Michael Ashby

Status:	MA, Senior Lecturer
Address:	Room 323, Chandler House, UCL, Wakefield Street, London
Phone:	+ 44 (0) 20 7679 4090
Email:	m.ashby@ucl.ac.uk
Primary Dept.:	Speech, Hearing and Phonetic Sciences
Secondary Dept.:	Linguistics
RAE Research group:	Phonetics
Interests:	EFL: treatment of vowels in weak syllables, stress in phrasal verbs and idioms; general phonetic theory (especially the nature of phonetic categorisation by trained observers); English intonation (again from EFL/pedagogical angle).

Research Projects

• SIPhTra: System for Interactive Phonetics Training & Assessment (1997-2000)
  An innovative method known as "Analytic Listening" (AL) has been developed at UCL as a tool for auditory training in phonetics. Its analytic approach formalises and sets a standard for good practice in this area. It is a flexible tool which can be adapted to class teaching or self-paced study, and which enables well-defined objective assessment of student attainment. Popular with users, it builds student confidence in an area often considered difficult. A major advance is now in progress as a result of the structured combination of AL with multimedia techniques which will support the incorporation of phonetic symbols and graphical displays.

Taught Courses

• PLIN1101 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology 'A'
• PLIN1102 Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology 'B'
• SPSC1003 Phonetic Science: Introduction to Phonetics and Phonology
• PLIN2101 Phonology of English
• PLIN2105 Practical Phonetics
• SPSC1002 Practical Phonetics
• Summer Course in English Phonetics

Selected Publications

2007

• Dellwo, V., Huckvale, M., Ashby, M. (2007). How is individuality expressed in voice? An introduction to speech production & description for speaker classification. In Müller, C. (Ed.). Speaker Classification I ( pp.1-20). Berlin Springer Verlag.

2006

• Ashby, M. (2006). Prosody and idioms in English. Journal of Pragmatics 38(10), 1580-1597 doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2005.03.018. Author URL
• Kim, Y., S, A., M, (2006). Denasalization in Korean. BAAP (British Association of Academic Phoneticians). Edinburgh
• Mackay, K., Ashby, M. (2006). Prosodic cues to idiomatic and literal interpretation in English. BAAP 2006 (British Association of Academic Phoneticians). Edinburgh

2005

• Ashby, M. (2005). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English. Seventh Edition. (7)Oxford OUP.
• Ashby, M. (2005). Phonetic classification. In Brown, K. (Ed.). The Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics. Second Edition (2 ed. pp.364-372). Elsevier.
• Ashby, M., Figueroa-Clark, M., Seo, E., Yanagisawa, K. (2005). ). Innovations in practical phonetics teaching and learning. PTLC 2005. Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference. UCL.
• Ashby, M., Figueroa-Clark, M., Seo, Y., K, (2005). Innovations in practical phonetics teaching and learning. Proceedings of PTLC2005(Phonetics Teaching and Learning Conference). UCL
• Ashby, M., Maidment, J. (2005). Introducing Phonetic Science. Cambridge CUP.

2003

• Ashby, M. (2003). Revising the phonetics of the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Proceedings of the 15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Barcelona

2002

• Ashby, M. (Ed.) (2002). Pronunciation in EFL. The Guide to Good Practice for learning and teaching in Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies
• Ashby, M., Graham, J. (2002). Practical Pronunciation. BBC World Service.

2001

• Ashby, M., various, (Eds.) (2001). Oxford Idioms Dictionary for Learners of English. Oxford OUP.
• Ashby, M., various, (Eds.) (2001). Oxford Phrasal Verbs Dictionary for Learners of English. Oxford OUP.
• Ashby, M., various, (Eds.) (2001). Oxford Student's Dictionary of English. Oxford OUP.

2000

• Ashby, M. (Ed.) (2000). Stress levels in the transcription of English. English Phonetics (Journal of the English Phonetic Society of Japan) 3, 23-29
• Ashby, M. (2000). Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary of Current English. Sixth Edition. Oxford Oxford University Press.

1999

• Ashby, M. (1999). Oxford Guide to British and American Culture for Learners of English.

Current PhD Students

• Dorothea Hackman
• Joe-Eun Kim
• Young Shin Kim

Completed PhD Students

• Piers Messum
  The Role of Imitation in Learning to Pronounce (2007)
• Kaoru Umezawa
  Japanese Pitch Accent and the English-Speaking Learner: A Study of Production, Perception and Teaching (2001)
• T Ufomata
  The Phonological Influence of English upon Yoruba (1986)

(Possibly incomplete list)