What the facility does
Studies how language is perceived, processed, and produced.
Areas of expertise
The Speech in Context Lab is a dynamic research group that studies how language is perceived, processed, and produced. These topics interface with the particularly tricky puzzle of how language is cognitively represented. Most of our work examines spoken communication, and we define context rather broadly. In the SpeeCon lab, context involves any linguistic or paralinguistic aspect of the language scene which may affect the processing of spoken language. This includes social context, syntactic and semantic context, language environment, and talker variability to name just a few.
Research services
- Speech analysis
- Speech recognition
- Speech acoustics
Sectors of application
- Arts and cultural industries
- Education
- Healthcare and social services
- Information and communication technologies and media
- Policy and governance
- Tourism and hospitality
Specialized labs and equipment
| Equipment | Function |
|---|---|
| High-quality recording equipment | For recording and analyzing speech |
| Digital video cameras | For recording and analyzing speech and interaction |
| Computers | For data analysis |
| Custom-built listening stations | For speech and auditory perception experiments |