PhD in Linguistics

The research groups ExpORL (Experimental Otorhinolaryngology, Dept. of Neurosciences) and MIDI (Multimodality, Interaction & Discourse, Dept. of Linguistics) are launching a project that focuses on the following research question:/nHow do children with language processing difficulties process multimodal and non-verbal signals from a speaker while learning new words?/nWithin this project, we are recruiting two PhD candidates. The PhD candidates will collaborate closely, each with their own research focus./nThey will conduct their research within an interdisciplinary collaboration between the ExpORL and MIDI research groups, under the supervision of Ellen Rombouts and co-supervision of Bert Oben, Geert Brône, and Inge Zink./nThe project uses eye-tracking in both real-life and digital contexts to understand how non-verbal cues guide attention and enhance the word-learning process, assessing individual language skills in children with a language disorder and multilingual children with limited exposure to the societal language.