Professor Claire Nance
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.
The Articulatory Properties of Children’s Acquisition of Estonian Palatalisation
01/01/2025 → 31/12/2027
Research
Lancashire Tongues
01/10/2022 → …
Research
Sociolinguistic methods
01/02/2022 → 26/05/2023
Research
Intonational variation in North West England
01/07/2014 → 30/04/2016
Other
Ultrasound tongue imaging of language contact varieties
01/06/2014 → 31/12/2018
Other
Acquisition of Gaelic phonetics and phonology
01/01/1900 → …
Research
Language Lab
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Linguistics in the city
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Lancashire Tongues - Burnley
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Visible Voices
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Lancashire Tongues - Blackburn
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
Oral histories and sociolinguistics
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar
Accent and dialect in Greater Manchester
Oral presentation
- Phonetics Lab