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Why Antarctica Has Its Own Accent
On Youtube you can now find a very funny, but scientifically correct description of the Antarctica study!
Prolonged Isolation Can Lead to the Creation of New Accents
The Antarctica study is also featured in this Article by the Atlas Obscura.
Linguists hear an accent begin
On Apple Podcasts and Scientific American you can now catch a podcast on the Antarctica study by Jonathan Harrington, Michele Gubian, Mary Stevens, and Florian Schiel (2019, JASA).
Brain Gain: Jonathan Harrington
An Article by Deutschlandfunk about Jonathan Harrington as part of their "Brain Gain" series.
How hard is it to fake an accent?
An Article by BBC Future about Jonathan Harrington's research on the Queen's sound change.
The Birth and Decay of Language
Center for Advanced Studies talk series organised by Marianne Pouplier and Jonathan Harrington.
The poster as a PDF (980 KB).
Gestural coordination within and between speakers in first language acquisiton
LabPhon14 Satellite Workshop, Tokyo, 28th July 2014, jointly organized by Felicitas Kleber (IPS, LMU) and Mary Beckman (Ohio State University, USA).
Anneliese Mayer Award for Mary Beckman
Professor Mary Beckman from Ohio State University is among the winners of the Anneliese Maier Award. The Alexander von Humboldt Foundation honors renowned scholars in the humanities and social sciences who wish to pursue long-term collaborations with colleagues based in Germany. Mary Beckman was nominated for the Anneliese Maier Award by Jonathan Harrington. She will come to the IPS Munich to take part in various projects and initiate new cooperations.
2nd Workshop on Sound Change
Jonathan Harrington and Mary Stevens organised the 2nd Workshop on Sound Change which took place at Kloster Seeon, Bavaria, Germany, from May 2-4, 2012.
