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
1 short-time research assistant (PSR) in relation to the Plan Nacional (MinCiencia). Suproject: The acquisition of multimodal Information Structure in the preschool years (3- to 6-year old children).
Specialty Areas: Phonetics; Phonology; Pragmatics; Language acquisition
Required Language(s): Fluent Catalan
Brief description of the position: The candidate will pass standardized tests of linguistic and cognitive competence (CELF-preescholar, CELF-5, NEPSY-II) in the corresponding schools.
Expected time: between 4 and 5 hours every morning, from February to March 2023.
Contact: pilar.prieto@upf.edu, or sara.munoz@upf.edu.
RECENT BOOKS
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Dilluns 12 de desembre de 2022, a les 12:30 PM
Seminari del Grup d'Estudis de Prosòdia – Centre d’Estudis LSC
Títol: The multimodal prosodic marking of contrast in French and French Belgian Sign Language (LSFB)
Presentació a càrrec de: Clara Lombart (UNamur and UMons) · Resum
Lloc: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, C. Roc Boronat 138, aula 52.737
Divendres, 16 de desembre de 2022, de 9:00 AM a 18:30 PM
Ph.D. Defense
Presentació a càrrec de: Patrick Louis Rohrer
Títol: A temporal and pragmatic analysis of gesture-speech association: A corpus-based approach using the novel MultiModal MultiDimensional (M3D) labeling system
Lloc: Universitat Pompeu Fabra, C. Roc Boronat 138, sala 55.309
Conference
MMSYM: 1st International Multimodal Communication Symposium
The conference will be held at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona) on 26-27-28 April 2023. Check it out here: MMSYM 2023
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