Jae Yung Song, Anne Pycha, and Tessa Culleton have just published a new article in the journal Frontiers in Communication. The research examines how Korean L2 speakers of English interact with Amazon Alexa, and how they adjust their vowel productions … Continue Reading »
Aldholmi & Pycha to appear in Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics
The article “Segmental contributions to the intelligibility of Arabic sentences”, by Yahya Aldholmi (PhD 2018) and Anne Pycha, has been accepted for publication in the journal Poznan Studies in Contemporary Linguistics. The article is based on Dr. Aldholmi’s dissertation research, … Continue Reading »
Two Linguistics SURF awards
Two Linguistics projects have been awarded funding to support undergraduate research as part of UWM’s SURF program for fall 2022: Preston Ruh and Hanyong Park: “Foreign Accent in Consonant Clusters” Sean Weaver and Glenn Starr: “L2 Learner Receptivity to Scalar … Continue Reading »
Pycha receives UWM research award
Associate Professor Anne Pycha has been awarded the 2022 UWM Office of Research/UWM Foundation Research Award. Congratulations, Dr. Pycha!… Continue Reading »
Ouali promoted to Full Professor
Faculty member Hamid Ouali has been promoted to Full Professor. Congratulations, Dr. Ouali!… Continue Reading »
Anne Pycha publishes in Frontiers in Communication
Along with UC Davis co-authors Michelle Cohn and Georgia Zellou, Anne Pycha just published a new article in the journal Frontiers in Communication. The title is “Face-masked speech intelligibility: The influence of speaking style, visual information, and background noise.”… Continue Reading »
Dr. Fleisher’s report featured in New York Times
A report that was co-authored by Associate Professor Nick Fleisher was featured on the front page of today’s New York Times. The report, issued by the American Association of University Professors, focuses on the North Carolina legislature’s influence over operations … Continue Reading »
Park and Ruh receive SURF award
Associate Professor Hanyong Park and undergraduate student Preston Ruh have been awarded a SURF (Support for Undergraduate Research Fellows) award for Spring 2022. Congratulations, Dr. Park and Preston!… Continue Reading »
Pattillo and Davis featured in Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel newspaper
Visiting scholar Kelsie Pattillo and Professor Garry Davis are featured in today’s edition of the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, in an article titled, Why Wisconsin’s dialect, pronunciations are unique — and even vary within the state’s borders. Congratulations, Dr. Pattillo and Dr. Davis! … Continue Reading »
Robin Fritche featured in L&S In Focus
Doctoral student Robin Fritche was featured on the cover story of L&S In Focus. The article highlights her research on child-directed speech, which Fritche recently published in The Journal of Phonetics, along with co-authors Jae Yung Song (UWM) and Stefanie … Continue Reading »