Doctoral student Md Jamal Hossain presented his talk “ATR Vowel Harmony in Bangla” at the 19th Workshop in General Linguistics at University of Wisconsin, Madison. Congratulations, Jamal!… Continue Reading »
Charles Rojas & collaborators publish in Frontiers in Psychology
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 … Continue Reading »
Md Jamal Hossain presents in Illinois
On March 8, doctoral student Md Jamal Hossain presented his work “pro in Bangla: Type and Cross-linguistic Implications” at the 17th Annual Illinois Language and Linguistics Conference in Urbana-Champaign. Congratulations, Jamal!… Continue Reading »
Amirah Alruwais defends prelim paper
Doctoral student Amirah Alruwais successfully defended her prelim paper, “Phonological Transfer and Markedness Effects in Saudi Arabic Speakers’ English Obstruent Production”. Congratulations, Amirah!… Continue Reading »
Sara Issa defends prelim paper
Doctoral student Sara Issa has successfully defended her prelim paper, “Realization of Morphemic Word Final S in English of Human and Artificial Voices: Phonetic Evidence for Voiceless Clitic -s and Plural -s”. Congratulations, Sara! &nbs… Continue Reading »
Rozan Al Ghamdi defends dissertation
Doctoral student Rozan Al Ghamdi successfully defended her PhD dissertation entitled, “Evolution of Phonological and Morphological Features in the Ghamdi Arabic Dialect: A Contemporary Analysis of Vowel Harmony and Gender Distinction.” Congratulations, Dr. Al Ghamdi!… Continue Reading »
P-group presentation on Al assistants
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 … Continue Reading »
Issa and Alruwais present at MidPhon 2024
Doctoral students Sara Issa and Amirah Alruwais presented their research last weekend at the 2024 Mid-Continental Phonetics and Phonology Conference at the University of Illinois in Urbana-Champaign. Sara Issa’s poster, co-authored with faculty member Anne Pycha, was titled “Artificial Intelligence … Continue Reading »
Linguists win SURF funding
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 … Continue Reading »
Fuddah to present at LSA
Doctoral student Aisha Fuddah’s abstract entitled “Overt polarity in Hijazi Arabic” has been accepted for presentation as a talk at the annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America in Philadelphia in January. Congratulations, Aisha!… Continue Reading »