Jennifer Hay Explained

Jennifer Hay
Fields:phonetics, sociolinguistics, laboratory phonology, New Zealand English
Workplaces:University of Canterbury
Alma Mater:Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences
Awards:Rutherford Discovery Fellowship, James Cook Research Fellowship

Jennifer Bohun Hay is a New Zealand linguist who specialises in sociolinguistics, laboratory phonology, and the history of New Zealand English. As of 2020 she is a full professor at the University of Canterbury.[1]

Academic career

In 2000, Hay gained a PhD titled Causes and Consequences of Word Structure at Northwestern University in Illinois in the Linguistics department. She moved to the University of Canterbury, and was appointed a full professor in 2010.

Hay's research has revealed that a New Zealand dialect took only a single generation to emerge. She has explored how speech perception and production is influenced by past experiences and current context, including environmental factors: for example, New Zealanders hear vowels differently if they are in a room with toy kangaroos and koalas as opposed to toy kiwi.[2]

Hay is the director of the New Zealand Institute of Language, Brain and Behaviour, a multi-disciplinary research centre based at the University of Canterbury.[3] In 2015 she was awarded a James Cook Research Fellowship to research on how personal experience shapes the New Zealand accent and word use.[4]

In 2017, Hay was featured in the Royal Society Te Apārangi's 150 women in 150 words project, celebrating the contributions of women to knowledge in New Zealand.[5]

Awards

Hay received a Rutherford Discovery Fellowship in 2011,[6] a James Cook Research Fellowship and a University of Canterbury Research Award in 2015,[7] [2] and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi in 2015.[8]

Selected articles

Authored books

Notes and References

  1. Web site: UC Research Profile – University of Canterbury – New Zealand. 2020-12-25. The University of Canterbury. en-nz. 2 February 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210202015136/https://researchprofile.canterbury.ac.nz/Researcher.aspx?researcherid=86213. live.
  2. Web site: 2015 . Professor Jennifer Hay . 2022-10-08 . The University of Canterbury . en-nz.
  3. Web site: Jennifer Hay. 2020-12-25. The University of Canterbury. en-nz. 2 February 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190202055348/https://www.canterbury.ac.nz/arts/contact-us/people/jennifer-hay.html. live.
  4. Web site: Search James Cook Fellowship awards 1996–2017 . 2023-10-28 . Royal Society Te Apārangi.
  5. Web site: Jennifer Hay. 2020-12-25. Royal Society Te Apārangi. 23 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201123221720/https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/150th-anniversary/150-women-in-150-words/1968-2017/jennifer-hay/. live.
  6. Web site: 2018-07-11. Otago scientist wins Rutherford Medal. 2020-12-25. NBR. en. 20 February 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20130220150312/http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/otago-scientist-wins-rutherford-medal-132997. live.
  7. Web site: List of recipients. 2020-12-25. Royal Society Te Apārangi. 26 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201126102620/https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/what-we-do/funds-and-opportunities/james-cook-research-fellowship/james-cook-research-fellowships-recipients/list-of-recipients/. live.
  8. Web site: G-I. 2020-12-25. Royal Society Te Apārangi. 29 November 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201129093123/https://www.royalsociety.org.nz/who-we-are/our-people/our-fellows/all-fellows/g-i/. live.

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