Neuberger Tilda

Neuberger Tilda

Position

research fellow

Contact

E-mail: neuberger.tilda[@]nytud.hu

Publications

MTMT

Fields of research

  • acoustic-phonetic analysis of the segmental structure of speech, phonological length
  • speech production in language acquisition
  • non-verbal vocalizations in spontaneous speech

Education

  • 2013: Doctoral (PhD) degree in Hungarian linguistics
  • 2007–2012: ELTE Doctoral School of Linguistics, Hungarian linguistics doctoral programme, Psycholinguistics sub-programme (2008–2009: Doctoral scholarship)
  • 2007: M.A. degree in Hungarian linguistics and literature
  • 2002–2007: Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE), Faculty of Humanities, Hungarian linguistics and literature (2004–2007: Experimental and applied phonetics programme)
  • 1998–2002: József Attila High School, Budapest

Languages

  • Hungarian (native)
  • English (fluent)
  • Spanish (intermediate)

Employment history

  • September 15, 2015 – September 14, 2017: research fellow; Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS), Research Institute for Linguistics, Department of Phonetics (full-time employment)
  • October 1, 2010 – September 14, 2015: junior research fellow; HAS Research Institute for Linguistics, Department of Phonetics (full-time employment)
  • March 6, 2015 – August 31, 2015: assistant lecturer; ELTE Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies, Department of Phonetics (part-time employment) (Courses: Phonetics, Speech production and Speech perception)
  • 2015/2016 spring semester: temporary lecturer; ELTE Faculty of Humanities, Institute of Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies, Department of Phonetics (Courses: Language acquisition)

Research grants

  • September 15, 2015 – September 14, 2017: Postdoctoral Fellowship Programme, HAS Research Institute for Linguistics. Title of project: Hungarian geminates in the phonology-phonetics interface
  • September 15, 2012 – September 14, 2015: Junior Researcher Fellowship, HAS Research Institute for Linguistics. Title of project: Temporal parameters of stops: Realization of phonological differences

Scientific awards

  • December 15, 2015: 1st award (best presentation), Conference of junior researchers at half-time, HAS. Title of presentation: Temporal features of stops

Scientific projects

  • October 1, 2013 – September 20, 2017: Hungarian Scientific Research Fund (OTKA) 108762, HAS Research Institute for Linguistics. Title of project: Annotation and development of BEA spoken language database. Leader researcher: Mária Gósy
  • October 1, 2010 – September 30, 2011: Montana project, HAS Research Institute for Linguistics (annotator)

 Memberships

  • 2015–: Hungarian Doctoral Council
  • 2015–: member of public body of Hungarian Academy of Sciences (HAS)

Professional activity

  • Kazinczy Nice Hungarian Speech Competition, National Finals, Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Esztergom (jury member, 2015, 2016)
  • Child Language Research group, ELTE Department of Phonetics (group member from 2013), Aim: development of GABI child language database
  • Collaboration with National Police Headquarters (ORFK), Speech Working Group (group member from 2013), Aim: speaker profiling based on verbal and non-verbal features of speech
  • Computational Linguistics Research group, ELTE Department of Phonetics (member from 2013)
  • BEA Hungarian spoken language database, HAS Research Institute for Linguistics (developer, annotator from 2009)
  • Reviewer of studies for Hungarian and international journals, National Scientific Students’ Associations Conference (OTDK), B.A., M.A. and PhD theses (ELTE)

Scientific event/conference organizing

  • Speech Research conference, HAS Research Institute for Linguistics (2013, 2016)
  • Researchers’ Night, ELTE and HAS Research Institute for Linguistics (2013)
  • Workshop on Speech, database, research, HAS Research Institute for Linguistics (2012)
  • University Native Language Days, ELTE (2010)
  • Simonyi Zsigmond Ortography competition, Finals of Kárpát-medence, ELTE (2006, 2007)

Book and journal editing

  • Beszédkutatás [Speech Research] 2009, Editing of Disfluency corpus
  • Beszédkutatás [Speech Research] 2014, 2015, 2016
  • Diszharmóniás jelenségek a beszédben [Disharmonic phenomena in speech] (Gósy Mária ed.)

Presentations

Number of presentations: 47 (29 Hungarian and 18 international conferences), e.g.:

  • 13th Old World Conference in Phonology (OCP13), Budapest (2016)
  • Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE), Cambridge (2015);
  • 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences (ICPhS), Glasgow (2015);
  • 10th International Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP), Cologne (2014);
  • 7th International Conference on Speech Prosody, Dublin (2014);
  • Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium (Olinco), Olomouc (2014);
  • 19th International Congress of Linguistics, Geneva (2013);
  • International Conference on Text, Speech and Dialogue (TSD), Plzen (2013).

Invited presentations:

  • October 15, 2016: Cognition and Emotion in the Classroom and in Discovery Centers international conference, Budapest: Speech development in primary school
  • July 22, 2014: National Police Headquarters (ORFK), Budapest: Speaker profiling based on verbal and non-verbal features of speech (co-author: András Beke).
  • October 14, 2014: Forensic linguistics, ELTE Budapest (co-author: András Beke).
  • April 25, 2014: Speech and beyond, Session of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest: Non-verbal vocalizations in spontaneous speech
  • April 25, 2009: NILD All Need Competence international conference, Budapest: Methods of examination of vocabulary in pre-school and primary school children