Phonetics and Phonology Research Group The phonetics and phonology research group (or 'P-group') brings together researchers who are working to understand the phonetics and/or phonology of human language. We combine a broad range of expertise and interests, ranging from acoustic and articulatory phonetics to formal phonological theory, taking in sociophonetics, phonological dialectology, speech recognition and speech synthesis, speech perception, laboratory phonology, historical phonology, and developmental phonology.We explore these issues from formal, experimental, and engineering perspectives, with interests in synchrony, diachrony, and acquisition. Members of the group work as individuals, in collaboration with each other, and in a number of collaborations with other researchers in Edinburgh and at other universities.Most members of the group are primarily affiliated with Linguistics and English Language, but others come from elsewhere at the University of Edinburgh (e.g., the Centre for Speech Technology Research and Informatics), or from Speech and Hearing Sciences at Queen Margaret University.MeetingsThe P-group normally meet (our meetings are called the 'Phonetics and Phonology Workshop', or 'P-workshop') on Fridays (but not every Friday) at 12:10pm. For more information (and/or if you'd like to be added to the P-workshop mailing list), email the organisers: Patrick Honeybone, Jeremy Steffman and Oksana Lebedivna.PeopleStaff working in this area include: Image Research interestsPeter Bell(Informatics)Automatic speech recognitionJulian Bradfield(Informatics)Formal phonology; phonology-phonetics interface; click languages; simulations in phonologyStefano CorettaPhonetics; phonology; statisticsBenjamin ElieAcoustics and articulatory models of human speech productionHeinz J Giegerich(Emeritus)Phonological and morphological theory, especially in relation to EnglishLauren Hall-LewSociolinguistics; sociophonetics; phonetic methods; English variation and change; language and ethnicity; language and tourismPatrick HoneyboneHistorical phonology; phonological theory; phonological dialectology; northern EnglishesChristian IlburySociolinguistics; language variation and changePavel IosadTheoretical phonology; phonological interfaces; historical phonology; Celtic languages; Germanic languagesItamar KastnerMorphology; morphophonology; syntax; semanticsSimon KingSpeech recognition; speech synthesisBob Ladd(Emeritus)Intonation and prosody (incl. phonology, phonetics, and paralinguistics); phonology-phonetics "interface" issues; language and musicCatherine LaiSpeech prosody; spoken language understanding; affective computing; semantics; pragmatics; information structureWarren MaguireDialectology; varieties of English/Scots; phonetic and phonological variation and changeBenjamin MolineauxProsodic structure and change; phonology and morphology of Mapudungun (isolate, Chile/Argentina); sound-to-spelling mapping, especially in Older ScotsMits OtaFirst and second language acquisition; phonologyMichael RamsammyExperimental and theoretical phonology; phonological change; Creole Englishes; articulatory phoneticsBert RemijsenSuprasegmental systems: how languages make use of pitch, duration, voice quality, loudness, and to some extent vowel qualityKorin RichmondSpeech synthesis; articulatory data for speech technology; lexicography and pronunciation modellingJim Scobbie(Queen Margaret University)Socio-laboratory phonology; child speech; covert and quasi-phonemic phonological contrast; clinical phonetics; Scottish English; articulatory phonetics; ultrasound analysis of the tongueMark Steedman(Informatics)Computational linguistics; spoken intonation; spoken language processingJeremy SteffmanRepresentations and processes in speech perception; prosody; intonation; (primarily acoustic) phoneticsAlice TurkSpeech production; speech perception; prosodic structure; timingPostgraduatesResearch postgraduates working in this area include:Johanna BasnakDevelopmental phonology; phonological typology; phonemic inventories; lexical acquisition; learning biasesAldo Berrios CastilloMapudungun phonology and morphology; historical phonologyFae HicksTheoretical historical linguistics; historical phonology; historical syntax; phonologyBrandon KiefferHistorical phonology of Great Lakes BantuAnna Laoide-KempLinguistic theory; Celtic linguistics; phonology; morphosyntax; modularity; interactions between grammatical modulesSiqing LiEnglish phonology; plural fricative lenisisationGilly MarchiniRomance Linguistics; acoustic phonetics; laboratory phonology; dialectologyAlice MarikanSociolinguistic dialectology; variation; phonetics; Austronesian linguisticsJakub MusilPhonological theory; the phonetics-phonology interface; Celtic linguisticsWilliam PeraltaTonogenesis; perception and production in the context of prosodyGeorges SakrAcoustic and articulatory phonetics; phonetics-phonology interface; laboratory and experimental phonologyYou can also see what some of our recent postgraduate students worked on:Recently submitted PhD thesesPostgraduate StudyWe welcome applications from potential postgraduates who would like to join our group:PhD and MSc by Research programmesHistoryFind out more about the roots of phonetics and phonology research at Edinburgh:History of phonetics and phonology at Edinburgh This article was published on 2024-10-14