Staff Profile
Dr Niamh Kelly
Lecturer in Phonetics and Phonology
Background
Email: niamh.kelly@ncl.ac.uk
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/niamhkellylinguistics/
Research
My research interests are in phonetics and phonology, and I am also interested in psycholinguistics, multilingualism & second language acquisition, language variation and linguistic typology. I am interested in sound systems from the perspective of both production and perception.
Teaching
2023/2024 teaching:
- SEL1027 Introduction to the Structure of Language 1: Syntax and Phonology
- SEL8117 Phonetics and phonology
- SEL3431 Laboratory Phonology
- SEL8691 Advanced topics in phonology
2022/2023 teaching:
- SEL1027 Introduction to the Structure of Language 1: Syntax and Phonology
- SEL8117 Phonetics and phonology
- SEL3006 Issues in phonological theory I
- SEL8205 Issues in phonological theory II
Publications
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Articles
- Kelly N. Phrase-final intonation adjustment in Lebanese Arabic. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 2023, 53(1), 129-158.
- Seyfarth S, Dolatian H, Kelly N, Toparlak T, Guekguezian P. Illustrations of the IPA: Eastern and Western Armenian. Journal of the International Phonetic Association 2023.
- Kelly N. Change across time in L2 intonation vs. segments: a longitudinal study of the English of Ole Gunnar Solskjær. Languages 2022, 7(3), 210.
- Kelly N, Keshishian L. Voicing patterns in stops among heritage speakers of Western Armenian in Lebanon and the US. Nordic Journal of Linguistics 2021, 44(2), 103-129.
- Kelly N. Syllable weight, vowel length and focus in Lebanese Arabic. Glossa: a journal of general linguistics 2021, 6(1), 1-31.
- Mennen I, Kelly N, Mayr R, Morris J. The effects of home language and bilingualism on the realisation of lexical stress in Welsh and Welsh English. Frontiers in Psychology 2020, 10, 3038.
- Kelly N. The perception of dental and alveolar stops among speakers of Irish English and American English. English Language and Linguistics 2019, 23(2), 277-302.
- Kelly N, Smiljanic R. Perception of the Lexical Accent Contrast in One Variety of East Norwegian. Language and Speech 2018, 61(3), 339-357.
- Kelly N, Smiljanic R. The Effect of Focus and Phrase Position on East Norwegian Lexical Tonal Accents. Phonetica 2017, 74(4), 193-230.
- Crowhurst M, Kelly N, Teodocio A. The influence of vowel laryngealisation and duration on the rhythmic grouping preferences of Zapotec speakers. Journal of Phonetics 2016, 58, 48-70.