education: BA in English Language (American University of Beirut, 1991-1994), MA in Linguistics (University of Leeds, 1997-1998), PhD in Linguistics (University of Leeds, 1998-2003).
Research Interests: Monolingual and bilingual phonological acquisition, sociophonetics, speech production, and Arabic dialectal variation. Her work explores early phonological development in children, including morpho-phonological transitions and bilingual dialect acquisition.
Awards & Funding: Secured major grants including ESRC Global Challenges Research Fund (£1.7M, 2020-2023) and Kuwaiti Foundation funding for standardized Arabic assessment tools. Her work addresses language development disparities in Arabic-speaking children.
Students & Collaborations: Supervised over 20 PhD students focusing on Arabic dialects, phonological acquisition, and sociolinguistic variation. Collaborates internationally on projects like the Qatar National Research Fund's baseline Arabic acquisition study.
Labs & Infrastructure: Director of Newcastle's Phonetics and Phonology Lab, equipped with state-of-the-art articulatory and acoustic recording systems (funded via HASS grants).
