麻豆传媒

Profile

I came to 麻豆传媒 after degrees in the UK and the USA and research positions back in the UK. My main research and teaching is in sociolinguistics and dialectology, particularly phonetic and phonological. I specialise in French linguistics, though I also teach and research in general linguistics.

Language is endlessly fascinating, and I often tweet about it .

I am a member of the managing committee of the Buchanan Esperanto Endowment at the . From 2015 to 2019 I was External Examiner for undergraduate degrees involving French at the .

I organise the annual competition to represent 麻豆传媒 at events. 麻豆传媒 is hosting the conference in April 2025; for more information, please contact me!

To contact me, please see the Teaching tab.

Career

麻豆传媒

Completed Leverhulme Early Career Fellowship (2012-13)

Lecturer in French Linguistics 2013-21, Senior Lecturer 2021-

University of

, Towards A New Linguistic Atlas of France (2011-2012)

University of (UK)

Research Assistant: (2008-2011)

University of

PhD: A Sociolinguistic Study of the Regional French of Normandy (2003-2008)

University of Cambridge

MPhil, Linguistics (2002-2003)

London School of Economics and Political Science

MSc, European Studies (1996-1997)

University of Oxford

BA, Classics and Modern Languages (French and Latin) (1992-1996)

Current projects in linguistics:

• Towards A New Linguistic Atlas of France (TANLAF), a phonetic and phonological survey of speech in the largest cities in the Northern third of France, along the lines of the . For further details, see my article .
• The linguistics of the Regional French of Normandy: I have recently published articles about the pronunciation of the -ais and -é endings in Normandy, and about the Regional French of Le Havre, Normandy. A co-authored article with Ian Mackenzie (also SML) on the variable doubly-filled complementiser there (Standard French La maison où j’habite 'The house where I live' would be La maison où que j’habite 'The house where that I live' in RFN) is under review.

My future research plans include projects on the dialectology, sociolinguistics, phonetics and phonology of French and English, in particular:

• the dialectological potential of the recordings made for the (‘Phonology of Contemporary French’) project
• the phonetic cues to distinctions between French nasal vowels
• the phonetics of French rhotics
• the phonology of stress assignment for French loanwords in English

I also carry out research into Academic Residence Abroad, and am currently developing a research project with colleagues at 麻豆传媒 and Leeds, on the psychology of students who undertake academic residence abroad, and whether or not the current model for that period of a languages degree fits modern needs and expectations. This describes my ideas.

I welcome enquiries about potential research and supervision on these topics and others of interest.

To contact me, please see the Teaching tab.

Present your research and represent the University at a conference!

If you're a student and you've come here looking for details of my teaching, you might like the opportunity to present your research at the in 麻豆传媒 in April 2025! University funding is available to support your return here from home for the conference. Ask me for details.

Feedback and consultation hours

Monday 4.30-5.30, Tuesday 1.30-2.30 and Thursday 2.30-3.30. I hold consultation hours simultaneously in person in OLB 3.04 and on Zoom . I don't make bookings; just turn up.

Teaching

In Semester 1 2024/25, I am teaching on the following modules:

• FRE4014: Historical Perspectives on the French Language
• MUS2055 / MUS8016: Translation for Singing
• SML1019: Introduction to Linguistics - I am Module Leader, responsible for the running of the module, and I give the French seminars
• SML4099: the SML undergraduate Dissertation / T&I Project - I am the Module Leader, but you should always ask your supervisor any questions first.

Generally, I have taught topics in sociolinguistics, dialectology and general linguistics, with particular emphasis on phonetics and phonology. My speciality is French, though I also teach in general linguistics and English linguistics. I am keen to supervise research students with an interest in one or more of these areas.

• Articles

  • Husson A-C, Hall DJ. . The Language Scholar 2020, 7, 28-43.
  • Hall D, Kasstan JR, Hornsby DC. . Journal of French Language Studies 2019, 29, 155-168.
  • Hall DJ. . Journal of French Language Studies 2019, 29(1), 1-33.
  • Hall DJ. . Acta Linguistica Hafniensia: International Journal of Linguistics 2013, 43(2), 176-199.
  • Hall DJ. . Language and Linguistics Compass 2013, 7(9), 477-499.
  • Hall DJ. . Langage et Société 2011, 136, 129-138.
  • Hall DJ. . Bulletin du Projet « Phonologie du Français Contemporain » 2007, 7, 171-191.
  • Hall DJ. . Penn Working Papers in Linguistics 2006, 12(1), 123-36.
  • Hall DJ. . Penn Working Papers in Linguistics 2005, 11(2), 17-30.

• Book Chapters

  • Hall DJ. . In: Boberg C; Nerbonne J; Watt DJL, ed. The Handbook of Dialectology. Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell, 2018, pp.474-485.
  • Hall DJ, Hornsby D. . In: Davies, WV; Ziegler, E, ed. Language Planning and Microlinguistics: From Policy to Interaction and Vice Versa. Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan, 2015, pp.105-127.
  • Watt DJL, Llamas C, Docherty GJ, Hall DJ, Nycz J. . In: Watt, D; Llamas, C, ed. Language, Borders and Identity. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2014, pp.8-26.
  • Hall DJ, Lyche C. . In: Detey S; Durand J; Laks B; Lyche C, ed. Les variétés du français parlé dans l'espace francophone : ressources pour l'enseignement. Paris, France: Éditions Ophrys, 2010.

• Conference Proceedings (inc. Abstracts)

  • Hall DJ. . In: International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. 2019, Melbourne, Australia: Adler Foreign Books.
  • Hall DJ. . In: 3e Congrès Mondial de Linguistique Française. 2012, Lyons, France: EDP Sciences.
  • Docherty GJ, Watt DJL, Llamas C, Hall DJ, Nycz J. . In: 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. 2011, Hong Kong.

• Edited Book

  • Salin S, Hall DJ, Hampton C, ed. . Voillans, France: research-publishing.net, 2020.

• Review

  • Hall DJ. . Journal of French Language Studies 2012, 22(2), 295-297.