Maria-Josep Solé                                      Phonetics Laboratory, English Department

 

 

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 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Barcelona 2003.

 

 

Selected publications

 

 

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

 

§         Solé, M.J. & Ohala, J.J. In press. What is and what is not under the control of the speaker. Intrinsic vowel duration. In Barbara Hühnert and Cécile Fougeron (ed.) Papers in Laboratory Phonology 10. Paris, France.

 

§         Solé, M.J. Submitted. Effects of syllable position on sound change: Aerodynamic and perceptual data on final  fricative weakening. Journal of Phonetics. Cambridge, Elsevier.

 

§         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.

 

§         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.

 

 

 


Funded Research Projects

 

q       Modelling the cognitive bases of linguistic structure. Ministerio de Educación y Ciencia,  BFF 2001-2498,  PB 96-1158. October 2001-October 2004.

 

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

 

q       Research group in Phonetics. Generalitat de Catalunya, 2001SGR00425, 1999 SGR 00256. September 2001-September 2004.

 

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

 

 

 

 


Maria-Josep Solé

Dept.  Filologia Anglesa, Lletres

UAB

08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain

 

Fax:    34 93 581 2001

e-mail: mariajosep.sole@uab.es