Nikki Swift
Head of Programme - English Language &
Linguistics
Contact details
E: n.swift@yorksj.ac.uk
T: 01904 876781
I teach on the undergraduate programme in
English Language and Linguistics and the MA in English Language and
Linguistics. I specialise in Phonetics and Phonology; my
interests in are in the phonetic/phonological interface,
sociophonetics and child phonology. I teach first year
General Phonetics (articulatory and practical phonetics), second
year English Phonetics and Phonology, and Accents and Dialects to
third years. I share teaching of the MA module ‘Structures’
with Shirley Reay. This module looks at the applications of
phonetics, phonology, morphology and syntax for the analysis of
language, looking at for example, regional and social varieties of
English and child language.
I have also contributed to the University’s
Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice in the areas of
assessment and e-learning.