Professor Jane Setter

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+44 (0) 118 378 6089
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Professor of Phonetics
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School Director of Academic Tutoring;
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School TEF Lead
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BA Admissions/Recruitment Officer
Areas of interest
National Teaching Fellow of Advance HE and Senior Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, Jane is a member of the Council of the International Phonetic Association (IPA), on the editorial board of the Journal of Second Language Pronunciation, and on the advisory panel of Babel: The Language Magazine, to which she contributes regular columns “Giving Voice A Voice” and “A Clash Of Symbols”. She is a regular contributor to the University College London Summer Course in English Phonetics and has acted as an examiner for the IPA Certificate of Proficiency in the Phonetics of English.
Jane is School Director of Academic Tutoring and Departmental Admissions and Recruitment Officer. Her outreach activities include visiting schools to give talks to students and organising and teaching on our INSET course for teachers of A level English Language. She has also run refresher courses in Grammar and Phonetics for Speech and Language Therapists with colleagues in the School of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences.
Jane is probably best known as co-editor of the eighteenth edition of the Cambridge English Pronouncing Dictionary (CUP, 2011), for her popular science book Your Voice Speaks Volumes: It’s now what you say but how you say it (OUP, 2019) and, most recently, for the Cambridge Handbook of Phonetics (CUP, 2021). Her main research interests are English phonetics and phonology, English pronunciation and intelligibility (including in World and learner Englishes), phonology in atypical speech populations (specifically Williams syndrome), and phonetics and phonology in Hong Kong English; her particular interest is in prosodic aspects of speech such as rhythm and intonation. She has held UK and international research grants and published widely, and is a popular keynote speaker, both at home and abroad.
Jane also works on aspects of teaching and learning in Higher Education, both in phonetics/phonology and in other aspects of quality assurance and quality enhancement, including working with students as partners in the curriculum, education for sustainable development, and on aspects of student employability. She acts as external examiner and on periodic review panels for universities in the UK and internationally and collaborates with colleagues worldwide on aspects of teaching and learning.
Postgraduate supervision
Jane supervises students in phonetics (particularly suprasegmental features), pronunciation teaching and learning and related areas. Topics have included speech rhythm in Setswana, consonant cluster processes in Najdi Arabic, intonation in Malay speaker English and aspects of teaching and assessing the pronunciation of English as a lingua franca.
Teaching
Jane teaches the following modules:
· LSMFLS: Foundations of Language Study - English Phonology content
· LS2ANS: Analysing Speech
· LS2EP: English Phonology
· LS1SG: Sounds, Grammar and Meaning - Phonetics content.
Research centres and groups
- Associate Member of Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM)
Background
Academic qualifications
- BA (Hons) Language Studies & English (Leeds)
- MA Linguistics & English Language Teaching (Leeds)
- PhD (Reading).
Publications
- Setter, J. (2023) Writing a 'popular science' book. In: Price, H. and McIntyre, D. , (eds.) Communicating linguistics: language, community and public engagement. Routledge , London. pp. 70-79. ISBN: 9780367560126 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.4324/9781003096078
- Hudson, T. , Setter, J. , Mok, P. (2022) English intonation in storytelling: a comparison of the recognition and production of nuclear tones by British and Hong Kong English speakers. English World-Wide , 43 (3). pp. 357-381. ISSN: 0172-8865 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.21035.hud
- Walker, R. , Low, E. , Setter, J. (2021) English pronunciation for a global world. Oxford University Press , Oxford.
- Knight, R. , Setter, J. , Whitworth, N. (2021) Pedagogical approaches. In: Knight, R. and Setter, J. , (eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Phonetics. Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. pp. 503-526. ISBN: 9781108644198 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108644198
- Setter, J. and Makino, T. (2021) Pronunciation teaching. In: Knight, R. and Setter, J. , (eds.) The Cambridge Handbook of Phonetics. Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. pp. 2110-4409. ISBN: 9781108644198 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108644198
- Knight, R. and Setter, J. , eds. (2021) The Cambridge handbook of phonetics. Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. ISBN: 9781108644198 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108644198
- Sebina, B. , Setter, J. , Daller, M. (2021) The Setswana speech rhythm of 6-7 years old Setswana-English bilingual children. International Journal of Bilingualism , 25 (3). pp. 592-605. ISSN: 1756-6878 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1367006920960799
- Mat Nayan, N. and Setter, J. (2019) Stress and prominence in the speech of Malay speakers of English. In: Yap, N. and Setter, J. , (eds.) Speech Research in a Malaysian Context. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press , Malaysia. pp. 78-98. ISBN: 9789672395256
- Yap, N. and Setter, J. , eds. (2019) Speech Research in a Malaysian Context. Universiti Putra Malaysia Press , Malaysia. ISBN: 9789672395256
- Sebina, B. , Setter, J. , Wright, C. (2019) The penultimate syllable vowel length among Setswana-English bilingual children. In: Calhoun, S. , Escudero, P. , Tabain, M. , Warren, P. , (eds.) Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019. Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc. , Canberra, Australia. pp. 2881-2885. ISBN: 9780646800691
- Setter, J. , Yap, N. , Stojanovik, V. (2019) The perception of sentence stress in Malay and English. In: Calhoun, S. , Escudero, P. , Tabain, M. , Warren, P. , (eds.) Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019. Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc. , Canberra, Australia. pp. 2268-2271. ISBN: 9780646800691
- Setter, J. (2019) Your voice speaks volumes: it's not what you say, but how you say it. Oxford University Press pp 240. ISBN: 9780198813842
- Hudson, T. , Setter, J. , Mok, P. (2019) Nuclear tones in Hong Kong and British English. In: Calhoun, S. , Escudero, P. , Tabain, M. , Warren, P. , (eds.) Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019. Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc. , Canberra, Australia. pp. 320-323. ISBN: 9780646800691
- Puga, K. , Fuchs, R. , Hudson, T. , Setter, J. , Mok, P. (2018) The perception-production link in intonation: evidence from German learners of English. pp. 685-689. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.21437/SpeechProsody.2018-139
- Setter, J. (2018) Future challenges of the impact agenda. In: McIntyre, D. and Price, H. , (eds.) Applying Linguistics: Language and the impact agenda. Routledge , London. pp. 179-184. ISBN: 9781138237513
- Becker, L. , Collier, J. , Setter, J. (2018) Students as change partners in the School of Literature and Languages at the University of Reading. The Journal of Educational Innovation, Partnership and Change , 4 (1). ISSN: 2055-4990 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.21100/jeipc.v4i1.712
- Stojanovik, V. , Zimmerer, V. , Setter, J. , Hudson, K. , Poyraz-Bilgin, I. , Saddy, D. (2018) Artificial grammar learning in Williams syndrome and in typical development: the role of rules, familiarity and prosodic cues. Applied Psycholinguistics , 39 (2). pp. 327-353. ISSN: 1469-1817 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0142716417000212
- Puga, K. , Fuchs, R. , Setter, J. , Mok, P. (2017) The perception of English intonation patterns by German L2 speakers of English. pp. 3241-3245. | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.21437/Interspeech.2017-1279
- Binasfour, H. , Setter, J. , Aslan, E. (2017) Enhancing L2 learners’ perception and production of the Arabic emphatic sounds.
- Setter, J. (2017) Research-led teaching in phonetics: an exercise in research literacy. pp. 94-98.
- Setter, J. and Sebina, B. (2017) English lexical stress, prominence and rhythm. In: Kang, O. , Thomsson, R. , Murphy, J. , (eds.) The Routledge Handbook of Contemporary English Pronunciation. Routledge , Abingdon, UK. pp. 137-153.
- Stojanovik, V. , Setter, J. , Lacroix, A. (2016) Le développement de la prosodie dans le syndrome de Williams et le syndrome de Down chez des enfants de langue anglaise. Bulletin de psychologie , 69 (2). pp. 137-145. ISSN: 0007-4403 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.3917/bupsy.542.0137 (No. 542)
- Mat Nayan, N. and Setter, J. (2016) Malay English intonation: the cooperative rise. English World-Wide , 37 (3). pp. 293-322. ISSN: 0172-8865 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.37.3.03mat
- Setter, J. , Mok, P. , Low, E. , Zuo, D. , Ao, R. (2014) Word juncture characteristics in world Englishes: a research report. World Englishes , 33 (2). pp. 278-291. ISSN: 1467-971X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/weng.12085
- Martínez-Castilla, P. , Stojanovik, V. , Setter, J. , Sotillo, M. (2012) Prosodic abilities in Spanish and English children with Williams syndrome: a cross-linguistic study. Applied Psycholinguistics , 33 (1). pp. 1-22. ISSN: 1469-1817 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0142716411000385
- Stojanovik, V. and Setter, J. (2011) Prosody in two genetic disorders: Williams and Down's syndrome. In: Stojanovik, V. and Setter, J. , (eds.) Speech Prosody in Atypical Populations: Assessment and Remediation. J&R Press pp. 25-43. ISBN: 9781907826009
- Stojanovik, V. and Setter, J. , eds. (2011) Speech prosody in atypical populations: assessment and remediation. J & R Press ISBN: 9781907826009
- Setter, J. (2010) The future of English. [Video]
- Setter, J. , Stojanovik, V. , Martínez-Castilla, P. (2010) Evaluating the intonation of non-native speakers of English using a computerised test battery. International Journal of Applied Linguistics , 20 (3). pp. 368-385. ISSN: 1473-4192 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1473-4192.2010.00253.x
- Setter, J. , Wong, C. , Chan, B. (2010) Hong Kong English. Dialects of English Edinburgh University Press , UK. ISBN: 9780748635962
- Stojanovik, V. and Setter, J. (2009) Conditions in which prosodic impairments occur. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology , 11 (4). pp. 293-297. ISSN: 1754-9515 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17549500902943647 (Scientific forum: Prosody in speech-language pathology)
- Setter, J. (2009) L2 prosody research: rhythm and intonation. In: Čubrović, B. and Paunović, T. , (eds.) Ta(l)king English phonetics across frontiers. Cambridge Scholars Publishing , Newcastle. pp. 91-102. ISBN: 9781443813037
- Stojanovik, V. and Setter, J. (2009) Conditions in which prosodic impairments occur. International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology , 11 (4). pp. 293-297. ISSN: 1754-9515 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17549500902943647
- Setter, J. (2008) Consonant clusters in Hong Kong English. World Englishes , 27 (3-4). pp. 502-515. ISSN: 1467-971X | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-971X.2008.00581.x
- Setter, J. , Stojanovik, . , Martinez-Castilla, . (2008) Using PEPS-C as a tool to evaluate the intonation of learners of English.
- Stojanovik, . and Setter, J. (2008) Atypical prosody in children with Williams syndrome.
- Stojanovik, . , Setter, J. , Martinez-Castilla, . (2008) Prosodic abilities in English and Spanish children with Williams syndrome: a cross-linguistic study.
- Setter, J. , Stojanovik, V. , Van Ewijk, L. , Moreland, M. (2007) Pitch range and vowel duration in the speech of children with Williams syndrome. pp. 1977-1980.
- Setter, J. , Stojanovik, . , van Ewijk, . , Moreland, . (2007) Affective prosody in children with Williams syndrome. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics , 21 (9). pp. 659-672. ISSN: 0269-9206 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02699200701539056
- Stojanovik, . , Setter, J. , van Ewijk, . (2007) Intonation abilities of children with Williams syndrome: a preliminary investigation. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research , 50 (6). pp. 1606-1617. ISSN: 1092-4388 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1044/1092-4388(2007/108)
- Roach, P. , Hartman, J. , Setter, J. (2006) Daniel Jones' English pronouncing dictionary. 17th edition.. Cambridge University Press , Cambridge. pp 622. ISBN: 9780521680875
- Setter, J. (2006) Speech rhythm in world Englishes: the case of Hong Kong. TESOL Quarterly , 40 (4). pp. 763-782. ISSN: 1545-7249
- Setter, J. and Jenkins, J. (2005) State-of-the-art review article. Language Teaching , 38 (1). pp. 1-17. ISSN: 1475-3049 | doi: https://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S026144480500251X
- Setter, J. (2005) Communicative patterns of intonation in L2 English teaching and learning. In: Dziubalska-Kolaczyk, K. and Przedlacka, J. , (eds.) English pronunciation models: a changing scene. 2nd edition.. Linguistic Insights Peter Lang (21). , Bern. pp. 367-389. ISBN: 9783039116829
- Setter, J. (2005) Listening to other Englishes: British listeners on Singapore speakers. In: Deterding, D. , Brown, A. , Low, E. , (eds.) English in Singapore: phonetic research on a corpus. McGraw Hill Education (Asia) , Singapore. pp. 163-172. ISBN: 9780071247276
- Setter, J. and Deterding, D. (2003) Extra final consonants in the English of Hong Kong and Singapore. In: Solé, M. , Recasens, D. , Romero, J. , (eds.) Proceedings of the 15th international congress of phonetic sciences. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Barcelona. pp. 1875-1878. ISBN: 9781876346492
- Setter, J. (2003) A comparison of speech rhythm in British and Hong Kong English. In: Solé, M. , Recasens, D. , Romero, J. , (eds.) Proceedings of the 15th international congress of phonetic sciences. Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona , Barcelona. pp. 467-470. ISBN: 9781876346492