About me

I am a researcher in computational phonetics, interested in the dynamics and variability of spoken language.

I am currently working on linguistic creativity. In my research I look at the production of novel phonetic forms — this includes empirical, experimental work, concerned with the assessment and analysis of naturalistic speech productions, as well as cognitive and psycholinguistic theoretical modelling and computational modelling.

Research interests

• Experimental phonetics. Speech is the primary medium of language and the foundation of all human communication. Phonetics seeks to describe the fundamental building blocks of language in articulation and speech perception.
• Social meaning in language and verbal interactions. How does our identity affect the way we speak and how we process language? How does the perceived identity of our interlocutors affect our perception of language and speech?
• Cognitive and psychological factors in human speech processing. How do individual differences in processing capabilities (like working memory or attention) and personality traits affect speech perception and production?
• Computational modelling and simulations. How can we formalise linguistic theories about speech in a computationally consistent way? How can simulation studies aid in computational modelling, in uncovering implicit model assumptions or internal contradictions? How can we apply simulations to test and generate hypotheses in a systematic way?
• Human–machine interaction. How can insights about human language processing be applied in artificial intelligence? What are the differences or similarities between humans and machines in verbal interaction?

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Contact

E-mail: daniel.duran@uni-bielefeld.de
For institutional contact details see my university page.