Publications

Downloadable papers available via the York Research Database

Data:

• Hellmuth, S., & Almbark, R. (2019). Intonational Variation in Arabic Corpus (2011-2017). UK Data Service, Colchester, Essex http://reshare.ukdataservice.ac.uk/852878/

Journal articles:

• Hellmuth, S., Muradás-Taylor, B., & Karrinton, B. (in preparation). Cue dependent stress perception in English listeners.
• Algethami, G., & Hellmuth, S. (2023). Methods for investigation of L2 speech rhythm: Insights from the production of English speech rhythm by L2 Arabic learners. Second Language Research.  https://doi.org/10.1177/02676583231152638
• Hellmuth, S. (2022). Sentence prosody and register variation in Arabic. Languages, 7(2), [129]. https://doi.org/10.3390/languages7020129
• Brown, G., & Hellmuth, S. (2022). Computational modelling of segmental and prosodic levels of analysis for capturing variation across Arabic dialects. Speech Communication, 141, 80-92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.specom.2022.05.003
• Bruggeman, A., Louriz, N., Almbark, R., & Hellmuth, S. (2021). Acoustic correlates of lexical stress in Moroccan Arabic. Journal of the International Phonetic Association.  51, 3: 425-449. https://doi.org/10.1017/S002510032000002X
• Almbark, R., Bouchhioua, N., & Hellmuth, S. (2019). Is there an interlanguage intelligibility benefit in perception of English word stress? Loquens, 16(1). doi.org/10.3989/loquens.2019.061
• Chládková, K., Hamann, S., Williams, D., & Hellmuth, S. (2017). F2 slope as a Perceptual Cue for the Front–Back Contrast in Standard Southern British English. Language and Speech, 60(3), 377–398. doi.org/10.1177/0023830916650991
• Hermena, E., Drieghe, D., Hellmuth, S., & Liversedge, S. P. (2015). Processing of Arabic Diacritical Marks: Phonological-Syntactic Disambiguation of Homographic Verbs and Visual Crowding Effects. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 41(2), 494-507. https://doi.org/10.1037/xhp0000032
• El Zarka, D. & Hellmuth, S. (2009). Variation in the intonation of Egyptian Formal and Colloquial Arabic. Langues et Linguistique 22:73-92.
• Hellmuth, S. (2007). The relationship between prosodic structure and pitch accent distribution: evidence from Egyptian Arabic. The Linguistic Review, 24(2-3), 291-316. https://doi.org/10.1515/TLR.2007.011

Chapters in edited volumes:

• Shafi, S., & Hellmuth, S. (2024). Stress placement in English loanwords by speakers of Mirpur Pahari in the UK. In R. Rao (Ed.), The phonetics and phonology of heritage languages. Cambridge University Press. pp.107-128. [author pre-print available on request]
• Hellmuth, S. (2022). Text-tune alignment in Tunisian Arabic yes-no questions. In M. Cruz, S. Frota, & P. Oliveira (Eds.), Prosodic variation (with)in languages: Intonation, phrasing and segments.  Equinox. p. 9-35. (Studies in Phonetics and Phonology). [author pre-print available on request]
• Hellmuth, S. (2020). Contact and variation in Arabic intonation. In C. Lucas, & S. Manfredi (Eds.), Arabic and contact-induced change. Language Science Press. p. 583-601. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3744553
• Hellmuth, S., & Pearce, M. (2020). Prosodic systems: North Africa and the Middle East. In C. Gussenhoven, & A. Chen (Eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Language Prosody. Oxford University Press. p. 195-206.
• Hellmuth, S. & Cushing, I. (2019) Phonology and grammar. In Aarts, B., Bowie, J., & Popova, G (eds). The Oxford Handbook of English Grammar. Oxford University Press. p. 504-522.
• Hellmuth, S. (2019). Prosodic Variation. In E. Al-Wer, & U. Horesh (Eds.), Routledge Handbook of Arabic Sociolinguistics Routledge. doi.org/10.4324/9781315722450
• Hellmuth, S. (2016) Exploring the syntax-phonology interface in Arabic. In Davis, S. & Sultan, U .(eds). Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXVII. John Benjamins. p. 75-97.
• Cushing, I., & Hellmuth, S. (2016). Phonetics and Phonology. In Giovanelli, M., & Clayton, D. (Eds.). Knowing About Language: Linguistics and the Secondary English Classroom. p. 90-102.
• Hellmuth, S. (2014) Dialectal variation in Arabic intonation: motivations for a multi-level corpus approach. In Farwaneh, S. & Ouali, H. (eds). Perspectives on Arabic Linguistics XXV-XXVI. John Benjamins. 63-89.
• Chahal, D., & Hellmuth, S. (2014). The intonation of Lebanese and Egyptian Arabic. In Jun, Sun-Ah (ed.) Prosodic Typology Volume II. 365-404
• Hellmuth, S. (2013) Phonology. In Owens, Jonathan (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Arabic Linguistics. OUP. 45-70.
• Hellmuth, S. (2011) Variable cues to phrasing: finding edges in Egyptian Arabic. In Borowsky et al. (eds.) Prosody matters: essays in honor of Lisa Selkirk. Equinox. 238-279.
• Hellmuth, S. (2011) Acoustic cues to focus and givenness in Egyptian Arabic. In Majeed Hassan, Zeki & Barry Heselwood (eds.) Instrumental Studies in Arabic Phonetics. [CILT319] John Benjamins. 299-324.
• van der Hulst, H. & Hellmuth, S. (2010) Word accent systems in the Middle East. In Goedemans, R.W.N. & van der Hulst, H.G. A Survey of Word Accentual Patterns in the Languages of the World. de Gruyter. 615-646.
• Hellmuth, S. (2010). Functional complementarity is only skin deep: evidence from Arabic for the autonomy of syntax and phonology in expression of information structure. In Erteschik-Shir, N., & Rothman, L. (eds.) The Sound Patterns of Syntax. OUP. 247-270.
• Hellmuth, S. (2010). The (absence of) prosodic reflexes of given/new information status in Egyptian Arabic. In Owens, J. & A. Elgibali (eds.) Information Structure in Spoken Arabic. Routledge. 165-188.
• Hellmuth, S. (2005) No de-accenting in (or of) phrases: evidence from Arabic for cross-linguistic and cross-dialectal prosodic variation. In Frota et al. (eds.) Prosodies. de Gruyter.99-121.

Peer-reviewed conference proceedings:

• Alzamil, A., & Hellmuth, S. (2022). The realization of different structural focus conditions in Saudi Arabic dialects. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI2021) (pp. 195-199). ISCA-INST SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOC. https://doi.org/10.21437/TAI.2021-40
• Hellmuth, S., & Farrelly, C. (2022). Intonational variation and change in York English. In Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Tone and Intonation (TAI2021) (pp. 190-194). ISCA-INST SPEECH COMMUNICATION ASSOC. https://doi.org/10.21437/TAI.2021-39
• Adams, J., & Hellmuth, S. (2022). Taiwanese and Beijing Mandarin listeners’ perception of English focus prosody. 744-748. Paper presented at Speech Prosody 2022, Lisbon, Portugal. https://doi.org/10.21437/SpeechProsody.2022-151
• Bouchhioua, N., Hellmuth, S., & Almbark, R. (2019). Variation in prosodic and segmental marking of yes-no questions in Tunisian Arabic. In C. Miller, A. Barontini, M. Germanos, J. Guerrero, & C. Pereira (Eds.), Studies on Arabic Dialectology and Sociolinguistics: Proceedings of the 12th International Conference of AIDA held in Marseille from 30th May- 2nd June 2017. Aix-Marseille: IREMAM (Institut de recherches et d’études sur le monde arabe et musulman). doi.org/10.4000/books.iremam.3961
• Hellmuth, S. (2018). Variation in polar interrogative contours within and between Arabic dialects. In Proc. 9th International Conference on Speech Prosody 2018 (pp. 989-993).  https://www.isca-archive.org/speechprosody_2018/hellmuth18_speechprosody.pdf
• Hellmuth, S., Alhussein Almbark, R., Chlaihani, B., & Louriz, N. (2015). F0 peak alignment in Moroccan Arabic polar questions. Proceedings of the 18th ICPhS, Glasgow.
• Alhussein Almbark, R., & Hellmuth, S. (2015). Acoustic analysis of the Syrian Arabic vowel system. Proceedings of the 18th ICPhS, Glasgow.
• Hellmuth, S. (2014). Towards a research-led approach to the teaching of Arabic pronunciation. COPAL,
• Almbark, R., Bouchhioua, N., & Hellmuth, S. (2014). Acquiring the phonetics and phonology of English word stress: Comparing learners from different L1 backgrounds. COPAL, 5.
• Hellmuth, S. (2011) Accent distribution effects in L2 English: causes and implications. In Dziubalska-Kolaczyk et al. (eds.) Achievements and Perspectives in SLA of Speech. Vol I. pp 137-148. Peter Lang.
• Hellmuth, S. (2011) How many levels of phrasing? empirical questions and typological implications. In Washburn et al. (eds.) 28th WCCFL. Cascadilla Press. 258-266.
• Hellmuth, S. (2007) The foot as the domain of tonal alignment of intonational pitch accents. Proceedings of 16th ICPhS, Saarbruecken.
• Hellmuth, S. (2006) Focus-related pitch range manipulation (& peak alignment effects) in Egyptian Arabic. Speech Prosody 2006.
• Hellmuth, S. (2004) Prosodic weight and phonological phrasing in Cairene Arabic. Proceedings of the 40^th CLS The Main Session; 97-111.

PhD dissertation:

• Hellmuth, S. (2006) Intonational pitch accent distribution in Egyptian Arabic. School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London. download page