Welcome to the webpage
for the
Prosodic Studies Group (GrEP)
The Prosodic
Studies Group (GrEp) is part of the Unitat
de Recerca en Lingüística (UR-Ling), Department
of Translation and Language Sciences at the Universitat
Pompeu Fabra
AIM
To understand the role of prosody and co-speech gestures in human communication from a crosslinguistic, developmental, and cognitive perspective. Three important strands of this research include: (a) to incorporate this knowledge into semantic models of language that model the interface areas with other components; (b) to empirically investigate how humans process prosodic and gestural patterns in combination with speech; and (c) to investigate the cognitive and developmental benefits of prosody and gesture in different areas, such as first and second language acquisition, as well as communication training for language impaired and non-impaired populations. The social significance of this research topic is high, as ICT training procedures based on prosodic and gestural awareness can be proven valuable to improve language abilities in populations with neurodevelopmental disorders characterized by impaired language and social interaction.
APPROACH
We use an interdisciplinary approach (linguistic and
psychological) and a combination of methods and techniques
such as linguistic and prosodic/gestural analysis, comparative
(developmental, cross-linguistic) and experimental methods
such as eye-tracking and neuronal analysis techniques
in collaboration with other groups.
LOCATION & CONTACTS
Address:
Department of Translation and Language Sciences, Universitat
Pompeu Fabra
C\ Roc Boronat, 138, 08018 Barcelona, Spain
Contact: Pilar
Prieto
E-mail: pilar.prieto AT upf.edu
Phone : +34 93 542 2311
FUNDING
Our research projects are funded by
public sources including:
Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación
(MICINN)
Agència de Gestió d'Ajuts Universitaris i de Recerca
(AGAUR)
Obra Social La Caixa (RECERCAIXA)
JOB ANOUNCEMENTS
FPI 2022 - Call for a research scholarship to carry out the doctoral thesis in Multimodal Language Acquisition and Learning
Description:The research group Group of Prosodic and Gesture Studies and Prosody Lab at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra
(Barcelona, Catalonia) announces an opening for a 4-year doctoral support position associated with.the project "Multimodal Communication
(MCOM): The integration of prosody and gesture in human communication and in language learning" (PID2021-123823NB-I00), funded by the Spanish
Ministry of Science and Innovation. The goal of the project is to analyze from an experimental perspective how human prosodic and gesture
patterns are integrated in language and how they can together help boost language learning.
The scholarship is financed through the Research Personnel Training program (FPI) of the Spanish Ministry of
Science at EC-GREP group and will lead to the development of a doctoral thesis in the Department of Translation and
Language Sciences at the Universitat Pompeu Fabra (UPF). The FPI-2021 scholarships have a duration of up to 4 years and
an annual gross salary of approximately € 16,250 for the first and second annuities, € 17,410 for the third and € 21,760
for the fourth. The position includes a monthly stipend, coverage by the Social Security system, and university fees
related to doctoral study. The contract also includes the possibility of applying for a grant for a short-term internship
in a lab abroad.
Specialty Areas: Linguistics / Bilingual language acquisition / Embodied Cognition / Narrative Intervention.
Application process: If you are interested, please contact Pilar Prieto (see contact information below)
as soon as possible, and no later than January 20, 2023. Interested candidates are requested to send a motivation letter,
a CV and a sample publication.
Interested parties will have to send their official application through the Spanish Ministry's website, providing the
required documentation on the website from 12/01/2023 to 22/01/2023.
Contact information: pilar.prieto@upf.edu
Mailing Address for Applications:
Attn: Pilar Prieto
DTCL/Universitat Pompeu Fabra
Roc Boronat 138
Barcelona Catalunya 08018
RECENT BOOKS
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Untitled Document
Dimecres, 31 de maig de 2023
Defensa de pla de recerca - Ph.D. research plan defense
Presentació a càrrec de: Ting Yao (UPF)
Títol: Enhancing L2 speaking skills through a multimodal narrative intervention: a classroom-based study in a high-school setting
Lloc: Online
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Divendres 21 de juliol de 2023
Workshop
XIV Workshop sobre la pròsdia del català
Lloc: Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), Campus del Poblenou, sala 55.309.
Consulta el web aquí: XIV Workshop sobre la pròsdia del català
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