[xæŋ] [ɗɪŋ̆]
PhD Student, UCLA Department of Linguistics
The spoken voice functions as a performance that transfers symbolic cues, experience, and identity as sound across time. By this reasoning, I am radically curious about how the physical features of speech can be systematically yet multivocally represented. As an avenue, I am intrigued by adaptations that arise from parallel structures in music and language. I've employed acoustic, corpus, and computational methods in my workflow to investigate these ideas.
I got my BA from UC Santa Barbara (UCSB) in 2025. At UCSB, I worked on various projects with topics in typological speech rhythm, Vietnamese demonstratives, lexical tone:song melody interaction, and politicians' language on social media. Feel free to message me if you would like to discuss any ideas!
These questions cover too vast a domain to not encourage collaboration.
Phonetics
Prosody
Vietnamese
Musicolinguistics
Email: dinhuistics@ucla.edu
Zoom: https://ucla.zoom.us/my/khang
Việt Tones ~ Việt Tunes
I analyzed the relationship between the lexical
tone of lyrics and their corresponding melody
in Vietnamese pop songs.
Curriculum Vitae
A full list of my work with media attachments
can be found in the CV below as links.
© 2025 Khang Đinh