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Scott Myers in the House; Talk December 8

Scott Myers (1987 UMass Amherst PhD, now Professor of Linguistics at UT Austin) will be returning to South College for a visit next week. On December 8, he will give a brief talk on his current research, 4:00 pm, in the Partee Room:

Final devoicing: An experimental investigation

Word-final devoicing is a recurring phonological pattern in the world's languages. In this talk I present the results of an on- going study investigating the relation between this phonological pattern and the breakdown of vocal fold vibration frequently found in utterance-final position. Experimental evidence is provided in support of the claim that listeners have a bias toward identifying utterance-final obstruents as voiceless.

Scott will also be available for meetings on Monday and Tuesday (Dec 8-9). He'll be camped out in Kyle Johnson's office. Drop Lisa Selkirk a note if you'd like to chat with him.

[Thanks Lisa!]