Anna Kohári

Position

research fellow

Contact

E-mail: kohari.anna[@]nytud.hu or koharianna[@]gmail.com

Publications

MTMT

Main research areas

  • infant-directed speech (IDS)
  • speech rhythm and timing
  • voice quality

Work experience

  • 2020– : research fellow at the Department of Phonetics of the Research Institute for
    Linguistics, Eötvös Loránd Research Network
  • 2019–2020 : junior research fellow at the Department of Phonetics of the Research Institute for Linguistics at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2015–2019: junior research fellow at the Department of Theoretical Linguistics of the Research Institute for Linguistics at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences
  • 2016–2017: maternity leave

Education

  • PhD degree: 2017. Thesis title: Időzítési mintázatok a magyar beszédben (Timing patterns in Hungarian speech)
  • 2011–2014: Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) Faculty of Humanities, Doctoral School of Linguistics, Applied Linguistics programme, specialization in phonetics
  • 2004–2010: Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) Faculty of Humanities, programme of Hungarian language and literature, specialization in applied linguistics; title of thesis (MA): Context-dependent temporal patterns of Hungarian vowels

Research projects

  • 2020– : leading researcher in project Longitudinal study of infant-directed speech
    using multimodal methods (NKFI-134775) funded by National Research,
    Development and Innovation Office (Hungary)
  • 2020– : researcher in project Prosodic structure and sentence types in large speech
    databases supported by deep learning techniques (NKFI-135038) funded by
    National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary); leading
    researcher: dr. Mády Katalin
  • 2018– : researcher in Neurocognitive predictors of early language development (NKFIH-K-115385) project funded by National Research, Development and Innovation Office (Hungary)
  • 2018: publication grant (KP2017-52) funded by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences; the resulting monography is available here in Hungarian
  • 2015–2016: participation in Form and function of prosodic structure in Hungarian and German (DAAD–MÖB 65032) project funded by German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) – Hungarian Scholarship Committee (MÖB)

Awards

2020: Herman József award for young researchers

Teaching

  • 2019– : Data Analysis in Linguistics at the Doctoral School of Linguistics, Eötvös
    Loránd University (ELTE)
  • 2017– : Basics of Phonetics and Psycholinguistics at the Department of Phonetics, Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE)