Maria-Josep Solé

 

Phonetics Laboratory, English Department

 

Maria-Josep Solé

 

 

 

 

 

Professor of English Phonetics and Linguistics at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain.

Teaching: English Phonetics, Phonology, History of English, Research methods.

Research interests: experimental phonology, the phonetics-phonology interface, English phonetics.

Co-chair of the Workshop on Sound Change, Barcelona 2010.

Co-chair of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Barcelona 2003.

 

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Selected publications

 

• •  Solé, M.J. 2014. The perception of voice-initiating gestures. Laboratory Phonology, Volume 5, Issue 1, 37-68.

  • Solé, M.J. and D. Recasens (eds.). 2012. The Initiation of Sound Change: Perception, Production and Social Factors. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

  • Solé, M.J. 2012. Natural and Unnatural Patterns of Sound Change? In Solé, M.J. and Recasens, D. (eds.). The Initiation of Sound Change: Perception, Production and Social Factors. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, pp. 123-146.

• • Solé, M.J. 2011. Articulatory adjustments in initial voiced stops in Spanish, French and English. M. Wei & E. Zee (eds.), Proceedings of the 17^th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (reviewed abstracts), pp. 1878-1881. Hong Kong, China.

  • Solé, M.J. and Sprouse, R. 2011. Voice-initiating gestures in Spanish: Prenasalization. M. Wei & E. Zee (eds.), Proceedings of the 17^th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (reviewed abstracts), pp. 72-75. Hong Kong, China.

  • Solé, M.J., Larry M. Hyman & Kemmonye C. Monaka. 2010. More on post-nasal devoicing: The case of Shekgalagari. Journal of Phonetics 38.4, pp. 604-616.

• • Solé, M.J. 2010. Effects of syllable position on sound change: An aerodynamic of final fricative weakening. Journal of Phonetics 38.2: 289-305.

• • Solé, M.J. & Ohala, J.J. 2010. What is and what is not under the control of the speaker. Intrinsic vowel duration. In Cécile Fougeron, Barbara Kühnert, Mariapaola D’Imperio, and Nathalie Vallée (eds.) Papers in Laboratory Phonology 10. Berlin: de Gruyter, pp. 607-655.

  • Sprouse, R., Maria-Josep Solé and John Ohala. 2010. Tracking laryngeal gestures and their impact on voicing. Proceedings of the 12th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon 12), Alburquerque, New Mexico, 127-128.

• • Ohala, J. J. & Solé, M.J. 2010. Turbulence and Phonology. In Susanne Fuchs, Martine Toda & Marzena Zygis (eds.) Turbulent sounds. An interdisciplinary guide. Berlin: Mouton deGruyter, pp. 37-97.

• • Solé, M.J. 2009. Acoustic and aerodynamic factors in the interaction of features: The case of nasality and voicing. In M. Vigário, S. Frota & M.J. Freitas (eds.).Phonetics and Phonology: Interactions and Interrelations. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 205-234.

• • Sprouse, R., Solé, M.J. & Ohala, J. 2008. Oral cavity enlargement in retroflex stops. Proceedings of the 8th International Seminar on Speech Production. Strasbourg, France, pp. 429-432.

• • Solé, M.J. 2008. Recogida, interpretación y modelización de datos aerodinámicos. Estudios de Fonética Experimental 17: 375-396.

  • Solé, M.J., Sprouse, R. &  Ohala, J.J. 2008. Voicing control and nasalization. Laboratory Phonology 11 (reviewed abstracts), Victoria, New Zealand, pp.127-128.

• • Solé, M.J. 2007. Compatibility of features and phonetic content: the case of nasalization. Proccedings of the 16th Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Saarbrücken, Germany.

• • Solé, M.J, Beddor, P. & M. Ohala (eds.). 2007. Experimental Approaches to Phonology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 456pp.

• • Solé, M.J. 2007. Controlled and mechanical properties in speech: a review of the literature. In Solé, M.J, Beddor, P. & M. Ohala (eds.). Experimental Approaches to Phonology. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 302-321. [click here for references]

• • Solé, M.J. 2007. The stability of phonological features within and across segments. The effect of nasalization on frication. In Prieto, P., Mascaró, J. , & M.J. Solé (eds.). Segmental and Prosodic Issues in Romance Phonology. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 41-65.

  • Solé, M.J. 2007. Review of John Local, Richard Ogden and Rosalind Temple (eds.). 2003.Phonetic Interpretation. Papers in Laboratory Phonology 6. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, Pp. 402. Language 83.2, 438 - 442.

• • Prieto, P., Mascaró, J. , & M.J. Solé (eds.). 2007. Segmental and Prosodic Issues in Romance Phonology. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. 262pp. [click here for ‘Preface’]

• • Solé, M.J., Recasens, D. & Romero, J. 2003. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Causal Productions, Australia (CD-ROM)/ Barcelona: Futurgraphic (print proceedings).

• • Solé, M.J. 2003. Is variation encoded in phonology?. In Solé, M.J., Recasens, D. & Romero, J (eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Barcelona: Futurgraphic, pp. 289-292.

• • Solé, M.J. 2003. Aerodynamic characteristics of onset and coda fricatives. In Solé, M.J., Recasens, D. & Romero, J (eds.), Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Barcelona: Futurgraphic, pp. 2761-2764.

• • Solé, M.J. 2002. Aerodynamic characteristics of trills and phonological patterning. Journal of Phonetics 30, 655-688. [Click for experimental setup]

• • Solé, M.J. 2002. Assimilatory processes and aerodynamic factors. In C. Gussenhoven & N. Warner (eds). Papers in Laboratory phonology 7. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, pp. 351-386

• • Solé, M.J. 2000. Assimilatory models and aerodynamic factors. Proceedings of the 5 th Speech Production Seminar. Seeon, Germany, pp. 109-112.

• • Solé, M.J. and Estebas, E. 2000. Phonetic and Phonological phenomena: V.O.T. A cross-language comparison. Proceedings of the XVII AEDEAN Conference. Vigo, Spain, pp. 437-444.

• • Solé, M.J. 1999. The phonetic basis of phonological structure: the role of aerodynamic factors. Proceedings of the I Congress of Experimental Phonetics. Tarragona, Spain, pp. 77-94.

• • Solé, M.J. 1999. Production requirements of apical trills and assimilatory behavior. Proceedings of the XIV International Conference of Phonetic Sciences. San Francisco, pp.487-490.

• • Solé, M.J.1998. Phonological Universals: Trilling, voicing and frication. Berkeley Linguistics Society 24, 427-442.

• • Solé, M.J., Ohala, J.J. & Ying, G. 1998. Aerodynamic characteristics of trills. Proceedings of the 135th Meeting of the ICA/Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, Washington, USA, pp. 2923-2924.

• • Ohala, J.J., Solé, M.J. & Ying, G. 1998. The controversy of nasalized fricatives. Proceedings of the 135th Meeting of the ICA/Acoustical Society of America, Seattle, Washington, USA, pp. 2921-2922.

• • Solé, M.J.1997. Timing patterns in the production of a foreign language. Views on the Acquisition and use of a Second Language. Proceedings of EUROSLA 97, pp. 539-551.

• • Solé, M.J. 1995. Spatio-temporal patterns of velo-pharyngeal action in phonetic and phonological nasalization. Language and Speech 38(1), pp. 1-23.

• • Solé, M.J.1995. New ways of analyzing sound change: Speech rate effects. In M. Dominicy and D. Demolin (eds.), Sound change. Thematic Issue of the Belgian Journal of Linguistics 9, pp 21- 44.

• • Solé, M.J. & Estebas, E.1995. Connected speech processes: A cross-linguistic study.Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Speech Communication and Technology. Madrid, Vol. 3, pp. 2239-2242.

• • Solé, M.J. & Estebas, E.1995. A cross-linguistic study of blending processes in connected speech. Proceedings of the XIIIth International Conference of Phonetic Sciences. Stockholm, Vol. 4, pp. 160-163.

• • Solé, M.J. 1994. Fonética Acústica, Fonología e Informática. Actas IX Jornadas Nacionales de la Sociedad Médica Española de Foniatría. Universidad de Alicante, pp. 2.1-2.28.

• • Solé, M.J. 1992. Phonetic and phonological processes: the case of nasalization. Language and Speech 35 (1, 2): 29-43.

• • Solé, M.J. 1992. Experimental Phonology: the case of rhotacism. In W. U. Dressler, H.C. Luschützky, O. E. Pfeiffer & J. R. Rennison (eds.), Phonologica 1988, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp. 259-271.

• • Solé, M.J. 1991. Stress and rhythm in English. In E. Alcaraz Varó (ed.), English Language Teaching. Special Issue of Revista Alicantina de Estudios Ingleses, Vol. 4, Alicante: Gráficas Díaz, pp. 145-162.

• • Solé, M.J. & Ohala, J.J. 1991. The phonological representation of reduced forms. ESCA Workshop on the Phonetics and Phonology of Speaking Styles: Reduction and Elaboration in Speech Communication. Barcelona, Spain, pp. 49.1- 49.5.

• • Solé, M.J. & Ohala, J. J. 1991. Differentiating between phonetic and phonological processes: the case of nasalization. Proceedings of the XIIth International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Aix-en-Provence, France, pp. 110-113.

• • Solé, M.J. & Ohala, J.J. 1990. Cognitive representation and the varying pronunciation of frequently occurring expressions. Proceedings of the 1990 International Pragmatics Conference. Barcelona, pp.148.

• • Solé, M.J. 1990. Estudios sobre la percepción de la cadena hablada. In M. Turell (ed.), Nuevas Corrientes de la Lingüística Aplicada. Aplicación a la descripción del inglés. Revista Española de Lingüística Aplicada, Anejo I. Madrid: SGEL, pp. 13-26.

• • Solé, M.J. 1989. Phonotactic constraints as filter of the articulatory-acoustic signal. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, Suppl. 1, 86, pp. S18.

• • Solé, M.J. 1987.  Latin influence on Early English Grammars: A case study. Anuari d’Anglès, 10, pp. 55-74.

  •  Solé, M.J. 1986.  La realitat psicològica de les formes subjacents i les regles de derivació transformacional. Estudios de Fonética Experimental,  2, pp. 281-317.

  • Solé, M.J. 1984. La experimentación en Fonética y Fonología. Estudios de Fonética Experimental, 1, pp. 1-70.

  • Solé, M.J. 1984.Experimentos sobre la percepción del acento. Estudios de Fonética Experimental, 1, pp. 131-242.

     

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Funded Research Projects

          

• •   Perception and production in L2 acquisition: Phonological and lexical categories in second language learners, Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Proyectos de I+D "Excelencia", FFI2013-46354-P. October 2014-October 2017.

• • Categorization, representation and language processing in second languages. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, FFI2010-19206.October 2010-October 2013.

• • Variability, categorization and language processing in first and second languages. Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación, HUM 2005-02746.October 2005-October 2009.

• • Modelling the cognitive bases of linguistic structure. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia,  BFF 2001-2498, October 2001-October 2004.

• • Articulatory organization and sound change. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia, BFF 2000-0075-C02-01. September 2000-September 2003.

• • Research group in Phonetics. Generalitat de Catalunya, 2014 SGR 61, 2009-SGR-3, 2005SGR864, 2001SGR00425.

• • Aerodynamic conditions in speech sounds. Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, PR 2002-0167. June 2002-September 2002

 

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Maria-Josep Solé

Dept.  Filologia Anglesa, Lletres

UAB

08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

Fax:    34 93 581 2001

e-mail: mariajosep.sole@uab.cat

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