Amalia Arvaniti is a Greek linguist and Professor and Chair of English Language and Linguistics at
Radboud University
Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, , formerly ) is a public research university located in Nijmegen, Netherlands. RU has seven faculties and more than 24,000 students.
Established in 1923, Radboud University has consistently been included in ...
. She is known for her works on
phonetics
Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds or, in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specialize in studying the physical properties of speech are phoneticians ...
,
phonology
Phonology (formerly also phonemics or phonematics: "phonemics ''n.'' 'obsolescent''1. Any procedure for identifying the phonemes of a language from a corpus of data. 2. (formerly also phonematics) A former synonym for phonology, often pre ...
, and
prosody, particularly
intonation and
speech rhythm.
Biography
Arvaniti completed her Ph.D. in Linguistics at the
University of Cambridge
The University of Cambridge is a Public university, public collegiate university, collegiate research university in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1209, the University of Cambridge is the List of oldest universities in continuous operation, wo ...
under the supervision of
Sarah Hawkins.
Research
Arvaniti is a former editor of the ''
Journal of the International Phonetic Association
The ''Journal of the International Phonetic Association'' (''JIPA''; ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that appears three times a year. It is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International Phonetic Association. It was e ...
'' (2015-2019).
References
External links
Personal website
Phonologists from the United States
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
American women linguists
Women linguists
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Academic staff of Radboud University Nijmegen
Linguists from Greece
Academics of the University of Kent
University of California, San Diego faculty
Academic staff of the University of Cyprus
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