#Throwback2016
LabPhon15 at Cornell University. Fond memories of collaborations past. Presented joint work with J. Roux, A. Coetzee, J. Bruni and my late Doktorvater G. Dogil on devoicing in Tswana. With A. Schweitzer and N. Lewandowski we showed that personality affects convergence. What a time!
LabPhon15 at Cornell University. Fond memories of collaborations past. Presented joint work with J. Roux, A. Coetzee, J. Bruni and my late Doktorvater G. Dogil on devoicing in Tswana. With A. Schweitzer and N. Lewandowski we showed that personality affects convergence. What a time!
February 6, 2026 at 11:20 AM
#Throwback2016
LabPhon15 at Cornell University. Fond memories of collaborations past. Presented joint work with J. Roux, A. Coetzee, J. Bruni and my late Doktorvater G. Dogil on devoicing in Tswana. With A. Schweitzer and N. Lewandowski we showed that personality affects convergence. What a time!
LabPhon15 at Cornell University. Fond memories of collaborations past. Presented joint work with J. Roux, A. Coetzee, J. Bruni and my late Doktorvater G. Dogil on devoicing in Tswana. With A. Schweitzer and N. Lewandowski we showed that personality affects convergence. What a time!
More upcoming:
At this year’s #ESSV conference, I will present a little study where we test some ASR systems with co-authors Laurens Winkler and Sina Zarrieß from the #CRC1646 #LINCC discussing “How well can LLMs handle novel phonetic forms?”
― www.essv.de/essv2026
@clausebielefeld.bsky.social
At this year’s #ESSV conference, I will present a little study where we test some ASR systems with co-authors Laurens Winkler and Sina Zarrieß from the #CRC1646 #LINCC discussing “How well can LLMs handle novel phonetic forms?”
― www.essv.de/essv2026
@clausebielefeld.bsky.social
February 2, 2026 at 8:16 PM
More upcoming:
At this year’s #ESSV conference, I will present a little study where we test some ASR systems with co-authors Laurens Winkler and Sina Zarrieß from the #CRC1646 #LINCC discussing “How well can LLMs handle novel phonetic forms?”
― www.essv.de/essv2026
@clausebielefeld.bsky.social
At this year’s #ESSV conference, I will present a little study where we test some ASR systems with co-authors Laurens Winkler and Sina Zarrieß from the #CRC1646 #LINCC discussing “How well can LLMs handle novel phonetic forms?”
― www.essv.de/essv2026
@clausebielefeld.bsky.social
Upcoming:
At this year’s #ESSV conference, I will present joint work by Robert Fromont, Jennifer Hay, Daniel Duran, Allie Osborne, Melanie Weirich, Miriam Oschkinat & Stefanie Jannedy: “Evaluating Full Automation of Computational Sociophonetics for the #Plapper Corpus”
― www.essv.de/essv2026
At this year’s #ESSV conference, I will present joint work by Robert Fromont, Jennifer Hay, Daniel Duran, Allie Osborne, Melanie Weirich, Miriam Oschkinat & Stefanie Jannedy: “Evaluating Full Automation of Computational Sociophonetics for the #Plapper Corpus”
― www.essv.de/essv2026
January 31, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Upcoming:
At this year’s #ESSV conference, I will present joint work by Robert Fromont, Jennifer Hay, Daniel Duran, Allie Osborne, Melanie Weirich, Miriam Oschkinat & Stefanie Jannedy: “Evaluating Full Automation of Computational Sociophonetics for the #Plapper Corpus”
― www.essv.de/essv2026
At this year’s #ESSV conference, I will present joint work by Robert Fromont, Jennifer Hay, Daniel Duran, Allie Osborne, Melanie Weirich, Miriam Oschkinat & Stefanie Jannedy: “Evaluating Full Automation of Computational Sociophonetics for the #Plapper Corpus”
― www.essv.de/essv2026
Fritz Seebauer from the #Bielefeld University #Phonetics group successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “Synthetic Speech Evaluation - Quality and Context”.
Congratulations Dr. Seebauer! 🥳👨🎓
Congratulations Dr. Seebauer! 🥳👨🎓
January 28, 2026 at 1:40 PM
Fritz Seebauer from the #Bielefeld University #Phonetics group successfully defended his doctoral dissertation “Synthetic Speech Evaluation - Quality and Context”.
Congratulations Dr. Seebauer! 🥳👨🎓
Congratulations Dr. Seebauer! 🥳👨🎓
#Throwback2016
Buenos Aires, Argentina: International Congress on Acoustics. Amongst hardcore acoustics with numerical simulations — no LLMs, not even deep learning — me with a humble 3D computer game promoting #gamification in #phonetics research. I dare say, I was a professional game designer. 😎
Buenos Aires, Argentina: International Congress on Acoustics. Amongst hardcore acoustics with numerical simulations — no LLMs, not even deep learning — me with a humble 3D computer game promoting #gamification in #phonetics research. I dare say, I was a professional game designer. 😎
January 25, 2026 at 5:56 PM
#Throwback2016
Buenos Aires, Argentina: International Congress on Acoustics. Amongst hardcore acoustics with numerical simulations — no LLMs, not even deep learning — me with a humble 3D computer game promoting #gamification in #phonetics research. I dare say, I was a professional game designer. 😎
Buenos Aires, Argentina: International Congress on Acoustics. Amongst hardcore acoustics with numerical simulations — no LLMs, not even deep learning — me with a humble 3D computer game promoting #gamification in #phonetics research. I dare say, I was a professional game designer. 😎
Started 2025 with an Erdős number not higher than 5*. Now I am at 4.
...only two more years to go! 🚀
(*taking into account all scientific publications, not restricted to mathematics)
...only two more years to go! 🚀
(*taking into account all scientific publications, not restricted to mathematics)
January 16, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Started 2025 with an Erdős number not higher than 5*. Now I am at 4.
...only two more years to go! 🚀
(*taking into account all scientific publications, not restricted to mathematics)
...only two more years to go! 🚀
(*taking into account all scientific publications, not restricted to mathematics)
Hannover kann kein Schnee. Totales Chaos hier 😂 In Esslingen war der Schneepflug jeden Tag in meiner Straße (eine verkehrstechnisch unwichtige Sackgasse), obwohl schon fast kein Schnee mehr lag. Hier in Langenhagen liegen etwa 20cm Schnee auf der Straße. Nix geräumt 😱
January 11, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Hannover kann kein Schnee. Totales Chaos hier 😂 In Esslingen war der Schneepflug jeden Tag in meiner Straße (eine verkehrstechnisch unwichtige Sackgasse), obwohl schon fast kein Schnee mehr lag. Hier in Langenhagen liegen etwa 20cm Schnee auf der Straße. Nix geräumt 😱
Sretna nova 2026. godina svima!
Happy new year everyone!
Happy new year everyone!
January 1, 2026 at 11:30 AM
Sretna nova 2026. godina svima!
Happy new year everyone!
Happy new year everyone!
How to elicit natural speech in different communicative settings in a controlled laboratory setting? Cool work in progress using virtual reality was presented by Miriam Oschkinat from #SFB1412 today at the linguistics CRC networking meeting in Bielefeld hosted by #CRC1646
@labphon-zas.bsky.social
@labphon-zas.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
How to elicit natural speech in different communicative settings in a controlled laboratory setting? Cool work in progress using virtual reality was presented by Miriam Oschkinat from #SFB1412 today at the linguistics CRC networking meeting in Bielefeld hosted by #CRC1646
@labphon-zas.bsky.social
@labphon-zas.bsky.social
Am I evil? Am I likeable?
Need a 10 minutes break? Like Fantasy? Loath it? Take part in our study and help us by rating images of fictional characters here:
bixprag.lili.uni-bielefeld.de/publix/0aSWK...
Need a 10 minutes break? Like Fantasy? Loath it? Take part in our study and help us by rating images of fictional characters here:
bixprag.lili.uni-bielefeld.de/publix/0aSWK...
November 19, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Am I evil? Am I likeable?
Need a 10 minutes break? Like Fantasy? Loath it? Take part in our study and help us by rating images of fictional characters here:
bixprag.lili.uni-bielefeld.de/publix/0aSWK...
Need a 10 minutes break? Like Fantasy? Loath it? Take part in our study and help us by rating images of fictional characters here:
bixprag.lili.uni-bielefeld.de/publix/0aSWK...
Do you even need visual social cues to trigger speech register effects? Imagining to address a friend vs a policeman is enough to change speaking style (f0 in this case).
Check out our new paper in which we present an analysis of speech data collected with the #Plapper app:
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
Check out our new paper in which we present an analysis of speech data collected with the #Plapper app:
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
November 11, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Do you even need visual social cues to trigger speech register effects? Imagining to address a friend vs a policeman is enough to change speaking style (f0 in this case).
Check out our new paper in which we present an analysis of speech data collected with the #Plapper app:
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
Check out our new paper in which we present an analysis of speech data collected with the #Plapper app:
doi.org/10.1121/10.0...
Rund um den Babo-Hype liest man nun oft: „Haftbefehl gehört in die Schulen“
Ganz meine Meinung!
Ich habe da auch schon mal was vorbereitet:
― D. Duran, J. Happes & D. Schumacher (2024). Antisemitismus als „popkulturelles Phänomen“. In N. Hodaie et al. (Hrsg) (Deutsch-) Rap und Gewalt. Beltz Juventa.
Ganz meine Meinung!
Ich habe da auch schon mal was vorbereitet:
― D. Duran, J. Happes & D. Schumacher (2024). Antisemitismus als „popkulturelles Phänomen“. In N. Hodaie et al. (Hrsg) (Deutsch-) Rap und Gewalt. Beltz Juventa.
November 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Rund um den Babo-Hype liest man nun oft: „Haftbefehl gehört in die Schulen“
Ganz meine Meinung!
Ich habe da auch schon mal was vorbereitet:
― D. Duran, J. Happes & D. Schumacher (2024). Antisemitismus als „popkulturelles Phänomen“. In N. Hodaie et al. (Hrsg) (Deutsch-) Rap und Gewalt. Beltz Juventa.
Ganz meine Meinung!
Ich habe da auch schon mal was vorbereitet:
― D. Duran, J. Happes & D. Schumacher (2024). Antisemitismus als „popkulturelles Phänomen“. In N. Hodaie et al. (Hrsg) (Deutsch-) Rap und Gewalt. Beltz Juventa.
»Lieber Friedrich,
du hast echt bezaubernde Töchter
Wir auch,
aber uns’re hausen in Löchern«
— Eko Fresh. Friedrich. 2025
du hast echt bezaubernde Töchter
Wir auch,
aber uns’re hausen in Löchern«
— Eko Fresh. Friedrich. 2025
October 27, 2025 at 6:47 PM
»Lieber Friedrich,
du hast echt bezaubernde Töchter
Wir auch,
aber uns’re hausen in Löchern«
— Eko Fresh. Friedrich. 2025
du hast echt bezaubernde Töchter
Wir auch,
aber uns’re hausen in Löchern«
— Eko Fresh. Friedrich. 2025
Es muss doch eine bessere Berufsbezeichnung geben 🤔
October 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Es muss doch eine bessere Berufsbezeichnung geben 🤔
Eine Stunde zu früh zum Termin aus dem Haus gehetzt und erst im Auto den Fehler bemerkt: Check! 🥴
#Zeitumstellung
#Zeitumstellung
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Eine Stunde zu früh zum Termin aus dem Haus gehetzt und erst im Auto den Fehler bemerkt: Check! 🥴
#Zeitumstellung
#Zeitumstellung
Speech registers are not just about the choice of fancy words or complex linguistic constructions. Speakers also adjust their pronunciation in different situations. Check out our analysis of formal vs informal video interactions using a novel experimental paradigm: doi.org/10.1075/rs.2... #SFB1412
October 24, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Speech registers are not just about the choice of fancy words or complex linguistic constructions. Speakers also adjust their pronunciation in different situations. Check out our analysis of formal vs informal video interactions using a novel experimental paradigm: doi.org/10.1075/rs.2... #SFB1412
How to get high quality, naturalistic speech recordings from the same speakers in formal vs informal situations for phonetic analysis? Check out our new paper in Register Studies which introduces a novel experimental framework involving simulated video calls! doi.org/10.1075/rs.2... #SFB1412
October 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
How to get high quality, naturalistic speech recordings from the same speakers in formal vs informal situations for phonetic analysis? Check out our new paper in Register Studies which introduces a novel experimental framework involving simulated video calls! doi.org/10.1075/rs.2... #SFB1412
»Empfinden gehet vor dem Denken, Denken vor dem Sprechen, und Sprechen vor dem Schreiben her. So wie man nicht richtig denken kann, wenn man falſch empfunden hat, ſo kann man auch nicht richtig ſprechen, wenn man nicht richtig gedacht hat, …«
― Johann Christoph Adelung. 1788
― Johann Christoph Adelung. 1788
October 21, 2025 at 6:57 PM
»Empfinden gehet vor dem Denken, Denken vor dem Sprechen, und Sprechen vor dem Schreiben her. So wie man nicht richtig denken kann, wenn man falſch empfunden hat, ſo kann man auch nicht richtig ſprechen, wenn man nicht richtig gedacht hat, …«
― Johann Christoph Adelung. 1788
― Johann Christoph Adelung. 1788
Best Poster Award for #Plapper at #P&P last week!
A first peak at our results shows complex patterns of regional and sociodemographic variation in the phonetic realization of German vowels. More coming soon!
www.leibniz-zas.de/de/plapper
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025
A first peak at our results shows complex patterns of regional and sociodemographic variation in the phonetic realization of German vowels. More coming soon!
www.leibniz-zas.de/de/plapper
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025
October 14, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Best Poster Award for #Plapper at #P&P last week!
A first peak at our results shows complex patterns of regional and sociodemographic variation in the phonetic realization of German vowels. More coming soon!
www.leibniz-zas.de/de/plapper
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025
A first peak at our results shows complex patterns of regional and sociodemographic variation in the phonetic realization of German vowels. More coming soon!
www.leibniz-zas.de/de/plapper
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025
Some #LLMs promise universal “speech-to-phoneme” transcription. At #P&P I presented first results on the special use-case of creative phonetic forms and discussed how well different LLMs perform on this task. Turns out: very poorly with horrendous error rates. home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025 #CRC1646
October 10, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Some #LLMs promise universal “speech-to-phoneme” transcription. At #P&P I presented first results on the special use-case of creative phonetic forms and discussed how well different LLMs perform on this task. Turns out: very poorly with horrendous error rates. home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025 #CRC1646
Second keynote today will be given by Melanie Weirich (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena): „Sex and the City“: Geschlechtsspezifische Variation im Kontext. What a great way to start the day! #P&P
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025/
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025/
October 7, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Second keynote today will be given by Melanie Weirich (Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena): „Sex and the City“: Geschlechtsspezifische Variation im Kontext. What a great way to start the day! #P&P
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025/
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025/
Früsche Analysen zur Rundung des kurzen [ɪ] zu [ʏ] im norddeutschen Standarddeutsch präsentiert von Francois Conrad. #P&P
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025/
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025/
October 6, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Früsche Analysen zur Rundung des kurzen [ɪ] zu [ʏ] im norddeutschen Standarddeutsch präsentiert von Francois Conrad. #P&P
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025/
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025/
First keynote talk by Volker Dellwo (U Zürich) at #P&P »Warum Linguisten und Phonetiker mehr über Stimmerkennung lernen sollten« ― Why should linguists and phoneticians learn more about voice recognition?
#phonetics & #phonology
#phonetics & #phonology
October 6, 2025 at 7:13 AM
First keynote talk by Volker Dellwo (U Zürich) at #P&P »Warum Linguisten und Phonetiker mehr über Stimmerkennung lernen sollten« ― Why should linguists and phoneticians learn more about voice recognition?
#phonetics & #phonology
#phonetics & #phonology
Es geht los. Ich freue mich auf zwei spannende Tage in Leipzig bei der #P&P
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025/
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025/
October 6, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Es geht los. Ich freue mich auf zwei spannende Tage in Leipzig bei der #P&P
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025/
home.uni-leipzig.de/pundp2025/