Diane K Ohala

Interests

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.

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.

Courses

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.