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Diane K Ohala

  • Associate Professor of Practice, Linguistics
  • Associate Professor, Cognitive Science - GIDP
  • Associate Professor, Second Language Acquisition / Teaching - GIDP
  • Member of the Graduate Faculty
Contact
  • (520) 626-5984
  • Douglass, Rm. 000210
  • Tucson, AZ 85721
  • ohalad@arizona.edu
  • Bio
  • Interests
  • Courses
  • Scholarly Contributions

Degrees

  • Ph.D. Linguistics
    • University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States
    • Cluster Reductions and Constraints in Acquisition

Work Experience

  • University of Arizona, Department of Linguistics (2013 - Ongoing)

Awards

  • Distinguished Fellow of the Honors College
    • Honors College, University of Arizona, Spring 2016
    • UA Honors College, Fall 2015

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Interests

Teaching

I teach primarily undergraduate courses on basic linguistics, language development, psycholinguistics, phonetics, and phonology. I occasionally teach graduate core courses and seminars on similar topics.

Research

My research focuses on the systematic and cross-linguistically similar ways in which children develop the sound systems of their language(s). This emphasis on phonological acquisition encompasses both typical and atypical first language acquisition as well as early bilingualism.

Courses

2025-26 Courses

  • Directed Rsrch In Ling
    LING 492A (Fall 2025)
  • Language Development
    LING 341 (Fall 2025)
  • Language Development
    PSY 341 (Fall 2025)
  • Language Development
    SLHS 341 (Fall 2025)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Fall 2025)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Fall 2025)
  • Psychology of Language
    PSY 432 (Fall 2025)

2024-25 Courses

  • Directed Rsrch In Ling
    LING 492A (Spring 2025)
  • Dissertation
    SLAT 920 (Spring 2025)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    LING 201 (Spring 2025)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    PSY 201 (Spring 2025)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Spring 2025)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Spring 2025)
  • Psychology of Language
    PSY 432 (Spring 2025)
  • Language Development
    LING 341 (Fall 2024)
  • Language Development
    PSY 341 (Fall 2024)
  • Language Development
    SLHS 341 (Fall 2024)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Fall 2024)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Fall 2024)
  • Psychology of Language
    PSY 432 (Fall 2024)

2023-24 Courses

  • Independent Study
    LING 399 (Fall 2023)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    LING 201 (Fall 2023)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    PSY 201 (Fall 2023)
  • Language Development
    LING 341 (Fall 2023)
  • Language Development
    PSY 341 (Fall 2023)
  • Language Development
    SLHS 341 (Fall 2023)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Fall 2023)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Fall 2023)
  • Psychology of Language
    PSY 432 (Fall 2023)

2022-23 Courses

  • Independent Study
    LING 399 (Spring 2023)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    LING 201 (Spring 2023)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    PSY 201 (Spring 2023)
  • Language Development
    LING 341 (Spring 2023)
  • Language Development
    PSY 341 (Spring 2023)
  • Language Development
    SLHS 341 (Spring 2023)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Spring 2023)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Spring 2023)
  • Psychology of Language
    PSY 432 (Spring 2023)
  • Directed Rsrch In Ling
    LING 392A (Fall 2022)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    LING 201 (Fall 2022)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    PSY 201 (Fall 2022)
  • Language Development
    LING 341 (Fall 2022)
  • Language Development
    PSY 341 (Fall 2022)
  • Language Development
    SLHS 341 (Fall 2022)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Fall 2022)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Fall 2022)
  • Psychology of Language
    PSY 432 (Fall 2022)

2021-22 Courses

  • Language Development
    LING 341 (Spring 2022)
  • Language Development
    PSY 341 (Spring 2022)
  • Language Development
    SLHS 341 (Spring 2022)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Spring 2022)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Spring 2022)
  • Psychology of Language
    PSY 432 (Spring 2022)
  • Directed Rsrch In Ling
    LING 392A (Fall 2021)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    LING 201 (Fall 2021)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    PSY 201 (Fall 2021)
  • Linguistics For Nonmajor
    LING 500 (Fall 2021)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Fall 2021)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Fall 2021)
  • Psychology of Language
    PSY 432 (Fall 2021)

2020-21 Courses

  • Independent Study
    LING 499 (Spring 2021)
  • Independent Study
    LING 699 (Spring 2021)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    LING 201 (Spring 2021)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    PSY 201 (Spring 2021)
  • Language Development
    LING 341 (Spring 2021)
  • Language Development
    SLHS 341 (Spring 2021)
  • Independent Study
    LING 499 (Fall 2020)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    LING 201 (Fall 2020)
  • Linguistics For Nonmajor
    LING 500 (Fall 2020)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Fall 2020)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Fall 2020)

2019-20 Courses

  • Independent Study
    LING 499 (Spring 2020)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    LING 201 (Spring 2020)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    PSY 201 (Spring 2020)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Spring 2020)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Spring 2020)
  • Special Topics in Humanities
    HNRS 195J (Spring 2020)
  • Directed Rsrch In Ling
    LING 492A (Fall 2019)
  • Independent Study
    LING 499 (Fall 2019)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    LING 201 (Fall 2019)
  • Language Development
    LING 341 (Fall 2019)
  • Language Development
    SLHS 341 (Fall 2019)

2018-19 Courses

  • Directed Rsrch In Ling
    LING 492A (Spring 2019)
  • Independent Study
    LING 499 (Spring 2019)
  • Independent Study
    LING 599 (Spring 2019)
  • Intro To Phonology
    LING 315 (Spring 2019)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Spring 2019)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Spring 2019)
  • Psychology of Language
    PSY 432 (Spring 2019)
  • Directed Rsrch In Ling
    LING 492A (Fall 2018)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    LING 201 (Fall 2018)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    PSY 201 (Fall 2018)
  • Language Development
    LING 341 (Fall 2018)
  • Language Development
    PSY 341 (Fall 2018)
  • Language Development
    SLHS 341 (Fall 2018)

2017-18 Courses

  • Directed Rsrch In Ling
    LING 392A (Spring 2018)
  • Honors Independent Study
    LING 499H (Spring 2018)
  • Honors Thesis
    LING 498H (Spring 2018)
  • Independent Study
    LING 499 (Spring 2018)
  • Intro To Phonology
    LING 315 (Spring 2018)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Spring 2018)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Spring 2018)
  • Psychology of Language
    PSY 432 (Spring 2018)
  • Directed Rsrch In Ling
    LING 492A (Fall 2017)
  • Honors Independent Study
    LING 499H (Fall 2017)
  • Honors Thesis
    LING 498H (Fall 2017)
  • Independent Study
    LING 399 (Fall 2017)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    LING 201 (Fall 2017)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    PSY 201 (Fall 2017)
  • Language Development
    LING 341 (Fall 2017)
  • Language Development
    PSY 341 (Fall 2017)
  • Language Development
    SLHS 341 (Fall 2017)

2016-17 Courses

  • Independent Study
    LING 199 (Summer I 2017)
  • Honors Independent Study
    LING 499H (Spring 2017)
  • Honors Thesis
    LING 498H (Spring 2017)
  • Independent Study
    LING 499 (Spring 2017)
  • Intro To Phonology
    LING 315 (Spring 2017)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Spring 2017)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Spring 2017)
  • Psychology of Language
    PSY 432 (Spring 2017)
  • Directed Rsrch In Ling
    LING 492A (Fall 2016)
  • Honors Independent Study
    LING 399H (Fall 2016)
  • Honors Thesis
    LING 498H (Fall 2016)
  • Independent Study
    LING 499 (Fall 2016)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    LING 201 (Fall 2016)
  • Intro to Linguistics
    PSY 201 (Fall 2016)
  • Language Development
    LING 341 (Fall 2016)
  • Language Development
    PSY 341 (Fall 2016)
  • Language Development
    SLHS 341 (Fall 2016)

2015-16 Courses

  • Directed Rsrch In Ling
    LING 492A (Spring 2016)
  • Psychology of Language
    LING 432 (Spring 2016)
  • Psychology of Language
    PHIL 432 (Spring 2016)
  • Psychology of Language
    PSY 432 (Spring 2016)
  • Workshop in Linguistics
    LING 397H (Spring 2016)

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Scholarly Contributions

Chapters

  • Ohala, D. K. (2008). Phonological acquisition in a first language. In Phonology and Second Language Acquisition(pp 19-39). John Benjamins Publishing Company. doi:https://doi.org/10.1075/sibil.36
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    This volume is a collection of 13 chapters, each devoted to a particular issue that is crucial to our understanding of the way learners acquire, learn, and use an L2 sound system. In addition, it spans both theory and application in L2 phonology.
  • Ohala, D. K., & Gerken, L. (2000). Language production in children. In Aspects of Language Production (Studies in Cognition). Psychology Press.

Journals/Publications

  • Brooks, H. L., Carnie, A. H., Ohala, D. K., Webb-Davies, P., Anderson, S., Bell, E., & Hammond, M. (2020). Category-specific effects in Welsh mutation. Glossa: A Journal of General Linguistics, 5(1), 1-. doi:http://doi.org/10.5334/gjgl.1007
  • Ohala, D. K., Richtsmeier, P., & Gerken, L. (2011). Contributions of phonetic token variability and word-type frequency to phonological representations. Journal of Child Language/Cambridge, 38(5), 951-978.
  • Ohala, D. K. (1999). The influence of sonority on children's cluster reductions. Journal of Communication Disorders, 32(6), 397-421.

Proceedings Publications

  • Ohala, D. K., & Gerken, L. (2009, December). Induction of phonotactics from word- types and word-tokens. In Boston University Conference on Language Development.
  • Ohala, D. K., Richtsmeier, P., & Gerken, L. (2008, 2008-10-01). Induction of phonotactics from word-types and word-tokens. In Boston University Conference on Language Development.

Presentations

  • Webb-davies, P., Hammond, M., Bell, E., Anderson, S., Ohala, D. K., Carnie, A. H., & Brooks, H. L. (2019, summer). Testing the effects of lexical frequency and category on soft mutation. Welsh Linguistics Seminar. Gregynog, Wales.
  • Hammond, M., Anderson, S., Archangeli, D. B., Bell, E., Brooks, H. L., Carnie, A. H., Ohala, D. K., Ussishkin, A. P., Webb-Davies, P., & Wedel, A. B. (2017, july). Grant ar dreigladau’r Gymraeg: adroddiad interim (Interim report on the grant on the mutations of Welsh). Seminar Ieithyddiaeth y Gymraeg Gregynog. Newtown, Wales.
  • Webb-Davies, P., Hammond, M., Bell, E., Anderson, S., Archangeli, D. B., Brooks, H. L., Carnie, A. H., Ohala, D. K., Ussishkin, A. P., & Wedel, A. B. (2016, ?). The Arizona-Wales mutation grant: introducing the project. 23ain Seminar Ieithyddiaeth y Gymraeg, Gregynog.
  • Ohala, D. K., Good, E., Gullett, V., & Woudstra, D. (2007, 2007-06-01). Bilingual children's comprehension of prosody: one system or two?. Symposium on Research on Child Language Disorders. Madison, WI.
  • Ohala, D. K., & Good, E. (2005, 2005-06-01). Effects of stress and place of articulation on children's reduction of medial consonant clusters.. Symposium on Research on Child Language Disorders. Madison, WI.
  • Ohala, D. K., Kogeman, A., & Good, E. (2005, 2005-06-01). Frequency and sonority in Hebrew-speaking children's reductions of English consonant clusters. Symposium on Research on Child Language Disorders. Madison, WI.

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