This paper provides evidence for the assumption that the precise phonetic implementation of
laryngeal contrast in obstruents can have an influence on higher order linguistic structure …

Multiple bursts (MBs) of plosives have been frequently reported but not sufficiently
quantified. This study sought to examine experimentally MBs in a Spanish variety and to …

In the chorus of their 1966 hit single “For What It's Worth”, the band Buffalo Springfield
famously asked listeners a question which is repeated in the title of this dissertation …

This thesis presents an examination of regional variation and speech accommodation in two
socially salient features of West Yorkshire English. The first aim of this research is to …

Stop consonants are ubiquitous among the world's languages. These consonants are
demarcated by three articulatory phases that can be targeted by sociophonetic factors …

In the chorus of their 1966 hit single “For What It's Worth”, the band Buffalo Springfield
famously asked listeners a question which is repeated in the title of this dissertation …

If someone had told me years ago that I would write my PhD thesis in linguistics one day, I
would probably have frowned upon them. Now here it is–and it would have not been …