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D. Eric Holt is an Associate Professor of Spanish and Linguistics at the University of South Carolina, affiliated with the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures and the College of Arts and Sciences. He has held academic appointments since 1994, including visiting roles at Georgetown University and lecturing positions in Ecuador and Spain. His expertise spans Hispanic linguistics, historical linguistics, second language acquisition, and phonological theory, with a focus on Optimality Theory and its applications to Spanish and Portuguese. Educated at Occidental College (BA), Georgetown University (MS, PhD), and with extensive summer programs in linguistics, Holt's research explores sound change, dialectology, and L2 pronunciation acquisition. He has supervised numerous graduate theses and dissertations, including notable works on connected speech perception and language contact phenomena. His teaching portfolio includes advanced courses on Spanish linguistics, phonetics, and historical language evolution. Holt has led international study programs in Spain, Costa Rica, and Ecuador, and contributes to academic service as an associate editor of Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics and through professional organizations like Phi Beta Kappa. Holt's grants include funding for research on L2 speech perception and技术创新 in pronunciation teaching. He has presented globally at conferences such as NWAV and LSA, and his work appears in top journals like Probus and Georgetown University Round Table . His current projects include books on Optimality Theory in Spanish linguistics and debunking language myths.

• Hispanic Linguistics
• Historical Linguistics
• Second Language Acquisition
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Paul Boersma is a Professor of Phonetic Sciences at the University of Amsterdam within the Faculty of Humanities. His research explores how phonetic, phonological, and morphological phenomena emerge through computational modeling using artificial neural networks and Optimality Theory, with a focus on multi-level constraint interactions and distributional learning. University of Amsterdam Faculty of Humanities Phonetic Sciences Key research areas include: Computational Modeling : Simulations of phonological category emergence from phonetic data Optimality Theory : Gradual Learning Algorithm applications BiPhon Framework : Parallel bidirectional phonology/phonetics models Statistical Learning : Cross-situational and distributional learning mechanisms Recent publications emphasize: 2025: Inclusive speech recognition systems using Whisper model 2025: F0 ratio analysis for creaky voice diagnostics 2024: Prosodic clitics in child speech and checked tones in Shanghai Chinese 2023: Distributional learning in developmental language disorder contexts 2022: Substance-free phonological features and ghost segment phenomena He has also contributed extensively to the Praat software for phonetic analysis, with continuous updates since 1993.

• Phonetics
• Phonology
• Computational Linguistics
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Nicholas Henriksen is an Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and Professor of Spanish & Linguistics at the University of Michigan, where he has held faculty positions since 2012. His research focuses on laboratory phonology, experimental phonetics, sociophonetics, and intonational grammar in Spanish and other Romance languages. Notable projects include studies on sound change in Andalusian and Patagonian Spanish, bilingualism (Afrikaans-Spanish), and second language speech learning. He directs the Michigan Speech Production Lab and co-leads initiatives integrating gender-diverse language into Romance curricula. Henriksen earned a PhD in Linguistics from Indiana University (2010), MA in Hispanic Linguistics (2006), and BA in Spanish/Mathematics from Rutgers (2003). His teaching spans undergraduate and graduate courses in Spanish linguistics, sociolinguistics, and phonetics, emphasizing applied research and pedagogical innovation. He has received prestigious awards, including the LSA Early Career Award (2021) and the Class of 1923 Teaching Award (2018). His research has been funded by grants from the University of Michigan ADVANCE Program and the Humanities Collaboratory, supporting projects like From Africa to Patagonia: Voices of Displacement . Collaborations include work with scholars in Argentina, South Africa, and Spain, examining language contact, heritage language maintenance, and sociolinguistic identity. Publications span over 30 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, with a focus on phonetic variation, intonation, and bilingualism. He mentors graduate students in experimental phonetics and sociolinguistics, with advisees contributing to studies on Andalusian Spanish, heritage language acquisition, and voice quality.

• Linguistics
• Phonetics
• Sociophonetics
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Jonas Kuhn is a professor at the Institute for Natural Language Processing (IMS) at University of Stuttgart. He is working at the interface between language and computers, combining linguistics and computer science. Kuhn's research interests span a wide range of computational linguistics topics including: Language models and spatial reasoning Analysis of large language models (LLMs) through linguistic theories Political text analysis and discourse networks Computational approaches to literature and cultural studies Retrieval-augmented language modeling Semantic change detection Dependency parsing and syntactic analysis His recent publications (2023-2025) focus on the intersection of neural language processing with fields as diverse as spatial reasoning, literary analysis, and political discourse. This reflects his interdisciplinary approach that bridges fundamental language research with practical technology development. As a faculty member at one of Germany's largest computational linguistics centers, Kuhn contributes to both fundamental research and technological development in language processing systems.

• Computational Linguistics
• Natural Language Processing
• Large Language Models
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Bertram O. Ploog is a Professor at the College of Staten Island, City University of New York, and is affiliated with the CUNY PhD program in Cognition & Comparative Psychology. He teaches courses in behavior analysis and statistics at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Research Interests: His research focuses on autism spectrum disorders, with emphasis on selective attention, stimulus overselectivity, and emotion recognition. He employs behavioral animal models, including studies with squirrel monkeys and dogs, to explore cognition and Theory of Mind. His work extends to the development and evaluation of computer-assisted technologies (CAT) for enhancing social, communicative, and language skills in children with autism. Recent Research Trends: His recent publications reflect a strong focus on attention processes in autism, the use of educational technology and computer games in developmental disabilities, and cross-species cognitive studies. His work bridges experimental psychology, clinical applications, and technological innovation in autism research. Professional Recognition: He is a Board-Certified Behavior Analyst and a licensed psychologist and behavior analyst in New York State. Education and Training: He earned his Ph.D. from the University of California, San Diego, mentored by Laura Schreibman and Ben Williams. His academic foundation was shaped by George Reynolds and Edmund Fantino in experimental behavior analysis. Advising and Grants: While no specific students or grants are listed, his active research and doctoral program affiliation suggest involvement in mentoring graduate students and securing research funding. His ongoing publications and program affiliation indicate sustained scholarly engagement. Labs and Teams: Specific lab or research team names are not mentioned in the available text.

• Autism Spectrum Disorders
• Behavioral Analysis
• Applied Behavior Analysis
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Erik W. Willis is an Associate Professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese at Indiana University Bloomington, where he also serves as Director of Graduate Studies and Director of the Hispanic Linguistics Program. His work focuses on Spanish phonetics, phonology, and dialectal variation, particularly in Caribbean and Mexican Spanish varieties. He employs acoustic analysis and laboratory methods to study rhotic contrasts, intonational patterns, and sociolinguistic phenomena. Ph.D., University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2003) M.A., Brigham Young University (1997) B.A., Brigham Young University (1994) His research spans multiple subfields including: Acoustic characterization of Spanish rhotics Intonational system analysis using Sp_ToBI Second language phonology acquisition Web-based language assessment tools Vowel system variations in Spanish dialects Contextual phonetic realizations in Caribbean Spanish Recent publications demonstrate systematic variation in coda liquids, tap-trill contrasts, and intonational patterns across Dominican, Puerto Rican, and Mexican Spanish. His work combines empirical acoustic analysis with sociolinguistic frameworks to document both phonetic realizations and their pragmatic functions in spoken language.

• Spanish Phonetics
• Spanish Phonology
• Laboratory Phonology
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Lauren Hall-Lew is a Professor and Personal Chair of Sociolinguistics at the University of Edinburgh's School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences. She holds a BA from the University of Arizona (2002) and MA/PhD from Stanford University (2009). Her research focuses on phonetics, social meaning, language change, and sociopolitical identity. She has pioneered projects like the Lothian Diary Project, studying linguistic impact of the pandemic, and analyzed Scottish political speech, tourist language attitudes, and ethnicity-linked variation in San Francisco. Teaching contributions include courses on sociophonetics and language variation/change, earning her EUSA Teaching Award (2013). She has supervised over a dozen PhD students and is involved in EDI initiatives, including founding the Staff BAME Network Mentoring Programme (2019-2021), recognized via CAHSS Award and Principal's Medal nominations. Active in grant work, she leads projects on homelessness and linguistic variation (British Academy-funded), Scottish tour guide discourse, and political identity in phonetics. Awards include teaching accolades and EDI recognition. Her publications span sociolinguistic theory, phonetic analysis, and applied linguistic methods.

• Sociolinguistics
• Phonetics
• Language Variation
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Dr. Gábor Pintér holds dual academic appointments as Assistant Professor at Károli Gáspár Reformed University's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (Department of Japanology) and as Associate Professor at Kobe University's School of Languages and Communication. Born in Hungary in 1977, he earned his MA (2005) and PhD (2008) in Linguistics from Kobe University, Japan, with a dissertation on asymmetrical segment distributions in Japanese. His research focuses on three interconnected domains: phonological theory (especially Japanese phonology), experimental phonetics, and applications of automatic speech recognition in language education. Specific interests include vowel devoicing patterns, prosodic perception in L2 learners, phonotactic constraints, and diachronic sound changes in Japanese. Pintér actively contributes to international research collaborations, including the JSPS-funded project 'Stochastic & theoretical phonological research' and serves as chair of the Phonology Association in Kansai (PAIK). His 15 most recent publications demonstrate methodological diversity, combining theoretical linguistics with computational approaches and experimental studies, primarily focused on Japanese phonetics and speech technology applications. Professional memberships include board positions in The Phonological Society of Japan and memberships in the International Speech Communication Association and Association for Laboratory Phonology.

• Phonology
• Phonetics
• Automatic Speech Recognition
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John W. Du Bois is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), within the College of Letters and Science. His work focuses on the interplay between discourse, grammar, and sociocultural contexts. Specializing in dialogic syntax, he explores how linguistic structures emerge from interactional dynamics, particularly in conversational coherence and stance-taking mechanisms. His research integrates corpus linguistics, computational methods, and ethnographic approaches to study languages like Mayan and Kazakh. Key research areas include: Discourse and grammar integration Dialogic resonance and affective alignment Corpus design and analysis Ritual language and cognitive models Mayan linguistic systems Recent studies emphasize computational tools like Rezonator for dialogue coherence visualization and remote corpus development methodologies. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with applied research in language documentation and education. Du Bois has contributed to foundational texts on discourse transcription standards and maintains active involvement in the Santa Barbara Corpus of Spoken American English project. His publications span over four decades, reflecting sustained engagement with linguistic complexity across multiple levels—from micro-level syntactic interactions to macro-level sociocultural frameworks. Current projects investigate dialogic syntax in autism and the evolutionary niche of language within social interaction.

• Discourse and Grammar
• Sociocultural Linguistics
• Referential Pragmatics
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Rachel Nordlinger is a Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Research Unit for Indigenous Language at the University of Melbourne's School of Languages and Linguistics. Her research focuses on documenting and describing Australian Indigenous languages, with a particular emphasis on syntactic and morphological theory. She has conducted extensive fieldwork with communities speaking Bilinarra, Wambaya, Gudanji, Murrinhpatha, and Marri Ngarr, contributing to language preservation efforts. She holds a PhD from Stanford University and has authored influential works including A Grammar of Wambaya and co-edited volumes like The Languages and Linguistics of Australia . Nordlinger is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Humanities (2017) and leads major grants like the ARC Centre of Excellence for Dynamics of Language (2014-2026). Her work integrates linguistic theory with community-driven language revitalization projects, emphasizing the interconnectedness of language and cultural knowledge. Key research grants include projects on polysynthetic language processing (2021-2025), Indigenous language documentation, and cross-linguistic syntactic analysis. Nordlinger collaborates with institutions such as PARADISEC and the Kanamkek-Yile Ngala Museum to preserve endangered language materials. Her interdisciplinary approach bridges formal linguistic analysis with applied community linguistics.

• Australian Indigenous languages
• Linguistics
• Syntax
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Felicitas Kleber is Professor of Speech Science in the Department of Language Science and Technology at Saarland University (Universität des Saarlandes). Her research profile demonstrates extensive expertise in experimental phonetics and laboratory phonology with a particular focus on German dialects and sound change phenomena. She maintains active research collaborations, most notably with J. Harrington and Ulrich Reubold, resulting in numerous high-impact publications in leading linguistics and phonetics journals. Her research interests span experimental phonetics and laboratory phonology with specific expertise in speech production and perception , sound change processes, German dialectology , phonological acquisition , and prosody and intonation analysis. Her work frequently examines the acoustic, perceptual, and articulatory dimensions of speech, particularly focusing on vowel and consonant quantity phenomena in German varieties. Analysis of her publication record reveals consistent methodological rigor with emphasis on acoustic analysis, perception experiments, and longitudinal studies. Her research often investigates sound changes in progress, particularly examining vowel fronting phenomena in both German and English varieties, and the relationship between speech production and perception mechanisms. Much of her work employs apparent-time analyses to track diachronic changes through synchronic variation across age groups. Professor Kleber serves as an Associate editor for the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, reflecting her standing in the field. She has secured significant research funding including the DFG-funded project "Typology of vowel and consonant quantity in South German varieties: acoustic, auditory, and articulatory analyses of adult and child speakers" (2016-2024) and the DAAD-supported "Form and function of prosodic structure in Hungarian and German" (2015-2016). Her research methodology typically combines acoustic analysis with perception experiments and sometimes articulatory measurements to provide comprehensive insights into phonetic phenomena.

• experimental phonetics
• laboratory phonology
• speech production and perception
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Susanne Schötz is an Associate Professor of Phonetics at Lund University's Centre for Languages and Literature and a Researcher at the Lund University Humanities Lab. She is also the project manager for Cat-human communication research and a member of the LU Profile Area: Natural and Artificial Cognition. Her research focuses on phonetic variation in three main areas: dialectal variation in Swedish and other languages, paralinguistic variation related to age, emotion, attitude and health condition, and phonetic variation in human-animal communication, particularly cat-human communication. She has led several research projects including Melody in human–cat communication (Meowsic), Cat–Human Communication, and studies on Estonian Swedish and Swedish vowel articulation using articulography. Dr. Schötz teaches courses at the speech and language pathology and audiology programs at Lund University. Her work with cats has gained significant attention, including winning the Ig Nobel Prize in Biology in 2021 for research on cat-human communication. Her research output demonstrates strong trends in animal communication, particularly focusing on the acoustic properties of cat vocalizations and how humans perceive and interpret these sounds. She combines traditional phonetic analysis with innovative approaches to study cross-species communication, making significant contributions to both linguistics and animal behavior studies. Scientific Awards: The Ig Nobel Prize in Biology (2021) Årets Mäster (Master of the Year) (2020) Vetenskapssocieteten Lunds universitet (2016) Vetenskapssocieteten i Lund: Stipendium för betydande insats inom humanistisk forskning (2007) Dr. Schötz has supervised research projects and students in phonetics and human-animal communication. Her work has been supported by various research funds including MAW, SKK och Agrias forskningsfond, and the Pufendorf IAS. She is in charge of the articulographs in the Humanities Lab, which are essential for her research on speech production and articulation. She is actively involved in the Lund University Humanities Lab, contributing to its mission of interdisciplinary research in the humanities through her expertise in phonetics and communication studies.

• Phonetic variation
• Dialectal variation
• Paralinguistic variation
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Susan Sayehli is an Associate Professor at the Department of Swedish Language and Multilingualism , Stockholm University. She specializes in psycholinguistics and second language acquisition, with a focus on crosslinguistic influence and morphosyntactic processing. Research Interests: Neurocognitive aspects of language learning Focus intonation development in Swedish children Policy impact on SFL (Spanish/French/German) education ERP and eye-tracking methodologies for language processing Urban-rural educational disparities in language programs Current Projects: TAL – Alignment study on oral proficiency in Swedish schools Att lära sig fokusera – Intonation perception in Stockholm/Skåne children Prior Projects: SWOP2 – Swedish word order processing in L2 learners PSUII – Precursors of sign use in intersubjectivity

• Psycholinguistics
• Second Language Acquisition
• Neurocognitive Linguistics
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Dr. Danfeng Wu is a Research Fellow at Magdalen College, University of Oxford, conducting interdisciplinary research in syntax-semantics and syntax-prosody mappings. Her work focuses on ellipsis, focus in coordination, and the empirical interplay between syntactic structure and prosody, employing experimental phonetic methods. She investigates languages like English and Mandarin Chinese to explore the cognitive and computational aspects of linguistic structure. Her research themes include phonetics, prosody, semantics, and syntax, with a particular emphasis on how syntactic configurations interact with prosodic phrasing and stress patterns. She has contributed to studies on corrective constructions, clitic climbing in Wolof, and vowel lengthening in Zulu, demonstrating a broad methodological approach combining theoretical linguistics with experimental and computational methods. Dr. Wu is affiliated with the Phonetics Lab and Language & Brain Lab within the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology & Phonetics. She has organized interdisciplinary events such as the Oxford workshop on AI language models and developed linguistics courses for computer scientists and cognitive scientists at MIT. Her work bridges formal linguistics with cognitive science and computational linguistics, emphasizing realistic models of language acquisition and evolution.

• syntax-semantics interface
• syntax-prosody mapping
• ellipsis
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Scott Fraundorf is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology at the University of Pittsburgh, affiliated with The Dietrich School of Arts & Sciences and the MAPLE Lab at the Learning Research and Development Center (LRDC). His research focuses on psycholinguistics, memory systems, cognitive aging, metacognition, and educational technology. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and has been recognized with an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship (2007-2011) and inclusion in the List of Teachers Ranked as Excellent by Students ("Outstanding"). Key research themes include the role of prosody and disfluency in language processing, cognitive aging effects on memory, and the application of statistical modeling to study decision-making and learning strategies. His work bridges experimental psychology with real-world educational interventions, such as adaptive grammar instruction tools and investigations into digital literacy practices among adolescents. Recent publications emphasize cognitive mechanisms underlying expertise retention in medical professionals and the impact of exercise on memory preservation in older adults. He collaborates on projects analyzing how contrastive linguistic cues (e.g., pitch accent, beat gestures) influence online discourse comprehension and long-term memory encoding. Labs/Teams: MAPLE Lab (Memory, Attention, Processing, Learning, Education) Grants: NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Advising: Advises graduate student Jessica Macaluso

• Psycholinguistics
• Memory
• Cognitive Aging
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