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I'm a phonetician and Senior Lecturer in Psychology at School of Psychology and Humanities, the University of Lancashire. I'm a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, UK.
I study how people use language, speech and visual cues to communicate, bringing together linguistics, experimental psychology and communication research. My main focus is prosody — the melody, rhythm and timing of speech, often described as "tone of voice".
My current projects explore how body movements and prosody work together in Jejuan, an endangered language spoken on Jeju Island in South Korea; how prosody varies across dialects; and how hearing loss relates to prosody and the way people take turns in conversation. I also investigate prosody in birdsong.
I combine experiments with human participants and detailed analysis of speech and video recordings, using close observation and statistical modelling to uncover patterns in communication. This interdisciplinary work has applications in hearing care, language teaching, communication strategies, the study of animal sounds and language technology.
I welcome collaborations exploring how speech, gestures and other visual cues work together in communication, and how communication changes as we age.
Google Scholar link
Blog on Korean Linguistics link
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7536-5571
Current Collaborations
Acoustic studies on sound change in Korean fricatives with Charles Chang (Boston University, USA)
Prosody and attention with John Everett March (University of Central Lancashire)
Interpreting prosody in a second language: an experimental study of cross-linguistic influence in the acquisition of Korean prosody with Heather Marsden (University of York), Kook-Hee Gil (University of Sheffield), Sunyoung Park (Sejong University) and Sam Hellmuth (University of York)
Intercultural pragmatics with Chisa Matsukawa (University of Lancashire)
Hearing loss, prosody and communicative interaction with Zaira Curetti, Lauren Hadley, and Alexina Whitley (University of Nottingham)
Vocal communication: exploring the parallels between birdsong and human speech with Amy Leedale (University of Salford)
Other research activities
I'm on the Editorial Board of the Korean Language in America and Journal of Korean Linguistics.
I am reviewing for the following journals and councils:
Journal of Phonetics; Language and Speech; Speech Communication; Lingua; Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research; Journal of the International Phonetic Association; Phonetica; National Science Foundation (USA); Linguistics Vanguard; Modern Language Journal; Languages; PLoS One; Music & Science; Korean Language in America; the Revue canadienne de linguistique/Canadian Journal of Linguistics; Humanities and Social Sciences Communications; Scientific Reports
I am a member of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians (BAAP) and the Experimental Psychology Society (EPS).
Conference & workshop organisation
Workshop: Speech Prosody and Beyond, 20–22 June 2023, Korea Advanced Institute of Science & Technology (KAIST), Seoul, South Korea
Workshop: Methodological Advances in Prosody Research (28 June-4 July, Seoul National University, South Korea, OSF link
Pedagogical Approaches to Japanese/Korean Linguistics 23 September 2023 Saturday (14:00 - 17:00 UK), information here
The 28th Japanese/Korean Linguistics Conference (7-20 September 2020) and satellite events: Special Lectures on Multimodal Communication, Workshop on Pedagogical Approaches to Japanese/Korean Linguistics and Workshop on Experimental Phonetics and Phonology.
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