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Welcome to the webpage for the
Group of Prosodic Studies (GrEP)

The Group of Prosodic Studies (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 gesture in human communication, in language understanding and language processing. Important areas of interest include the interface between audiovisual prosody and pragmatics, the cognitive processes behind the processing of audiovisual prosody, as well as the acquisition of audiovisual prosody in L1 and L2. The primary languages under investigation are Catalan, Spanish, Occitan, English, and Sardinian.

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)

Events
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4 de maig de 2012
Entonació i ordre de mots en construccions de focus del català i l'espanyol
Maria del Mar Vanrell (UAM)
Seminari del GrEP
Hora: 12.00 - 13.30
Lloc: aula per determinar, Campus de la Comunicació - Poblenou (UPF)

19 de juny de 2012
UR-Ling Workshop
Hora: 10-12h, 14-16h
Lloc: aula per determinar, Campus de la Comunicació - Poblenou (UPF)

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Research

Intonational Phonology in Grammar
To analyze the phonological function and meaning of intonational contrasts.

Romance prosody
To advance in a prosodic transcription system for the Romance languages.

Audiovisual Prosody
To study the relationship between gesture, prosody, and linguistic structures.

The Acquisition of Audiovisual Prosody and Meaning
Prosodic and gestural development and its relationship to the acquisition of meaning.

Temporal relationship between prosody and gesture
How are gestures and prosodic structure temporally coordinated?

Geoprosody Self-learning Acquisition Corpora Academics
 
Design and implementation: Optimitza.cat / Joan Borràs-Comes