Phonology and phonetics, and the relation between them ("laboratory phonology"); intonation and prosody, including focus, emotion, pitch perception, tone languages, and links between language and music
Jennifer Smith's research investigates speech patterns across time, space and the social system, uncovering the mechanisms which drive language variation and change.
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