JAYE PADGETT VISITS EDINBURGH FOR ULTRASOUND CONFERENCE

Recently Jaye Padgett flew to Edinburgh, Scotland, to attend Ultrafest VI, the latest incarnation of a conference dedicated to the use of ultrasound in phonetics and phonology. Ryan Bennett (Ph.D., 2012) was also there and led the presentation of his joint work with Jaye, Grant McGuire, and Máire Ní Chiosáin (University College Dublin) exploring quantitative measures of palatalization using ultrasound. Other people at the conference included Diana Archangeli (University of Hong Kong), Lisa Davidson (NYU), Brian Gick (University of British Columbia), Alexei Kochetov (University of Toronto), Doug Whalen (CUNY Graduate Center and Haskins Labs), and Jaye’s past co-author Marija Tabain (La Trobe University). Outside of the conference Jaye enjoyed exploring beautiful Edinburgh, including its scenic pubs.