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Dr Joanna Przedlacka is a Postdoctoral Researcher in Phonetics at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics, based at the Clarendon Institute. Her research focuses on sociophonetic variation, historical linguistics, and language contact, particularly investigating intonation patterns in Greek dialects influenced by Turkish and Venetian contact. She employs experimental methods such as acoustic analysis, accelerometry, and dynamic airflow monitoring to study phenomena like glottalization and nasal energy patterns. Her work bridges historical and contemporary phonetic inquiry, with projects including the 'Greek in Contact' initiative and studies on Received Pronunciation's evolution.
In teaching, she instructs courses on phonetics and phonology at Oxford and has prior experience lecturing at UCL and De Montfort University. She co-leads the Summer Course in English Phonetics at UCL and serves as a co-examiner for the International Phonetic Association's proficiency certificate. Her research spans diachronic analysis of intonation, sociolinguistic variation, and the application of historical phonetic methodologies.
Key research themes include:
- Language contact effects on intonation (e.g., Greek-Turkish, Greek-Venetian interactions)
- Historical RP analysis through corpus-based studies
- Phonetic imitation in L2 speech production
- Acoustic correlates of glottal articulations
Her lab affiliations include the Phonetics Lab and the Language & Brain Lab at Oxford. Current projects explore nasality in Polish and the temporal properties of nasal energy patterns using advanced instrumentation.
