Richard Ogden
@richardogden.bsky.social
University of York, UK, Linguist, Phonetician, Conversation Analyst Occasional other stuff. Own views.
#EMCA #ConversationAnalysis #phonetics #linguistics
#EMCA #ConversationAnalysis #phonetics #linguistics
This kind of precision timing is pragmatically strange. Not 5 to 2, not 2pm. Does arriving at 1359 count as late, and I will be denied boarding? This is exactly the sort of point Harvey Sacks made in his Lectures. People don't aimlessly use numbers like this in real life!
October 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
This kind of precision timing is pragmatically strange. Not 5 to 2, not 2pm. Does arriving at 1359 count as late, and I will be denied boarding? This is exactly the sort of point Harvey Sacks made in his Lectures. People don't aimlessly use numbers like this in real life!
In Aix en Provence today for the PhD exam of Kübra Bodur, whose PhD is all about phonetic reduction. Excellent work all round! Afterwards, there was a table of wonderful home-made Turkish food that she and her family had made.
October 29, 2025 at 6:21 PM
In Aix en Provence today for the PhD exam of Kübra Bodur, whose PhD is all about phonetic reduction. Excellent work all round! Afterwards, there was a table of wonderful home-made Turkish food that she and her family had made.
Now with added poster! The theme is: Technology use and social interaction: new interactive practices, new data and methods.
September 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Now with added poster! The theme is: Technology use and social interaction: new interactive practices, new data and methods.
Our paper on how phonetic resources help to coordinate laughter draws on cases of joint laughter from conversations in English, Spanish and Finnish. Here's a summary of some of our findings (which rely heavily on Chafe, 2007), along with acoustic records of a laughter bout in Spanish.
September 24, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Our paper on how phonetic resources help to coordinate laughter draws on cases of joint laughter from conversations in English, Spanish and Finnish. Here's a summary of some of our findings (which rely heavily on Chafe, 2007), along with acoustic records of a laughter bout in Spanish.
From a visit to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh last week: a great little Gaelic glossary for English speakers, compiled by schoolchildren. Each entry shows a picture from the gallery and some key words for it. Brilliant!
August 25, 2025 at 8:39 AM
From a visit to the Scottish National Gallery in Edinburgh last week: a great little Gaelic glossary for English speakers, compiled by schoolchildren. Each entry shows a picture from the gallery and some key words for it. Brilliant!
Kristian Skedsmo giving a brilliant talk about other repair initiation in Norwegian Sign Language and Norwegian. Not just fascinating material, but a masterclass in the skills of presenting complex things.
May 22, 2025 at 1:04 PM
Kristian Skedsmo giving a brilliant talk about other repair initiation in Norwegian Sign Language and Norwegian. Not just fascinating material, but a masterclass in the skills of presenting complex things.
Rod Gardner presenting work on multi unit turns in languages of northern Australia at LingCologne. The quotes come from Schegloff’s lectures… so inspiring!
May 22, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Rod Gardner presenting work on multi unit turns in languages of northern Australia at LingCologne. The quotes come from Schegloff’s lectures… so inspiring!
Crept into a crêperie and crept out again (let’s see who gets the reference!). I had the Hercule, so named because it contains poireaux (leeks).
April 6, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Crept into a crêperie and crept out again (let’s see who gets the reference!). I had the Hercule, so named because it contains poireaux (leeks).
There was quite a lot of work done in the papers I saw to define and delimit the phenomena. I particularly liked this paper by Jens Lanwer on forms of ‘hm’ in German.
March 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
There was quite a lot of work done in the papers I saw to define and delimit the phenomena. I particularly liked this paper by Jens Lanwer on forms of ‘hm’ in German.
A very large gathering of interactionalists here in Germany for the 24th Workshop on conversation research, on the theme of responsive behaviour. First paper: a keynote by Tom Koole from Groningen in the Netherlands, on inviting responses. Pr
March 19, 2025 at 10:26 AM
A very large gathering of interactionalists here in Germany for the 24th Workshop on conversation research, on the theme of responsive behaviour. First paper: a keynote by Tom Koole from Groningen in the Netherlands, on inviting responses. Pr
Haus der Musik, Stuttgart. Fantastic range of musical instruments including a flute which is also a walking stick, a piano with a a built in sewing box, and a kind of harmonica made with spinning glass plates and played with wet fingers. So much imagination!
March 16, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Haus der Musik, Stuttgart. Fantastic range of musical instruments including a flute which is also a walking stick, a piano with a a built in sewing box, and a kind of harmonica made with spinning glass plates and played with wet fingers. So much imagination!
Here's a nicely timed example, where one produces many laughter pulses with descending pitch and amplitude, and an opening jaw, which the other treats as projecting and ending and times her own in-breath that projects more talk, in overlap with the end of the other's laughter.
March 11, 2025 at 8:15 AM
Here's a nicely timed example, where one produces many laughter pulses with descending pitch and amplitude, and an opening jaw, which the other treats as projecting and ending and times her own in-breath that projects more talk, in overlap with the end of the other's laughter.
Snowdrops in the breeze, University of York campus
February 25, 2025 at 7:48 PM
Snowdrops in the breeze, University of York campus
Spectrogram of a bit of wheezy laughter. I was *not* prepared for the pitch trace (in blue) that this generated! With @marinanc.bsky.social
February 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Spectrogram of a bit of wheezy laughter. I was *not* prepared for the pitch trace (in blue) that this generated! With @marinanc.bsky.social
Last night I went to listen to the Hallé and Angélique Kidjo in Manchester. She sang Ife Songs, which Glass composed with her, drawing on his knowledge of phonetics. I love these music-phonetics crossovers!
February 14, 2025 at 9:12 AM
Last night I went to listen to the Hallé and Angélique Kidjo in Manchester. She sang Ife Songs, which Glass composed with her, drawing on his knowledge of phonetics. I love these music-phonetics crossovers!
On the theme of "things in academic papers that make you laugh", here's another favourite, from Ginzburg, Mazzoconi and Tan (2020), Laughter as Language. (You'll need to know how to count in German before you'll find it funny.)
hal.science/hal-03878559
hal.science/hal-03878559
January 14, 2025 at 1:38 PM
On the theme of "things in academic papers that make you laugh", here's another favourite, from Ginzburg, Mazzoconi and Tan (2020), Laughter as Language. (You'll need to know how to count in German before you'll find it funny.)
hal.science/hal-03878559
hal.science/hal-03878559
I've been reading Ann Cutler's "Native Listening" to remind myself what she has to say about rhythm in recognising spoken words. Here's a rare moment where a book about psycholinguistics makes you laugh (p.130 if you want to look it up).
January 13, 2025 at 12:31 PM
I've been reading Ann Cutler's "Native Listening" to remind myself what she has to say about rhythm in recognising spoken words. Here's a rare moment where a book about psycholinguistics makes you laugh (p.130 if you want to look it up).
Introduction Part 7
In September, I was back in Germany to contribute to an international Summer School on Languages in Interaction organised by colleagues at IDS in Mannheim and Heidelberg. Fantastic participants, and a pleasure to teach with so many great colleagues.
In September, I was back in Germany to contribute to an international Summer School on Languages in Interaction organised by colleagues at IDS in Mannheim and Heidelberg. Fantastic participants, and a pleasure to teach with so many great colleagues.
November 29, 2024 at 6:55 PM
Introduction Part 7
In September, I was back in Germany to contribute to an international Summer School on Languages in Interaction organised by colleagues at IDS in Mannheim and Heidelberg. Fantastic participants, and a pleasure to teach with so many great colleagues.
In September, I was back in Germany to contribute to an international Summer School on Languages in Interaction organised by colleagues at IDS in Mannheim and Heidelberg. Fantastic participants, and a pleasure to teach with so many great colleagues.
Introduction Part 6
In February I gave a talk in Heidelberg called Socialising the Paralinguistic as part of a series organised with IDS in Mannheim: Sprache, Leib, Interaction. It was about my work on 'paralinguistic' features like clicks, swallows and laughs in conversation.
In February I gave a talk in Heidelberg called Socialising the Paralinguistic as part of a series organised with IDS in Mannheim: Sprache, Leib, Interaction. It was about my work on 'paralinguistic' features like clicks, swallows and laughs in conversation.
November 29, 2024 at 6:50 PM
Introduction Part 6
In February I gave a talk in Heidelberg called Socialising the Paralinguistic as part of a series organised with IDS in Mannheim: Sprache, Leib, Interaction. It was about my work on 'paralinguistic' features like clicks, swallows and laughs in conversation.
In February I gave a talk in Heidelberg called Socialising the Paralinguistic as part of a series organised with IDS in Mannheim: Sprache, Leib, Interaction. It was about my work on 'paralinguistic' features like clicks, swallows and laughs in conversation.
Introduction Part 5
In June, Marina Cantarutti and I ran a short course on the Phonetics of Talk in Interaction. In the Centre for Advanced Studies in Language & Communication we run such courses about once a year, online. As ever, it was a really good experience!
In June, Marina Cantarutti and I ran a short course on the Phonetics of Talk in Interaction. In the Centre for Advanced Studies in Language & Communication we run such courses about once a year, online. As ever, it was a really good experience!
November 29, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Introduction Part 5
In June, Marina Cantarutti and I ran a short course on the Phonetics of Talk in Interaction. In the Centre for Advanced Studies in Language & Communication we run such courses about once a year, online. As ever, it was a really good experience!
In June, Marina Cantarutti and I ran a short course on the Phonetics of Talk in Interaction. In the Centre for Advanced Studies in Language & Communication we run such courses about once a year, online. As ever, it was a really good experience!
Introduction Part 4.
In May I made a trip to Chile. While I was there I gave a talk to students at UMCE in Santiago, on intensification, a golden oldie:
Ogden, R. (2012). Making sense of outliers. Phonetica, 69(1-2), 48-67.
A l::ot of fun!
In May I made a trip to Chile. While I was there I gave a talk to students at UMCE in Santiago, on intensification, a golden oldie:
Ogden, R. (2012). Making sense of outliers. Phonetica, 69(1-2), 48-67.
A l::ot of fun!
November 29, 2024 at 3:49 PM
Introduction Part 4.
In May I made a trip to Chile. While I was there I gave a talk to students at UMCE in Santiago, on intensification, a golden oldie:
Ogden, R. (2012). Making sense of outliers. Phonetica, 69(1-2), 48-67.
A l::ot of fun!
In May I made a trip to Chile. While I was there I gave a talk to students at UMCE in Santiago, on intensification, a golden oldie:
Ogden, R. (2012). Making sense of outliers. Phonetica, 69(1-2), 48-67.
A l::ot of fun!
Introduction Part 3.
I spent a lot of this year in my last year as director of the Humanities Research Centre at York. One of the things that brought me great pleasure was getting art into our building. This piece responds to a meeting of our research group looking at 'the unsaid' in conversation.
I spent a lot of this year in my last year as director of the Humanities Research Centre at York. One of the things that brought me great pleasure was getting art into our building. This piece responds to a meeting of our research group looking at 'the unsaid' in conversation.
November 29, 2024 at 3:44 PM
Introduction Part 3.
I spent a lot of this year in my last year as director of the Humanities Research Centre at York. One of the things that brought me great pleasure was getting art into our building. This piece responds to a meeting of our research group looking at 'the unsaid' in conversation.
I spent a lot of this year in my last year as director of the Humanities Research Centre at York. One of the things that brought me great pleasure was getting art into our building. This piece responds to a meeting of our research group looking at 'the unsaid' in conversation.
Introduction Part 2.
In the summer, Jürgen Trouvain presented some work that he, Marina Cantarutti, and I have been doing on the phonetic details of laughter in conversation at the laughter workshop in Bielefeld. www.isca-archive.org/lw_2024/trou...
In the summer, Jürgen Trouvain presented some work that he, Marina Cantarutti, and I have been doing on the phonetic details of laughter in conversation at the laughter workshop in Bielefeld. www.isca-archive.org/lw_2024/trou...
November 29, 2024 at 9:47 AM
Introduction Part 2.
In the summer, Jürgen Trouvain presented some work that he, Marina Cantarutti, and I have been doing on the phonetic details of laughter in conversation at the laughter workshop in Bielefeld. www.isca-archive.org/lw_2024/trou...
In the summer, Jürgen Trouvain presented some work that he, Marina Cantarutti, and I have been doing on the phonetic details of laughter in conversation at the laughter workshop in Bielefeld. www.isca-archive.org/lw_2024/trou...
A short series of posts reviewing the last year to introduce myself... Earlier this year, the third edition of my textbook came out with EUP. It contains a lot of conversational data, and I tried to make sure the users of the book would find their own speech reflected well in the text.
November 29, 2024 at 9:23 AM
A short series of posts reviewing the last year to introduce myself... Earlier this year, the third edition of my textbook came out with EUP. It contains a lot of conversational data, and I tried to make sure the users of the book would find their own speech reflected well in the text.
Today I gave a talk for colleagues working on Finnish and Japanese who are looking at turns at talk in conversation that get extended (and extended and extended). Lots of fun looking at Finnish data again, and revisiting issues of turn construction and projection, syntax, intonation and projection.
November 19, 2024 at 3:03 PM
Today I gave a talk for colleagues working on Finnish and Japanese who are looking at turns at talk in conversation that get extended (and extended and extended). Lots of fun looking at Finnish data again, and revisiting issues of turn construction and projection, syntax, intonation and projection.