Professor Claire Nance

Professor of Phonetics

Research 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.

UK Language Variation and Change 15
Participation in conference - Academic

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

Ultrasound tongue imaging workshop
Invited talk

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

Maya Dewhurst

Maya Dewhurst

PhD student

Pamela Forster

Pamela Forster

PhD student, Project Manager - British Academy Early Career Researcher Network (BA ECRN) – North West and North Wales

B33a, B - Floor, Fylde College
Seren Parkman

Seren Parkman

PhD student, Associate Lecturer

Di Wang

Di Wang

PhD student

  • Phonetics Lab