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Prof.Dr.P.Fikkert

My research
Learning words involves learning phonological representations, i.e. the sound structure of words in the mind.
Phonological representations mediate between the acoustic signal and meaning in speech perception and between meaning and the articulatory output in speech production.
Thus, phonological representations in the brain lay the foundation for successful communication.
Yet, the nature of phonological representations that are built up during language acquisition is far from clear.

My research focuses on the acquisition of phonological representations and the role they play in early speech perception and production. A substantial part of this research is carried out in the Baby Research Center in Nijmegen and is part of the research unit ‘grammar and cognition’ of the Center for Language and Speech.

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dr. P. Fikkert benoemd tot
hoogleraar aan de Faculteit der
Letteren Paula in togamet de leeropdracht
Eerste taalverwerving en Fonologie heeft in een academische zitting op vrijdag 18 april 2008 haar ambt aanvaard, met het uitspreken van een rede getiteld:
Kijk op klank (Klik hier voor haar rede)
klik hier voor meer informatie en klik op Paula voor het artikel: Vrouw in Toga.

pijltjeTwo new research projects will start in the spring of 2008
1. 'Are there universal constraints on language acquisition?' (2008-2011)
Vacancy
2. NWO programma 'A computational model of language acquisition (with Prof. Lou Boves). 

In the fall of 2007 Christophe dos Santos started as a postdoc on a grant from the Fyssen Christophe dos SantosFoundation: 'The Nature of Sub-phonemic Representation: Internal and External Influences' 

 

January: Transmission and Diffusion Nijmegen
March: ICIS 2008 Vancouver
August: IASCL 2008 Edinburgh
September: GALANA   Connecticut, USA.

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