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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.
Danielle Duez nous a quittés
Aix-en-Provence, 5 mars 2025C’est avec beaucoup de peine que nous avons appris la disparition de notre collègue Danielle Duez le mercredi 26 février. Danielle avait fait toute sa carrière de chercheure au sein du Laboratoire Parole et Langage et était restée très proche des recherches de son équipe durant ses années d’éméritat à partir de 2009...
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A look back at R&T Cognition Day
Deirdre Bolger and Thierry Legou were present at the Cognitive Technologies exhibition organized by the Carnot Cognition Institute..
How to assess the risk of virus transmission through speech?
The detailed results from the SpeedVel project have been published in the journal Language Resources et Evaluation..
How can humans and robots work together? Improving the relationship with a conversational assistant in an industrial context
Océane Granier, PhD student at the LPL, has received funding from Carnot Cognition for the ENGAGE project..
Look back at the year 2024: some scientific gems of the LPL
We've put together a little online booklet giving an overview of a year rich in scientific news at the LPL..
The importance of multisensoriality: Clément François awarded by the 5 Senses for Kids Foundation
He has just been awarded one of the 2024 Science Prizes for his project ‘Impact of late-to-moderate preterm birth on minimal pair Word learning’..
LaDy project awarded by the European Research Council
Kristof Strijkers, a CNRS researcher at LPL, is one of the award winners with his project “Language in the dyad”.
The texture of sounds: do you hear rough or smooth sounds?
The journal JASA has published a new article by a group of international scientists including Caterina Petrone (LPL) and Susanne Fuchs (Iméra/ILCB Chair)..
How can species as far apart as dogs and humans understand each other?
Thierry Legou contributed to a new study published in October in PLOS Biology..