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Stefano De PascaleView profile

Researcher

• Computational semantics
• Cognitive sociolinguistics
• Lexical variation and change
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Stefano De Pascale is a computational linguist affiliated with the Brussels Center for Language Studies at Free University of Brussels (VUB). His research focuses on lexical semantics, diachronic language change, and dialectology, particularly in Italian and Dutch language contexts. Education: Master in Linguistics (2014) and Bachelor in Language and Literature (2013) from KU Leuven. Current Role: Researcher with expertise in computational semantics and cognitive sociolinguistics. Recent research emphasizes: Algorithmic modeling of semantic drift mechanisms Limburgish dialect normalization using NLP techniques Analysis of hate speech pragmatics in Italian tweets Investigation of borrowed expression integration in Dutch Prototype-based diachronic semantic analysis His projects demonstrate strong interdisciplinary focus combining: Natural Language Processing and Historical Linguistics Corpus-based methodologies with cognitive frameworks Sociolinguistic theory and computational analysis Collaborative work spans institutions in Belgium, Mexico, and Finland, addressing language change through: Token-based modeling approaches Lexical coherence analysis Dialect phonological translation As supervisor of multiple datasets, De Pascale contributes to open science initiatives in computational linguistics.

Jidong ChenView profile

Professor

• Language Acquisition
• Cognitive Linguistics
• Psycholinguistics
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Jidong Chen is a Professor in the Department of Linguistics at California State University, Fresno, within the College of Arts and Humanities . He holds a PhD in Linguistics (2008) from the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics and Free University Amsterdam, an MA in Linguistics and Applied Linguistics (2000) from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, and a BA in English Language and Literature (1997) from Central China Normal University. His research examines language-cognition interactions with foci in: First/second language acquisition (semantic/syntactic development) Cross-linguistic studies (Mandarin, English, Arabic, Spanish) Child/adult language processing Bilingualism and atypical language development Event representation through speech/gesture Chen's recent publications (2017-2022) demonstrate strong emphasis on Mandarin verb acquisition (polysemous verbs, resultative compounds), cross-linguistic cognition (classifier systems, conceptual organization), and developmental syntax (word order, information structure). His work frequently employs empirical and longitudinal methodologies. He teaches courses including Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics, Bilingualism , and Chinese language at undergraduate/graduate levels. Chen collaborates internationally on projects like speech-gesture event representation ( LDCLab ) and maintains active research profiles in psycholinguistics and developmental linguistics.

Xinchun WangView profile

Professor

• Second Language Acquisition
• Applied Phonetics
• Computer-Assisted Language Learning (CALL)
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Xinchun Wang is a Professor of Linguistics at California State University, Fresno , affiliated with the College of Arts and Humanities . Holding a Ph.D. and MA in Applied Linguistics from Simon Fraser University (Canada) and a BA in English from Shanghai Normal University (China), her academic career spans over two decades, including roles as Assistant Professor (2003–2009) and Associate Professor (2009–2014) before her current position since 2014. She has also served as a Lecturer at institutions in China. Research Interests focus on Second Language Acquisition , particularly adult learners' challenges in distinguishing and producing English vowels , Mandarin consonants , and tones . Her work explores the impact of length of residence on foreign accent, cross-linguistic perception , and the design of laboratory-based phonetic training programs with immediate feedback. These methods are integrated into her courses as CALL (Computer-Assisted Language Learning) activities. Publications since 2007 highlight her expertise in phonetic training, speech perception-production links, and online collaborative learning . Notable contributions include a 2008 book on Perceptual Training for Learning English Vowels and empirical studies on Mandarin tones , English vowels , and digital pedagogy .

• Lexicography
• Galician Language
• Sociolinguistics
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Carme Ares Vázquez is a Professor in the Department of Galician Philology at the University of Santiago de Compostela. She teaches at the Faculty of Teacher Training and the Faculty of Humanities on the Lugo Campus. As a member of the ILG (Instituto da Lingua Galega), she has been part of the Arquivo do Galego Oral (AGO) team since 1996. Her research primarily focuses on lexicography and various aspects of the Galician language. She completed her PhD thesis in lexicography, has published numerous articles, and is co-author of several Galician language dictionaries published by Edicións Xerais de Galicia (1986-2009), Editorial Argos Vergara (1984), and Ediciós Nós (1982). Her work often explores the intersection of language, literature, and society, particularly examining linguistic conflicts and the normalization process of the Galician language. Her recent publications demonstrate a consistent focus on Ánxel Fole's contributions to Galician language and literature. These works reveal trends in Galician sociolinguistics, literary analysis, and language policy, showing how literary figures have influenced language development and normalization processes in Galicia. Dr. Ares Vázquez has made significant contributions to Galician lexicography through her co-authorship of multiple dictionaries spanning several decades, reflecting the evolution of Galician language documentation. She is actively involved in research and teaching activities at the University of Santiago de Compostela, contributing to the academic training of future educators and humanities scholars with expertise in Galician language and literature. Her ongoing work with the Arquivo do Galego Oral project represents a long-term commitment (since 1996) to preserving and analyzing spoken Galician, contributing to the understanding of regional dialects and linguistic variation across Galicia.

• linguistic geography
• lexicography
• terminology
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Manuel González González is a Full Professor of Romance Philology at the University of Santiago, where he has held academic roles since completing his training. He currently serves as an Affiliated Researcher at the Instituto da Lingua Galega (ILG) and directs the RAG Dictionary. His research spans multiple areas, including linguistic geography, lexicography, terminology, sociolinguistics, language norms, phonetics, and speech technologies. He has coordinated the Galician volume of the Roman Linguistic Atlas and contributed to the Europae Atlas, while leading initiatives in acoustic phonetics and voice synthesis projects like Cotovía and Nós. Director of Galician language and culture courses for foreigners (21 years) Scientific Coordinator of Ramón Piñeiro Center for Humanities Research (since 2002) Director of TERMIGAL (since 1996) President of Puntogal Member of FILGA research group Director of Cadernos de lingua journal His research focuses on lexicography and speech technologies for Galician, with contributions to sociolinguistic mapping and linguistic normalization. Recent publications address AI applications in language technology and historical lexicography. He has served on scientific councils for over twenty linguistic journals and contributed to orthographic standards through RAG-ILG agreements. Current activities include lexicographic innovation, dialectometric studies, and advancing Galician in computational linguistics. Scientific roles include: Full member of Royal Galician Academy (since 1992) Coordinator of Lexicography and Terminology Seminars at RAG Director of DRAG (Spanish National Research Council collaboration) Corresponding member of Institut d'Estudis Catalans

• French Literature
• 17th Century Studies
• Literature and Image
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Anne Spica is a Professor at the Institute of Cultural and International Studies (IECI) , University of Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines . Her work bridges French literature , figurative discourse , and cultural heritage . Education: École Normale Supérieure (ENS Ulm, L87), Agrégée in Classical Letters (1989), Doctoral thesis (Paris IV, 1994), HDR (Paris IV, 2012) Her research focuses on 17th century French literature (vernacular and Latin), literature and image , emblematic humanism , and literature and spirituality . She explores intersections between mythography , allegory , and Jesuit theater , with a strong emphasis on the history of the book and its illustration. Key publication themes include figurative discourse (2020 special issue on filiation in literary traditions), 17th century linguistic practices (2004), and ethical narratives (2005 article on vanity). These align with her broader interests in cultural memory and literary representation . Scientific Awards: Institut Universitaire de France (IUF) Junior Fellow (2005-2010) Disciplinary Contributions: She has co-edited works on 17th century cultural dynamics and symbolic representation . Her career spans roles at the University of Metz (now University of Lorraine) and current affiliations with the Dynamic Heritage and Cultural Laboratory (DYPAC) .

Kaori IdemaruView profile

Professor

• Speech Perception
• Speech Production
• Phonetics
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Kaori Idemaru serves as Professor and Department Head of East Asian Languages and Literature in the School of Global Studies and Languages at the University of Oregon. Her office is located in Friendly Hall, and she actively contributes to academic leadership while maintaining a robust research profile in linguistic sciences. Her research centers on speech perception and production mechanisms, particularly how listeners achieve perceptual constancy despite variability from speaker characteristics, phonetic context, and speech rate. She investigates second language speech learning challenges—especially for adult learners—and develops evidence-based training methodologies for phonetic acquisition. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical language education applications. Recent publications demonstrate concentrated expertise in Korean and Japanese phonetics, with recurring themes of dialect acquisition (notably North Korean refugees adapting to Seoul Korean), prosodic features of politeness, and cross-linguistic perception. Her methodological approach integrates sociolinguistic analysis with controlled experimental phonetics to examine language variation and learning trajectories. Professor Idemaru is affiliated with the Spoken Language Research Laboratories (SLRL) at the University of Oregon, which provides infrastructure for acoustic analysis, perception experiments, and speech production studies supporting her research on phonetic variation and language learning.

Xuexin LiuView profile

Professor

• Comparative Linguistics
• Japanese Language
• Chinese Language
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Dr. Xuexin Liu is a Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Spelman College, where she has served since 1995. She specializes in Japanese and Chinese languages and cultures, with a focus on cross-cultural communication. Ph.D. in Japanese Linguistics and Literature from Nara Women’s University M.A. in Language Education from Nara University of Education B.A. from East China Normal University Her research explores: Comparative semantics/pragmatics between Japanese and Chinese Language transfer in second language acquisition Bilingual lexicology and code-switching Translation theories with cultural appreciation Language contact and historical borrowing Business cultural studies in East Asia Recent publications analyze lexical borrowing, conceptual structures, and politeness strategies, appearing in journals like Studies in Linguistics and Literature . She received the Spelman College Presidential Faculty Award for Scholarly Achievement. Dr. Liu directs Spelman's Summer Study Program in Japan, advises the Japan Club, and manages exchange initiatives with Japanese universities. Her teaching spans elementary to advanced Japanese courses, fulfilling requirements for Asia Studies and International Studies minors.

Milan StrakaView profile

Professor

• Machine Learning
• Artificial Neural Networks
• Deep Learning
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Milan Straka is a professor at the Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics (ÚFAL) within the Faculty of Mathematics and Physics at Charles University, Prague. His research focuses on machine learning, artificial neural networks, deep learning, and structured prediction with applications to natural language processing (NLP) tasks including POS tagging, dependency parsing, named entity recognition, and optical music recognition. University: Charles University School: Faculty of Mathematics and Physics Department: Institute of Formal and Applied Linguistics Straka has developed several NLP tools like UDPipe and NameTag, contributing to multilingual coreference resolution, Czech grammar error correction, and historical language processing pipelines. His recent work involves contextualized embeddings, semantic parsing, and large-scale dataset creation for Czech NLP tasks. He collaborates on European Language Grid initiatives and has participated in multiple shared tasks (CRAC, MRP, W-NUT). His publications span topics from algorithm design (functional data structures) to modern transformer-based language models (RoBERTa) with emphasis on Czech language resources.

FENG GangyiView profile

Associate Professor

• Neurolinguistics
• Psycholinguistics
• Cognitive Neuroscience of Language
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Professor Feng Gangyi is an Associate Professor at the Department of Linguistics and Modern Languages, Faculty of Arts, The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK). His research focuses on the neurocognitive mechanisms of language learning, speech processing, and lexical-semantic representation using advanced techniques like ERP, fMRI, and DTI. He has secured significant funding from prestigious schemes including China’s National Excellent Young Scientists Award and Hong Kong’s RGC Collaborative Research Fund. PhD and BA in Psychology from South China Normal University Postdoctoral training at CUHK and the University of Texas at Austin Recipient of over HK$4.8M CRF Young Collaborative Research Grant His work bridges cognitive neuroscience and language sciences, targeting predictive models for language learning success and rehabilitation. The NLL Lab (https://neurolanglab.github.io/index.html) under his leadership collaborates across disciplines to advance educational policies and clinical applications. Scientific Awards National Excellent Young Scientists Award and Fund (国家优秀青年科学基金项目（港澳）) RGC Collaborative Research Fund (CRF) Young Collaborative Research Grant Professor Feng actively recruits postdoctoral researchers and PhD students from interdisciplinary backgrounds (Linguistics, Psychology, Computer Science, etc.) to join his cutting-edge research initiatives.

Valter CioccaView profile

Professor

• Auditory Perception
• Speech Science
• Phonology
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Valter Ciocca is a Professor at the School of Audiology & Speech Sciences, University of British Columbia (UBC), with a career spanning auditory perception, speech science, and communication disorders. He joined UBC in 2007 after roles at Hong Kong University and research training at the University of Sussex. Education: Laurea in Experimental Psychology, University of Padua (1984) M.A. in Psychology, McGill University (1985) Ph.D. in Psychology, McGill University (1988) His research focuses on auditory scene analysis, lexical tone perception in tonal languages like Cantonese, speech production in populations with cerebral palsy and cochlear implants, and acoustic correlates of speech disorders. Publications highlight interdisciplinary work bridging linguistics, acoustics, and neuroscience. Recent work explores phonemic restoration, noise thresholds in harmonic masking, and phonological development in French-speaking children. His lab applies auditory perception principles to clinical populations, emphasizing pitch processing and prosody. At UBC, he led the School of Audiology & Speech Sciences from 2007–2017 and contributes to teaching and research on speech motor control, auditory feedback, and problem-based learning in speech-language pathology education. He utilizes advanced acoustic analysis techniques to study vowel production post-glossectomy, hypernasality measurement, and tonal normalization in speech disorders.

Anne ChristopheView profile

Research Professor

• Language Acquisition
• Psycholinguistics
• Cognitive Psychology
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Anne Christophe is a Research Professor at the École Normale Supérieure – PSL University, where she serves as Deputy Director of Sciences since 2019. She directs the Laboratory of Cognitive Sciences and Psycholinguistics (LSCP UMR 8554) and is a member of Academia Europaea since 2016. Her career spans CNRS research since 1994 (Research Director since 2008), with leadership roles in academic governance and scientific councils. Doctorate in Cognitive Psychology, EHESS (1993) Accreditation to Supervise Research, Pierre and Marie Curie University (2006) Polytechnic School graduate (1989) Her research focuses on language acquisition , particularly how infants use prosody and function words to parse syntactic structures and word meanings before age one. She investigates synergies between lexical and syntactic learning, resolving the "initialization problem" through early surface analysis of speech signals. Selected article trends show sustained work on prosody-syntactic mapping (2015-2023), ERP studies in infants, computational modeling of acquisition strategies, and cross-linguistic comparisons . Her team's work spans French, Brazilian Portuguese, and English learners. Bronze Medal of CNRS (1998) Dagnan-Bouveret Prize (Academy of Moral and Political Sciences) CNRS Prime d'Excellence Scientifique (2012-2015) and PEDR (2016-2019) 2020 - Entire Work on Language Acquisition award An active science popularizer, she contributed to over 10 documentaries and co-founded PSL's Master of Cognitive Sciences. She supervises PhD students like Kolberg (2020), Barbir (2019), and de Carvalho (2017), with international collaborations across 6 countries.

• Cognitive Psychology
• Psycholinguistics
• Synaesthesia Research
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Dr Jennifer Mankin (she/they) serves as Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Sussex's School of Psychology. She also holds the position of Deputy Director of Student Experience for Accessibility (DDoSE-A), where she advocates for accessibility provisions and reduces administrative burdens for students with disabilities. Education: PhD in Psychology, University of Sussex (2014-2017) Master's in Psychology of Language, University of Edinburgh (2013) Undergraduate major in Linguistics, Western Washington University Dr Mankin's research focuses on the processing and storage of words, primarily investigated through the color responses of individuals with grapheme-color synaesthesia for letters and words. Her work bridges cognitive psychology, linguistics, and perception studies, with particular emphasis on how synaesthetic experiences can illuminate normal language processing mechanisms. She has published multiple peer-reviewed articles exploring letter-word associations, compound word processing, and the theoretical implications of synaesthesia for linguistic theory. Her scholarly contributions demonstrate consistent focus on synaesthesia as a window into cognitive processing, with publications spanning cognitive neuroscience, psycholinguistics, and perceptual psychology. The publications reveal increasing sophistication in methodology and theoretical framing over time, with recent work calling for reform in how language is understood through synaesthetic experiences. As an educator, Dr Mankin has significantly contributed to curriculum development and teaching in research methods and statistics. She has co-created and led core modules including 'Discovering Statistics' (2016-2023) and 'Analysing Data' (2019-present), with a focus on helping students develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills. She has also developed publicly available R training materials for faculty at r-training.netlify.app and maintains student drop-in sessions through calendly.com/dr-mankin. Dr Mankin actively participates in university governance as a member of the Academic Advisory Group for Sussex and the Academic Advisory Group for APP Evaluations (since November 2023), demonstrating ongoing institutional engagement beyond her teaching and research responsibilities.

• Natural Language Processing
• Computational Linguistics
• Machine Learning
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Rob van der Goot is an Associate Professor in Data Science at the IT University of Copenhagen. His affiliations include the NLPnorth group and the Pattern Recognition Revisited lab . His research focuses on Natural Language Processing (NLP), with emphasis on language modeling, lexical normalization, and computational job market analysis. Key contributions include the development of the EEVEE annotation tool, studies on language model biases, and cross-lingual parsing techniques. He has received prestigious awards such as the Best Paper Award at W-NUT 2022 and the Outstanding Paper Award at EACL 2021 . His work spans projects like the Pioneer Centre for Artificial Intelligence (funded by the Danish National Research Foundation) and Multi-Task Sequence Labeling Under Adverse Conditions (funded by Amazon). His research also intersects with societal impacts, addressing bias in AI systems and improving NLP tools for under-resourced languages. Media engagements include discussions on AI adoption in Danish municipalities and business applications. His publications (48+) span topics from domain adaptation to large language model evaluation, emphasizing practical NLP solutions and reproducible research practices.

• Developmental Perception
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Early Childhood Cognition
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Mireille Babineau is a part-time Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream in the Department of Psychology at the University of Toronto (St. George campus). She holds a Ph.D. and Psy.D. from the Université du Québec à Montréal (2016) and completed postdoctoral research at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris under Anne Christophe, supported by a Marie Skłodowska-Curie fellowship. Her research focuses on early language acquisition mechanisms, particularly how children learn novel words through syntactic and prosodic cues. She also practices as a child psychologist at Possibilities Clinic, specializing in neurodevelopmental disorders and early childhood. Education: Ph.D./Psy.D., Université du Québec à Montréal (2016) Postdoctoral Fellowship, École Normale Supérieure (Paris, 2016–2020) Undergraduate Degree, Université de Moncton (Psychology) Research Interests: Language acquisition, bilingualism's impact on cognitive development, syntactic bootstrapping, prosody's role in word learning, and neurodevelopmental disorders in early childhood. Awards: Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (EU, 2018–2020) Fyssen Foundation Postdoctoral Grant (2016) SSHRC Insight Development Grant (current funding) Grants & Projects: Leads the SASC project (ERC Horizon 2020-funded), investigating synergies between syntactic and semantic acquisition. Collaborates on the ManyBabies 5 project, a large-scale study on infant cognition. Labs/Teams: Directs the Babineau Lab at U of T (collaborating with institutions in Paris, Vancouver, and Toronto), focusing on language acquisition and neurodevelopmental research. Lab members include undergraduates and graduate students working on bilingualism, moral development, and speech impairments.