Article in the Süddeutsche Zeitung about the geographical spread of phonetic innovations

On 30 May 2025, an article appeared in the Süddeutsche Zeitung which explores the question of why speech sounds change in some regions and remain stable in others. Felicitas Kleber, Professor of Speech Science at Saarland University's Language Science and Technology Department, has been interviewed for this article given her expertise in phonetics, diachronic sound change in general and synchronic variation in Bavarian in particular.

The full article is available here.