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Laboratoire Parole et Langage
Created in 1972, the Laboratoire Parole et Langage (LPL) is a joint research unit affiliated to both the CNRS and Aix-Marseille University (AMU). Its members include phoneticians, linguists, computer scientists, psychologists, neuroscientists, physicists and medical practitioners. The LPL’s activities focus on the mechanisms involved in the production, perception and understanding of spoken and written language in their natural contexts.
Soutien Global Sumud Flotilla
October 2025« Qu’importe les frontières ou les langues, il existe une voix qui nous unit tous : celle de la dignité humaine. » Le Laboratoire Parole et Langage soutient l'action humanitaire de la Global Sumud Flotilla.
News
How do the brains of newborns and adults perceive speech sounds?
Giulia Danielou, doctoral student at the LPL, has just published her first study within the scientific project BABYLANG..
Fidelia Ibekwe awarded Honorary Professor at University College London
She will work closely with lecturers and researchers from the Department of Information Studies..
Vol. 42 (2026) of the journal Études Créoles now available!
Learning new words after a stroke at birth
Clément François has just published a new article in Brain and Language..
Awardee of the ERC Starting Grant 2025, Olga Kepinska is honoured by the CNRS
The LPL at the heart of six projects funded by Carnot Cognition!
Numerous engineers and researchers responded to the call for “Scientific Resourcing 2026”..
How does intonation reveal bias in polar questions?
Riccardo Orrico, Cristel Portes and Mariapaola D'Imperio have just published a chapter in "Biased questions: Experimental results and theoretical modelling"..
How can grammar be explained in sign language?
Mélanie Hamm and Jean-François Piquet just published a second work at Presses Universitaires de Provence..