Emma Betz, University of Waterloo

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Latest papers

On stance-taking with one-sided vs. two-sided shoulder lifts in German talk-in-interaction.
Frontiers in psychology · 2025 · first author

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Latest funding

Social Interaction, Language and Culture Laboratory (SILC)
CFI · 2018 · Co-investigator
$40,000

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1 publications.

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On stance-taking with one-sided vs. two-sided shoulder lifts in German talk-in-interaction.

Betz E, Gubina A

Frontiers in psychology2025First author

DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2025.1509988 PMID: 40357486

Social Interaction, Language and Culture Laboratory (SILC)

Co-investigatorCFI2018John R. Evans Leaders Fund: John R. Evans Leaders Fund – Funding for research infrastructure

Principal investigators: Liebscher, Grit

Keywords: language and mobility, multilingualism, bilingualism, multimodal interaction, migration, second language learners, multilingual minorities, data corpora SILC Analysis System with synchronized video-recording, renovation of lab space

$40,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Betz, 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]. I read your paper "On stance-taking with one-sided vs. two-sided shoulder lifts in German talk-in-interaction." (2025), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] 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]