جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

• Speech Variation
• Phonetics
• Child-Directed Speech
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Dr. Sonja Schaeffler is a Reader in Speech Variation at Queen Margaret University (QMU), Edinburgh, within the Division of Speech & Hearing Sciences in the School of Health Sciences. She serves as the Academic Coordinator for Research Culture and Doctoral Studies for the School of Health Sciences and is a full member of the Research Centre for Clinical Audiology, Speech & Language (CASL). Her educational background includes an M.A. in Phonetics (with German Linguistics and Psycholinguistics as minor subjects) from Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich and a PhD in Psychology from the University of Stirling, supervised by Professor Vera Kempe. Dr. Schaeffler's research focuses on the 'when, how and why' of speech variation, exploring the fine-phonetic and articulatory details of intentional and unconscious speech variation. Her work spans the interdisciplinary borderland between Phonetics and Psychology, examining intra- and interindividual differences in cognitive processing, oro-motor skills, attitude, motivation, and personality that may facilitate or impede speech variation. Her current projects include research on speech registers (particularly child-directed speech), adaptations of articulatory settings in bilinguals, variations in silent speech preparation, and accent variation in Scotland. Analysis of her recent publications reveals a strong focus on the cultural evolution of child-directed speech, bidialectal speech adaptations, and the psychological and social implications of speech variation. Her work frequently employs advanced methodologies including ultrasound tongue imaging and acoustic analysis to investigate subtle articulatory movements and their perceptual consequences. Member of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians (BAAP) Member of the ESRC Peer Review College Dr. Schaeffler has successfully secured multiple research grants including SFC and UKRI Talent and Research Stabilisation Funding (2022) as Principal Investigator for research on the cultural evolution of Child-Directed Speech. She has supervised numerous PhD students including Ciera Haggar, Irina Brodskaya, and Janet Coulson, with research topics spanning accent adaptation, ultrasound tongue imaging for 'second accent' training, and articulatory reaction times. Her research group on 'Accent Variation in Scotland' collaborates with Prof Jim Scobbie (QMU), Prof Jennifer Smith (Glasgow University), and PhD student Janet Coulson. She actively promotes Open Science principles in research development and champions the 'Students as Researchers' approach in PhD training, aligning with the Higher Education Academy's framework.

• Experimental Phonetics
• Prosodic Dialectology
• Linguistic Historiography
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Miguel Cuevas Alonso is a Spanish philologist, linguist, and university professor at the University of Vigo, where he holds a full-time position in the Department of Spanish Language within the Faculty of Philology and Translation. He completed his doctoral studies at the University of Vigo with a thesis on missionary-colonial grammars in the Philippines (17th-18th centuries), supervised by Dr. Joaquín Sueiro Justel. His academic background includes a Licenciatura in Hispanic Philology from the University of Oviedo and a DEA in General Linguistics. His research focuses on experimental phonetics, prosodic dialectology, and historical linguistics, particularly examining intonation patterns in regional Spanish dialects like Asturian and Cantabrian. He has led interdisciplinary projects such as AMPER-Cantabria and contributed to the AMPEC research group. His work explores the interaction between intonation, pragmatics, and sociolinguistic factors. Key professional contributions include: Coordinated international research projects funded by institutions like the Marcelino Botín Foundation and Spain's I+D+i programs. Published extensively in journals like Journal of the International Phonetic Association , Language in Society , and Revue Roumaine de Linguistique . Presented at conferences worldwide, including the University of Massachusetts (Amherst) and the National Autonomous University of Mexico. Developed educational initiatives integrating technology in language learning, including ontology modeling for semantic web applications. He serves as a member of the editorial board for Todas as Letras and has supervised research collaborations with institutions like the Borough of Manhattan Community College (NYC) and the CTIC technology center in Asturias.

Annika Schebestaمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Linguistics
• Phonetics
• Morphology
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Annika Schebesta is a Researcher at the University of Siegen's Faculty I, Department of English Studies - Linguistics. She completed her PhD in English Linguistics in January 2025, focusing on the morpho-phonetic interface in English NNN compounds. Her research examines how morphological structure influences phonetic signals during speech production. She holds a B.A. (2012) and M.A. (2015) in Romance Studies and English Linguistics from Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, with additional coursework at UC Davis. Schebesta has been a research assistant since 2015, contributing to projects like the DFG Research Unit 'Spoken Morphology' (FOR 2373). Her teaching spans courses in linguistics, phonetics, syntax, and second language acquisition at both the University of Siegen and Heinrich-Heine-Universität. Research interests include acoustic phonetics, morpho-phonology, prosodic phonology, and statistical modeling of speech data. She actively participates in academic societies like LabPhon and DGfS. Her doctoral work bridges morphology and phonetics, utilizing corpus studies and experimental methods to analyze compound production patterns. Recent work explores semantic transparency effects on acoustic signals and contextual influences in compound processing. Schebesta has presented extensively at international conferences, focusing on topics like plosive deletion, constituent durations, and phonetic reduction in complex words. She is affiliated with the Morphological Embedding and Phonetic Reduction project, contributing to understanding spoken morphology dynamics.

Bhuvana Narasimhanمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Language Acquisition
• Linguistics
• Cognitive Science
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Bhuvana Narasimhan is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Colorado, Boulder, and Director of the Language, Development & Cognition Lab. She is also a Fellow of the Institute of Cognitive Science. Her research focuses on semantics-pragmatics, first language acquisition, and the crosslinguistic study of language-cognition interactions, with a particular emphasis on Hindi and Tamil. Narasimhan holds a PhD in Linguistics from Boston University (1998) and has conducted postdoctoral research at Bell Labs (Hindi text-to-speech synthesis) and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics (Netherlands). Her work includes corpus-based and experimental studies on child language development, verb semantics, and information structure. Key contributions include longitudinal corpora of caregiver-child interactions in Hindi and Tamil, and edited volumes on event encoding and information structure. Recent research explores ergative case marking in Hindi, differential object marking in Tamil, and computational models of language acquisition. Narasimhan has contributed to special journal issues on topics such as 'Embodied Cognition and Language' and 'The Acquisition of Information Structure.' Her awards include Fellowship at the Max Planck Institute and her current role as Institute of Cognitive Science Fellow. Her lab focuses on interdisciplinary projects combining linguistic theory, experimental methods, and computational modeling. Ongoing research investigates crosslinguistic patterns in motion events, prosodic cues in child language, and cognitive factors shaping syntactic choices.

Judith Tonhauserمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Natural Language Meaning
• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Judith Tonhauser is a full professor in the Department of English Linguistics at the University of Stuttgart, where she also serves as Vice Rector for Early Career Researchers and Diversity. She previously held positions at The Ohio State University and was a fellow at the Zentrum für Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft in Berlin and the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University. Her research focuses on natural language meaning, particularly semantics and pragmatics, investigating how meaning arises from linguistic expressions and how listeners interpret communicative intent. She specializes in: Projective content and presupposition phenomena Cross-linguistic studies of English and Paraguayan Guaraní Social meaning including irony and discourse structure Prosody-meaning interfaces Her publications show consistent focus on experimental approaches to linguistic theory, with recent work emphasizing cross-linguistic comparisons, prosodic interfaces, and computational methodologies. The trajectory demonstrates increasing sophistication in experimental design and theoretical modeling. She has received several prestigious awards including: Linguistic Society of America's Early Career Award (2016) Best Paper in Language Award (2014) Humboldt-Forschungsstipendium (2013) Frederick Burkhardt Fellowship (2013) At Stuttgart, she teaches semantics, pragmatics, sociolinguistics and psycholinguistics courses, and advises theses in these areas. She leads research projects involving experimental methodologies and collaborates with international teams investigating language processing and interpretation.

Kristin Hansonمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Linguistics
• Poetry
• Poetic Meter
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Professor Kristin Hanson is a linguist specializing in poetic meter at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research examines how meter stylizes natural language rhythm, with focuses on rhyme, alliteration, and the interplay between poetry and music/dance. She is currently writing "An Art that Nature Makes": A Linguistic Perspective on Meter in English . Her work bridges linguistics and aesthetics, exploring how art forms connect to human perception. Key publications include edited volumes like The Nature of the Word (2008) and entries in major encyclopedias such as Princeton Encyclopedia of Poetry and Poetics . Her research spans historical analyses (e.g., Donne, Shakespeare) to modern poets (e.g., Pinsky). She teaches at Berkeley and has presented globally on topics like metrical theory and cross-cultural metrics. Though no formal awards are listed, her extensive publications and international presentations highlight her scholarly impact. She advises no listed students but collaborates on projects like the American Heritage Dictionary . Office hours are by appointment in 426 Wheeler Hall.

• Teaching Turkish as a Foreign Language
• Prosody in Speech
• Reading Fluency
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Safa Çelebi is an Associate Professor at the Department of Turkish and Social Sciences Education, Faculty of Education, Ondokuz Mayıs University. Previously, they served as a research assistant at Recep Tayyip Erdoğan University (2014–2017) and a Turkish language instructor at the National Kazakh Girls Pedagogy University in Kazakhstan (2022–2025). Their academic journey includes a BSc in Turkish Education from Muğla Sıtkı Koçman University (2005–2009), an MSc in Turkish Education from the same university (2012), and a PhD in Turkish Education from Atatürk University (2012–2017). Dr. Çelebi’s research focuses on teaching Turkish as a foreign language, prosody in speech, reading fluency, pronunciation pedagogy, and Turkish dictionary evaluation. They have conducted extensive studies on the effectiveness of visual feedback activities in improving L2 oral reading skills, the role of prosody in persuasive speech, and comparative analyses of Turkish dictionaries’ word stress systems. Publications highlight their contributions to understanding learners’ perception of emotional utterances, the impact of game-based activities on phonetic accuracy, and the evaluation of Turkish language textbooks’ prosody teaching approaches. Their work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical pedagogy, emphasizing evidence-based teaching strategies. Contact: safa.celebi@omu.edu.tr | Office: +90 362 312 1919

• General Linguistics
• Phonetics
• Phonology
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Aveen Mohammed Hasan is an Assistant Professor in the Department of English Language at the Iraqi College of Humanities, University of Zakho. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from Ulster University (2012) and has been actively involved in academic leadership roles, including serving as Head of Department and Head Assistant. Her research focuses on Kurdish linguistics, with specializations in phonetics, phonology, and sociolinguistics. Education: Doctor of Philosophy (2012), Master of Arts (2005), Bachelor of Arts (2001) in English Language from University of Duhok. Professional experience includes roles as Assistant Professor (2018–present), Lecturer (2013–2018), and Assistant Lecturer (2005–2013). She has conducted training programs on TESOL methodology, higher education leadership, and ELT pedagogy. Research interests include Kurdish intonation patterns, phonological processes (e.g., glide insertion, stress shifts), loanword variation, and language acquisition in Kurdish-speaking children. She has organized academic workshops and serves on editorial committees for journals like Humanities Journal of University of Zakho and Journal of Comparative Studies. Recent work includes developing articulation tests for Kurdish children, analyzing e-learning challenges during the pandemic, and studying loanword usage in Kurdish dialects. Her contributions to phonetics and sociolinguistics have been presented at international conferences, including the International Conference on Kurdish Linguistics and the University of Daugavpils’ Human: Language, Society, Culture conference.

Yi Ting Huangمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Language and Society
• Real-Time Processing and Learning
• Semantics-Pragmatics Interface
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Yi Ting Huang is a Professor in the Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences at the University of Maryland. She holds a Ph.D. in developmental psychology from Harvard University and completed postdoctoral training in cognitive psychology at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Her research focuses on language processing in adults and children, with applications to populations affected by poverty, cochlear implants, and pandemic-related isolation. Ph.D. Psychology, Harvard University, 2009 M.A. Psychology, Harvard University, 2005 B.A. Psychology and Economics, Northwestern University, 2003 Her work investigates the intersection of language, cognition, and social development, particularly how past experiences shape language comprehension and strategies in children from diverse backgrounds. She employs eye-tracking while listening to study real-time language processing in both literate and illiterate populations, emphasizing computational demands and learner resources like language experience and cognitive capacity. Recent publications explore dialect differences in African American English-speaking children, auditory signal degradation effects on syntactic parsing, semantic prediction in cochlear-implant users, socioeconomic disparities in language development, and statistical learning in grammatical category acquisition. Her studies also address scalar implicatures, discourse-pragmatic interactions, and neurocognitive mechanisms in lexical processing. Principal Investigator, UMD Grand Challenges team project on “Fostering Inclusivity through Technology” Director, Maryland Language Science Center Co-Principal Investigator, NSF-funded Language Science Station at Planet Word Museum Associate Editor, Language Acquisition Editorial Board, Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition She advises current and former graduate students, including Alix Kowalski, Rachel Adler, Zoe Ovans, and Michelle Erskine, and has taught courses such as Introduction to Psycholinguistics and Speech and Language Development in Children.

Aron Hirschمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Linguistics
• Syntax
• Semantics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Aron Hirsch is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Maryland. His research focuses on syntax, semantics, and their interfaces, with particular attention to focus particles, quantifier scope, and language acquisition. He investigates topics such as exception marking, scalar implicatures, and form-meaning mismatches in natural language. His work combines formal analysis with experimental methods, exploring cross-linguistic variation and cognitive underpinnings of linguistic structures. Key research areas include: syntax-semantics interface, formal semantics, psycholinguistics, computational linguistics, and language acquisition. His recent studies address questions such as how scalar particles like 'only' interact with logical form, the nature of cumulative readings in focus constructions, and children's quantifier production in German and Italian. Publications span 2011–2024, showing sustained engagement with core issues in theoretical linguistics. Notable themes include syntactic derivation processes (e.g., conjunction reduction), prosodic phrasing effects, and experimental investigations of presupposition projection in disjunction. His research bridges formal theory with empirical methods, contributing to our understanding of linguistic structure and processing. No scientific awards explicitly mentioned in the provided texts. Current advising and grant activities are not detailed in the source materials. Affiliated with labs such as the EEG/ERP Lab and Maryland Neuroimaging Center through departmental resources.

• Sign Language Phonetics
• Motor Speech Disorders
• Neurogenic Language Disorders
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Martha Tyrone is an Associate Professor in the Department of Hearing, Speech, and Language Sciences at Gallaudet University, part of the Human Services and Sciences school. She specializes in sign language phonetics, motor speech disorders, and neurogenic language disorders. Her research integrates kinematic analysis with clinical linguistics, focusing on ASL phonetics, Parkinson’s disease impacts on signing, and phonetic reduction in sign languages. She teaches courses such as HSL-714 Speech Science and HSL-753 Motor Speech Disorders. Her work is affiliated with Gallaudet’s Technology Access Program (TAP) and Visual Language and Visual Learning (VL2) research centers.

Sameer ud Dowla Khanمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Phonetics
• Phonology
• Prosody
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Sameer ud Dowla Khan is a Professor of Linguistics at Reed College and co-editor of the Journal of South Asian Linguistics. They lead research in phonetics and phonology, specializing in intonation (prosody), voice quality (phonation), and South Asian languages. As director of Reed College's Lab of Linguistics, they oversee research on diverse languages and their varieties. Their research examines the physical attributes of speech sounds, abstract mental representations, and cross-linguistic patterns. Primary specializations include developing phonological models of Bengali intonation (InTraSAL system), comparative analysis of South Asian languages, and pioneering work on Bangla Sign Language. Khan's work spans theoretical and applied linguistics with strong interdisciplinary connections to cognitive science. Analysis of their 15 most recent publications reveals dominant research trajectories: phonetic documentation of phonation types (breathy/creaky voice) across languages, prosodic typology of South Asian languages, sociophonetic variation in voice quality, and applications in language acquisition/technology. Major methodologies include acoustic analysis, perceptual experiments, and corpus linguistics. Khan teaches undergraduate courses including: Introduction to Phonetics, Phonological Theory, Intonation Systems, Field Methods, and South Asian Languages. They mentor students in the Lab of Linguistics on experimental design and linguistic analysis.

Nanna Hiltonمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Citizen Science
• Sociolinguistics
• Experimental Linguistics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Nanna Hilton is an Associate Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Groningen's Campus Fryslân, affiliated with the Department of Frisian Language and Culture and the Language Technology and Culture faculty. She holds a PhD from the University of York (2006-2010) and has held roles including Assistant Professor (2010-2017) and Project Coordinator for the MA Multilingualism program. Her research focuses on sociolinguistics, experimental linguistics, and citizen science, particularly in minority language preservation. Notable projects include the 'Stimmen' citizen science initiative and the 'Multilingual Melodies' study on bilingual prosody. She has also contributed to interdisciplinary work on linguistic salience using ERP and pupilometry techniques. Hilton has received awards such as membership in De Jonge Akademie (2019) and a NWA-IDG Grant (2019). Her teaching spans undergraduate and graduate courses in sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, and minority language studies. She supervises research projects on topics like prosodic features in bilingual speakers and technology-based language documentation. Her work frequently addresses Frisian and Scandinavian languages, exploring dialect levelling, language attitudes, and the role of technology in linguistic research. She collaborates internationally and has published over 45 peer-reviewed articles and edited volumes.

• Experimental Phonetics
• Speech Production and Perception
• Cross-Linguistic Studies
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Professor Peggy Mok is a prominent academic in the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), where she also serves as Associate Dean (Student Affairs) within the Faculty of Arts. She holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has dedicated her career to experimental phonetics, focusing on speech production/perception, prosody, bilingualism, and forensic phonetics. Education: PhD in Linguistics, University of Cambridge MPhil in Linguistics, University of Cambridge BA in Chinese Language and Literature (First Class Honours), CUHK Research Interests: Experimental phonetics with emphasis on cross-linguistic and psycholinguistic perspectives. Key areas include prosodic properties of speech, speech acquisition, forensic phonetics, and bilingual mental lexicon. Her work explores vowel-to-vowel coarticulation, tone sandhi, and L2/L3 speech acquisition. Grants & Awards: 2024-2026: HKD 1.4M Grant (RGC) for studying human-AI speech interaction 2020-2022: HKD 564,988 for Wu Chinese phonetic research 2017-2018: SCOLAR Grant (HKD 1.2M) for Cantonese literacy projects Advising & Labs: Supervised over 20 graduate students in phonetics and psycholinguistics. Active in the Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre. Editor for journals like Phonetica and Journal of Phonetics .

Sanghee Kimمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Psycholinguistics
• Computational Linguistics
• Language Processing
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Sanghee Kim is a Researcher and Humanities Teaching Fellow at the University of Chicago's Department of Linguistics. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Chicago (2024) and specializes in psycholinguistics and computational linguistics. Her research focuses on the cognitive mechanisms of human language processing within discourse contexts, combining behavioral experiments with computational methods like NLP tools (Python) and statistical analysis (R). She teaches core undergraduate courses in Cognitive Science, Linguistics, Psychology, and Computer Science, including newly designed methods courses that integrate experimental and computational approaches. Research Interests: Psycholinguistics, Computational Linguistics, Discourse Processing, Experimental Design, Language Models, and Cross-Linguistic Studies. Publications highlight work on agreement attraction effects, discourse structure encoding, prosody in Korean syntax, and dialogue dynamics in language models. Her methodologies include web-based behavioral experiments (eye-tracking), visual world paradigms, and computational modeling.