Profile Laboratory Phonology and Experimental Phonetics

How do speakers adapt the way they speak to different linguistic contexts, situations and interactions?

General information

In experimental phonetics and laboratory phonology we investigate the acoustic, perceptual and articulatory patterns underlying speech-based communication, with a focus on conversation, multimodal communication, prosody, human-machine interaction, and speech technology.
 

Promoted knowledge and skills

• measure and understand speech-based variation
• elicit, collect and analyze speech and movement data
• work on speech-based and gestural interaction
• carry out speech-based production and perception studies
• use speech technology like voice assistants to investigate speech
• create speech-based experimental designs
   

Additional information

To study this profile, it is very useful to have a keen interest in speech signal measurements, and quantitative and computational approaches. However, we do not expect you to be an expert in these things when you start.
 

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