Jupitara Ray

PhD candidate in Linguistics | she/her/hers

নমস্কাৰ! [hello in Assamese]
I am a PhD candidate in Linguistics at Boston University. My research deals with bilingual speech, particularly in understanding how sequential bilinguals phonetically accommodate in their L2 and the subsequent effects in the production and perception of their L1. I am working under Dr Charles Chang as my first reader, with Dr Kate Lindsey and Dr Esther de Leeuw as my committee members.

Updates

  • January 2026
    Talk at Meeting of the LSA 2026

    L2 accommodation-led drift: Asymmetries between L1 production and perception

  • 3 December 2025
    Poster at 189th Meeting of the ASA

    Greater L2 phonetic accommodation does not predict greater L1 phonetic drift in early bilinguals

  • 9 November 2025
    Poster at BUCLD 50

    L2 influence, L1 resilience: Change and stability in early bilingual speakers of Indian English

  • 7 October 2025
    Speaker Series @ Northeastern University

    Talk on L2 Change & L1 Stability in Early Sequential Bilinguals of Indian English

  • 9 June 2025
    Poster at 15th International Symposium on Bilingualism

    Phonetic accommodation in Hindi–English and Telugu–English early sequential bilinguals: The roles of category establishment and phonetic dissimilarity

Contact

jupitara[at]bu[dot]edu