Biography
Tim Laméris is a PhD candidate in Theoretical and Applied Linguistics, supervised by Professor Brechtje Post. His research investigates the influences of language background and non-linguistic factors, such as musical experience, on the ability to learn words in tone languages. He is also interested in Japanese linguistics and supervises Japanese language courses in the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies.
Research
L2 Speech acquisition, Lexical Tone, Psycholinguistics, Japanese
Publications
Laméris, Tim Joris, and Calbert Graham. 2020. “L2 Perception and Production of Japanese Lexical Pitch: A Suprasegmental Similarity Account”. Journal of Monolingual and Bilingual Speech 2 (1):106-36. https://doi.org/10.1558/jmbs.14948.
Teaching and Supervisions
2019-2020:
Japanese for Sinologists - Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
2018-2020:
Li1 (Sounds and Words) Supervisions - Section of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
2020-Present:
J4 (Modern Japanese 2) Supervisions - Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
Part IIB Dissertation Supervision - Section of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics
Other Professional Activities
Secretary of Cambridge University Linguistic Society
Secretary of Cambridge Linguistics Forum
