Sound Variation | Fenqi Wang

Speech sounds vary across regions, dialects, and speakers. This project explores how linguistic background shapes patterns of speech production and variation. Using acoustic analysis and machine learning techniques, I investigate the phonetic and phonological factors that drive sound variation and reveal broader patterns of speech diversity across communities.

Related Publications

2026

LANSP

An investigation of the phonetic variation of the word-initial /l/ and /n/ across regional varieties of Mandarin

Fenqi Wang, Delin Deng, Ratree Wayland, H. Henny Yeung, and Yue Wang

Language and Speech, 2026

Bib

@article{wang2026phonetic,
  title = {An investigation of the phonetic variation of the word-initial /l/ and /n/ across regional varieties of Mandarin},
  author = {Wang, Fenqi and Deng, Delin and Wayland, Ratree and Yeung, H. Henny and Wang, Yue},
  journal = {Language and Speech},
  year = {2026},
  section = {Related Publications},
  bibtex_show = {true}
}

2024

A variationist analysis of quoi in French native speech: A corpus-based study

Delin Deng, and Fenqi Wang

Linguistics Vanguard, 2024

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@article{deng2023variationist,
  title = {A variationist analysis of <i>quoi</i> in French native speech: A corpus-based study},
  author = {Deng, Delin and Wang, Fenqi},
  journal = {Linguistics Vanguard},
  year = {2024},
  section = {Related Publications},
  doi = {10.1515/lingvan-2023-0027},
  bibtex_show = {true}
}

2022

ASA

Modeling retroflex fricative variation in accented mandarin

Fenqi Wang, Delin Deng, and Ratree Wayland

In The 183rd Meeting of Acoustical Society of America, 2022

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@inproceedings{wang2022modeling,
  title = {Modeling retroflex fricative variation in accented mandarin},
  author = {Wang, Fenqi and Deng, Delin and Wayland, Ratree},
  booktitle = {The 183rd Meeting of Acoustical Society of America},
  year = {2022},
  section = {Related Publications},
  doi = {10.1121/10.0015547},
  bibtex_show = {true}
}

2021

ASA

The ongoing sound change between /l/ and /n/ in Gan Chinese: Random forest classification

Fenqi Wang, Delin Deng, and Ratree Wayland

In The 181st Meeting of Acoustical Society of America, 2021

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@inproceedings{wang2021ongoing,
  title = {The ongoing sound change between /l/ and /n/ in Gan Chinese: Random forest classification},
  author = {Wang, Fenqi and Deng, Delin and Wayland, Ratree},
  booktitle = {The 181st Meeting of Acoustical Society of America},
  year = {2021},
  section = {Related Publications},
  doi = {10.1121/10.0008138},
  bibtex_show = {true}
}

NWAV

A corpus study of the production of syllable-initial /l/ and /n/ in Gan-accented Mandarin: Random forest classification

Fenqi Wang, Delin Deng, Qingcheng Zeng, Ratree Wayland, and Kevin Tang

In The 49th Meeting of New Ways of Analyzing Variation, 2021

Bib

@inproceedings{wang2022corpus,
  title = {A corpus study of the production of syllable-initial /l/ and /n/ in Gan-accented Mandarin: Random forest classification},
  author = {Wang, Fenqi and Deng, Delin and Zeng, Qingcheng and Wayland, Ratree and Tang, Kevin},
  booktitle = {The 49th Meeting of New Ways of Analyzing Variation},
  year = {2021},
  section = {Related Publications},
  bibtex_show = {true}
}

ICSTLL

The emergence of /l/ in Chongyang Gan Chinese: OT learning with GLA

Fenqi Wang, and Shiyi Wang

In The 54th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics, 2021

Bib

@inproceedings{wang2021emergence,
  title = {The emergence of /l/ in Chongyang Gan Chinese: OT learning with GLA},
  author = {Wang, Fenqi and Wang, Shiyi},
  booktitle = {The 54th International Conference on Sino-Tibetan Languages and Linguistics},
  year = {2021},
  section = {Related Publications},
  bibtex_show = {true}
}

JLAO

Merger of /l/ and /n/ in Chongyang Gan Chinese: OT analysis and GLA

Fenqi Wang

In The 34th Paris Meeting on East Asian Linguistics, 2021

Bib

@inproceedings{wang2021merger,
  title = {Merger of /l/ and /n/ in Chongyang Gan Chinese: OT analysis and GLA},
  author = {Wang, Fenqi},
  booktitle = {The 34th Paris Meeting on East Asian Linguistics},
  year = {2021},
  section = {Related Publications},
  bibtex_show = {true}
}