{"id":231,"date":"2018-11-20T13:06:10","date_gmt":"2018-11-20T13:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/?page_id=231"},"modified":"2025-08-01T11:28:32","modified_gmt":"2025-08-01T10:28:32","slug":"laurence-white","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/people\/laurence-white\/","title":{"rendered":"Laurence White"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Reader in Speech and Language Sciences (school of ECLS)\nEmail:<a href=\"mailto:laurence.white@ncl.ac.uk\"> laurence.white@ncl.ac.uk<\/a>\nStaff Profile: &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ecls\/staff\/profile\/laurencewhite.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.ncl.ac.uk\/ecls\/staff\/profile\/laurencewhite.html\">link<\/a>&gt;\nPersonal website: &lt;<a href=\"https:\/\/psychoprosody.com\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/psychoprosody.com\/\">link<\/a>&gt;<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/files\/2018\/11\/laurence-white-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/files\/2018\/11\/laurence-white-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/files\/2018\/11\/laurence-white-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/files\/2018\/11\/laurence-white.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Research interests: <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Speech perception and production<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prosody, especially speech timing<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>First and second language acquisition<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>My research relates to speech perception, speech production and their relationship. In perceptual work, a primary focus is on speech segmentation: how listeners locate the boundaries between spoken words in adult speech processing, infant language development and second language acquisition. More generally, I am interested in the form and functions of prosody, particularly speech timing, and in perceptually-informed characterisations of prosodic differences between languages. Recent work has examined social and emotional interpretations of prosody.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Reader in Speech and Language Sciences (school of ECLS) Email: laurence.white@ncl.ac.uk Staff Profile: &lt;link&gt; Personal website: &lt;link&gt; Research interests: My research relates to speech perception, speech production and their relationship. In perceptual work, a primary focus is on speech segmentation: &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/people\/laurence-white\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6984,"featured_media":0,"parent":2,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-231","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6984"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1293,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/231\/revisions\/1293"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/phonphon\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}