Friderike Lange, Dr. phil., is a staff member at the Department of Speech Science and Phonetics at Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg. She studied Speech Science and Phonetics in Halle-Wittenberg and Leeds. In 2015, she completed her Ph.D. Her main research interests are normphonetics and speech effects. She is a lecturer and trainer in the fields of rhetoric, speech training and intercultural communication.