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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

We had a brilliant time at Lancaster University's public engagement festival, Campus in the City, yesterday! We engaged with 260 people in Morecambe with ultrasound, nasalance, accent quizzes, gender and language, and a grammar escape room! @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @phoneticslab.bsky.social

A group of 10 colleagues in a room. Most of us are wearing red Lancaster Phonetics Lab t-shirts. I am holding an ultrasound probe and Sam Kirkham is holding a nasalance device.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 12/03/2025

I wrote a quick tutorial for a student on how to use to R to get Whisper to automatically transcribe your audio. I figured others might find it useful too. #linguistics joeystanley.com/blog/whisper/

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Automated Transcription in R using Whisper – Joey Stanley

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

UKLVC15 deadline extended! Submit your abstracts by 28th March. Join us in Lancaster 2nd-4th September 2025 for sociolinguistic research on any language. Hosted by @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and University of Central Lancashire. More information and keynote presenters: wp.lancs.ac.uk/uklvc15/

A pair of swans are swimming along the canal. They have eight grey cygnets who are strung out in a line. The background shows a green field with trees at the edge. There are some sheep in the field.

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Andy Williams @llantwit.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University, by an anonymous academic. This is truly shocking read. The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame. voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...

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Two Weeks In The Death Spiral Of Cardiff University -

Reading Time: 4 minutesBy an anonymous academic. Cover image by Adwitiya Pal On the second day of classes…

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Justin Lo @justinjhlo.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

New open access paper in Speech Communication on “nasal coarticulation in Lombard speech”: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... I argue that, in Lombard speech, coarticulatory vowel nasality falls amid a compressed range of nasalisation, but coarticulation is maintained @phoneticslab.bsky.social

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Nasal coarticulation in Lombard speech

Speaking in noisy environments entails a multitude of adaptations to speech production. Such modifications are expected to reduce gestural overlap bet…

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

It was my great privilege to give a talk yesterday at Jagiellonian University in Kraków, hosted by the Language Documentation Centre, Department of General and Indo-European Linguistics. @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @phoneticslab.bsky.social

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Flint Dibble @flintdibble.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

The DESTRUCTION OF THE HUMANITIES at Cardiff University Management seems to think that Humanities scholars don't know how to read statistics Diving into their proposals shows how they are trying to hide the true extent of damage to Humanities disciplines here /1

photo of Benjamin Disraeli with his quote "Therea re three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics."

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

The call for papers for UKLVC15 is open! Deadline: 21st March. Join us in Lancaster 2nd-4th September 2025 for sociolinguistic research on any language. Hosted by @lancslinguistics.bsky.social and University of Central Lancashire. More information and keynote presenters: wp.lancs.ac.uk/uklvc15/

A view of the River Lune in Lancaster on a very still day in winter. The blue sky is reflected in the river water. There is an architecturally unusual footbridge over the river called the Millennium Bridge. It has two vertical posts with suspension wires attached. Some houses and buildings are visible in the background.

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International Association of Multilingualism (IAM) @iaml3.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

UPCOMING DEADLINE - CfP ➡️ Trondheim Young Researchers Symposium on Multilingualism (TYRSM) (May 26-27, 2025, in Trondheim, Norway) See the full CfP: iam.wildapricot.org/TYRSM-2025 ✅Deadline for abstract submission: January 31, 2025. Feel free to share and spread the word.

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Michael Pleyer @symbolicstorage.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

JOB ALERT! Come work with me! 34-Month Postdoc Position here at the Center for Language Evolution Studies, Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń in my project "Paths to Polysemy" Job offer here: www.umk.pl/en/jobs/?tas... Please repost & share widely!

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

Congratulations on getting this funding! 🎉

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Susanne Mohr @susannemohr7.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

What a lovely and moving account of how #Irish is not confined to rural & Gaeltacht areas, and how it matters in an urban space like Dublin. #langsky #minoritizedlanguages

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

We are delighted to welcome Dr Anton Malmi, who has started a 3-year postdoc in @phoneticslab.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social funded by the Estonian Research Council! Anton will be investigating the acquisition of palatalisation in Estonian children using ultrasound tongue imaging.

A man is standing on a green grassy mountainside. He is wearing a beige t-shirt, sunglasses, and a rucksack. The sky is blue and the grass is very green.

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

We present an approach to collecting articulatory and acoustic data in public spaces combined with public engagement. We also assess noisiness of acoustic data. Acoustic data collected at a market stall are noisier than lab data. But 96% of our market data were adequate for acoustic analysis.

A graph comparing signal to noise ratio results from data collected in fiver different locations: UCL recording room, UCL sound booth, Lancaster sound booth, Blackburn Market, and Burnley Market. The average values for the market locations are lower than the university settings.

Two people in blue t-shirts are at opposite ends of a table recording ultrasound with two members of the public.

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Endangered Languages Project @e-l-p.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

New speakers - people learning and reclaiming a language - are key to any language revitalization movement. 🌱 Understanding what motivates people to reclaim and learn their languages is an important part of revitalization work. A new book explores these issues in Gàidhlig (Scottish Gaelic):

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Morgan Sonderegger @msonderegger.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Linguists! We're hiring an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in phonology (secondary specializations welcome) at McGill linguistics, deadline January 13. Come work with us! mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/McGill...

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Assistant Professor

Please refer to the How to Apply for a Job (for External Candidates) job aid for instructions on how to apply. If you are an active McGill employee (ie: currently in an active contract or position at ...

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Congratulations to @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @phoneticslab.bsky.social student Emily Gorman who passed her viva today!

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

We've been hosting Simona Montanari, California State University, @phoneticslab.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social for the past couple of days. Great to hear about Simona's research on Spanish-English bilingual pre-schoolers and celebrate at our lab Christmas party!

A selfie of 11 people around a table at our Christmas dinner. Claire is taking the picture and is in the foreground. Background shows Simona and members of Lancaster Phonetics Lab.

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Adam Schembri (ˈʃɛmbɹi/ˈʃkɛmbri) @adamcschembri.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Come and work with us in the Department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham!

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

Great news Ben! Congratulations!! 🎉

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 09/12/2024

In theory, yes. But I would be cautious about using these measures for contrasts relying on the tongue tip. You would need to be very confident of capturing a good tongue tip ultrasound image, which can be tricky. I can recommend this paper for more info: doi.org/10.1044/2023...

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Tongue Shape Complexity in Children With and Without Speech Sound Disorders

Purpose: This study investigates the hypothesis that younger speakers and speakers with more severe speech sound disorders are more likely to use...

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Pam Forster @pamelaforster.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

Really helpful training course on carrying out oral history interviews with the Oral History Society at the @britishlibrary.bsky.social yesterday. Lovely to meet up with Jane and Takayuki afterwards too! 😀 @NWCDTP @phoneticslab.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Congratulations to Stuart Dunmore on his brilliant new book! @edinburghup.bsky.social

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RNIB @rnib.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Alt text? Don’t worry, Santa’s elves have your back! Writing great alt text is simpler than you think. Got questions? Ask our alt text elves!

A bright pink instructional graphic titled “How to sleigh alt text.” It includes colourful headings labelled Identify Who (in green), Expression (blue), Description (pink), Colour (red), and Interesting Features (grey). On the right side, there’s a sample alt text description in various colours that reads: “Santa Claus looking happy as he waves at the camera. He wears a traditional red suit and hat and has a long white beard and glasses. There are colourful lights twinkly behind him.” Below the text, a photo of Santa Claus is shown, waving with a big smile against a background of twinkling, colourful holiday lights

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Scottish Poetry Library @byleaveswelive.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

Congratulations to Pàdraig MacAoidh [Peter Mackay] on his appointment as Scotland's new Makar (National Poet). Pàdraig is the first Scottish Gaelic poet in the role. He recorded his poem Crann-cuinnse [Quince Tree] to promote the announcement. The English translation appears in the thread below.

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Happy #LancashireDay! In an eventful hour, I teamed up with a passing electrician to herd and wrestle the sheep back into a field. Then saw a kingfisher fishing in the river as the sun set.

A sheep has decorated herself in brambles and is wandering down a country lane.

A view across green fields to Lancaster Castle on top of a small hill.

Low sunlight over the Lune river estuary. The sunset is reflected in a pool of water.

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Takayuki Nagamine @takayukinagamine.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

The world hasn’t gone upside down yet, so it should be real — I’m #PhDone having defended my thesis on Monday! The past four years have been so much fun with my great supervisors @clrnance.bsky.social @samkirkham.bsky.social and amazing colleagues all over the world! Thank you everyone!

Post-viva group photo: Four people are standing by the display (split into two and two) that shows a man joining the viva online.

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Congratulations to Lancaster Phonetics Lab student Takayuki Nagamine who passed his PhD viva with no corrections yesterday! Sam Kirkham and I supervised Takayuki's research. Thanks to examiners Alexei Kochetov and Danielle Turton, and Chair @justinjhlo.bsky.social. Photo from the after party 🥳

A man is festooned in small Japanese flags. He is smiling and a light above his head looks like a halo.

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Rasmus Puggaard-Rode @rpuggaardrode.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I am so so honored and grateful that this paper has been selected for the JPhon ECR Article of the Year award!

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

Very happy to be rediscovering my network and meeting new people here! Please enjoy Lancaster University campus ducks from earlier this week.

A handsome male mallard duck is standing on some paving slabs looking at the camera. The sun is shining so his feathers are gleaming.

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 23/01/2024

Congratulations to my PhD student Takayuki Nagamine on his first first-authored journal article out now in JASA 🥳! Please enjoy formant dynamics in L2 speech. Ultrasound analysis coming soon! doi.org/10.1121/10.0...

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 16/11/2023

Some days I complain about my job, but some days I get to meet inspiring teachers doing incredible things for Gaelic with lovely children in a beautiful place. Today was a good day!

A beach scene in sunshine. The tide is low so some sand is visible with a calm river on the left of the picture. Low mountains are in the background. The sky is blue and almost cloudless.

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 10/11/2023

Had a fun time wearing giant headphones to record this for BBC Radio 3 Free Thinking with @robdrummond.bsky.social Andrea Smith, Shane O'Mara and John Gallagher. Great to chat about accents and ultrasound www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

A woman wearing a woolly hat and a purple coat (me) in front of the big BBC buildings at Media City in Salford.

Three people sitting in a recording studio. Two men are on the left (Rob and John) and a woman on the right (me).

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Rob Drummond @robdrummond.bsky.social · 09/11/2023

Had a great time on Tuesday recording an episode of Free Thinking for BBC Radio 3, talking all things voice with @clrnance.bsky.social and others. Podcast available here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p...

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 03/11/2023

A brilliant evening with Phonetics Lab colleagues at Light Up Lancaster, a light festival in our city. Public engagement is wonderful but also so completely exhausting 😅

A group selfie of 8 people wearing blue t-shirts. Behind them is a strip of lights made to look like a sound wave.

The entrance to Lancaster Library is a sandstone Victorian building. A pullup banner and flag are outside the door to welcome guests. The banner reads Linguistics and English Language.

A man is ultrasounding his tongue on a big screen at the front of a room. A glowing ear picture is on the left hand side wall.

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 25/10/2023

We do. But they're now called 'student hours'.

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 20/10/2023

My first time being covered in the Mail, but it could have been worse. Happy to identify as a 'mouth scanning scientist' 😅

Screenshot of a headline from the Mail Online. Headline reads 'why do people from Blackburn and Burnley sound so different?scientists will scan people's mouths to understand why the accents are so dissimilar - despite being just 10 miles apart'.

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 18/10/2023

I got project stickers printed and it's possibly the best professional decision I've ever made ever. (Design by Emily Gorman).

This photo shows a pile of stickers. There are about 12 visible. The stickers are round and yellow with a purple pop art lips and tongue sticking out showing a red Lancashire rose. The lips have the words 'Lancashire tongues' written on them. Artwork is by Emily Gorman.

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Rasmus Puggaard-Rode @rpuggaardrode.bsky.social · 16/10/2023

Monday morning* praatpicture feature drop 🍾 - Multiple channels (any number in theory) can now be plotted! - There's now support for special font types like bold, small caps etc in TextGrids using Praat's conventions! (1/)

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GitHub - rpuggaardrode/praatpicture: Make Praat Picture style plots of acoustic data

Make Praat Picture style plots of acoustic data. Contribute to rpuggaardrode/praatpicture development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 14/10/2023

Over the summer I caught 7 trains in one day across Netherlands and Germany with tight connection times. All 3-15 mins late so I didn't miss a single one!

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Claire Nance @clrnance.bsky.social · 13/10/2023

New on here but happy to (re)connect with everyone! Enjoy this amazing and massive tongue our PhD student Emily Gorman is painting as a commission for a light festival in Lancaster.

An anatomical painting of a tongue in midsagittal view. The different muscles are painted with UV sensitive paint which glows in the dark. Artist: Emily Gorman.

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