Takeki Kamiyama

Takeki Kamiyama is a Lecturer in Linguistics and Phonetics at Université Paris 8, specializing in experimental phonetics and second language acquisition. His research focuses on segmental and prosodic aspects of foreign languages, particularly French and English, with an emphasis on learner production and perception. He is affiliated with the Laboratoire de Phonétique et Phonologie (UMR7018) and contributes to projects like IPCE-IPAC (InterPhonology of Contemporary English) and SITAF (specificities of English-French language tandems).

His doctoral thesis investigated the acquisition of French vowels by Japanese speakers, leveraging the PhoDiFle learner corpus. He actively participates in seminars and conferences, including presentations at Université Strasbourg and the Société Japonaise de Linguistique Française. Kamiyama’s work bridges theoretical phonetics and applied language teaching, addressing dialectal influences and cross-linguistic phonological challenges faced by learners.

Publications span 2011–2012, covering vowel production analysis, synthetic vowel perception, and consonant acquisition in English. He serves on the steering committee for the 'Cognition, Society and Language' research group, integrating cognitive and sociolinguistic perspectives into phonetic studies.