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Speech Acquisition Lab at the University of Utah
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Co-directed by Shannon Barrios and Rachel Hayes-Harb; posts mostly by student lab members :)
www.speechlab.utah.edu
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Table of contents: Arabic Linguistics 1 / 1 (2025)
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LINGUIST List 36.2759 TOC: Arabic Linguistics 1 / 1 (2025)
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Officially out! "Predicting relative intelligibility from inter-talker distances in a perceptual similarity space for speech" S.E Kim, B. R. Chernyak, @keshet.bsky.social, me, & A. Bradlow link.springer.com/article/10.3.... BONUS: free online similarity calculator so you can join in the fun! 1/
Predicting relative intelligibility from inter-talker distances in a perceptual similarity space for speech - Psychonomic Bulletin & Review
Researchers have generally assumed that listeners perceive speech compositionally, based on the combined processing of local acoustic–phonetic cues associated with individual linguistic units. Yet, th...
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September 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
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mattgoldrick.bsky.social
🚨Postdoctoral fellowship in corpus phonetics / data science for speech with me and Ann Bradlow. Position is open immediately. Apply now! 🚨 Details: faculty.wcas.northwestern.edu/matt-goldric...
August 28, 2025 at 10:35 PM
speechlabuofu.bsky.social
Lab Publication! - Hayes-Harb & Barrios (2024)

Hayes-Harb, R., & Barrios, S. 2024. The interacting effects of talker, contrast, and listener variability in cross-language speech perception. JASA Express Letters, 4(8), 085201. doi.org/10.1121/10.0028277.
The interacting effects of talker, contrast, and listener variability in cross-language speech perception
Building on previous observations of variability in speech research, we examine variability in speech perception study materials associated with the specific ta
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August 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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vijayramjattan.bsky.social
I finally have physical copies of my book!

If you are interested in how accent acts as a type of work in higher education, then you should read Workable Accents.

30% off if you buy from Bloomsbury:

www.bloomsbury.com/ca/workable-...

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This is a photo of one copy of my book on top of three other copies, with their spines facing toward the camera. The top book shows the cover of the book. Title: Workable Accents: How International Teaching Assistants Vocally Fashion and Contest Academic Labor Author: Vijay A. Ramjattan Cover Art: multi-patterned speech bubble with 4 arms of varying skin tones reaching toward it
August 21, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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urihoresh.bsky.social
The table of contents for Issue 1:1 of the journal Arabic Linguistics is now online. We expect the full issue to be published in September 2025. benjamins.com/catalog/arli...
Arabic Linguistics 1:1
Issue of Arabic Linguistics
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August 20, 2025 at 12:16 PM
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Linguistics Careercast: AI Con
August 16 | 10:00 AM–12:30 PM PT
Join host Laurel Sutton and guests for a live discussion of The AI Con by Emily Bender & Alex Hanna.

Details + Register: www.lsadc.org/ev_calendar_...
Get the book: thecon.ai
Catch up on Part 1 via podcast or YouTube! #Linguistics
July 31, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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vijayramjattan.bsky.social
My very first book is available for pre-order!

Workable Accents explores how international teaching assistants conceptualize accent in relation to academic labor.

Please ask your (university) library to order a copy: shorturl.at/KUC4R

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This is a screenshot of the front cover of the book. The top half contains the title, "Workable Accents: How International Teaching Assistants Vocally Fashion and Contest Academic Labor," and my full name, Vijay A. Ramjattan. The bottom half contains a multi-coloured speech bubble with multiracial hands reaching out to it from four corners.
May 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Attention undergrads: 💰Paid💰 summer internship at Planet Word in DC! See linked doc for details #linguistics
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April 8, 2025 at 6:39 PM
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v excited for the Gender Inclusive Language Instruction Conference tomorrow!! dornsife.usc.edu/center-for-l...
3rd Annual International Gender-Inclusive Language Instruction Conference  - Center for Languages and Cultures
USC Dornsife Center for Languages and Cultures Site
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April 3, 2025 at 4:48 PM
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Great opportunity for language scientists!
gorillapsych.bsky.social Gorilla Experiment Builder @gorillapsych.bsky.social · Mar 14
Let your research do the talking!
We’re awarding 5 🦍 grants ($1,770 each)—could one be yours?

Submit a 500-word research proposal + overview on how one could support your next study for a chance to win!

If you're exploring #language, #linguistics or anything in between—apply now!
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March 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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Why Official English is a terrible idea for the United States, from @lingsocam.bsky.social. Like and share! www.lsadc.org/content.asp?...
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Four Reasons English Should Not be the Official Language: Statement Against White House Executive Order Designating English as the Official Language of The Un
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March 6, 2025 at 8:23 PM
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Please share with your networks that the 2nd ROLE Symposium will be held online on May 19th. More information is coming soon www.rolecollective.org/events/2nd-r...

You can submit your abstracts by April 14th through this link docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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March 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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vijayramjattan.bsky.social
Yes, everyone has an accent. But you have to ask yourself why some accents are more perceptible than others.
January 13, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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CEDL is excited to announce Alexis Davis as one of five winners of the 2025 CEDL Travel Grants to attend the LSA Annual Meeting in Philly. Alexis is a PhD candidate at the University of Florida, focusing on African American Language, sociolinguistic methods, AI, and Black speech and communities.
October 23, 2024 at 8:19 PM
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#SLRF is back! To be hosted at Northern Arizona University later this year. Call for proposals open:

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SLRF 2025 - Call for Proposals
Call for Proposals is open from January 1, 2025, to March 31, 2025.
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January 4, 2025 at 1:51 AM
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languageonthemove.bsky.social
“data is created, not found; and that creating it well demands humanity, rather than objectivity”

Highly recommend this article ⬇️
November 30, 2024 at 9:48 PM
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Thinking about graduate study in multilingual phonology? Join us for a virtual info session on graduate study in psycholinguistics at the University of Utah on October 18 at 3pm mountain time! For more info and to register: utah.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Graduate Study in Psycholinguistics at the University of Utah - Virtual Info Session. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining...
The psycholinguistics group in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Utah is hosting a Virtual Info Session for prospective students who are interested in graduate study (MA and Phd) in ...
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September 25, 2024 at 7:55 PM
speechlabuofu.bsky.social
Just out in JASA Express Letters: The interacting effects of talker, contrast, and listener variability in cross-language speech perception by Rachel Hayes-Harb & Shannon Barrios. doi.org/10.1121/10.0... Open study materials, data and analysis code osf.io/ut6zn/
The interacting effects of talker, contrast, and listener variability in cross-language speech perception
Building on previous observations of variability in speech research, we examine variability in speech perception study materials associated with the specific ta
doi.org
August 19, 2024 at 10:19 PM
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Undergraduate Research Team Replication on Accentism is a project where twenty undergraduate students conducted a preregistered psycholinguistics replication study on accentism and speech processing. osf.io/etgc4/ doi.org/10.1017/S027...
The effects of exposure and explicit stereotypes on veracity judgments of Polish-accented English speech: A replication and extension of Boduch-Grabka & Lev-Ari (2021)
We are a group of students at the University of Utah completing this replication for our capstone class in Linguistics. Hosted on the Open Science Framework
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July 10, 2024 at 3:30 PM
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Our student conference in Linguistics is coming up next Friday. Register to listen to talks and attend the poster sessions! signup.e2ma.net/signup/19992...
April 6, 2024 at 4:35 PM
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There's still time to register for todays emerging scholar event with Tess Nolan at 9am MST! utah.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 29, 2024 at 2:42 PM
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This Friday!!! Join us as we hear from Tess Nolan PhD candidate from the University of Victoria March 29th at 9am Mountain Time. Zoom link to register: utah.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
March 25, 2024 at 2:46 PM
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We had a fun morning at the lab today! Some future students and students from other departments came by to tour the lab and find out what we do! Everyone gave a wonderful presentation and we hope our guests left feeling more informed. Always feel free to stop by if you are curious!
March 15, 2024 at 8:09 PM