Claire Nance

@clrnance.bsky.social

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Professor of Phonetics at Lancaster University. Gàidhlig, Phonetics, Sociophonetics, Bilingualism, Articulation, Sociolinguistics. Otherwise in the mountains. She/her https://clairenance.github.io/

A group of 10 colleagues in a room. Most of us are wearing red Lancaster Phonetics Lab t-shirts. I am holding an ultrasound probe and Sam Kirkham is holding a nasalance device.
A pair of swans are swimming along the canal. They have eight grey cygnets who are strung out in a line. The background shows a green field with trees at the edge. There are some sheep in the field.
A selfie of me standing in front of the Jagiellonian University banner. The banner shows a modern university building where I gave my talk. The banner has a blue background showing the university logo. The weather is cold at the moment so I am wearing a black winter coat, purple scarf, and a grey hat.
A view of the River Lune in Lancaster on a very still day in winter. The blue sky is reflected in the river water. There is an architecturally unusual footbridge over the river called the Millennium Bridge. It has two vertical posts with suspension wires attached. Some houses and buildings are visible in the background.
A man is standing on a green grassy mountainside. He is wearing a beige t-shirt, sunglasses, and a rucksack. The sky is blue and the grass is very green.
A graph comparing signal to noise ratio results from data collected in fiver different locations: UCL recording room, UCL sound booth, Lancaster sound booth, Blackburn Market, and Burnley Market. The average values for the market locations are lower than the university settings.
A selfie of Simona and Claire together. We are in front the of large Lancaster University logo sign on a yellow brick wall.
A sheep has decorated herself in brambles and is wandering down a country lane.
A man is festooned in small Japanese flags. He is smiling and a light above his head looks like a halo.
A handsome male mallard duck is standing on some paving slabs looking at the camera. The sun is shining so his feathers are gleaming.
A beach scene in sunshine. The tide is low so some sand is visible with a calm river on the left of the picture. Low mountains are in the background. The sky is blue and almost cloudless.
A woman wearing a woolly hat and a purple coat (me) in front of the big BBC buildings at Media City in Salford.
A group selfie of 8 people wearing blue t-shirts. Behind them is a strip of lights made to look like a sound wave.
Screenshot of a headline from the Mail Online. Headline reads 'why do people from Blackburn and Burnley sound so different?scientists will scan people's mouths to understand why the accents are so dissimilar - despite being just 10 miles apart'.
This photo shows a pile of stickers. There are about 12 visible. The stickers are round and yellow with a purple pop art lips and tongue sticking out showing a red Lancashire rose. The lips have the words 'Lancashire tongues' written on them. Artwork is by Emily Gorman.
An anatomical painting of a tongue in midsagittal view. The different muscles are painted with UV sensitive paint which glows in the dark. Artist: Emily Gorman.