Organisation profile
Organisation profile
Lancaster University Phonetics Lab is based in the Department of Linguistics and English Language at Lancaster University. Our research group meets regularly and our facilities are used by staff, undergraduates and postgraduates working on phonetics projects.
We do phonetic fieldwork and laboratory research across a range of languages and dialects. We specialise in the following areas:
- Phonetics, bilingualism and language contact
- Phonetics of minority languages
- Acoustic and articulatory sociophonetics
- Forensic phonetics
- Psycholinguistics
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Profiles
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Georgina Brown
- School of Social Sciences - Senior Lecturer in Forensic Linguistics
- Phonetics Lab - Academic
Person: Academic and Related
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Sam Kirkham
- School of Social Sciences - Senior Lecturer in Phonetics
- Phonetics Lab - Academic
- Data Science and AI @Lancaster
Person: Academic and Related
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Justin Lo
- School of Social Sciences - Lecturer - Security and Protection Science
- Phonetics Lab
- Data Science and AI @Lancaster
Person: Academic and Related
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The Voice of the North: Language, accent, and identity through artistic innovation
Nance, C. (Principal Investigator) & Fairclough, L. (Researcher)
30/04/25 → 31/07/26
Project: Research
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A Future Archive: Cultural innovation through film and audio heritage
Missero, D. (Principal Investigator) & Nance, C. (Co-Investigator)
2/04/25 → 31/12/26
Project: Research
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Research output
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Accent change in the wake of the Industrial Revolution: Tracing derhoticisation across historic north Lancashire
Nance, C. & Mahamdi, M., 1/04/2026, In: Journal of Sociolinguistics. 30, 2, p. 177-192 16 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
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Articulatory strategy as a source of variation in acoustic vowel dynamics
Strycharczuk, P., Lo, J. J. H. & Kirkham, S., 14/05/2026, In: The Journal of Acoustical Society of America. 159, 5, p. 4068-4078 11 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Open AccessFile5 Downloads (Pure) -
AURORA Model of Formant-to-tongue Inversion for Didactic and Clinical Applications
Strycharczuk, P. & Kirkham, S., 11/05/2026, Proceedings of the Fifteenth Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2026). European Language Resources Association (ELRA), p. 5625-5632 8 p. (Proceedings of the Fifteenth Language Resources and Evaluation Conference (LREC 2026); vol. 2026).Research output: Contribution in Book/Report/Proceedings - With ISBN/ISSN › Conference contribution/Paper › peer-review
Open AccessFile
Activities
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Campus in the City
Missero, D. (Organiser), Forster, P. (Contributor) & Nance, C. (Contributor)
10/04/2026Activity: Other activity types › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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Tides & Threads: People and the Living Coast
Missero, D. (Organiser) & Nance, C. (Contributor)
3/03/2026Activity: Other activity types › Types of Public engagement and outreach - Festival/Exhibition
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The risk of data contamination in (forensic) voice identification: a perception experiment using voice-mixed speech samples
Vanroose-Peer, S. (Speaker)
18/11/2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Prizes
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Best Student Poster Award
Fairclough, L. (Recipient), 12/07/2023
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
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Graduate Scholarship for Degree-Seeking Students
Nagamine, T. (Recipient), 2020
Prize: Fellowship awarded competitively
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International Speech Communication Association Mid-Career Excellence Award
Kirkham, S. (Recipient), 1/05/2026
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Press/Media
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The Voice of the North: Project description and workshop writeup
5/11/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article
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Laste keeleliigutuste peenmotoorika vajab aega arenemiseks / Children's speech motor control skills develop over time
Malmi, A. & Nance, C.
14/05/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Newspaper Article