Prof. Dr. Marc G. J. Swerts

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsGeneral and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
Keywordsprosody, human-computer interaction, speech communication, linguistic adaptation, nonverbal communication

Current contact address

CountryNetherlands
CityTilburg
InstitutionTilburg University
InstituteDepartment of Communication and Information Sciences

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Bernd MöbiusFR 4.7, Phonetik, Universität des Saarlandes, Saarbrücken
Start of initial sponsorship01/05/2019

Programme(s)

2018Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Marc Swerts is an international authority in speech communication research. He analyses spoken language in conjunction with visual communicative expressions of face, hands, and body, using innovative methods to elicit natural conversational speech data and studying the social and contextual factors that cause variation in linguistic systems. During his stay in Germany, he focuses on functional and interactive approaches to model both human-human and human-machine interactions.