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Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics

 

Anna Jespersen

Anna Jespersen
Position(s): 
PhD Student
Department/Section: 
Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages & Linguistics
Telephone number: 
+44 (0)1223 335 000 (Main Faculty number)
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Location: 

Phonetics Laboratory
Faculty of Modern & Medieval Languages
Raised Faculty Building
University of Cambridge
Sidgwick Avenue
Cambridge
CB3 9DA
United Kingdom

About: 

Anna’s PhD research focuses on sociophonetic variation in the variety of Aboriginal English spoken in Sydney, Australia. More specifically, she is investigating the interactions between speech style and prosodic features such as pitch movement, speech rhythm and phonation type in the Aboriginal English produced on Sydney radio shows. Her broader research interests include experimental and theoretical phonetics, sociolinguistics and endangered languages. She is particularly interested in the prosodic characteristics of British and postcolonial varieties of English, Australian Aboriginal languages and Danish.

Research interests: 
  • Experimental and theoretical phonetics
  • Sociolinguistics and sociophonetics
  • Languages of Australia
  • Australian English