Matthew Winn B.A. (2005, University of Delaware, Philosophy, Psychology, Linguistics) Au.D. Student, Department of Hearing and Speech Sciences   Email:   mwinn AT hesp DOT umd DOT edu Room: 0133 LeFrak

Research/Clinical Interests

Acoustic Phonetics 

Second-language phonetic acquisition and rephonologization

Neurolinguistics

 I am especially interested in the effects of duration-based phonemic contrasts.  Specific languages of interest incluse Finnish, Swedish, English and Arabic.  

I would also like to investigate the cross-linguistic effects of limitations and strengths of CI (cochlear implant) hearing, especially with regard to duration-based phonemic contrasts. 

Courses Taught in the Past Five Years

HESP 403: Introduction to Phonetic Science (Fall 2005, Spring 2006, Summer 2006, Fall 2006)

Research/Clinical Activities

I am a graduate clinician in the University of Maryland's audiology clinic.

At the Center for Advanced Study of Language, I am investigating the acquisition of tone languages.  Languages of interest include Mandarin, Vietnamese (Hanoi and Saigon), Thai and Cantonese. 

As a member of Sandra Gordon-Salant's lab, I am investigating the perception of accented speech by elderly listeners.  Specifically, we will look at duration-based phonemic contrasts masked by accents.  

With William Idsardi, I hope to explore and publicize a recent investigation of the link between music and meter in poetry, especially with regard to trochaic inversion. 

William Idsardi ,  David Poeppel and I plan to investigate the possible neural localization of categorical perception.  We hope to draw distinctions between phonemic perception and non-phonemic categorical perception. 

Publications/Presentations

Winn, M. B. and Idsardi, W. J. (2007). Musical evaluation of Trochaic Reversals.  Abstract accepted to 'Language and Music as Cognitive Systems,' Cambridge, U.K.

Winn, M. B., Bauman, J. A., and Bowles, A. (2007) Aptitude for learning tonal languages.  Presentation given at the Center for Advanced Study of Language, College Park, MD.

Winn , M. B., Idsardi. W.  (2005)  Musical evaluation of trochaic reversals . Third Annual National McNair Scholars Research Conference.  September 30, 2005. 

Winn , M. B., Idsardi. W.  (2005)  Musical evidence for trochaic reversals .  University of Delaware Ronald. E. McNair research Symposium.  August 12, 2005.

 Winn , M. B. & Golinkoff, R.  (2004).  Language acts as a zoom lens in guiding infants' attention to target words.  Poster presented at the University of Delaware Undergraduate Research Scholars Poster Session. 

Winn , M. B. & Pence, K.  (2003). More verbs to come: The developing focus on verbs in parents' speech to infants.   Conference talk at Delaware Speech, Language & Hearing Association conference, Wilmington, DE. 

Pence, K., Golinkoff, R.M., & Winn , M.B. (in prep). Introducing action concepts and the verbs that label them to infants and toddlers in a storybook reading context.  Manuscript in Preparation.

Pence, K., & Winn , M.B. (2003).  More verbs to come: The developing focus on verbs in parents' speech to infants .  Poster presented at the Boston University Conference on Language Development, Boston, MA.

Pence, K., Golinkoff, R.M., Winn M. B., et. al. (2003).  Coming into focus: emergence of parents' conversational focus on verbs.   Paper presented at the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association Convention, Chicago, IL.

Biographical Information

I was born and raised in New Jersey and still have most of my family in the Philadelphia area. 

 In addition to my work in academia, I am also an amateur musician, having independently released an album of original compositions for solo guitar and piano in the summer of 2005.  The website dedicated to my music is located at www.mattwinn.com . 

When free from the school and the studio, I play ice hockey in Laurel, MD at the Gardens ice house.