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Research group in phonetics and speech science at Lancaster University

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Justin Lo @justinjhlo.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
New paper out w/ Pat Strycharczuk & @samkirkham.bsky.social! Does the individuality of formant dynamics have a basis in articulatory strategy? Forensic phonetics says yes, we went looking for evidence in English I-diphthongs. Link: doi.org/10.1121/10.0... PDF: justinjhlo.github.io/publication/...
Title and abstract page from JASA article "Articulatory strategy as a source of variation in acoustic vowel dynamics" by Patrycja Strcharczuk, Justin J. H. Lo, and Sam Kirkham. Full text of abstract linked in post.
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Lancaster University Phonetics Lab @phoneticslab.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Congratulations, Dr Fairclough! Lois passed her viva with minor revisions earlier this week. Lois’ thesis is on “Evaluating sources of variability in formant-based speaker discrimination”. Her examiners were Kirsty McDougall (Cambridge) and @justinjhlo.bsky.social.
Lois surrounded by grinning lab members, together with viva chair and examiners
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Lancaster University @lancasteruni.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Our own Prof Claire Nance of @lancslinguistics.bsky.social was on BBC Breakfast this morning talking about changes to local accents, including here in Lancaster 🗣️💬 Watch the segment now from 1hr 50m, or look out for her on BBC North West Tonight this evening!
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Breakfast - 14/04/2026
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Lancaster University Phonetics Lab @phoneticslab.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
We’re looking for a new colleague!
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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
theconversation.com/amanda-seyfr... A really good piece here from Danielle Turton on recreation of historical accents and why the choices of accents and features matter, especially when they're 'regional' rather than RP.
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Amanda Seyfried nails bits of the 1700s Manchester accent in The Testament of Ann Lee – a linguist explains how we know
The accent has been distracting for some because it sounds different to modern Mancunians.
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Lancaster University Phonetics Lab @phoneticslab.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Last week @clrnance.bsky.social was on BBC Radio Lancashire and Radio Cumbria talking about rhoticity and accent change. If you’re in the UK, you can still catch up on the segment! Link on: phoneticslab.github.io/general/2026...
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Justin Lo @justinjhlo.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
New @phoneticslab.bsky.social paper from @clrnance.bsky.social!
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Rasmus Puggaard-Rode @rpuggaardrode.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Plotting your spectral slices in R will soon be a lot easier!
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Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Needed to take my daughter into work for a short time today so while there our amazing @phoneticslab.bsky.social let her ultrasound her tongue! She thought it was very, very cool.
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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
We are very excited that Samuel Schmück has been awarded a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship for a great project on speech analytics and under-represented language varieties in speech technology. Many congratulations Sam! @samschmueck.bsky.social @leverhulme.ac.uk
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Sam Schmück awarded Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship - Lancaster University
Congratulations to Sam Schmück for being awarded a highly prestigious Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellowship!
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Lancaster University Phonetics Lab @phoneticslab.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
We're looking forward to INTERSPEECH 2025!! @interspeech.bsky.social #Interspeech2025
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Takayuki Nagamine @takayukinagamine.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
New exciting tongue contour modelling methods of ultrasound data! stefanocoretta.github.io/mv_uti/
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Multivariate analyses of tongue contours from ultrasound tongue imaging
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Speech Dynamics Lab @speedy-lab.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
As part of the #ViTraLiP transnational course, our virtual guest was @samkirkham.bsky.social from Lancaster University. During our exchange in #Paris, we were able to attend his talk at the #SRPP colloquium. Thanks to @lppparis.bsky.social for inviting us! Read more here: tinyurl.com/vitralip.
Photo of Sam Kirkham giving a talk. He is standing in front of a white wall and pointing towards a slide that shows results on phonetic accommodation.
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Justin Lo @justinjhlo.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
2. Nosey: Open-source hardware for acoustic nasalance - led by PhD student Maya Dewhurst, with Jack Collins, Roy Alderton & Sam Kirkham (psst there's 3D printing in there)
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Justin Lo @justinjhlo.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
We've got 2 papers accepted to #Interspeech2025 (although you'll only see my collaborators and not me at Rotterdam 🥲): 1. Articulatory strategy in vowel production as a basis for speaker discrimination - with Pat Strycharczuk & Sam Kirkham @phoneticslab.bsky.social @lancslinguistics.bsky.social
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Takayuki Nagamine @takayukinagamine.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Hot off the press! My tutorial on ultrasound data collection & analysis is now out. Open Access. Part of a special issue in the Journal of the Phonetic Society of Japan, with lots of other cool studies. Articulatory phonetics is going strong in Japan! www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/onse...
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Quantifying Between-Speaker Variation in Ultrasound Tongue Imaging Data
This article outlines a quantitative, between-group comparison of tongue shapes using ultrasound tongue imaging, one of the vocal tract imaging techni …
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Linguistics and English Language @ Lancaster University @lancslinguistics.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
We had a great time at Campus in the City last week, where hundreds of people engaged with our activities on beatboxing ultrasound, language escape rooms, gender representation in animated films, Lancashire accent quiz, nasal visualisation, and more!
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arxiv cs.CL @arxiv-cs-cl.bsky.social · 08/04/2025
Sam Kirkham Discovering dynamical laws for speech gestures arxiv.org/abs/2504.04849
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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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Teja Rebernik @tejarebernik.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Great SRPP (@lppparis.bsky.social) talk on speech modelling by @samkirkham.bsky.social (@phoneticslab.bsky.social) 👅 A very clear overview of why we should care about modelling and the considerations that need to be made when creating new models. 🧠
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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
A selfie of me standing in front of the Jagiellonian University banner. The banner shows a modern university building where I gave my talk. The banner has a blue background showing the university logo. The weather is cold at the moment so I am wearing a black winter coat, purple scarf, and a grey hat.
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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
New paper out with colleagues from @phoneticslab.bsky.social 'Articulatory phonetics in the market: combining public engagement with ultrasound data collection' doi.org/10.1515/ling... @samkirkham.bsky.social @takayukinagamine.bsky.social @pamelaforster.bsky.social @justinjhlo.bsky.social
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Articulatory phonetics in the market: combining public engagement with ultrasound data collection
This paper is a methodological contribution outlining an approach we have developed to recording ultrasound tongue imaging and audio research data as part of public engagement work. The paper is based...
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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 Simona and Claire together. We are in front the of large Lancaster University logo sign on a yellow brick wall.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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Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
@samkirkham.bsky.social fascinating and entertaining public lecture “Unravelling the Mysteries of Sound Change”. Part of series celebrating 50yrs of the Department.
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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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Interspeech 2026 @interspeech.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
🎙️ Challenge Alert: The Speech Accessibility Project Challenge at #Interspeech2025 focuses on advancing dysarthric speech recognition! Compete to build the best ASR using a 290-hour dataset. 🏆 Prizes for the lowest WER & highest semantic score. Details: eval.ai/web/challeng... #SpeechTech #AIForGood
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Mark Hasegawa-Johnson, Aadhrik Khuila, Alicia Martin, Brian Gamido, Christopher Zwilling, Colin Lea, Ed Cutrell, Gautam Mantena, Katrin Tomanek, Kyu Jeong Han, Leda Sarı, Venkatesh Ravichandran
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