Sarah Bryan
Department of Human Communication Sciences
The University of Sheffield
31 Claremont Crescent
Sheffield
S10 2TA
UK
Tel: +44 (0) 114 222 2416
Fax: +44 (0) 114 273 0547
email : s.c.bryan@sheffield.ac.uk
Biography
I joined this department in 2002 to complete a B.Sc in Human Communication Sciences.
My dissertation involved an attempt to revise the braille International Phonetic Alphabet, which had not been fully revised since its formulation in 1934.
Following my graduation in 2006, I continued to study in this department and graduated with an M.Sc in Human Communication Sciences (Research) in 2008. My research project was a longitudinal investigation of connected speech development in one typically developing child.
I became a member of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians in 2008.
Current Projects
I am currently studying for a Ph.D funded by the University of Sheffield.
My project aims to investigate possible interactions between the development of connected speech processes and syntax.
The first phase has involved a longitudinal study of one child´s assimilation and syntactic development from age 2 to 4 years.
In the second phase, I shall compare these phenomena across two children in order to investigate individual similarities and differences.
The data which forms the basis of this project has been kindly donated by Professor Elena Lieven and colleagues at the University of Manchester and the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig.
Research Interests
- Phonetic and phonological development
- Syntactic development
- Interactions between different linguistic levels
- Analytic and holistic strategies in language acquisition
- The braille International Phonetic Alphabet
Supervisors
Prof. Bill Wells and Dr. Sara Howard
Conference Presentations
- Bryan, S. (2008) Evaluation of the Braille International Phonetic Alphabet and Suggestions for its Improvement. Poster Presented at the 30th Colloquium of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians. University of Sheffield, Sheffield. 31/03/10-02/04/10.
- Bryan, S., Howard, S. and Perkins, M. (2010) An Investigation of Word Juncture Development in One Typically Developing Child. Poster Presented at the 31st Colloquium of the British Association of Academic Phoneticians. University of Westminster, London. 29-31/03/10.
- Bryan, S., Howard, S. and Perkins, M. (2010) An Investigation of Connected Speech Process Development in One Typically Developing Child. Poster Presented at the 2010 Child Language Seminar. City University, London. 24-25/06/10.