This website stores cookies on your computer. These cookies are used to collect information about how you interact with our website and allow us to remember your browser. We use this information to improve and customize your browsing experience, for analytics and metrics about our visitors both on this website and other media, and for marketing purposes. By using this website, you accept and agree to be bound by UVic’s Terms of Use and Protection of Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to the above, you must not use this website.

Skip to main content
People Departments Maps Buildings Rooms A-Z
University
of Victoria
Apply Library
Sign in Online tools Sign out
School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures

Course resources

We have a number of resources available to help you with your coursework, including equipment, software and scripts, access to labs, and online resources.

Equipment

With the support of the Faculty of Humanities and grants awarded to individual faculty members, we provide a wide array of equipment for conducting research through Linguistics. 

Some resources are available in the following areas:

  • audio/video digitization and editing
  • data collection
  • experimental design and analysis
  • phoetic analysis

Some equipment can be borrowed on a short-term basis:

  • field recorders
  • smartphone compatible microphones
  • xlr compatible field recorders

Please contact the  for more information.

Labs

The Speech Research Laboratory (SRL) was established in 2008 by Dr. Sonya Bird and Dr. John Esling for advanced research projects that often require very specialized equipment and acoustical environments. This lab is equipped with:

  • laryngoscope
  • ultrasound
  • audiometer
  • sound booth
  • large screen display
  • six post-production workstations
  • other high quality video and audio equipment

The Sociolinguistics Research Laboratory (SLRL) was established in January 2010 by Dr. Alexandra D'Arcy. Located in Clearihue D350, the SLRL is home to ongoing funded projects, student research (BA, BA Honours, MA, PhD), and research assistants. It currently hosts:

  • six iMac workstations
  • a sound booth for sociolinguistic interviews
  • meeting space/workspace for students with portable laptops
  • language corpora, both private and public

Software & scripts

A large collection of industry standard audio, video, statistics, analytics and perception commercial software is available in the Labs.

Additional software is also available for download or online use: 

You can also download the following Praat scripts: 

International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA)

The interactive multimedia IPA chart lets you click a character to hear it pronounced, and features audio descriptions and examples, as well as pulmonic and non-pulmonic charts. To use the chart, you will a UVic Netlink ID, a recent browser and QuickTime installed on your computer.

Other phonetics resources