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A Group of People Curious About Patterns in Speech.

Speech is grounded in the relation between how we perceive sound and how we control articulation. Students and faculty in the Cornell Phonetics Lab conduct research to better understand how speech patterns arise and change over time.


Research Spotlight

Prosodically-conditioned temporal variation in whispered vs. normal speech

2026

The Role of Contextual Variation in Learning Cantonese Tones from Naturalistic Speech

2025

Unpredictable Temporal Auditory Feedback Perturbation Induces Lengthening, Not Compensation

2025


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Our Students

Xiaotian Liu

Grad Student

203 Morrill Hall

Elina Hannecart

Exchange Grad Student from École Normale Supérieure Paris-Saclay (ENS Paris-Saclay)

203 Morrill Hall

Annabelle di Lustro

Grad Student

203 Morrill Hall


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7th October 2026 12:20 PM

Phonetics Lab Meeting

Sam and Abby will provide advice on job interview preparation.

 

 


Location: B11 Morrill Hall, 159 Central Avenue, Morrill Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-4701, USA

8th October 2026 04:30 PM

Linguistics Colloquium Speaker: Juergen Bohnemeyer

The Department of Linguistics proudly presents Dr. Juergen Bohnemeyer, Professor of Linguistics at the University at Buffalo.  

 

Dr. Bohnemeyer will speak on "Functional expressions: Typology and evolution".

 

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Location: 106 Morrill Hall, 159 Central Avenue, Morrill Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853-4701, USA

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The Cornell Phonetics Lab welcomes students with diverse backgrounds and interests. Prospective graduate students are encouraged to read more about the Cornell Linguistics Department application procedures.