Ke Lin

Ke Lin

Linguistics Ph.D. Candidate

Ke Lin

I’m a fourth-year Ph.D. candidate (ABD) studying Linguistics at Georgetown University. Currently, I am working on my dissertation project, assessing Mandarin-English bilinguals and Russian-English bilinguals’ implicit and explicit perceptual adjustments on VOT boundaries as a function of perceived talker’s native language status. This dissertation is advised by Elizabeth Zsiga, Lourdes Ortega, Lacey Wade, and Sarah Phillips.

Before coming to Georgetown, I earned an MA in Slavic Linguistics at The Ohio State University, where I also indepedently taught Russian language courses for two years. My master’s thesis investigated the social perceptions of non-native accents in Russian.

Broadly, my research centers on the field of sociophonetics. As a sociophonetician, I explore the intricate relationship between social cues and their impact on both speech perception and production. I am also interested in the phenomenon of speech convergence, the process through which speakers align their speech patterns at various phonetic levels.

Here are some of my other ongoing research projects/interests, varying in scope and development. I welcome proposals for collaboration or discussions on these topics:

  • Social speech perception & production among/by L2 speakers;
  • Accessible & affordable eye-tracking methods;
  • Mergers and splits in Sichuan and Dongbei dialects;
  • Semantic clusters and distributions of Russian prepositions

🏃‍♀️💃🏞 When I am not working, I enjoy ballroom dancing, running, and hiking in the countryside.

RECENT NEWS & UPDATES

🍃 March 16-17th, 2024
Attended PLC48 in my hometown Philadelphia🔔! I presented my project on L2 VOT convergence and discussed possible social and psychological factors motivating the results I found.

🍃 January 24th, 2024
Passed my dissertation proposal defense! 🙏🏁

🍃 January 19th, 2024
Abstract on VOT convergence accepted as a talk at PLC48.

🍃 January 17th, 2024
Abstract on VOT perception accepted as a poster to ICLaVE12. 🇦🇹

🍃 January 4th – 7th, 2024
Attended LSA’s Annual Meeting and presented a poster, Methods in assessing VOT convergence patterns in L2 English speech.

Past events can be found here.