Phonetics & Phonology Group @ Newcastle University
LightNews LightNews
phonncl.bsky.social
Phonetics & Phonology Group @ Newcastle University
@phonncl.bsky.social
780 followers 950 following 16 posts
Phonetics & Phonology Research Group at Newcastle University. Researchers uniting around language and sound. For enquiries, please contact us at phoneticsphonology.ncl@gmail.com. Our website: https://blogs.ncl.ac.uk/phonphon/
Posts Replies Media Videos
phonncl.bsky.social
Meet Caitlin Halfacre, a Research Associate & Associate lecturer in Linguistics and P&P group member. Caitlin specialises in sociophonetics and variation in RP. #langsky #linguistics #research #phonetics #phonology #phd #newcastleuniversity
February 9, 2026 at 11:34 AM
phonncl.bsky.social
We warmly congratulate our member, Dr Yanyu Li @yanyuniverse.bsky.social, on recently passing her viva! #phonology #langsky #linguistics #phd #research
We would like to congratulate Newcastle University Phonetics & Phonology Group member, Dr. Yanyu Li, on passing her viva this November! Her PhD looked at incorporating a cue weighting strategy in lexical tone training.
January 7, 2026 at 1:27 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Congratulations to our member, Dr. Lucia Sbacco, on passing her viva this December! #langsky #linguistics #research #phonetics #phonology #phd #newcastleuniversity
We would like to congratulate Newcastle University Phonetics & Phonology Group member, Dr. Lucia Sbacco, on passing her viva this December! Her work looked at heritage language exposure on phonetic category development in Italian-English bilinguals.
January 5, 2026 at 2:27 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Meet Scarlett L. Hart, a PhD student in Linguistics based in the School of English Literature, Language, and Linguistics at Newcastle University and student convenor of the Phonetics & Phonology Research Group. #linguistics #langsky #phonetics #phonology
Scarlett is a PhD student in Linguistics at Newcastle University with an interest in laboratory phonology, experimental phonetics, constructed languages, and language variation & change. Her project ‘Variation in Phonological Production & Perception in Later Life’ explores the effects of typical biological ageing on speech production and auditory perception.
November 25, 2025 at 3:32 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Meet Faye (Jiaqi) Feng! Faye is a member of the Newcastle University Phonetics & Phonology Research Group and a PhD student in the School of Modern Languages.
Faye is a PhD student in the School of Modern Languages at Newcastle University. Her PhD project focuses on the adaptation of interpreters to multi-modal inputs during simultaneous interpreting (SI). Her research interests include experimental psycholinguistics, phonetics & phonology, and the cognitive mechanisms underlying multi-modal production and comprehension
November 17, 2025 at 3:28 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Yanyu Li is a PhD student in Speech and Lanugage Sciences at Newcastle University and is one the student convenors of the Phonetics & Phonology Research Group. #linguistics #langsky #phonetics #phonology
November 3, 2025 at 2:03 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Introducing Lucia Sbacco, a final year PhD student in Linguistics at Newcastle University. #linguistics #langsky #phonetics
Lucia Sbacco is a PhD student in Phonetics & Phonology at Newcastle University. Her research examines the the sound properties of Italian as a Heritage language by pre-adolescent English speakers born and raised in Newcastle upon Tyne, and investigates how age of onset and exposure to a heritage language influence the phonological acquisition of complex sounds.
October 23, 2025 at 3:54 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Meet Dr Laurence White! His research interests lie in speech production & perception, prosody, speech timing, and language acquisition. #linguistics #langsky #phonetics #phonology
Dr White is a Reader in Speech & Language Sciences in the School of Education, Communication, and Language Sciences at Newcastle University. His research relates to speech perception, speech production and their relationship. In perceptual work, his primary focus is on speech segmentation, i.e. how listeners locate the boundaries between spoken words.
October 20, 2025 at 1:18 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Introducing Dr Rory Turnbull, a member of the Newcastle University Phonetics & Phonology Research Group. Dr Turnbull's research lies at the intersection of phonetics, laboratory phonology, language processing, and psycholinguistics.
#linguistics #langsky #phonetics #psycholinguistics #phonology
Dr Turnnull is a Lecturer in Phonetics & Phonology in the School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University. He is interested in the phonological processes and representations of the mental lexicon. His work uses a wide variety of research paradigms, drawing from experimental phonetics, cognitive psychology, and theoretical phonology.
October 13, 2025 at 4:15 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Meet Dr Damien Hall, a Lecturer in French Linguistics in the School of Modern Languages at Newcastle University. #linguistics #langsky #phonetics
October 8, 2025 at 12:59 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Meet Dr Dan Duncan, a Lecturer in Sociolinguistics at Newcastle University and a member of the Phonetics & Phonology Research Group. #linguistics #langsky #phonetics
October 7, 2025 at 12:44 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Meet Dr Niamh Kelly! Dr Kelly is a Lecturer in Phonetics & Phonology at Newcastle University and a member of our Phonetics & Phonology Research Group.
Dr Kelly is a Lecturer in Phonetics & Phonology in the School of English Literature, Language, and Linguistics at Newcastle University. Her research integrates approaches from phonetics, psycholinguistics, and theoretical phonology, and centres understudied language varieties. She also has an interest in multilingualism, language acquisition, and linguistic typology.
October 6, 2025 at 1:17 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Introducing Dr Cong Zhang, Lecturer in Speech & Language Sciences & member of the Newcastle Unviersity Phonetics & Phonology Research Group.
#linguistics #langsky #phonetics
October 3, 2025 at 3:41 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Our first member bio! Say hello to Professor Ghada Khattab, a longstanding member of the Phonetics & Phonology Research Group here at Newcastle University. #linguistics #langsky #phonetics
Dr. Khattab is a Professor in Phonetics in the School of Education, Communication, and Language Sciences. Her interests include experimental phonetics, language acquisition, and speech processing. Her research lies in the areas of Arabic phonetics-phonology, monolingual and bilingual phonological acquisition, and sociophonetics.
October 2, 2025 at 2:59 PM
phonncl.bsky.social
Who We Are: The Phonetics & Phonology Research Group brings together staff and students from a wide range of Newcastle University departments. Our group fosters collaboration between researchers interested in all aspects of speech production and perception, utilising a diverse range of methdologies. Our areas of interest include laboratory phonology, sociophonetics, psycholinguistics, multilingualism and much more.
September 8, 2025 at 12:05 PM