Broadly, my research interests revolve around phonology, phonetics, and sociolinguistics.
More specifically, I am interested in experimental phonology, artificial language acquisition, word segmentation, and sociophonetic investigations of sound change in progress.
Word segmentation – Most recently, I have been studying the possible cues to word segmentation for adult Japanese and English speakers, looking at both language-specific (experience based) and language-independent (experience independent) cues, by using an artificial learning paradigm.
Vocalic outliers – In recent years, I have also been studying the perception of vocalic outliers by local Michiganders and how it relates to their participation in sound change.
Publications/Proceedings
Uehara, S., Durvasula, K. & Lin, Y.-H. (in prep.). Reexamining the role of the Sonority Sequencing Principle in word segmentation.
Uehara, S. & Wagner, S. E. (2018). Progressive outliers in listener perception of sound change. University of Pennsylvania Working Papers in Linguistics: Selected Papers from NWAV 46 24(2).
Durvasula, K., Huang, H.-H., Uehara, S., Luo, Q. & Lin, Y.-H. (2018). Phonology modulates the illusory vowels in perceptual illusions: evidence from Mandarin & English. Laboratory Phonology: Journal of the Association for Laboratory Phonology.
Uehara, S., Durvasula, K. & Lin, Y.-H. (2016). Japanese and English speakers are not sensitive to the Sonority Sequencing Principle in word segmentation. Proceedings of The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS 2016), University of Tokyo, Japan.
Conference Paper Presentations📃 and Posters📌
Uehara, S., Durvasula, K. & Lin, Y.-H. (2018). Word-learning with underrepresented geminates: An artificial language study. LabPhon 16, University of Lisbon, Portugal.📌
Uehara, S. & Wagner, S. E. (2018). Outlier perception accuracy for a vowel undergoing language change in progress. Linguistic Society of America Annual Meeting, Salt Lake City, UT, USA.📃
Uehara, S. & Wagner, S. E. (2017). Progressive outliers in listener perception of sound change. New Ways of Analyzing Variation 46, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA.📃
Uehara, S. (2017). The role of vocalic outliers on the perception of sound change. Methods in Dialectology 16. Tachikawa (NINJAL 国立国語研究所), Japan.📃
Uehara, S. (2017). Reexamining the role of the Sonority Sequencing Principle in word segmentation. Graduate Linguistics Expo at Michigan State. East Lansing, MI, USA.📃
Uehara, S., Durvasula, K. & Lin, Y.-H. (2016). Japanese and English speakers are not sensitive to the Sonority Sequencing Principle in word segmentation. Cognitive Science Program Poster Session, East Lansing, MI, USA.📌
Uehara, S., Durvasula, K. & Lin, Y.-H. (2016). There is no effect of the Sonority Sequencing Principle on word segmentation. 21st Mid-Continental Phonetics & Phonology Conference (MidPhon 21), East Lansing, MI, USA.📌
Durvasula, K., Huang, H.-H., Uehara, S., Luo, Q. & Lin, Y.-H. (2016). Phonology Modulates the Illusory Vowels in Perceptual Illusions. LabPhon 15, Cornell University, USA.📌
Uehara, S., Durvasula, K. & Lin, Y.-H. (2016). Japanese and English speakers are not sensitive to the Sonority Sequencing Principle in word segmentation. The Japanese Society for Language Sciences (JSLS 2016), University of Tokyo, Japan.📃