Ian Wilson

My main research interests are speech production and L2 acquisition of pronunciation. Experimental phonetics - both articulatory and acoustic phonetics - underlies most of my work. Since 2000, I have specialized in using ultrasound as a tool to view and measure the tongue during speech. I am also interested in tracking the motion of articulators such as the lips and jaw, and I have used motion capture systems such as Optotrak and Vicon MX to do this.My specific research interests include Articulatory Settings (as seen through inter-speech rest posture) in monolinguals & bilinguals, and L1/L2 acquisition of phonology & phonetics (including using ultrasound for visual biofeedback of the tongue). My language interests are English, Japanese, French, & Nuuchahnulth (an indigenous language spoken on Vancouver Island).Specialties: phonetics, articulation, acoustics, ultrasound for tongue imaging, pronunciation teaching