Janet Fletcher is an Australian

linguist Linguistics is the scientific study of language. The areas of linguistic analysis are syntax (rules governing the structure of sentences), semantics (meaning), Morphology (linguistics), morphology (structure of words), phonetics (speech sounds ...

. She completed her BA (with honours) at the

University of Queensland The University of Queensland is a Public university, public research university located primarily in Brisbane, the capital city of the Australian state of Queensland. Founded in 1909 by the Queensland parliament, UQ is one of the six sandstone ...

in 1981 and then moved to the United Kingdom and received her

PhD A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

from the

University of Reading The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as the University Extension College, Reading, an extension college of Christchurch College, Oxford, and became University College, ...

in 1989. Fletcher's

research Research is creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge. It involves the collection, organization, and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness to ...

interests include

phonetic 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 ...

s theory,

prosodic In linguistics, prosody () is the study of elements of speech, including intonation (linguistics), intonation, stress (linguistics), stress, Rhythm (linguistics), rhythm and loudness, that occur simultaneously with individual phonetic segments: v ...

phonology, laboratory

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 articulatory and acoustic modelling of prosodic effects in various

language Language is a structured system of communication that consists of grammar and vocabulary. It is the primary means by which humans convey meaning, both in spoken and signed language, signed forms, and may also be conveyed through writing syste ...

s, particularly

indigenous Australian languages The Indigenous languages of Australia number in the hundreds, the precise number being quite uncertain, although there is a range of estimates from a minimum of around 250 (using the technical definition of 'language' as non-mutually intellig ...

and French. Fletcher is currently

professor Professor (commonly abbreviated as Prof.) is an Academy, academic rank at university, universities and other tertiary education, post-secondary education and research institutions in most countries. Literally, ''professor'' derives from Latin ...

of phonetics in the School of Languages and Linguistics, where she is a member of the Research Unit for

Indigenous Language An indigenous language, or autochthonous language, is a language that is native to a region and spoken by its indigenous peoples. Indigenous languages are not necessarily national languages but they can be; for example, Aymara is both an indigen ...

in the School of Languages and Linguistics and is a chief investigator in the

University of Melbourne The University of Melbourne (colloquially known as Melbourne University) is a public university, public research university located in Melbourne, Australia. Founded in 1853, it is Australia's second oldest university and the oldest in the state ...

node of the Centre of Excellence "Dynamics of Language". She is a fellow of the

Australian Academy of the Humanities The Australian Academy of the Humanities was established by Royal Charter in 1969 to advance scholarship and public interest in the humanities in Australia. It operates as an independent not-for-profit organisation partly funded by the Australi ...

Selected publications

*(2014) Fletcher, Janet. 'Intonation and Prosody in Dalabon.' In Jun S (ed), ''Prosodic Typology II, ''pp. 252–272. Oxford:

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. *(2011) Tabain. M., J. Fletcher and A. Butcher. 'An EPG study of

Palatal Consonant Palatals are consonants articulated with the body of the tongue raised against the hard palate (the middle part of the roof of the mouth). Consonants with the tip of the tongue curled back against the palate are called retroflex. Characteris ...

s in two Australian languages', Language and Speech, vol. 54, issue 2, pp. 265–282. *(2010) Fletcher, Janet. 'The Prosody of

Speech Speech is the use of the human voice as a medium for language. Spoken language combines vowel and consonant sounds to form units of meaning like words, which belong to a language's lexicon. There are many different intentional speech acts, suc ...

: Timing and Rhythm,' in W. Hardcastle, J. Laver and F. Gibbon (eds), ''The Handbook of Phonetic Sciences, ''pp. 523–602. Wiley-Blackwell Publishing. *(2007) Yallop, Clark and Janet Fletcher. ''An Introduction to Phonetics and

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 ...

''. Blackwell Publishers.

References

External links

* http://languages-linguistics.unimelb.edu.au/about/staff/associate-professor-janet-fletcher * http://indiglang.arts.unimelb.edu.au/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Fletcher, Janet Living people Linguists from Australia University of Queensland alumni Alumni of the University of Reading Academic staff of the University of Melbourne Australian women linguists Year of birth missing (living people) Fellows of the Australian Academy of the Humanities