Claire Nance
@clrnance.bsky.social
Professor of Phonetics at Lancaster University. Gàidhlig, Phonetics, Sociophonetics, Bilingualism, Articulation, Sociolinguistics. Otherwise in the mountains.
She/her
https://clairenance.github.io/
She/her
https://clairenance.github.io/
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
April 12, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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
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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/
Automated Transcription in R using Whisper – Joey Stanley
joeystanley.com
March 12, 2025 at 7:36 PM
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/
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/
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/
March 13, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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/
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/
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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...
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
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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February 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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...
This is truly shocking read.
The Cardiff executive board should hang their heads in shame.
voice.cymru/two-weeks-in...
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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
I argue that, in Lombard speech, coarticulatory vowel nasality falls amid a compressed range of nasalisation, but coarticulation is maintained
@phoneticslab.bsky.social
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…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 21, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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
I argue that, in Lombard speech, coarticulatory vowel nasality falls amid a compressed range of nasalisation, but coarticulation is maintained
@phoneticslab.bsky.social
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
@lancslinguistics.bsky.social
@phoneticslab.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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
@lancslinguistics.bsky.social
@phoneticslab.bsky.social
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Scaling laws for nonlinear dynamical models of articulatory control
➡️ My new article out today in JASA Express Letters, in which I present some new advances on nonlinear task dynamic models of articulatory speech movements.
🔗 doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
@asa-news.bsky.social
➡️ My new article out today in JASA Express Letters, in which I present some new advances on nonlinear task dynamic models of articulatory speech movements.
🔗 doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
@asa-news.bsky.social
Scaling laws for nonlinear dynamical models of articulatory control
Dynamical theories of speech use computational models of articulatory control to generate quantitative predictions and advance understanding of speech dynamics.
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February 3, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Scaling laws for nonlinear dynamical models of articulatory control
➡️ My new article out today in JASA Express Letters, in which I present some new advances on nonlinear task dynamic models of articulatory speech movements.
🔗 doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
@asa-news.bsky.social
➡️ My new article out today in JASA Express Letters, in which I present some new advances on nonlinear task dynamic models of articulatory speech movements.
🔗 doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
@asa-news.bsky.social
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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
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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
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January 29, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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
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
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/
January 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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/
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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.
See the full CfP: iam.wildapricot.org/TYRSM-2025
✅Deadline for abstract submission: January 31, 2025.
Feel free to share and spread the word.
January 27, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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.
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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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...
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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!
January 24, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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!
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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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
“Speaking Irish in Dublin brings meaning and purpose to my life.”
In a new essay for the Smithsonian’s Folklife Magazine, join ELP Mentor Alexandra Philbin on a train ride into Dublin, as she reflects on history, family, and the revival of the Irish language.
In a new essay for the Smithsonian’s Folklife Magazine, join ELP Mentor Alexandra Philbin on a train ride into Dublin, as she reflects on history, family, and the revival of the Irish language.
Taking the Train to Dublin City: A Journey to Speaking Irish in Ireland’s Capital
For many, the Irish language was attached to experiences of poverty, suffering, and violence.
folklife.si.edu
January 22, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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
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.
January 17, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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.
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
'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
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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December 19, 2024 at 10:28 AM
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
'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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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):
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):
Diofaran eadar beachdan agus tuigsean an luchd-ionnsachaidh na Gàidhlig ann an Alba Nuadh agus an t-Seann Dùthaich - aithris inntinneach air leabhar ùr le @dun-mor@bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
www.bbc.co.uk/naidheachdan...
December 16, 2024 at 3:52 PM
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):
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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Linguists! We're hiring an Assistant Professor (tenure track) in phonology (secondary specializations welcome) at McGill linguistics, deadline January 13. Come work with us!
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Assistant Professor
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December 12, 2024 at 3:39 PM
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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Congratulations to @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @phoneticslab.bsky.social student Emily Gorman who passed her viva today!
Very proud of my PhD student Emily Gorman for passing her viva today - she wrote a great thesis on “Spatial and temporal variation in speech planning”.
Many thanks to the examiners Marianne Pouplier and Danielle Turton for an interesting and rigorous examination.
Congratulations Emily!
Many thanks to the examiners Marianne Pouplier and Danielle Turton for an interesting and rigorous examination.
Congratulations Emily!
December 12, 2024 at 7:03 PM
Congratulations to @lancslinguistics.bsky.social @phoneticslab.bsky.social student Emily Gorman who passed her viva today!
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!
December 11, 2024 at 10:22 AM
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!
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Come and work with us in the Department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham!
Come join our ace team at @lcuob.bsky.social
We are hiring two Assistant Professors in Digital Media and Communications:
⏩ Language and New Media specialism:
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⏩ Intercultural Communication specialism:
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We are hiring two Assistant Professors in Digital Media and Communications:
⏩ Language and New Media specialism:
edzz.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid...
⏩ Intercultural Communication specialism:
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December 10, 2024 at 9:06 PM
Come and work with us in the Department of Linguistics and Communication at the University of Birmingham!
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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
December 5, 2024 at 8:33 AM
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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Congratulations to Stuart Dunmore on his brilliant new book! @edinburghup.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 12:25 PM
Congratulations to Stuart Dunmore on his brilliant new book! @edinburghup.bsky.social
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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!
Got questions? Ask our alt text elves!
December 4, 2024 at 11:06 AM
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!
Got questions? Ask our alt text elves!
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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.
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.
December 3, 2024 at 12:07 AM
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.
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.
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.
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.
November 27, 2024 at 4:36 PM
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.
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.
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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!
November 23, 2024 at 9:17 PM
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!