The role of regional variation in speech processing

Dates: 2018–2022
Primary investigator: Gisela Tomé Lourido (Leeds, Linguistics & Phonetics)
Co-investigators: Robert Lennon (Lancaster University & University of Glasgow)
L@L satellite: Embracing Linguistic Diversity
L@L themes: Language and Cognition; Language and Representation; Language and Society

This project uses eye-tracking to investigate how information about the speakers’ accent influences the time course of spoken word recognition.