Benjamin Parrell
Department of Linguistics
University of Southern California
3601 Watt Way, GFS 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 |
B. Parrell, S. Lee, & D. Byrd (In preparation). Evaluation of prosodic juncture strength using functional data analysis.
B. Parrell, L. Goldstein, S. Lee, & D. Byrd (In preparation). Spatiotemporal coupling between speech and manual motor actions.
B. Parrell (2012). The role of gestural phasing in Western Andalusian Spanish aspiration. Journal of Phonetics, 40(1), 37-45.
B. Parrell (2011). A Dynamical account of how /b, d, g/ differ from /p, t, k/ in Spanish: evidence from labials. Laboratory Phonology, 2(2), 423-450.
B. Parrell (2011). Articulatory Phonology and the Task Dynamics model. Studies in Hispanic and Lusophone Linguistics, 4(2), 531-542.
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, L. Goldstein, S. Lee & D. Byrd (2011). Temporal coupling between speech and manual motor actions. In Proceedings of the ninth International Seminar on Speech Production, Montreal, Canada, June 2011. [pdf]
B. Parrell, S. Lee & D. Byrd (2010). Evaluation of Juncture Strength using Articulatory Synthesis of Prosodic Gestures and Functional Data Analysis. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody V, Chicago, Illinois, May 2010. [pdf]
B. Parrell, L. Goldstein, S. Lee & D. Byrd (2010). Articulatory evidence for functional coupling of speech and non-speech motor tasks. In Proceedings of Speech Prosody V, Chicago, Illinois, May 2010. [pdf]
B. Parrell, A. Lammert, L. Goldstein, D. Byrd, & S. Narayanan (2011). Imaging and quantification of glottal kinematics with ultrasound during speech. Poster to be presented at the 162nd Meeting of the Acoustical Society of America, San Diego, California, November 2011. [pdf, abstract]
B. Parrell, L. Goldstein, S. Lee & D. Byrd (2011). Temporal coupling between speech and manual motor actions. Poster presented at the ninth International Seminar on Speech Production, Montreal, Canada, June 2011. [pdf]
B. Parrell & S. Tilsen (2011). Control of duration and magnitude in speech imitation. Paper presented at the sixth International Conference on Speech Motor Control, Groningen, The Netherlands, June 2011. [pdf]
B. Parrell (2010). Articulation from acoustics: estimating constriction degree from the acoustic signal. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128(4), 2289. [pdf, abstract]
B. Parrell, S. Lee, & D. Byrd (2010). Quantifying prosodic boundary strength using functional data analysis of articulatory movement. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 128(4), 2289. [pdf, abstract]
B. Parrell (2010). Romance lenition revisited: articulatory and model evidence from Spanish. Poster presented at the Workshop on Sound Change, Barcelona, Spain, October 2010. [pdf]
B. Parrell, M. Proctor & L. Goldstein (2010). Towards a computational articulatory model of Spanish phonology. Paper presented at Laboratory Approaches to Romance Phonology, Provo, Utah, September 2010. [pdf]
B. Parrell (2010). How /b d g/ differ from /p t k/ in Spanish: A dynamic account. Paper presented at LabPhon 12, Albuquerque, New Mexio, July 2010. [pdf]
B. Parrell (2010). How /b d g/ differ from /p t k/ in Spanish: A dynamic account. Poster presented at São Paulo School of Advanced Studies in Speech Dynamics, São Paulo, Brazil, June 2010.
B. Parrell, S. Lee & D. Byrd (2010). Evaluation of juncture strength using articulatory synthesis of prosodic gestures and Functional Data Analysis. Paper presented at Speech Prosody V, Chicago, Illinois, May 2010.
B. Parrell, L. Goldstein, S. Lee & D. Byrd (2010). Articulatory evidence for functional coupling of speech and non-speech motor tasks. Poster presented at Speech Prosody V, Chicago, Illinois, May 2010.
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. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(4), 2572. [abstract]
B. Parrell (2009). Rate conditioned variability in Western Andalusian Spanish aspiration. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 125(4), 2570. [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.
(New) approaches to old problems: Articulatory Phonological applications in Spanish. Phonetics seminar series, University of California Los Angeles, May 2011.
| 2008-Current & Summer 2008-2010 |
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) |
| 2010-Current | Pre-doctoral fellowship, Hearing and Communication Neuroscience Training Program University of Southern California/House Research Institute |
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| 2011 | Del Amo Research Award (Total: $3,200) University of Southern California |
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| 2010 | Scholarship, Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo São Paulo School of Advanced Studies in Speech Dynamics, June 2010 |
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| 2010 | Del Amo Research Award (Total: $5,000) University of Southern California |
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| 2010 | Best Student paper, Speech Prosody V (link) "Evaluation of Juncture Strength using Articulatory Synthesis of Prosodic Gestures and Functional Data Analysis" with S. Lee & D. Byrd |
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| 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 |
| 2010-Current | Secretary, Hispanic Linguistics Student Association (HILSA) University of Southern California |
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| 2009-2010 | Vice President, Hispanic Linguistics Student Association (HILSA) University of Southern California |
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| 2009-2010 | Member, abstracts committee, 2010 West Coast Conference for Formal Linguistics 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
Association for Laboratory Phonology
International Speech Communication Association
English (Native)
Spanish (Fluent)
Catalan (Intermediate)
French (Basic)
[last updated 1/2012]