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Gilbert Ambrazaitis is a Senior Lecturer in Swedish as a second language and a phonetics researcher at Linnaeus University, Department of Swedish Language. He holds a PhD in Phonetics (2010) and an M.A. in Phonetics and Digital Speech Processing (2004). His research focuses on prosody, particularly the multimodal interaction between speech and bodily movements, and children's acquisition of contrastive intonation. He leads an externally funded project on contrastive focus production in children and collaborates with the Linnaeus University Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies (IMS) and the Educational Linguistics research group.
- Educations: PhD in Phonetics (2010), M.A. in Phonetics (2004)
- Affiliations: Linnaeus University Centre for Intermedial and Multimodal Studies (IMS), Educational Linguistics, LiLa Lab (Language, Cognition & Culture Lab)
Research Interests: Prosody, multimodal communication, intonation acquisition, Swedish phonetics, speech-gesture interaction. His work bridges phonetics, linguistics, and education, with projects like 'Learning to Focus' exploring children’s intonation development across dialects. He also investigates the role of gestures and head movements in Swedish news presentations.
Key Projects: Leading 'Learning to Focus' (Riksbankens Jubileumsfond) and collaborating on 'Alternative Media Logic' (Swedish Research Council). Current studies include embodied pronunciation training and media production analysis.
Labs/Teams: Linnaeus University Language, Cognition and Culture Lab (LiLa Lab), part of interdisciplinary networks like Nordic Research Network for Educational Linguistics (NordEdLing).
