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)
RECENT BOOKS
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Untitled Document
Dimarts 11 de juny de 2019, de 10:30 a 11:30
Defensa pla de recerca
Lloc: Aula 52.209 + 211 - Campus de la Comunicació-Poblenou (UPF)
"Multimodal training and L2 phonological learning: the beneficial effects of visuospatial hand gestures enconding phonetic and prosodic properties"
Peng Li
Dra. Lorraine Baqué (UAB, president tribunal), Dr. Kazuya Saito (U. College London, vocal), Dr. Joan Carles Mora (UB, secretari tribunal)
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Dimecres 12 de juny de 2019, de 09:30 a 14:00
UR-Ling workshop
Lloc: 55.309 - Campus de la Comunicació-Poblenou (UPF)
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Dilluns 15 de juliol de 2019
11è Workshop sobre la prosòdia del català
Organitzat pel Grup d'Estudis de Prosòdia (UR-Ling, UPF)
Lloc: sala de Graus (55.309) - Campus de la Comunicació-Poblenou (UPF)
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