I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences (SHaPS), University College London for the Leverhulme-funded project “Speech production processes in resolving articulatory variation”.

I have completed a PhD research at the Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University. I investigated acoustic/articulatory dynamics of L2 English liquids produced by L1 Japanese speakers using ultrasound tongue imaging and quantitative data analysis methods. My PhD project was funded by Japan Student Services Organisation (JASSO) and The Murata Science Foundation.

My CV can be downloaded here (last updated: 01 November 2024).

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Research interests

  Articulatory Phonetics

  Ultrasound Tongue Imaging

  Second Language Acquisition

analytics   Quantitative Analysis


Current projects

cosine--v1   Speech production processes in resolving articulatory variation

                 PIs: Professor Patti Adank (UCL), Dr Chris Carignan (UCL) and Professor Adamantios Gafos (Universität Potsdam).

cosine--v1   Dynamics in L2 speech: L1 Japanese speakers’ production of English liquids

                 PhD supervisors: Professor Claire Nance and Dr Sam Kirkham (Lancaster University)

hiragana-ra   U-DNR: Articulatory characterisation of Japanese liquids using ultrasound

                 Co-researcher: Dr Maho Morimoto (Chuo University/Sophia University)


Education

  2020 - 2024   PhD in Linguistics, Lancaster University, UK.

                Supervisors: Professor Claire Nance and Dr Sam Kirkham

                See also: Lancaster University Phonetics Lab

  2015 - 2016   Master of Arts in Linguistics (with Merit), University College London, UK.

                Dissertation supervisor: Dr Bronwen Evans

  2010 - 2015   Bachelor of Arts in Education Studies, Aichi University of Education, Japan.

                Thesis supervisor: Professor Yasuhiro Fujiwara (Now at Meijo University, Japan)


Skills

  Japanese (Native), English (Fluent, CEFR: C1), German (Beginner, CEFR: A2)

  R / R Studio, Praat, Gorilla, Microsoft Office, LaTeX, Moodle

  Ultrasound tongue imaging (Articulate Assistant Advanced), Acoustic analysis, Statistical analysis


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