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Dr Kathleen Jepson
Dr

Kathleen Jepson

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Overview

Background

I am a Lecturer in Linguistics in the School of Languages and Cultures, University of Queensland. My main research interests are the phonetics and phonology of prosody, primarily in languages of Australia and the Pacific. I am interested in how prosodic structure is realised by and affects speech segments, the use of prosodic cues alongside morphological and syntactic patterns to encode information structure, prosodic variation, and phonetic typology.

I received my PhD in Linguistics from the University of Melbourne associated with the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Dynamics of Language, and Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Linguistics from the Australian National University. Before I joined UQ in 2024, I held a postdoctoral Humboldt Fellowship, based at the Institute for Phonetics and Speech Processing, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, Germany, and I was previously a postdoctoral researcher on an ERC Advanced Grant based at Radboud University, Nijmegen, the Netherlands.

I enjoy making linguistics accessible and interesting for audiences outside of universities. I am a co-developer of the Linguistics Roadshow - an interactive showcase about the science of language for high school students.

Availability

Dr Kathleen Jepson is:
Available for supervision

Qualifications

  • Bachelor (Honours) of Linguistics, Australian National University
  • Doctor of Philosophy of Laboratory Phonetics and Speech Science, University of Melbourne

Research interests

  • Phonetics and phonology of prosody

  • Phonetics and phonology of Australian Indigenous languages

  • Phonetics and phonology of Oceanic languages

  • Phonetic and phonological typology

  • Speech production and perception

Works

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13 works between 2014 and 2025

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2025

Journal Article

Contrastive vowel length and segment duration in production and perception in Djambarrpuyŋu

Jepson, Kathleen (2025). Contrastive vowel length and segment duration in production and perception in Djambarrpuyŋu. Laboratory Phonology, 16 (1), 1-49. doi: 10.16995/labphon.10161

Contrastive vowel length and segment duration in production and perception in Djambarrpuyŋu

2024

Conference Publication

Vowel duration beyond contrastive length in Djambarrpuyŋu

Jepson, Kathleen and Puggaard-Rode, Rasmus (2024). Vowel duration beyond contrastive length in Djambarrpuyŋu. Nineteenth Australasian International Conference on Speech Science and Technology, Melbourne, VIC Australia, 3-5 December 2024. Canberra, ACT Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association.

Vowel duration beyond contrastive length in Djambarrpuyŋu

2024

Journal Article

The Linguistics Roadshow

Jepson, Kathleen, Billington, Rosey and Vaughan, Jill (2024). The Linguistics Roadshow. Linguistics Vanguard, 10 (s3), 231-243. doi: 10.1515/lingvan-2024-0122

The Linguistics Roadshow

2024

Journal Article

Investigating differences in lab-quality and remote recording methods with dynamic acoustic measures

Zhang, Cong, Jepson, Kathleen and Chuang, Yu-Ying (2024). Investigating differences in lab-quality and remote recording methods with dynamic acoustic measures. Laboratory Phonology, 24 (1) 10492, 1-49. doi: 10.16995/labphon.10492

Investigating differences in lab-quality and remote recording methods with dynamic acoustic measures

2024

Conference Publication

Stop production in Dhuwaya: implications for literacy teaching

Puggaard-Rode, Rasmus and Jepson, Kathleen (2024). Stop production in Dhuwaya: implications for literacy teaching. 5th International Symposium on Applied Phonetics (ISAPh 2024), Tartu, Estonia, 30 September-2 October 2024. ISCA: International Speech Communication Association. doi: 10.21437/isaph.2024-14

Stop production in Dhuwaya: implications for literacy teaching

2024

Conference Publication

Stylised sustained prosody in three Australian languages

Jepson, Kathleen, Puggaard-Rode, Rasmus and Mansfield, John (2024). Stylised sustained prosody in three Australian languages. Speech Prosody 2024, Leiden, The Netherlands, 2-5 July 2024. ISCA - International Speech Communication Association. doi: 10.21437/speechprosody.2024-198

Stylised sustained prosody in three Australian languages

2023

Book Chapter

Lexical stress

Jepson, Kathleen and Ennever, Thomas (2023). Lexical stress. The Oxford guide to Australian languages. (pp. 145-158) edited by Claire Bowern. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/oso/9780198824978.003.0014

Lexical stress

2023

Conference Publication

Prosody and word order in marking focus within Djambarrpuyŋu noun phrases

Jepson, Kathleen (2023). Prosody and word order in marking focus within Djambarrpuyŋu noun phrases. 20th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Prague, Czech Republic, 7-11 August 2023. International Phonetic Association.

Prosody and word order in marking focus within Djambarrpuyŋu noun phrases

2021

Journal Article

Comparing acoustic analyses of speech data collected remotely

Zhang, Cong, Jepson, Kathleen, Lohfink, Georg and Arvaniti, Amalia (2021). Comparing acoustic analyses of speech data collected remotely. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 149 (6), 3910-3916. doi: 10.1121/10.0005132

Comparing acoustic analyses of speech data collected remotely

2021

Journal Article

Prosodically conditioned consonant duration in Djambarrpuyŋu

Jepson, Kathleen, Fletcher, Janet and Stoakes, Hywel (2021). Prosodically conditioned consonant duration in Djambarrpuyŋu. Language and Speech, 64 (2), 261-290. doi: 10.1177/0023830919826607

Prosodically conditioned consonant duration in Djambarrpuyŋu

2019

Conference Publication

The role of vowel and consonant duration in vowel length categorisation by Djambarrpuyŋu listeners

Jepson, Kathleen (2019). The role of vowel and consonant duration in vowel length categorisation by Djambarrpuyŋu listeners. 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 5-9 August 2019. Canberra, ACT, Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association.

The role of vowel and consonant duration in vowel length categorisation by Djambarrpuyŋu listeners

2015

Conference Publication

Vowel duration and consonant lengthening in Djambarrpuyngu

Jepson, Kathleen and Stoakes, Hywel (2015). Vowel duration and consonant lengthening in Djambarrpuyngu. 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Glasgow, United Kingdom, 10-14 August 2015. Glasgow, United Kingdom: University of Glasgow.

Vowel duration and consonant lengthening in Djambarrpuyngu

2014

Conference Publication

Intonational marking of focus in Torau

Jepson, Kathleen (2014). Intonational marking of focus in Torau. 44th Conference of the Australian Linguistic Society, Melbourne, VIC, Australia, 1-4 October 2013. Parkville, VIC, Australia: University of Melbourne.

Intonational marking of focus in Torau

Supervision

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