Bethany MacLeod, Carleton University

Research

linguistics phonetics individual variation phonetic imitation perception production

Latest funding

Developing a Canadian French articulatory corpus to explore the relationship between articulation and acoustics
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$30,352
Individual variation in the perception-production link: evidence from phonetic imitation
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$65,299

All 2 grants and awards

Developing a Canadian French articulatory corpus to explore the relationship between articulation and acoustics

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ahn, Suzy

Keywords: articulation; acoustics; Canadian French; ultrasound tongue imaging; corpus; multilingual

$30,352

Individual variation in the perception-production link: evidence from phonetic imitation

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: MacLeod, Bethany

Keywords: linguistics; phonetics; individual variation; phonetic imitation; perception; production

$65,299

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: linguistics Dear Professor MacLeod, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on linguistics connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Individual variation in the perception-production link: evidence from phonetic imitation" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]