Wladyslaw Cichocki

Dr. Wladyslaw Cichocki is an Honorary Research Professor in the Department of French / Département d’études françaises at the University of New Brunswick. He holds MA and PhD degrees in Linguistics from the University of Toronto; his undergraduate training was in Mathematics. He joined UNB in 1985.

His primary area of interest is language variation and change, with a focus on sociophonetics and Acadian French. He has worked on quantitative methods used to analyze language data, social networks and variation in small rural communities. Dr. Cichocki is currently working on two projects: an acoustic phonetic analysis of speech timing in several dialects of Canadian French and a dialectometric study of phonetic variation in regional varieties of French spoken in New Brunswick. His research has been supported by Acfas, Canadian Heritage, CFI and SSHRC.

Dr. Cichocki has served as President of the Canadian Linguistic Association (2015-2017), President of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association (2001-2003) and Chair of the Steering Committee of the International Conference on Methods in Dialectology (1999-2002). He has held visiting appointments at institutions in the United States (Cornell), the United Kingdom (Cambridge, Edinburgh) and Canada (Université de Moncton – Campus de Shippagan, Université du Québec à Montréal).

Book and edited volumes

Cichocki, W. & C. Horne (eds) (2015) Papers from the 38th Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association (2014). University of New Brunswick.

Cichocki, W. (ed) (2009) Papers from the 31st Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association (2007). University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University.

Cichocki W., W. Burnett & L. Beaulieu (eds) (2007) Papers from Methods XII, 12th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology. Special double issue, Linguistica Atlantica 27-28.

Péronnet, L., R.M. Babitch, W. Cichocki & P. Brasseur (1998) Atlas linguistique du vocabulaire maritime acadien. Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval.

Cichocki, W., M. Holder, A.B. House & A.C. Lister (eds) (1997) Papers from the 12th Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association (1996). University of New Brunswick.

Kinloch, M., W. Cichocki, W. Davey, V.O. Erickson, A.B. House, A.C. Lister & A. McKillop (eds) (1987) Papers from the 10th Annual Meeting of the Atlantic Provinces Linguistic Association (1986). University of New Brunswick.

Articles and book chapters

Cichocki, W. (2023) “Regional variation in high vowel deletion in New Brunswick French: Preliminary observations.” Nouvelle Revue Synergies Canada 17. Perspectives sociolinguistiques variationnistes du français en situation de contact des langues. Mélanges en hommage à Alain Thomas. 1-15.

Cichocki, W., Hagar, L. & Y. Perreault (2023) “Variation in articulation rate in New Brunswick French.” Canadian Acoustics 52(3): 200-201.

Cichocki W., S. Kaminskaïa & L. Hagar (2023) “Regional variation and articulation rate in French spoken in Canada.” Journal of the International Phonetic Association. 1-20.

Cichocki, W. & S. Kaminskaïa (2023). Style, âge et débit d’articulation dans trois variétés de français au Canada. In D. Corbella, J. Dorta & R. Padrón (eds) Perspectives de recherche en linguistique et philologie romanes. Strasbourg: Éditions de linguistique et de philologie / Société de Linguistique Romane (ELiPhi), 18(2): 915-926.

Cichocki, W. & Y. Perreault (2020). Vers une analyse dialectométique du français parlé au Nouveau-Brunswick : aperçu de la variation phonétique . In D. Bigot, D. Liakin, R.A. Papen, A. Jebali & M. Tremblay (eds) Les français d’ici en perspective. Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval. 7-33.

Cichocki W., Selouani, S-A. & Y. Perreault (2019) “Prosodic rhythm in regional varieties of French in New Brunswick (Canada).” In S. Calhoun, P. Escudero, M. Tabain & P. Warren (eds) Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Melbourne, Australia 2019. Canberra, Australia: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc. 2310-2314.

Cichocki, W. (2019) “39. Quantitative analysis of language contact data.” In J. Darquennes, J. Salmons & W. Vandenbusse (eds) Language Contact – An International Handbook. vol. 1 Handbücher zur Sprach- und Kommunikationswissenschaft / Handbooks of Linguistics and Communication Science (HSK). Berlin, Boston: De Gruyter. 468-487.

Cichocki, W. & Y. Perreault (2019). Contribution à l’étude phonétique et géolinguistique du R en français parlé au Nouveau-Brunswick. In S. Hallion & N. Rosen (eds) Les français d’ici : Des discours et des usages. Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval. 177-206.

Beaulieu, L. & W. Cichocki (2018). Les formes quand/quand que en français acadien du nord-est du Nouveau-Brunswick : variation synchronique et variation diachronique. In L. Arrighi & K. Gauvin (eds) Les français d'ici : Regards croisés. Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval. 65-85

Cichocki, W. (2018). Profil temporel du groupe rythmique en français acadien : variabilité stylistique. In E. Galazzi & L. Santone (eds) Au prisme de la voix. Hommage à Pierre Léon. Toronto: Éditions du Gref. 123-136. Also appears as special issue of Repères DoRiF Università 15. Rome.

Cichocki, W. & Y. Perreault (2018). L’assibilation des occlusives /t/ et /d/ en français parlé au Nouveau-Brunswick : nouveau regard sur la question. In L. Arrighi & K. Gauvin (eds) Les français d'ici : Regards croisés. Québec: Presses de l'Université Laval. 45-63.

Gharsellaoui, S., Selouani, S.-A., Cichocki, W., Alotaibi, Y. & A.O. Dahmane (2018) “A pairwise variability index of speech rhythm using a particle swarm optimization for the classification of native and non-native accents.” Computer Speech and Language 48: 67-79.

Cichocki, W. (2017) “Sociophonetic research at the University of New Brunswick.” Canadian Acoustics 45(2): 7-9.

Beaulieu, L & W. Cichocki (2015). Étude de la variation des formes si / si que en français acadien du nord-est du Nouveau-Brunswick. In G. Dostie & P. Hadermann (eds) La dia-variation en français actuel. Études sur corpus, approches croisées et ouvrages de référence. Berne: Peter Lang. 373-400.

Cichocki, W. (2015) “The timing of Accentual Phrases in read and spontaneous speech: Data from Acadian French.” Canadian Acoustics 43(3): 109-110.

Selouani, S.-A., Alotaibi, Y., Cichocki, W., Gharsellaoui, S. & K. Kadi (2015) “Native and non-native class discrimination using speech rhythm- and auditory-based cues.” Computer Speech and Language 31:28-48.

Cichocki, W., Selouani, S.-A. & Y. Perreault (2014) “Measuring rhythm in dialects of New Brunswick French: Is there a role for intensity?” Canadian Acoustics 42(3): 90-91.

Beaulieu, L & W. Cichocki (2014). Les formes comme / comme que en français acadien du nord-est du Nouveau-Brunswick: variation synchronique et diachronique. In L. Teddiman (ed) 2014 Canadian Linguistic Association Conference Proceedings.

Cichocki, W. (2013) “The PFC-Tracadie Corpus: A variety of Acadian French spoken in northeastern New Brunswick (Canada).” In A. Barysevich, A. D’Arcy & D. Heap (eds) Proceedings of Methods XIV. Papers from the 14th International Conference on Methods in Dialectology. Berne: Peter Lang. 149-157.

Cichocki, W., Selouani, S.-A., Ayed, A.B., Paulin, C. & Y. Perreault (2013) “Variation of rhythm metrics in regional varieties of Acadian French.” Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 19, 035082.

Cichocki, W. (2012) “An overview of the phonetics and phonology of Acadian French spoken in northeastern New Brunswick (Canada).” In R. Gess, C. Lyche & T. Meisenburg (eds) Phonological Variation in French: Illustrations from Three Continents. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 211-233.

Cichocki, W. & L. Beaulieu (2011) “Factors contributing to the retention of traditional phonetic features in Acadian French.” In P. Chruszczewski & Z. Wasik (eds) Languages in Contact 2010. Philologica Wratislaviensia: Acta et Studia 4: 37-46.

Droua-Hamdani, G., Selouani, S.-A., Boudraa, M. & W. Cichocki (2010) “Algerian Arabic rhythm classification.” In A. Botinis (ed) Proceedings of the Third International Speech Communication Association Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics ExLing 2010. Athens, Greece: University of Athens. 37-40.

Beaulieu, L. & W. Cichocki (2009). Patrons sociolinguistiques chez trois générations de locuteurs acadiens. In M. Dufresne, F. Dupuis & E. Vocaj (eds) Historical Linguistics 2007. Selected Papers from the 18th International Conference on Historical Linguistics. Amsterdam: Benjamins. 211-222.

Beaulieu, L., Cichocki, W. & N. Chiasson-Albert (2009). L’acquisition d’une forme morphosyntaxique traditionnelle par des enfants acadiens. In L. Baronian & F. Martineau (eds) Le français d’un continent à l’autre. Mélanges offerts à Yves Charles Morin, Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval. 49-75.

Alotaibi, Y.A., Selouani, S.-A. & W. Cichocki (2009) “Investigating emphatic consonants in foreign accented Arabic.” Journal of King Saud University, vol. 21 Computer and Information Sciences. 11-25.

Beaulieu, L. & W. Cichocki (2008). La flexion postverbale –ont en français acadien : une analyse sociolinguistique. Canadian Journal of Linguistics 53: 35-62.

Cichocki, W. (2008) “Retroflex realizations of Acadian French /r/: a dialectological perspective.” In S. Cummins, B. Jankowski & P. Shaw (eds) All the things you are: A Festschrift in honour of Jack Chambers. Toronto Working Papers in Linguistics 27: 17-30.

Cichocki, W., Selouani, S.-A. & L. Beaulieu (2008) “The RACAD speech corpus of New Brunswick Acadian French: Design and applications.” Canadian Acoustics 36(4): 3-10.