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  • Welcome to the Phonetics and Speech Sciences Group

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Current Research Projects

Voice

  • Rhythmic accommodation in a dialect contact situation. Acoustic and perception studies in Grison and Zurich German More
  • The dynamics of indexical information in speech and its role in speech communication and speaker recognition More  
  • "Voice Theft": Chances and risks of digital voice technology More
  • Between-speaker variability in Persian based on acoustic correlates of speech rhythm More
  • Speaker identity information in different parts of the speech signal: Human and machine perceptions More
  • Vocal accommodation in Human-Human and Human-Robot interactions More
  • How do infants identify their mothers by their voice: The role of temporal characteristics in infant-directed speech style More
  • The effect of nicotine craving on voice quality More
  • Between-speaker variability in dynamic formant characteristics in spontaneous speech More

Second Language Acquisition

  • MIAPARLE: A set of computer-based tools for the acquisition of prosody in a second language More
  • Acquisition de la prosodie en langue seconde: l'étude de la perception de l'accent lexical sur la base d'expériences comportementales et électrophysiologiques More
  • The acquisition of second language pronunciation: The case of Ecuadorian learners of English More

Aging and Speech Pathology

Aging and Speech Pathology

  • Preventing age-related cognitive decline: The role of speech processing deficits in dementia More
  • Novel ways of preventing age-related cognitive decline: Identifying the role of speech processing deficits in Alzheimer’s disease More
  • Speech rhythm across the adult life span More

Sociophonetics and dialectology

  • Phonetic features of (multi-)ethnic urban vernaculars in German-speaking SwitzerlandMore
  • Typology of the vowel and consonant quantity in southern German varietiesMore
  • "Nordwind und Sonne" in Schweizer Mundarten More
  • Phonetische Aspekte der schweizerdeutschen Dialekte More
  • AIS reloaded More

Projects on Under-Resourced Languages

  • Egyptian Arabic phonetic (segmental & supra-segmental) description More

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To see all the courses offered by the Phonetics and Speech Sciences unit, please refer to the course catalogue.

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Laboratory and research support

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Phonetics and Speech Sciences uses the equipement and support of LiRI.

The unit meets weekly to discuss recent publications and frequently invites guest speakers to the Phonetics and Speech Sciences Lunch Meeting.

Additional Information

Location Campus Oerlikon

Office: AND 2nd floor
Andreasstr. 15
CH-8050 Zurich

Tel +41 (0)44 634 29 95
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Location City Campus

Office: KOL-H
Rämistrasse 71
CH-8006 Zürich

Tel: +41 (0)44 634 30 01
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Units

Part of the Phonetics & Speech Sciences Group are two major units: 

 

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