Johanna Basnak
PhD Linguistics & English Language

- Linguistics and English Language
- School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences
Contact details
- Web: ResearchGate Profile
Address
- Street
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Dugald Stewart Building
- City
- 3 Charles Street, Edinburgh
- Post code
- EH8 9AD
Qualifications
2022 - present - PhD in Linguistics (University of Edinburgh)
- Working title: Effects of consonant similarity and identity on lexical learning.
2020-2021 - MSc in Linguistics (University of Edinburgh)
- Dissertation: Preference/learnability mismatch in sound repetition — a real phonological effect?
2012 - 2014 - MA in French Literature (Université Paris IV-Sorbonne)
2007 - 2011 - French Teaching Degree (Instituto en Lenguas Vivas Juan Ramón Fernández)
Responsibilities & affiliations
2022- present - Language & History (Journal)
- Editorial Assistant
Undergraduate teaching
Tutor
Linguistics and English Language (2024)
PPLS Skills Centre (2024-present)
Current research interests
Developmental phonology, phonological typology, phonemic inventories, lexical acquisition, learning biases.Current project grants
3.5 year studentship, Scottish Graduate School of Social Science (2022-2026).
Past project grants
Bourse Master Ile-de-France (2012-2014).
Papers delivered
Basnak, J., & Ota, M. (2022) Phonological typology and learning biases for word forms. Talk, BUCLD 47, November 2022.
Basnak, J., & Ota, M. (2022) Do form-learning biases align with typological frequencies? Poster, LabPhon 18, June 2022.
Basnak, J., & Ota, M. (2022) Do form-learning biases align with typological frequencies? Talk, 29th Manchester Phonology Meeting (mfm), May 2022.
Co-supervision with Mits Ota:
Yitong Shi - 2023-2024