We applied methods proposed by @wimpouw to better understand the effect of limb motion on speech acoustics. This is part of Hélène Serré Helene's PhD, currently at ZAS Berlin. Congratulations!

Welcoming another batch of students to our phonetics lab today. Happy to show them what we are up to!

Jobs jobs jobs! We are hiring in the broad area of 'Security' which includes Forensic Speech Science! Any forensic phoneticians would like to work Lancaster University Phonetics Lab Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni ? We'd love to welcome you! hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx?r…

Massive congratulations to Anton Malmi who successfully passed his PhD viva! It was my huge pleasure to examine the thesis at University of Tartu. Congratulations to supervisors Pärtel Lippus Pärtel Lippus and Einar Meister thank you so much for your warm welcome. Viva 📷 by Pärtel.

My mother didn't really think anything about my academic endeavors before I started teaching. I guess teaching is more prestigious than doing science.

It's my birthday and I've already had 4 pieces of cake! Will keep you updated!

Looks like Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster Uni is the third best in Linguistics in the world! :D

How is it Friday again?

Pet Cematery vibes

So, while recording articulation with 13 sensors the subject fell asleep multiple times. I guess that's another thing I need to check before the participants come in.

Nice: Estonian research council opens grant for hiring researchers from abroad; competitive salary for 2yrs (50-50 split bw uni & council) with very little strings attached. I'm sure both my employers (@TallinnUni/Tallinn University School of Humanities 🇺🇦 &EBS) would be happy to help;) etag.ee/en/funding/mob…

Until today I've been (mentally) pronouncing "albeit" as /əlbeɪt/. (It was /ɔlbiət/)

Interesting article comparing the effect of EMA sensors on pronunciation research.rug.nl/en/publication…

We made a custom case for our ultrasound!

Spot the loose sensor

Had a second test subject that didn't sleep the night before the experiment. I'm developing a niche.

If you're in the lab too long you'll start to shed skin

Anyone that uses EMA for recording articulation is familiar with how different speakers can be. Has anyone noticed any patterns? For example, if the speaker has not eaten before the experiment or has not slept, there is a lot more saliva and the sensors come off easily?

Two new papers with Steven Moran Axel G. Ekström et al. from this week’s FONETIK 2024 conference in Stockholm! - Vocal tract proportions and the evolution of speech zenodo.org/records/113960… - Anatomical correlates of articulatory ranges of motion zenodo.org/records/113960…

The commentators are saying that the hardest thing about the Olympics is how to pronounce the name of the river Seine. Sure..