Harvard PhonLab

We study the sounds of human languages with a focus on how people produce and perceive speech, and how these aspects of our behavior can inform our understanding of the structure of language and its origins.

The 2024-2025 PhonLab!

Events

Oct
03

PhonLab Weekly Meeting

From September 26, 2025 to November 28, 2025, Every 7 days at 10:30 am
Oct
10

PhonLab Weekly Meeting

From September 26, 2025 to November 28, 2025, Every 7 days at 10:30 am
Oct
17

PhonLab Weekly Meeting

From September 26, 2025 to November 28, 2025, Every 7 days at 10:30 am
Oct
24

PhonLab Weekly Meeting

From September 26, 2025 to November 28, 2025, Every 7 days at 10:30 am
Oct
31

PhonLab Weekly Meeting

From September 26, 2025 to November 28, 2025, Every 7 days at 10:30 am

Lab News

  • Fridah Gam at LSA, and headed to UBC!
    We’re so pleased for Fridah Gam, part of our Cameroon-based lab team, who has just completed 2 weeks of study at the LSA Summer Institute at the University of Oregon. Her next stop? University of British Columbia as a PhD student! Congratulations, Fridah!…
  • Post-doc Karee Garvin to OSU!
    Congratulations to postdoc Karee Garvin, who has accepted a tenure-track position in the Department of Linguistics at The Ohio State University!…
  • New Study in the PhonLab!
    We are excited to announce that the PhonLab is initiating a new child language study! The study aims to understand children’s…
  • Undergraduate Grant Awards for Feildwork Trip to Camaroon
    A big congratulations to two of our wonderful undergraduate lab members, Sam Lyczowski and Lexi Williams, for their awarded January term…
  • PhonLab at the Annual Meeting on Phonology 2024
    Dr. Kathryn Franich (PI) and Melody Wang (PhD. student) both had the opportunity to present their individual work at the Annual…