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MA, DPhil, Dip RSA, Hon FRCSLT
Emeritus Professor in Human Communication Sciences
Emeritus Professor in Human Communication Sciences
Department: Human Communication Sciences
Faculty: Medicine, Dentistry and Health
Research expertise
Research expertise
Phonetics of talk-in-interaction
Typical and atypical speech development in children
Contact
Contact
Telephone: +44 114 222 2429
Email: bill.wells@sheffield.ac.uk
Biography
Biography
Typical and atypical speech development in children:
Intonation
Linguistic, psycholinguistic and interactional approaches
Phonetics of talk-in-interaction:
Turn-organisation and overlapping talk, alignment, focus
Turn taking by cochlear implant users
Current research projects
Current research projects
Overlapping talk in conversation: phonetics, phonology and interaction. Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship 2016–18. Research Associate Dr Emina Kurtić.
Meeting the challenge of simultaneous talk for cochlear implant users. Funded by Arts and Humanities Research Council. 2014–15. With Professor Guy Brown (Department of Computer Science) and Dr Harriet Crook (Sheffield Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust). Research associates: Dr Amy Beeston, Erica Bradley and Dr Emina Kurtić.
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