Dr. Cong Zhang
@congzhang.bsky.social
Lecturer in Phonetics & Phonology @NewcastleECLS || Postdoc @Radboud | DPhil @Oxford | MA @NewcastleSELLL | BA @beiwai | LingEngineer @Rokid || ❤️ #Prosody# #LabPhon# #SpeechTech#
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Dr. Cong Zhang
@congzhang.bsky.social
· Nov 19
I've started putting together a starter pack with people working on Speech Technology and Speech Science: go.bsky.app/BQ7mbkA
(Self-)nominations welcome!
(Self-)nominations welcome!
This is great! I'm so glad we're rebuilding our community again! Hello again friends!!!
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🔔Today🕒 14:30–14:55 UTC 🔔at the BTS conference
𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬: 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬
📹Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8288025439...
𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬: 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬
📹Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8288025439...
October 6, 2025 at 9:23 AM
🔔Today🕒 14:30–14:55 UTC 🔔at the BTS conference
𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬: 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬
📹Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8288025439...
𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐓𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬: 𝐏𝐞𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐲 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐛𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐮𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬
📹Zoom link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8288025439...
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🔔Today🕒 17:30–18:25 UTC 🔔at the BTS conference
[𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧] 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞, 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 – 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐗 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬
📹Zoom link: stanford.zoom.us/j/9171930450...
[𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧] 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞, 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 – 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐗 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬
📹Zoom link: stanford.zoom.us/j/9171930450...
October 6, 2025 at 9:25 AM
🔔Today🕒 17:30–18:25 UTC 🔔at the BTS conference
[𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧] 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞, 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 – 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐗 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬
📹Zoom link: stanford.zoom.us/j/9171930450...
[𝐏𝐚𝐧𝐞𝐥 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧] 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐝𝐞, 𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐨𝐮𝐭 – 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐬 𝐚𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐗 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐬
📹Zoom link: stanford.zoom.us/j/9171930450...
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The ManyTones project is looking for several lead positions. See poster for details. 📢📣✨ Get involved! 🎉🤝🌟
August 19, 2025 at 2:44 PM
The ManyTones project is looking for several lead positions. See poster for details. 📢📣✨ Get involved! 🎉🤝🌟
Reposted by Dr. Cong Zhang
@ambridge.bsky.social is currently working on a ManyLanguages proposal on "Semantic Affectedness as a Universal of Passive Constructions”.
Methodological details depend on the target languages, so Ben has asked us to help find experts. Get in touch with Ben if you would like to be involved 🤓
Methodological details depend on the target languages, so Ben has asked us to help find experts. Get in touch with Ben if you would like to be involved 🤓
July 18, 2025 at 6:04 AM
@ambridge.bsky.social is currently working on a ManyLanguages proposal on "Semantic Affectedness as a Universal of Passive Constructions”.
Methodological details depend on the target languages, so Ben has asked us to help find experts. Get in touch with Ben if you would like to be involved 🤓
Methodological details depend on the target languages, so Ben has asked us to help find experts. Get in touch with Ben if you would like to be involved 🤓
After our successful workshop at PaPE, we are calling for a special issue on *Prosody in Languages of the Middle East* for the new *Journal of Connected Speech*. Please check the link for details: linguistlist.org/issues/36/20...
LINGUIST List 36.2044 Calls: Journal of Connected Speech - "Special Issue: Prosody in Languages of the Middle East" (Jrnl)
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
linguistlist.org
July 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
After our successful workshop at PaPE, we are calling for a special issue on *Prosody in Languages of the Middle East* for the new *Journal of Connected Speech*. Please check the link for details: linguistlist.org/issues/36/20...
My PhD student Melissa's first poster!
June 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
My PhD student Melissa's first poster!
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Good morning/afternoon/evening/night everyone! Here's a little update on our Big Team Science paper titled 'Big Team Science for language science: Opportunities and Challenges': it has been accepted (pending minor corrections) by *Linguistics* (the journal)🎉. Preprint: osf.io/3pkj6
OSF
osf.io
June 12, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Good morning/afternoon/evening/night everyone! Here's a little update on our Big Team Science paper titled 'Big Team Science for language science: Opportunities and Challenges': it has been accepted (pending minor corrections) by *Linguistics* (the journal)🎉. Preprint: osf.io/3pkj6
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Come to Glasgow on May 28 for Phon-UP 3 (Phonetics/Phonology Unconference on Pedagogy)!
Attendance is free. Please repost for reach!
blogs.ncl.ac.uk/phon-up/
Attendance is free. Please repost for reach!
blogs.ncl.ac.uk/phon-up/
Phon-UP | Phonetics/Phonology Unconference on Pedagogy
blogs.ncl.ac.uk
May 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Come to Glasgow on May 28 for Phon-UP 3 (Phonetics/Phonology Unconference on Pedagogy)!
Attendance is free. Please repost for reach!
blogs.ncl.ac.uk/phon-up/
Attendance is free. Please repost for reach!
blogs.ncl.ac.uk/phon-up/
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🚨 2nd Call for Proposals is NOW OPEN!
We're inviting submissions of a 2-page Expression of Interest by May 31, 2025 🗓️
👉 Get all the details here: many-languages.com/studies.html
We're inviting submissions of a 2-page Expression of Interest by May 31, 2025 🗓️
👉 Get all the details here: many-languages.com/studies.html
Studies
many-languages.com
April 15, 2025 at 3:02 PM
🚨 2nd Call for Proposals is NOW OPEN!
We're inviting submissions of a 2-page Expression of Interest by May 31, 2025 🗓️
👉 Get all the details here: many-languages.com/studies.html
We're inviting submissions of a 2-page Expression of Interest by May 31, 2025 🗓️
👉 Get all the details here: many-languages.com/studies.html
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Oh I could talk about this all day. Here’s my biggest piece of advice: Create a very short “screener” survey (a pre-consent, pre-recruitment activity) where you ask about anything that would be relevant for eligibility and make at least one question a trap or attention check.
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April 3, 2025 at 8:12 PM
Oh I could talk about this all day. Here’s my biggest piece of advice: Create a very short “screener” survey (a pre-consent, pre-recruitment activity) where you ask about anything that would be relevant for eligibility and make at least one question a trap or attention check.
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🚨 We are recruiting!
5-year post-doc in Computational Humanities at the University of Lausanne
Working language: French
Details: www.unil.ch/news/1743431...
Deadline: 22 April 2025
I'm happy to (informally) answer any questions.
Please share widely! 🙂
5-year post-doc in Computational Humanities at the University of Lausanne
Working language: French
Details: www.unil.ch/news/1743431...
Deadline: 22 April 2025
I'm happy to (informally) answer any questions.
Please share widely! 🙂
April 1, 2025 at 7:51 AM
🚨 We are recruiting!
5-year post-doc in Computational Humanities at the University of Lausanne
Working language: French
Details: www.unil.ch/news/1743431...
Deadline: 22 April 2025
I'm happy to (informally) answer any questions.
Please share widely! 🙂
5-year post-doc in Computational Humanities at the University of Lausanne
Working language: French
Details: www.unil.ch/news/1743431...
Deadline: 22 April 2025
I'm happy to (informally) answer any questions.
Please share widely! 🙂
Thanks all for coming to my talk!
March 26, 2025 at 11:27 AM
Thanks all for coming to my talk!
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So excited to be working under the leadership of @chenzi.bsky.social and amazing team leads @xinbingluo.bsky.social @aggieerin.bsky.social @congzhang.bsky.social on the #ManyTones project chenchenzi.github.io/manytones/ #bts @manylanguagesc.bsky.social #diversity #replication #generalizable #science
ManyTones
A collaborative project for speech perception research.
chenchenzi.github.io
March 21, 2025 at 3:23 AM
So excited to be working under the leadership of @chenzi.bsky.social and amazing team leads @xinbingluo.bsky.social @aggieerin.bsky.social @congzhang.bsky.social on the #ManyTones project chenchenzi.github.io/manytones/ #bts @manylanguagesc.bsky.social #diversity #replication #generalizable #science
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🚨🚨🚨 I'm hiring a Postdoc for a 3-year position to come work with me at the University of Oslo using iterative learning experiments to understand the evolution of sound symbolism. Please share widely.
🔴 Deadline is May 31st '25
⏲️ Desired starting date is Fall '25
shorturl.at/vSTZx
🔴 Deadline is May 31st '25
⏲️ Desired starting date is Fall '25
shorturl.at/vSTZx
Postdoctoral Research Fellow connected to "ICONIC" (277523) | University of Oslo
Job title: Postdoctoral Research Fellow connected to "ICONIC" (277523), Employer: University of Oslo, Deadline: Saturday, May 31, 2025
shorturl.at
March 20, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🚨🚨🚨 I'm hiring a Postdoc for a 3-year position to come work with me at the University of Oslo using iterative learning experiments to understand the evolution of sound symbolism. Please share widely.
🔴 Deadline is May 31st '25
⏲️ Desired starting date is Fall '25
shorturl.at/vSTZx
🔴 Deadline is May 31st '25
⏲️ Desired starting date is Fall '25
shorturl.at/vSTZx
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Calling UK Paediatric SLTs
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
Please share with other SLTs if you can
#devlangdis #mysltday #SLPeeps
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
Please share with other SLTs if you can
#devlangdis #mysltday #SLPeeps
From initial assessment to planning intervention for paediatric clients: what do UK SLTs need?
The study is aiming to find out which information allows speech and language therapists to select intervention goals. By overviewing speech and language therapists’ current practice in planning interv...
bit.ly
February 28, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Calling UK Paediatric SLTs
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
Please share with other SLTs if you can
#devlangdis #mysltday #SLPeeps
Researchers at City are seeking to find out more about how UK paediatric SLTs select intervention goals and content.
If you would like to help, please complete our survey: bit.ly/3Z3DNWv
Please share with other SLTs if you can
#devlangdis #mysltday #SLPeeps
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2-year fixed term post in #linguistics at Northumbria - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMH232/l...
Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics (3181) at Northumbria University
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Lecturer in English Language and Linguistics (3181) opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
www.jobs.ac.uk
March 15, 2025 at 7:45 AM
2-year fixed term post in #linguistics at Northumbria - www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMH232/l...
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The crisis in British higher education is acute + painful right now. If you are in it you already know this, but for those who are not I want to share what is going on. As strikes start at Newcastle Uni + others will doubtless follow, now is a time for solidarity + resistance
March 4, 2025 at 10:19 AM
The crisis in British higher education is acute + painful right now. If you are in it you already know this, but for those who are not I want to share what is going on. As strikes start at Newcastle Uni + others will doubtless follow, now is a time for solidarity + resistance
🎉
🆕New project approved🎉
Exciting news! We’ve just accepted our first-ever ManyLanguages Project:
📌 Perception of Fundamental Frequency Perturbations Across Many Languages
Exciting news! We’ve just accepted our first-ever ManyLanguages Project:
📌 Perception of Fundamental Frequency Perturbations Across Many Languages
February 28, 2025 at 3:22 PM
🎉
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When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
To repeat: "A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for."
Today's university slashing and burning is Edinburgh, where about 10% of the budget will be cut. There'll be another case every single day until UK govts actually do something. A country so stupid it actively trashes one of things it's good at and famous for.
www.bbc.com/news/article...
www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 25, 2025 at 10:24 PM
When I worked in UK academia I recall hearing of a Japanese man who was baffled at how Britain had decided to run its universities like firms. “Why? Your universities are excellent and your firms are terrible.”
On vowel duration!
New #labphon publication out today. I was happy to help this one along.
www.journal-labphon.org/article/id/1...
www.journal-labphon.org/article/id/1...
Contrastive vowel length and segment duration in production and perception in Djambarrpuyŋu
This paper deals with segment duration and phonological length in production and perception in the Australian language Djambarrpuyŋu. It provides an acoustic phonetic account of vowel and consonant du...
www.journal-labphon.org
January 31, 2025 at 12:11 AM
On vowel duration!
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New tutorial paper published today with PhD student @danaroemling.bsky.social and @bodowinter.bsky.social
Visualizing map data for linguistics using ggplot2: A tutorial with examples from dialectology and typology
doi.org/10.1017/jlg....
I hope people find it useful!
Visualizing map data for linguistics using ggplot2: A tutorial with examples from dialectology and typology
doi.org/10.1017/jlg....
I hope people find it useful!
Visualizing map data for linguistics using ggplot2: A tutorial with examples from dialectology and typology | Journal of Linguistic Geography | Cambridge Core
Visualizing map data for linguistics using ggplot2: A tutorial with examples from dialectology and typology
doi.org
January 30, 2025 at 11:01 AM
New tutorial paper published today with PhD student @danaroemling.bsky.social and @bodowinter.bsky.social
Visualizing map data for linguistics using ggplot2: A tutorial with examples from dialectology and typology
doi.org/10.1017/jlg....
I hope people find it useful!
Visualizing map data for linguistics using ggplot2: A tutorial with examples from dialectology and typology
doi.org/10.1017/jlg....
I hope people find it useful!
Such comments are actually very common in everyday life. Mostly implicit though. Always remember China has 1.4 billion people -- that's a quarter of the world's population. The percentages of good/bad ppl are the same as everywhere else, but because the base number is huge, you see more extremes.
December 15, 2024 at 12:26 PM
Such comments are actually very common in everyday life. Mostly implicit though. Always remember China has 1.4 billion people -- that's a quarter of the world's population. The percentages of good/bad ppl are the same as everywhere else, but because the base number is huge, you see more extremes.
Good news: selected papers will be invited to publish in a special issue of the Journal of Connected Speech (utppublishing.com/journal/jcsp...)
December 6, 2024 at 1:02 PM
Good news: selected papers will be invited to publish in a special issue of the Journal of Connected Speech (utppublishing.com/journal/jcsp...)
Welcome to submit abstract to our workshop **Prosody in Languages of the Middle East**! Call Deadline: 01-Feb-2025
agenda.uib.es/120122/secti...
agenda.uib.es/120122/secti...
6th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE 2025)
Welcome to Phonetics and Phonology in Europe 2025 conference! The 6th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE 2025) will be held in Palma from 25 to 27 June, 2025. We are pleased to announce that ...
agenda.uib.es
December 6, 2024 at 10:37 AM
Welcome to submit abstract to our workshop **Prosody in Languages of the Middle East**! Call Deadline: 01-Feb-2025
agenda.uib.es/120122/secti...
agenda.uib.es/120122/secti...