Benjamin Parrell
Department of Linguistics
University of Southern California
Grace Ford Salvatori 301
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1693
www-scf.usc.edu/~parrell
parrell at usc dot edu
| 2007-Current | Ph.D. Student, Linguistics (Hispanic Linguistics) University of Southern California |
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| 2009 | M.A., Linguistics University of Southern California Thesis title: Rate conditioned aspiration change in Western Andalusian Spanish Thesis chair: Professor Louis Goldstein |
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| 2004 | B.A., Spanish, summa cum laude with departmental honors University of Oregon |
M. Riera, J. Romero, & B. Parrell (2009). Schwa in American English V+/r/ sequences. In M. Vigário, S. Frota, & M.J. Freitas (Eds.), Phonetics and Phonology: Interactions and interrelations. John Benjamins: Amsterdam.
B. Parrell (2009). Rate conditioned aspiration change in Western Andalusian Spanish. Poster presented at the Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia conference, Las Palmas, Spain, June 2009.
S. Lee, B. Parrell, & D. Byrd (2009). Computational modeling of juncture strength using articulatory synthesis of prosodic gestures. Proceedings of the 157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Portland, Oregon, 18-22 May 2009. [abstract]
B. Parrell (2009). Rate conditioned variability in Western Andalusian Spanish aspiration. Proceedings of the 157th Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, Portland, Oregon, 18-22 May 2009. [pdf, abstract]
B. Parrell (2008). /s/ + stop gestural reorganization in Western Andalusian Spanish. Poster presented at the Southern California Workshop on Phonetics/Phonology, Pomona, California, November 2008.
J. Romero, B. Parrell, & M. Riera (2007). What distinguishes /p/, /t/, /k/ from /b/, /d/, /g/ in Spanish? Poster presented at the Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia Conference, Braga, Portugal, June 2007.
M. Riera, J. Romero, & B. Parrell (2007). Schwa in American English V+/r/ sequences. Paper presented at the Phonetics and Phonology in Ibera Conference, Braga, Portugal, June 2007.
| 2008-Current & Summer 2008, 2009 |
Research Assistant for Prof. Dani Byrd NIH project: Prosody and articulatory dynamics in spoken language University of Southern California |
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| Summer-Fall 2009 | Research Assistant for Prof. Rachel Walker Project: Creation of Servigliano dictionary & metaphony analysis University of Southern California |
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| 2006-2007 | Visiting Academic working under Prof. Joaquín Romero Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona, Spain) |
| 2009 | Del Amo Research Award (Total: $5,000) University of Southern California |
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| 2008 | Del Amo Research Award (Total: $5,000) University of Southern California |
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| 2007-2008 | Del Amo Graduate Fellowship (Total: $19,000) University of Southern California |
| 2009-Current | Vice President, Hispanic Linguistics Student Association (HILSA) University of Southern California |
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| 2009-Current | Member, 2010 West Coast Conference for Formal Linguistics abstracts committee University of Southern California |
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| 2008-2009 | President, Hispanic Linguistics Student Association (HILSA) University of Southern California |
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| 2007-2008 | Treasurer, Hispanic Linguistics Student Association (HILSA) University of Southern California |
Acoustical Society of America
Linguistic Society of America
English (Native)
Spanish (Fluent)
Catalan (Intermediate)
French (Basic)