Prosody

Prosodic structure; Intonation; Rhythm; Syntax-Phonology interface; Phonology-Phonetics interface

Language Acquisition and Development

Acquisition of intonation and stress; Development of prosodic structure; Role of Frequency in language acquisition; Infant speech perception; Prosodic bootstrapping; Language impairment

Phonetics and Phonology applied to speech evaluation and therapy

Reference data for adult and child speech; Building of tests

Language Resources

Building of languages resources in the areas of phonetics, phonology and language assessment tools, including electronic tools and databases

Research Projects

Eyes and Brain: Early markers of Language development (EBELa project): June 2013 - Março 2018. Funded by FCT; team member and coordinator of tasks 2,4,5.

FraLusoPark - Dysarthria in Parkinson's disease: Lusophony vs. Francophony comparison: 2014 - 2016. Funded by FCT (FCT-ANR/MHC-CED/0200/2012); tem member.

Interactive Atlas of the Prosody of Portuguese (InaPoP project): January 2012 - June 2015. Funded by FCT; Principal Investigator.

Prosodic Characterization in Autism Spectrum Disorders: Contributions to Assessment and Intenvenção in High Functioning Autism. Funded by IJUP; team member.

Development of prosodic structure and intonation (DEPE): January 2010 - January 2013. Funded by FCT; team member (summary; ppt presentation)

Forms and Functions of Prosody (International): 2008-2010, Main funding Agengy NWO (Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research). Also funded by the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelonq, the University of the Basque Country, the University of Lisbon (Laboratório de Fonética e Fonologia) and Stockholm University; team member

Intonational Phrasing in Romance (International): since 2002, ongoing; team member

FreP : December 2007 - December 2010, Funded by FCT; Principal Investigator (see also the FreP web site)

SILC: Funded by FCT; team member

Rhythmic Patterns, Prosodic Domains and Probabilistic Modeling of Portuguese Corpora: 2007-2010, Funded by CNPq, Brazil; team member

Network Tone and Intonation in Europe (April 2001-September 2004). Project supported by the European Science Foundation. Chief Coordinator Carlos Gussenhoven (University of Nijmegen); Coordinator

Rhythmic Patterns, parameter setting and language change (1998-2002). Project Coordinated by Charlotte Chalves, Universidade de Campinas, Brazil. Supported by FAPESP (grant nº 98/3382-0); team member

Compreender a Fonologia - Os constituintes fonológicos no Português Europeu (2001-2004), Universidade de Lisboa. Project coordinated by Maria Helena Mateus and supported by FCT e FEDER (POCTI / 33277 / LIN / 2000); team member

Organization of International Conferences and workshops

Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia 2013, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, June 25-26, 2013

Workshop on Frequency in Phonology, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, October 26, 2010

First workshop on the project Development of Prosodic Structure and Intonation, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, October 25, 2010

Third TIE Conference, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, September 15-17, 2008 (promoted within the Project Forms and Functions of Prosodic Structure)

Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia 2007, Universidade do Minho, June 25-26

Workshop Transcription of Intonation in the Ibero-Romance Languages, Universidade do Minho, June 27, 2007

GLOW Workshop on Prosodic Phrasing, Universitat Autonoma Barcelona, April, 2006

Workshop Typology of Tone and Intonation (ESF Network Tone and Intonation in Europe) Cascais, April 1-3, 2004

Phonetics and Phonology in Iberia 2003, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, June 11-12, 2003

Lisbon 2000: Statistical Physics, pattern identification and language change, Complexo Interdisciplinar da Universidade de Lisboa, February 1-25, 2000.