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Wulfert, Sophia, Dr.

Sophie Wulfert
Dr. Sophia Wulfert, Wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin
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2022 Postdoctoral researcher in "Ini-Seg" project, English Linguistics, TU Braunschweig
01/2022 - 09/2022 Researcher and lecturer, German Linguistics, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
2021 PhD in Linguistics, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg, thesis title: "Processing German initial consonant clusters: The roles of frequency of use and sonority sequencing in perception and production", supervisors: Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Peter Auer, JProf. Dr. Adriana Hanulíková
2016 - 2017 Lecturer in German Linguistics, Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
2015 - 2018 PhD candidate, Research Training Group "Frequency Effects in Language", Albert-Ludwigs-Universität Freiburg
2014 Magister Artium in Linguistics (TU Berlin) and Scandinavian Studies (Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin)
2006 - 2007 Exchange student, Universitetet i Oslo
Research and Teaching

Research Interests

  • Second language acquisition and processing
  • Bi-/Multilingualism
  • Speech perception and production
  • Phonology and phonetics

Projects

  • DFG project Ini-Seg “Initial foreign speech segmentation in school-aged children” (PIs: Dr. Katie Von Holzen, Prof. Dr. Holger Hopp; 2022 - 2025)
  • "Frequency Effects in Language" (DFG-funded Research Training Group, chairs: Prof. Dr. Stefan Pfänder, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Christian Mair; 2015 - 2018)

Teaching

  • Acquisition and processing of a second language
  • Introduction to speech perception
Publications
  • Wulfert, S., Auer, P., & Hanulíková, A. (2022). Speech Errors in the Production of Initial Consonant Clusters: The Roles of Frequency and Sonority. Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 65(10), 3709-3729. DOI: 10.1044/2022_JSLHR-22-00148
  • Wulfert, S. (2022). Processing German initial consonant clusters. The roles of frequency of use and sonority sequencing in perception and production. NIHIN studies (New Ideas in Human Interaction). DOI: 10.6094/978-3-928969-97-0
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