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Pritty Patel-Grosz is Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Oslo's Department of Linguistics and Scandinavian Studies, where she directs the Super Linguistics Research Group. She holds a PhD from MIT (2012) and completed habilitation at the University of Tübingen (2015). Her research bridges linguistics with non-verbal communication systems through the emerging field of Super Linguistics.
Professor Patel-Grosz investigates the syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface across human and animal communication, with particular focus on gesture semantics, dance cognition, and primate linguistics. Her interdisciplinary approach combines formal linguistic theory with empirical studies of body movement in gibbons, chimpanzees, and human dancers to understand the evolutionary foundations of meaning construction.
Publications demonstrate consistent exploration of cross-modal semantic transfer, with recent work analyzing narrative structures in electronic dance music, intentionality in primate gestures, and embodied reference systems in choreography. Her theoretical contributions advance understanding of anaphora resolution, pronominal typology, and comparative semantics across verbal and non-verbal domains.
She leads research teams in Pragmatics: Theory & Experiments and Super Linguistics, mentoring emerging scholars in experimental methodologies. Courses taught include Morphology & Syntax, Semantic Theory, and specialized seminars applying linguistic frameworks to non-standard communication systems.
