Amalia Arvaniti is a Greek linguist and Professor and Chair of English Language and Linguistics at
Radboud University
Radboud University (abbreviated as RU, nl, Radboud Universiteit , formerly ''Katholieke Universiteit Nijmegen'') is a public research university located in Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The university bears the name of Saint Radboud, a 9th century D ...
. She is known for her works on
phonetics
Phonetics is a branch of linguistics that studies how humans produce and perceive sounds, or in the case of sign languages, the equivalent aspects of sign. Linguists who specialize in studying the physical properties of speech are phoneticians. ...
,
phonology
Phonology is the branch of linguistics that studies how languages or dialects systematically organize their sounds or, for sign languages, their constituent parts of signs. The term can also refer specifically to the sound or sign system of a ...
, and
prosody, particularly
intonation and
speech rhythm. Arvaniti is a former editor of the ''
Journal of the International Phonetic Association
The ''Journal of the International Phonetic Association'' (''JIPA'', ) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that appears three times a year. It is published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the International Phonetic Association. It was e ...
'' (2015-2019).
References
External links
Personal website
Phonologists
Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
Women linguists
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
Academic staff of Radboud University Nijmegen
Linguists from Greece
Academics of the University of Kent
University of California, San Diego faculty
Academic staff of the University of Cyprus
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