Staff Profile

Caitlin Halfacre is a Research Associate acting as manager of the LingLab based in in the School of Education, Communication and Language Sciences at Newcastle University. She additionally acts as an Associate Lecturer in the School of English Literature, Language, and Linguistics.

Academic Background

• PhD Linguistics, Newcastle University (funded by NINEDTP 1+3 studentship) - Variation and Change in Modern Received Pronunciation
• MA Applied Linguistic Research, Newcastle University (funded by NINEDTP 1+3 studentship)
• BA Linguistics, Newcastle University

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My research covers includes aspects of Phonetics, Phonology, Morphology, Sociophonetics and Sociolinguistics but I am particularly interested in the interactions between social and regional variation. I have previously worked as a Research Associate in Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University, working on the Manchester Voices Project.

Caitlin teaches on Language Variation and Phonology courses in Linguistics in SELLL.

• Articles

  • Braber N, Halfacre C, Jansen S. The Stability of the TRAP-BATH Split in the East Midlands. Journal of English Linguistics 2024, 52(4), 275-298.
  • Coretta S, et al, Zhang C, Alotaibi NE, Halfacre C, Kelly NE, Turnbull R, McConnellogue C-AM. Multidimensional Signals and Analytic Flexibility: Estimating Degrees of Freedom in Human-Speech Analyses. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science 2023, 6(3), 1–29.