Labs

The Graduate Program in Linguistics has two main research labs, on top of computer labs and web conference rooms:

Laboratory of the Nucleus for Studies in Language Acquisition and Psycholinguistics (NEALP)

The NEALP Lab features acoustically isolated rooms for conducting experimental research in Psycholinguistics with both adult and infant participants. The lab also features an Eye-Tracker.

FrameNet Brasil Computational Linguistics Laboratory

FrameNet Brazil conducts research in Natural Language Understanding and Computational Modeling of Multimodal Objects. It occupies a 45m² room equipped with two file servers, ten workstations for computational annotation (each with a computer), a projector, a meeting table with web conferencing infrastructure, and five desks for the laboratory’s researchers, also equipped with Windows computers and iMacs.

Applied Linguistics Laboratory

The Applied Linguistics Laboratory is a space equipped with audiovisual, bibliographic, and pedagogical resources suitable for conducting practices and experiments related to projects housed under the “Language and Humanities” research line, which engage with topics in the field of Applied Linguistics (such as language and language education, discourse and cultural diversity, literacies and their technologies, language policies, and interaction in professional contexts). Among other activities, the lab facilitates the hosting of external researchers, research group meetings, interviews, student gatherings, and more.

Laboratory of Philosophy of Language and Classical Studies

The Laboratory of Philosophy of Language and Classical Studies is a space equipped with audiovisual, bibliographic, and pedagogical resources suitable for conducting research activities related to projects housed under the “Language and Humanities” research line, which engage with the fields of Philosophy of Language and Classical Studies (such as language and representation, language and ethics, history and epistemology of Linguistics, and texts and genres of Greek and Latin culture). Among other activities, the lab supports the hosting of external researchers, research group meetings, interviews, student gatherings, and more.