Publications

Franich, K. Accepted. Metrical prominence asymmetries in Medʉmba, a Grassfields Bantu language. Language [preprint].

Franich, K., Wong, H.Y., Yu, A.C.L., and To, C.K.S. 2020 Temporal coordination and prosodic structure in autism spectrum disorder: Timing across speech and non-speech motor domains. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04758-z [preprint].

Patel, S., Nayar, K., Martin, G.E., Franich, K., Crawford, S., Diehl, J.J. and Losh, M. 2020. An acoustic characterization of prosodic differences in autism spectrum disorder and first-degree relatives. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10803-020-04392-9}.

Franich, K.  2020.  Uncovering tonal and temporal correlates of phrasal prominence in MedʉmbaLanguage and Speech.  https://doi.org/10.1177/0023830919887994 [preprint].

Franich, K. and Sarkar, S. 2019. Effects of rhythmicity on speech perception in speech and musical contextsProceedings of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia.

Kimball, A., Keupdjio, H., Kouankem, C., and Franich, K. 2019. Expanding field studies using online speech perception experiments. Proceedings of the International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia.

Franich, K. 2018. Tonal and morphophonological effects on the location of perceptual centers (p-centers): Evidence from a Bantu language [preprint]Journal of Phonetics, 67, 21—33.

Franich, K. 2016. Internal and contextual cues to tone perception in Medʉmba [preprint].  Journal of the Acoustical Society of America Express Letters, 140(1), 107-112.

Franich, K. 2016.  Perception of tonal contours in Medʉmba.  Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Language (TAL).

Franich, K. 2015. The effect of cognitive load on tonal coarticulationProceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.

Goldman, N., Orman, W., Paquette, E., Franich, K., Hawkes, R., Ngabeu, A. & O’Connor, C. 2015.  Interspeaker variation in noun class realization in Medumba, a Grassfields LanguageSelected Proceedings of the 44th Annual Conference on African Linguistics.  Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project.

Franich, K., O’Connor, C. & Barnes, J. 2011. Tonal merger in Medʉmba (Bamileke) nouns. Selected Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Conference on African Linguistics, ed. Michael R. Marlo et al.  Somerville, MA: Cascadilla Proceedings Project, pp. 32-46.

Presentations

Franich, K. 2020. Understanding Patterns of Voicing and Prenasalization in Medʉmba: Evidence from Speech Timing. Poster presentation at LabPhon 17, Vancouver, BC. [Held online due to COVID-19]

Sarkar, S. & Franich, K. 2020. Articulatory differences between true and assimilated stop geminates in Bengali. Poster presentation at LabPhon 17, Vancouver, BC. [Held online due to COVID-19]

Keupdjio, H. & Franich, K. 2020. The variability of A’-agreement in Bamileke Medʉmba: A dialect survey. Presentation at First Conference on Bantoid Languages and Linguistics (Banto1d), Hamburg, Germany. [Canceled due to COVID-19]

Franich, K. 2020. Glottalization, f0, and Tonal Variation in Medʉmba. Presentation at the 51st Annual Conference on African Linguistics, New Brunswick, NJ. [Canceled due to COVID-19]

Franich, K. 2019. Initial strengthening in derived and nonderived NC sequences in Medʉmba.  Presentation at the 50th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Vancouver, BC.

Franich, K. 2018. Coordinative mode, phasing, and predictability across languages. Presentation at Workshop on the Role of Predictability in Shaping Human Sound Systems, June 23, Lisbon, Portugal.

Franich, K. 2018. Tone-accent attraction in Medʉmba. Presentation at 49th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Michigan State University.

Franich, K. 2016.  Prominence in speech cycling: Evidence from an African tone language.  Presentation at Architectures and Mechanisms for Language Processing (AMLaP) 16, Bilbao, Spain.

Franich, K. 2016.  Cues to tone perception in Medʉmba.  Presentation at 47th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, UC Berkeley.

Franich, K. 2015. The prosodic status of lexically contoured words in Medʉmba. Presentation at 46th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Eugene, OR.

Yu, A., Chen, D., Franich, K., Halberstam, Y., Phillips, J. and Pillion, B.  2015.  The peril of sounding manly: A look at vocal characteristics of lawyers before the United States Supreme Court.  Presentation at 89th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, Portland, OR.

Franich, K., Aparicio, H. and Xiang, M. Inflectional φ-feature mismatches under ellipsis: An eye-tracking study.  Presentation at the 15th annual meeting of the Texas Linguistic Society, UT Austin.

Yu, A., Chen, D., Franich, K., Halberstam, Y., Phillips, J., Pillion, B., Hao, Y. and Yin, Z.  2014.  The peril of sounding manly: A look at vocal characteristics of lawyers before the United States Supreme Court.  Presentation at LabPhon 14, Tokyo, Japan.

Franich, K.  2014.  Contour tones, vowel length, and syllable weight in Medʉmba. Presentation at the 2014 CUNY Phonology Forum, The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Franich, K. 2014. The Interaction of vowel length and tone in Medʉmba.  Presentation at the 88th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America (poster), Minneapolis, MN.

Franich, K. 2013.  Foot structure in Medʉmba.  Presentation at the African Linguistics Workshop, Linguistic Society of America Summer Institute, Ann Arbor, MI.

Franich, K. 2013.  Focus and regressive tone spreading in Medʉmba. Presentation at the 44th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Georgetown University.

Orman, W., Franich, K., Hawkes, R., Goldman, N., Ngabeu, A., and O’Connor, C.  2013.  Variation in noun class realization in Medʉmba, a Grassfields language. Presentation at the 44th Annual Conference on African Linguistics, Georgetown University.

Franich, K., O’Connor, C. & Barnes, J. 2011.  Tonal merger in Medʉmba (Bamileke) nouns.  Presentation at the 42nd Annual Conference on African Linguistics, University of Maryland.

Franich, K., O’Connor, C. & Barnes, J. 2011.  Tone change and dialect formation in Medʉmba.  Presentation at Methods in Dialectology XIV, University of Western Ontario.