Alberta Phonetics Laboratory

Learning nonnative words Thank you for your interest in the experiment. The results of this study will help us understand how adults learn nonnative speech sounds. The experiment consists of two main parts: learning and testing. In the learning phase, you will hear words in an unfamiliar language and you may see the word presented on…

By Train: Get off at Bay / Enterprise Square. Follow the the signs that say “103 Street – Jasper Avenue – Enterprise Square” to the top. Take the “103 Street North” exit doors. Do NOT exit the station. Go through sliding doors on the right labeled “East Enterprise Square”. Proceed to the 3rd floor of…

Driving: *Please let us know if you will be needing a parking stall at least 2 days before you arrive. Parking spots cannot be guaranteed. Once on Saskatchewan Drive NW turn at the sign that says “National Research Council of Canada” Continue driving on this road until you MUST turn either left or right. Turn…

Lab meetings this semester will be held every other week starting September 9th. Anyone with an interest in phonetics is welcome to attend.

Volunteers Wanted for Forensic Science Research: We are conducting research on forensic voice comparison, and we are looking for volunteers to help us with this research. The purpose of the research is to demonstrate how to perform forensic voice comparison under conditions reflecting those of an actual case. We are basing this research on the…

Drs. Jarvikivi and Tucker have received funding to begin the project Corpus of Spontaneous Multimodal-Interactive Language. This is an interdisciplinary collaborative initiative (with Drs. S. Rice, H. Colston, E. Nicoladis, S. Moore, A. Arppe, C. Boliek) to design, systematically collect and code, and publish a digital resource for the study of natural human spoken interaction in…

PARTICIPANTS WANTED  Is English your native language? Are you 18 or older? Want to participate in a cool experiment and get an awesome Facebook/Twitter profile pic out of it? Sign up for our study! Using an electromagnetic articulograph, we will record the movement of your lips, tongue and jaw while you read out loud or…

Dr. B. Tucker and Dr. K. Pollock (Speech Pathology) with Dr. Tim Mills are currently working to enhance introductory phonetics by developing online interactive laboratory activities and also developing and offering a fully-online version of the course. This project is funded by the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund from the University of Alberta.