Dr Justin Watkins
BA (Leeds), MA, PhD (London)
Overview
Department of South East Asia
(Senior Lecturer in Burmese (Myanmar))
Centre for Media and Film Studies
(Associate Member, Centre for Media and Film Studies)
Centre of South East Asian Studies
(Member, Centre of South East Asian Studies)
Burmese language and literature; Mon-Khmer and Tibeto-Burman languages; phonetics; computer lexicography
Contact Details
- Name:
- Dr Justin Watkins
- Email address:
- jw2@soas.ac.uk
- Telephone:
- 020 7898 4254
- Address:
- School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russell Square, London WC1H 0XG - Building:
- Russell Square: College Buildings
Interests / Disciplines
Linguistics, phoneticsTeaching
Programmes Convened
Courses Taught
Research
Burmese languages and Burmese linguistics; experimental and acoustic phonetics; computer lexicography; minority languages of South East Asia; Mon-Khmer and Tibeto Burman languages; tone languages. See also AHRC-funded Wa Dictionary Project & SOAS Burmese language pagesExpertise
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Available for
- Radio
- Press
- Special Study Programmes
- Short Term Consultancy
- TV
Regional Expertise
- East Asia
- South East Asia
Country Expertise
- Burma/Myanmar
- China
- Thailand
Languages
- Burmese/Myanmar
- Cambodian/Khmer
- Czech
- French
- German
- Japanese
- Khumi Chin
- Russian
- Swedish
- Thai
- Wa
Publications
Authored Books
Watkins , Justin (2002) The Phonetics of Wa. Experimental Phonetics, Phonology, Orthography and Sociolinguistics. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, The Australian National University.
Edited Books
Watkins, J, ed. (2005) Studies in Burmese linguistics. Canberra:Pacific Linguistics (Australian National University) Pacific Linguistics (Australian National University).
Chapters in Books
Watkins , Justin (2007) 'Burma/Myanmar.' In: Simpson, A., (ed.), Language & National Identity in Asia. Oxford University Press, pp. 263-287.
Watkins , Justin (2005) 'Constituent Focus in Burmese: A Phonetic and Perceptual Study.' In: Watkins, J., (ed.), Studies in Burmese Linguistics. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics (The Australian National University), pp. 27-331.
Oyetade, Akin and Hayward, K. and Watkins , Justin (2003) 'The Phonetic Interpretation of Register: Evidence from Yoruba.' In: Local, J. and Ogden, R. and Temple, R., (eds.), Phonetic Interpretation. Papers in Laboratory Phonology IV. Cambridge University Press, pp. 305-321.
Watkins, Justin (1999) 'Closed quotient of laryngeal gestures and settings in Wa.' In: Proceedings of the XIVth Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Univ of California, pp. 1017-1020.
Articles
Watkins, Justin (2001) 'Pitch-phonation correlations in Sgaw Karen.' SOAS Working papers in Linguisitics and Phonetics, vol. 11 . pp. 31-44.
Watkins, Justin (2000) 'Notes on creaky and killed tone in Burmese.' SOAS Working papers in Linguisitics and Phonetics, 10 . pp. 139-149.
Watkins, Justin (1997) 'Can phonation types be reliably measured from sound spectra? Some data from Wa and Burmese.' SOAS Working Papers in Linguistics and Phonetics, 7 . pp. 321-339.
