Takayuki Nagamine

I am a final year PhD candidate at Lancaster University, UK. My research interest lies in bilingual/second language (L2) speech production, informed by experimental methods in articulatory/acoustic phonetics and laboratory phonology. In my PhD project, I investigate acoustic/articulatory dynamics of L2 English liquids produced by L1 Japanese speakers using ultrasound tongue imaging and quantitative data analysis methods.

My PhD research has been funded by Japan Student Services Organisation (JASSO) and The Murata Science Foundation.

My CV can be downloaded here (last updated: 16 February 2024).

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Research interests

Articulatory Phonetics

Ultrasound Tongue Imaging

Second Language Acquisition

Quantitative Analysis

Current projects

Dynamics in L2 speech: L1 Japanese speakers’ production of English liquids (PhD project, 2020–present)

Lancashire Tongues: Ultrasound study of dialects in Lancashire (2022–present)

Conveners: Professor Claire Nance, Dr Sam Kirkham and Dr Danielle Turton (Lancaster University)

U-DNR: Articulatory characterisation of Japanese liquids using ultrasound (2023–present)

Co-researcher: Maho Morimoto (Sophia University/Japan Society for the Promotional Science)

Education

2020 - Present PhD Candidate in Linguistics, Lancaster University, UK.

Supervisors: Professor Claire Nance and Dr Sam Kirkham

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: Dr Yasuhiro Fujiwara (Now Professor 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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