Papers:

Conference Presentations:

Talks:

  • Dynamical Models of Speech 2025:
    26.07.202 - 27.07.2025, Eugene, Oregon (U.S.)
    Ahrens, C.: Social Influences on "Articulatory" Targets. Dynamical Models of Speech 2025. Eugene, Oregon (U.S.) 2025.

  • New Ways of Analysing Variation 52:
    07.11.2024 - 09.11.2024, Miami Beach, Florida (U.S.)
    Grama, J., Ahrens, C.: Evaluating traditionally “stable” variables in a creole: Variation and change in (th, dh) in Hawaiʻi Creole. New Ways of Analysing Variation 52. Miami Beach (U.S.) 2024.

  • International Conference on Language Variation in Europe 12:
    08.07.2024 - 11.07.2024, Vienna (Austria)
    Ahrens, C., Moelders, A.: me and my Accent - Analyzing Acoustic Patterns of the First-Person Possessive and Object 'me': Evidence from Tyneside English. International Conference on Language Variation in Europe 12. Vienna (Austria) 2024.

  • Methods in Dialectology XVIII:
    01.07.2024 - 05.07.2024, Melbourne (Australia)
    Ahrens, C., Grama J.: Evaluating a traditionally “stable” variable in a contact language: A study of (dh)-stopping in Hawaiʻi Creole. Methods in Dialectology XVIII. Melbourne (Australia) 2024.

  • Methods in Dialectology XVIII:
    01.07.2024 - 05.07.2024, Melbourne (Australia)
    Ahrens, C., Moelders, A.: Exploring acoustic realisations of Tyneside English: Homophonous realisation of the First-Person Possessive and Object 'me'?. Methods in Dialectology XVIII. Melbourne (Australia) 2024.

  • Sociolinguistic Symposium 25:
    24.06.2024 - 27.06.2024, Perth (Australia)
    Ahrens, C., Grama J.: (dh)-stopping in Hawaiʻi Creole: Testing a stable variable in a creole. Sociolinguistic Symposium 25. Curtin University, Perth (Australia) 2024.

  • Sociolinguistic Symposium 25:
    24.06.2024 - 27.06.2024, Perth (Australia)
    Moelders, A., Ahrens, C.: An acoustic study of the first-person possessive in the Northeast of England. Sociolinguistic Symposium 25. Curtin University, Perth (Australia) 2024.

  • Linguistweets 3:
    05.12.2022, Twitter
    Ahrens, C.: Tracking Sociophonetic Variation in one Individual over the Lifespan - FACE and GOAT. Linguistweets 2022.

  • Methods in Dialectology XVII:
    01.08.2022 - 05.08.2022, Mainz (Germany)
    Bauernfeind, L., Ahrens, C., Grama, J., Eiswirth, M., and Buchstaller, I.: Socio-demographic trajectory, vowel normalization, and the marriage of auditory and acoustic approaches in assessing lifespan change. Methods XVII. Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz (Germany) 2022.

  • United Kingdom Language Variation and Change 13:
    08.09.2021 - 10.09.2021, Online / Glasgow (Scotland)
    Grama, J., Buchstaller, I., Bauernfeind, L., Ahrens, C.: Tracing vowel change across the life-span: A three-wave panel analysis of FACE and GOAT. Presented at United Kingdom Language Variation and Change 13. University of Glasgow (Scotland) 2021.

Poster:

  • 189th Meeting of Acoustic Society of America:
    01.12.2025 - 05.12.2025, Honolulu, Hawaii (U.S.)
    Ahrens, C., Clement, N., Kapatsinski, V., Idemaru, K.: The Role of Attention in Perceptual Learning Through Acoustic Dimension Reweighting. Accepted for poster presentation at Acoustic Society of America. Honolulu, Hawaii (U.S.) 2025.

  • 189th Meeting of Acoustic Society of America:
    01.12.2025 - 05.12.2025, Honolulu, Hawaii (U.S.)
    Clement, N., Ahrens, C., Idemaru, K., Kapatsinski, V.: Effects of Prior Cue Strength in Perceptual Adaptation to Acoustic Dimension Reweighting. Accepted for poster presentation at Acoustic Society of America. Honolulu, Hawaii (U.S.) 2025.

  • New Ways of Analyzing Variation 52:
    05.11.2025 - 07.11.2025, Ann Arbor, Michigan (U.S.)
    Ahrens, C.: Hearing and Seeing Multilingualism: The Linguistic Reality of a Globalized Society (Project Launch Poster), Accepted for poster presentation at New Ways of Analyzing Variation 53. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (U.S.) 2025.

  • New Ways of Analyzing Variation 52:
    05.11.2024 - 07.11.2024, Miami Beach (U.S.)
    Ahrens, C., Moelders, A.: How does [mi] brain make [mi] talk?: An acoustic analysis of First-Person Possessive and First-Person Object. New Ways of Analyzing Variation 52. Florida International University and the University of Miami, Miami Beach (U.S.) 2024.

  • New Ways of Analyzing Variation 51:
    13.10.2023 - 15.10.2023, New York City (U.S.)
    Ahrens, C.: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Investigate Language Choices in a Trilingual Setting (Project Launch). Poster presented at: New Ways of Analyzing Variation 51. Queens College, CUNY & RISLUS, NYC (U.S.) 2023.

  • 5th Forensic Linguistics short course:
    05.09.2023 - 07.09.2023, Düsseldorf (Germany)
    Ahrens, C.: Tracing FACE and GOAT across the Lifespan: From Student to Lecturer. Poster presented at: Forensic Linguistics Short Course. Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf (Germany) 2023.

  • International Congress of Phonetic Sciences 20:
    07.08.2023 - 11.08.2023, Prague (Czech Republic)
    Bauernfeind, L., Ahrens, C., Grama, J.: Change across the lifespan in GOAT: Evidence from a panel study of Tyneside English. Poster presented at: International Congress of Phonetic Science 20. International Phonetic Association, Prague (Czech Republic) 2023.

  • United Kingdom Language Variation and Change 14:
    26.06.2023 - 28.06.2023, Edinburgh (Scotland)
    Ahrens, C.: Tracing FACE and GOAT across the Lifespan: From Student to Lecturer. Poster presented at: United Kingdom Variation and Change 14. University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh (Scotland) 2023.

  • Sociolinguistic Symposium 24:
    13.07.2022 - 16.07.2022, Ghent (Belgum) (Hybride)
    Ahrens, C.: Tracking Sociophonetic Variation in one Individual over the Lifespan - FACE and GOAT. EPoster presented at: Sociolinguistic Symposium 24. Ghent University, Ghent (Belgium) 2022.

  • Sociolinguistic Symposium 24:
    13.07.2022 - 16.07.2022, Ghent (Belgum) (Hybride)
    Grama, J., Bauernfeind, L., , Ahrens, C., Eiswirth, M., and Buchstaller, I.: FACE and GOAT across the life-span: A three-wave panel analysis of vowel change in Tyneside. EPoster presented at: Sociolinguistic Symposium 24. Ghent University, Ghent (Belgium) 2022.

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