The Phonology Laboratory is dedicated to the teaching and investigation of phonological typology as well as the variation and change of sound systems. It also functions as the center for language documentation research within the Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. The lab, which houses a double-walled sound-attenuated IAC recording booth,
is fully equipped to gather and analyze physiological, acoustic, and perceptual data.
James Kirby will be giving two talks in May. The first, "Linguistic experience in tone perception," will be given at the 2nd ASA Special Workshop on Speech in Portland on May 23. On May 29., James will be presenting "Tonal similarity and tone perception in Vietnamese" at the 19th Meeting of the Southeast Asian Linguistic Society in Saigon.