Spring 2026 Seminar Series: "Contrastive Analysis and Unified Parametrization of Phonetic Features and Numerical Calculation of Phonetic Distances between Speech Sounds"

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We cordially invite all students, researchers, and industry practitioners to the twelfth session of our Graduate Research Seminar Series (Spring 2026).

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This session explores a quantitative framework designed to resolve the long-standing subjectivity in phonetic analysis. By applying Vakulenko’s Unified Parametrization, the research develops a numerical approach to calculate phonetic distances between speech sounds. This study specifically tests the utility of this mathematical model within the field of Second Language Acquisition (SLA), providing a vital foundation for speech recognition and linguistic modeling. This research is the work of Chua Wei Jie, a Master’s student in the AiCE program at CMKL University.