Dr Justin Lo

Lecturer - Security and Protection Science

Research Overview

My research interests lie broadly in speech variation on the levels of languages, communities, and individuals. I work at the intersection of phonetics, sociolinguistics, and forensic speech science, and am keen on bringing thereotical, practical and methodological insights from different areas to inform the field of forensic phonetics.

My research in forensic speech science addresses questions related to bilingualism and voice identity, with a focus on language mismatch in forensic voice comparison. In the areas of sociolinguistics and laboratory phonology, I work on phonetic accommodation, the sociophonetics of migrant communities, as well as individual and cross-linguistic variation in coarticulatory phenomena.

Many Speech Analyses
15/12/2021 → 31/07/2023
Research

Speakers, listeners, languages: Patterns of variability and contrast in spoken language dynamics
01/09/2021 → 31/08/2024
Research

Bilingualism in forensic voice comparison
01/10/2017 → …
Research

Language Lab
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

Evolving accents: Unravelling the mysteries of sound change
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

The science of multilingualism
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

The shared anti-science discourses
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Fabulosa! A brief history of Polari, the lost language of camp
Public Lecture/ Debate/Seminar

Linguistics in the city
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

Lancashire Tongues - Burnley
Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition

  • Phonetics Lab