This paper provides an overview of the phonemics, phonetics, and phonotactics of the Patwin language, using archival data sources. Patwin is a member of the small and underdescribed Wintuan language ...

Phonetics and speech science encompass the systematic study of the sounds produced by the human vocal apparatus and their subsequent transmission, perception and cognitive processing. Bridging the ...

The project aims to describe the uses of nasality, or passage of air through the nose during speech, in Indigenous Amazonian languages. Nearly all languages have nasal consonants such as “m” or “n”; ...

Language research at the University of Helsinki has always maintained its strong commitment to a better understanding of cultural areas and their history. Situated in an ideal place for the study of ...

Dr. Ted Kye currently works at the Department of Linguistics, University of Washington, Seattle. His areas of research include phonetics, speech production, corpus linguistics, and phonetics of ...

What is special about the human mind that makes language possible? Why are there so many different languages in the world? Does your mobile device really understand what you are saying? Can we save ...

All MA students must complete 30 credits, including the following five required courses: LING 5030: Linguistic Phonetics, LING 5410: Phonology, LING 5420: Morphology and Syntax, LING 5430: Semantics ...

Linguistics is the science of language. It is the subject whose practitioners devote their energy to understanding why human language is the way it is. They study the history, acquisition, structure, ...

I did my studying at the University of York with a BA in English Literature and Linguistics (2000), followed by an MA in Linguistics by Research (2001), and a PhD in Linguistics (2004). I joined the ...