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Melody Pattison  BEd (Melb) GDipArts (Melb) MAppLing (Monash) PhD (Ebor) FHEA

Dr Melody Pattison

BEd (Melb) GDipArts (Melb) MAppLing (Monash) PhD (Ebor) FHEA

Lecturer

School of English, Communication and Philosophy

Users
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

2018

2017

Articles

Thesis

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

Abdulrahman Alasmari

Research student

Contact Details

Specialisms

  • Sociolinguistics
  • Phonetics
  • Language variation and change
  • Sociophonetics
  • Education assessment and evaluation