I am a phonetician.
I study how lexical tones are produced and perceived and how segments change in their realization in different prosodic positions.
I currently investigate (1) how linguistic context modulates consonant-induced pitch perturbation effects at vowel onset in a tone language and (2) how prosodic levels modulate the production of segments and lexical tones.
My current project at the Center of Linguistics of the University of Lisbon (Centro de Linguística da Universidade de Lisboa in Portuguese or CLUL) is part of (2): It is about the relationship between prosodic structure and nasal segments in European Portuguese. My work on this project has been made possible by the Individual Call to Scientific Employment Stimulus (Concurso Estímulo ao Emprego Científico Individual or CEECIND) of the Foundation for Science and Technology (Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia or FCT).
In addition to my work in phonetics, I do research in applied linguistics. I currently try to find the most efficient way to help learners improve their perception of second-language segments and prosody using highly variable stimuli.
For more information about my research, please click on the sections below.
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* A Tai Lue (and Tai Khün?) proverb meaning "spoken words even if there are ten words or twenty words are not the same as one ink mark" (lit: speak-only-ten-word-twenty-word NEG-equal-mark-ink-black-CLF-one; Thai cognates: ปากดาย ๆ สิบคำซาวคำ บ่เท่าหมายน้ำหมึกดำตัว ๑). Notice how คำ rhymes with ดำ.
My interpretation from the perspective of a researcher: This is a warning to people who have amazing ideas but do not publish them. There probably have been many geniuses whose unpublished ideas we will never hear about.
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