Members of the Lab

ALESSANDRO VIETTI, DIRECTOR

I earned my PhD from the University of Pavia, where I acquired a background in theoretical linguistics and in sociolinguistics. Most of the research I do focuses on quantitative analysis of natural speech, with the aim of understanding phonetic variation and its implications for linguistic theory. I am interested in combining experimental methods with advanced quantitative analysis to model speech production and perception. After taking a tenured researcher position at the Free University of Bolzano I set up a laboratory of phonetics and I specialized in the ultrasound tongue imaging technique.

LORENZO SPREAFICO

Associate Professor, University of Bozen-Bolzano

PhD in Linguistics at the University of Pavia in the framework of an international agreement with the universities Freie Universität Berlin and Universität Erfurt. Since September 2021 Associate professor of language education at the Faculty of education, Free University of Bolzano-Bozen. His current research interests include language acquisition and teaching, with special emphasis on pronunciation.

DANIELA MEREU

Researcher, University of Turin

PhD in Linguistic Sciences at the Bergamo University in collaboration with Pavia University. Since March 2023 research at the University of Turin (Dipartimento di Lingue e Letterature straniere e Culture moderne). Her current research interests include acoustic and articulatory phonetics, sociolinguistics, sociophonetics, dialectology, language documentation, oral traditions.

Former Members

  • Lia Saki Bučar Shigemori
  • Conceição Cuhna
  • Maria Chiara Felloni
  • Vincenzo Galatà
  • Constantijn Kaland
  • Chiara Meluzzi