Seminars
Language development as a joint process: Why the simultaneous learning of Form, Content, and Use is more a help than a hindrance
via zoomAbdellah Fourta (Aix-Marseille University & INRIA Paris) Abstract: To acquire language, children need to learn form (e.g., phonology), content (e.g., word meaning), and use (e.g., finding the right words to convey a communicative intent). The scientific study of language development has traditionally studied these dimensions separately. Indeed, one could imagine that children first acquire the […]
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via zoomKevin El Haddad is a researcher in affective computing and Human-Agent interaction at the University of Mons. Abstract: Smiles and laughs (S&L) are among the most frequent and informative non-verbal expressions used in our daily interactions. Their incorporation into machine's communication skills is therefore a must in order to improve human-agent interaction (HAI) applications quality […]
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via zoomProduction practice is more effective than comprehension for second language learning Elise Hopman (University of Wisconsin-Madison) Abstract: Whereas most classroom-based language instruction traditionally emphasizes comprehension-based learning, memory research suggests that language production activities may provide a stronger learning experience than comprehension practice, due to the meaningfully different task demands involved in producing versus comprehending language. […]
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via zoomBabyBERTa: Learning More Grammar With Small-Scale Child-Directed Language Philip Huebner (University of Illinos, Urbana-Champaign) Abstract: Transformer-based language models have taken the NLP world by storm. However, their potential for addressing important questions in language acquisition research has been largely ignored. In this work, we examined the grammatical knowledge of RoBERTa (Liu et al., 2019) when […]
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via zoomTBA Okko Räsänen (Tampere University)
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via zoomJonathan Ginzburg (Université de Paris)
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via zoomAsli Ozyurek (Donders Institute for Brain, Cognition and Behavior)
Seminar on “speech production and perception”
Salle de conférences 5 avenue Pasteur, Aix-en-Provence, FranceProf. F. Guenther and REaDY team, LPL (5-6 May) Thursday, May 5th 2022 Discussion with Prof. F. Guenther around the following presentations 14h-14h40 : Noël Nguyen & Kristof Strijkers : Phonetic and semantic convergence in speech communication 14h40-15h10 : Serge Pinto: Studying speech motor control from its impairment: the cases of hypo- and hyperkinetic dysarthrias 15h10-15h30 […]
Prosody as a beacon for understanding a speaker’s stance and intentions
B011 LPL 5 avenue Pasteur, Aix-en-Provence, FranceMarc D. Pell, de l'Université McGill Prof. Pell's research investigates how adults communicate their emotions, attitudes, or other social intentions while speaking, to better understand the social-pragmatic context of spoken language. Much of his work focuses on the effects of the human voice during pragmatic language processing and in social cognition. Members of his lab […]
Séminaire & Soutenance HDR Isabelle Dautriche
Salle des voûtes, St Charles 3 place Victor Hugo, Marseille, France10H Judit Gervain (University of Padoa, Italy & CNRS) How do infants represent speech: the developmental origins of the embedded neural oscillations model The proposal (Giraud & Poeppel 2012) that a hierarchy of embedded neural oscillations support speech and language processing in the brain has received ample evidence in adults. However, the developmental orgins of such a neural architecture remain to […]