Research Approach

The general approach of the program is strongly data-driven, and multidisciplinary in its combined use of research methodologies, borrowed from linguistics, sociology, psychology, and computer science. The studies in the projects make use of experimentally elicited materials and of corpora with naturally occurring data. They focus on the behavior of both the sender and the receiver in descriptive, cognitive, and functional analyses through the use of various techniques (e.g., questionnaires, production and perception experiments, computational modeling, behavioral observations, corpus analyses).

There is a strong emphasis on collaborative research within the programme, and many publications are co-authored. In addition, PhD projects are commonly supervised by at least two senior researchers. Besides a common research focus on language and communication, researchers also share a common data-driven research methodology, which is often experimental in nature. Many researchers have a background in research methodology and statistics, and there is a lot of cross-pollination of methodological and statistical ideas. LCC researchers have access to a research lab, with many facilities for controlled experiments.

Research results are disseminated via scientific publications (preferably in A journals and top conferences). Valorization occurs via different routes, including through a close link between research and teaching.