Jane Stuart-Smith


Jane Helen Stuart-Smith is a linguist and professor of sociolinguistics and phonetics at the University of Glasgow. She is recognised as a specialist in the dialects of Glasgow.
In 1998 she established the Glasgow University Laboratory of Phonetics, which she is still co-directing.

Biography

Stuart-Smith studied at University College London and Oxford University, where she graduated with an M.Phil in General Linguistics and Comparative Philology in 1991. Following this, she studied for a PhD in Historical Phonology at Oxford University, completing her dissertation in 1996. She became professor of phonetics and sociolinguistics at the University of Glasgow in 2013.

Research

Stuart-Smith's research focusses on the interface of speech and society. She published articles on the variation and phonetics of a number of languages and accents, including the Glaswegian accent and British varieties of Panjabi. Additionally, she is interested in media influence on language change, on which she taught a course at the 2015 Linguistic Summer Institute, hosted by the University of Chicago. To advance mainstream education on speech and accents, Stuart-Smith also co-developed the website ''Seeing Speech.''

Honours and organisational work