Stephen Winters
Positions
Assistant Professor, Linguistics
Faculty of Arts, School of Languages, Linguistics, Literatures and Cultures
Contact information
Background
Educational Background
Doctor of Philosophy Linguistics, Ohio State University, 2003
M.A. Linguistics, Ohio State University, 1998
B.A. Linguistics, Pomona College, 1996
Research
Areas of Research
My research focuses on speech perception, in particular exemplar theories of speech perception. I have also investigated perceptual influences on cross-linguistic patterns in phonology, the perception and production of creaky voice in contemporary English, and have recently supervised a number of projects on second language speech perception, as well.
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| LING 201 | Introduction to Linguistics I | |
| LING 225 | Varieties of English | |
| LING 341 | Phonetics I | |
| LING 441 | Phonetics II | |
| LING 598 | Independent Research | |
| Ling 560/660 | Statistics for Linguists | |
| Ling 542/631.01 | Seminar in Speech Perception |
Projects
I am currently working on a study on:
-Cultural and biological influences on the production and interpretation of voice quality.
Currently, students in my lab are also working on the following projects:
-Computational modeling of the acquisition of novel second language sound categories
-An exemplar-based computational model of prominence perception in intonation
-Investigating the influences of level of focus and high variability phonetic training on the acquisition of second language sound categories.
Awards
- Faculty of Arts Teaching Award - Established Teacher, University of Calgary. 2021
- Faculty of Graduate Studies Great Supervisor Award, University of Calgary. 2019
- Faculty of Social Science Distinguished Teacher Award, 2008-2009, University of Calgary. 2009
Publications
- Are Serbian and English listeners insensitive to lexical pitch accents in Serbian?. Dušan Nikolić and Stephen Winters. Phonetica, 79(4). 397-423. (2022)
- Effects of cross-language voice training on speech perception: Whose familiar voices are more intelligible?. Susannah Levi, Stephen Winters and David Pisoni. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 130 (6). 4053-4062. (2011)
- Identification and discrimination of bilingual talkers across languages. Stephen Winters, Susannah Levi and David Pisoni. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 123 (6). 4524-4538. (2008)
- An exemplar-based learning model of English sentence intonation. Una Y. Chow and Stephen J. Winters. Proceedings of the 33rd Northwest Linguistics Conference, 1-15. Vancouver, Canada. (2019)
- The role of linguistic knowledge on the encoding of words and voices in memory. Stephen Winters, Karen Lichtman and Silke Weber. Proceedings of the Second Language Research Forum 2011: Innovation in Second Language Acquisition Research: Converging. (2013)
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