Professor Claire Nance
Director of Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, Professor of PhoneticsResearch Overview
My research involves sociolinguistics, phonetics, laboratory phonology. In particular, I focus on the Celtic languages, especially Scottish Gaelic. I consider the phonetic and social implications of bilingualism and have extensively investigated the context of minority langauge revitalisation in Scotland. Other research interests include rising intonation in Glasgow Gaelic and Liverpool English, as well as ultrasound tongue imaging. My ultrasound research so far has considered tongue root contrasts in Twi and Ghanaian English, as well as palatalisation contrasts in Gaelic sonorants.
PhD Supervision Interests
I welcome PhD applications in sociophonetics, bilingualism, phonetics, minority languages, north-west Englishes, prosody and minority languages.
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30/04/2025 → 31/07/2026
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01/01/2025 → 31/12/2027
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01/10/2022 → …
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01/02/2022 → 26/05/2023
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01/02/2021 → 01/02/2027
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01/07/2014 → 30/04/2016
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01/06/2014 → 31/12/2018
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01/01/1900 → …
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Participation in conference - Academic
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Invited talk
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Oral presentation
- Phonetics Lab