Richard Wright

Congratulations, Alicia!

Happy to announce that the special issue of JASA @ASA_JASA "Classic Ideas in Speech Communication", edited with @B_Tucker_phon and @matt_with_ears , has come out: pubs.aip.org/jasa/collectio… There is a podcast from @acousticsorg to accompany it: buzzsprout.com/1537384/133501…

It is finally out! Thank you to all of the contributing authors. Auditory and Phonetic Processes in Speech Perception mdpi.com/si/93965 #mdpibrainsci via @BrainSci_MDPI

Are you a data scientist and a linguist? This position is calling to you!

@haspelmath Some linguists have been using "community research". Primary and collaborative research can happen in a variety of research settings.

"Fieldwork" is a good term for geology and biology, where we study "fields" etc. But in linguistics, "primary (data) work" or "collaborative work" seems much better. Which term do you prefer?

This study compares 16 vowel-normalization methods for purposes of sociophonetic research, with focus on dynamic formant trajectories. doi.org/10.1121/10.001… @FryskeAkademy #acoustics #linguistics #speech

SPECIAL ISSUE: RECONSIDERING CLASSIC IDEAS IN SPEECH COMMUNICATION This paper examines some commonly used stimuli in #speech #perception experiments and raises questions about their use: doi.org/10.1121/10.001… @UMNSLHS @matt_with_ears @UWlinguistics @lingprof #acoustics

@MtwoBtwo Congratulations!

Friends, I had a whole baby today. He’s perfect and tiny and won’t be making social media appearances, but if you’re interested in following him, DM me and I’ll send you the link to our online photo book which will be set up tomorrow

Doing research involving speech perception and acoustics? This new paper by me and @lingprof reconsidered some commonly used stimuli to show how they can be misinterpreted, misused, and lead to unreliable conclusions. open-access paper⬇️ asa.scitation.org/doi/full/10.11…

@lisa_b_davidson Since you're distinguishing lexical vs prosodic, I'd say lexical-word initial vs prosodic-word initial.

Super nerdy Q, linguists: In writing, I need to distinguish btw phonemes at the start of lexical words & those at the start of prosodic words (can be lexical word medial). Where do the hyphens go? "Lexical word-initial" & "prosodic word-initial"? Or "prosodic-word initial"? Help!

@lisa_b_davidson As someone who was doubly boosted and still contracted Covid, I agree with you about masks. A maskless dude on a flight coughed on me for 2.5 hours; if he'd been masked I might not have gotten so coated with aerosolized Covid spittle. Something even my mask couldn't prevent.

Covid Q: some venues are requiring proof of vax but not masks. I'm 😍 for vax, but is there still a belief that it prevents us from getting Covid right now? I'm just not sure I understand the vax-but-no-mask rationale since the cases might be milder but patrons can sure get it.

Just published a paper that I'm pretty happy about! The Role of the Root in Spoken Word Recognition in Hebrew: An Auditory Gating Paradigm mdpi.com/1667276 #mdpibrainsci via @BrainSci_MDPI

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@kbmcgowan I hear you. My Mom died 20 years ago tomorrow. Hard year.

For decades, Radio Haiti broadcast truth to power in both French and Haitian Creole. Then, its owner was slain. Now, you can listen to online archives indexed in three languages. Listen to the newest @lingopod episode on this here: subtitlepod.com/the-language-o…

@ctdicanio @Prolific @UBuffalo I'm working on it and I think we'll eventually be able to use it. I'll share our solution.

I'm having trouble getting the financial people at University of Washington to let me use @Prolific I'd like to get a list of public universities in North America where people use it. Can you help?

UW Linguistics has an opening for an Acting Assistant Professor in Syntax! Please share! linguistlist.org/issues/33/33-3…

@lisa_b_davidson @blillehaugen @mixedlinguist @KevinAbroad1 I definitely use both of both. And crayfish crawfish too. This might be because I was mercilessly ridiculed for pop, and crawfish (but not lightning bug).

@blillehaugen @mixedlinguist @KevinAbroad1 For both "soda/pop" and "firefly/lightning bug", do the same people use both words? (I'm DEFINITELY not a pop user at all. Maybe I've used lightning bug but mostly firefly. But I do use both couch & sofa a lot.)

I know there are a few linguistics who will see this 👀. Do you think true synonyms exist? If so, can you give some examples?

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