Affiliated faculty members Jae Yung Song and Fred Eckman recently published their paper “The relationship between L2 learners’ production and perception of English vowels: The role of native-speaker acoustic patterns in production” in the journal of Second Language Research. Congratulations, …
On Friday, April 4, 2025, UWM Linguistics Department hosted its annual “Five Minute” talks, in which researchers presented their work in five-minute slots. Undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty all participated. The event was a great success!
Linguistics undergraduate Charles Rojas, along with collaborators Jae Yung Song and Anne Pycha, has published a new article in Frontiers in Psychology. The title is “Factors modulating perception and production of speech by AI tools: a test case of Amazon Alexa and …
A new article by Sujin Oh (PhD 2024) and Hanyong Park has been published in Linguistic Research. It is titled, “The impact of native language on second language rhythm acquisition: Insights from a cross-linguistic and intra-language corpus study.”
For this month’s P-group, Anne Pycha presented “Factors modulating perception and production of speech by AI assistants: A test case of Amazon Alexa and Polly”, which is joint research with Jae Yung Song and Charles Rojas. Thanks to all who …
Several Linguistics faculty have been awarded SURF funding to support undergraduate research this fall: Anne Pycha will be working with Emma Henkhaus and Cassie Rice Glenn Starr will be working with Preston Ruh Jae Yung Song and Fred Eckman will …
Faculty member Glenn Starr, along with co-author Emilie Destruel, has a new publication in Second Language Research, entitled, “A bidirectional study in L2 acquisition of pragmatics: The case of (un-)bounded adjectival scales”. Congratulations, Dr. Starr!
Research conducted by undergraduate Charles Rojas was featured in the most recent issue of the L&S In Focus newsletter. The research, in collaboration with Jae Yung Song and Anne Pycha, examines how voice-AI assistants like Alexa respond to words with …
Anne Pycha and collaborator Georgia Zellou (UC Davis) have published a new article in the journal Frontiers in Computer Science, titled “The influence of accent and device usage on perceived credibility during interactions with voice-AI assistants.” Check it out!
A new article by Jieun Lee (PhD 2022) and Hanyong Park has just been published in the Journal of Phonetics. It is titled “Acoustic cue sensitivity in the perception of native category and their relation non nonnative phonological contrast learning.” …
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