Dr Melody Pattison
BEd (Melb) GDipArts (Melb) MAppLing (Monash) PhD (Ebor) FHEA
Lecturer
School of English, Communication and Philosophy
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I completed my PhD at the University of York in 2018.
I joined Cardiff University in 2018, and I am currently the UG Director of Studies.
Publication
2021
- Pattison, M. 2021. Regional variation of HUIS in Achterhoeks. Taal en Tongval: Language Variation in the Low Countries 72(2), pp. 119-150. (10.5117/TET2020.1.PATT)
2018
- Pattison, M. 2018. A study of the variation and change in the vowels of the Achterhoeks dialect. PhD Thesis, University of York.
2017
- Pattison, M. 2017. Rural and non-rural variation between [y] and [u] in the Achterhoeks dialect. York Papers in Linguistics YPL2(15)
Articles
- Pattison, M. 2021. Regional variation of HUIS in Achterhoeks. Taal en Tongval: Language Variation in the Low Countries 72(2), pp. 119-150. (10.5117/TET2020.1.PATT)
- Pattison, M. 2017. Rural and non-rural variation between [y] and [u] in the Achterhoeks dialect. York Papers in Linguistics YPL2(15)
Thesis
- Pattison, M. 2018. A study of the variation and change in the vowels of the Achterhoeks dialect. PhD Thesis, University of York.
Research
My linguistic research has focused on variation and change in Dutch; it has been published in Taal en Tongval and presented at various international conferences. More recently, I have also been researching assessment and feedback practices in Higher Education.
Teaching
2024/2025:
Sounds of Speech
Sociolinguistics
Sound, Structure and Meaning
World Englishes
Developing English: History and Society
Biography
Honours and awards
- University of York Teaching Scholarship (2014)
- University of York Overseas Scholarship (2014)
- Monash University Dean's Recognition Award (2013)
- Monash University Dean's Recognition Award (2012)
- Monash University Dean's Recognition Award (2012)
Professional memberships
Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Academic positions
- 2020 - present: Lecturer, Cardiff University
- 2018 - 2020: Teacher, Cardiff University
- 2014 - 2017: Seminar tutor, University of York
Speaking engagements
- 6 October 2021: Pidgins, creoles, dialects and minority languages - an overview. MFL Symposium, North London Collegiate School, London, UK [online]
- 28 April 2021: Regional variation of HUIS in the Achterhoek, Netherlands. Cardiff University Seminar Series, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK
- 28 June 2019: Variation and change in four vowels of Achterhoeks. ICLaVE, Leeuwarden, Netherlands
- 31 March 2017: The Achterhoeks [y] and [u] vowels: Variation and attitude judgements. Sociolinguistics Circle, University of Tilburg, Tilburg, Netherlands
- 1 November 2016: Variation in the Achterhoeks realisations of the Standard Dutch vowel /oey/. CamPhon Seminar Series, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK
- 16 June 2016: Different realisations of /ɑ/ in Zelhem and Ruurlo. CLUL-LingMe, University of Lisbon, Lisbon, Portugal
- 20-22 May 2016: Suburban and rural variation between [y] and [u] in Achterhoeks. GLAC 22, University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland
- 1-3 September 2015: The /ɔ/ and /i/ vowels of Achterhoeks over a period of 35 years. UKLVC 10, University of York, York, UK
- March 2014: Examining the /e/-/æ/ merger in the speech of Dutch migrants in Australia. Monash University Seminar Series, Monash University, Clayton, Australia
Supervisions
Sociolinguistics, phonetics, language variation and change
Current supervision
Abdulrahman Alasmari
Research student
Contact Details
Research themes
Specialisms
- Sociolinguistics
- Phonetics
- Language variation and change
- Sociophonetics
- Education assessment and evaluation