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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

Elina Hannecart

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

203 Morrill Hall

Tran Ta-Tran

Grad Student

203 Morrill Hall

Yao Zhang

Grad Student

203 Morrill Hall


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14th October 2026 12:20 PM

PhonDAWG - Phonetics Lab Data Analysis Working Group

Fengyue (Lisa) will present a preliminary analysis of her dissertation data.

 

 

 

 

 


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

16th October 2026 03:00 PM

Cognitive Science Hybrid Colloquium: From Sensation to Meaning

The Fall 2026 Cornell Department of Psychology and Cognitive Science Program Colloquium Series presents Dr. Madineh Sedigh-Sarvestani, Assistant Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Freeman Hr...


Location:
G-90 Uris Hall, Cornell University Main Campus, Ithaca, NY 14853

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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.