Justine Mertz
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Contact: justine.mertz93 [at] gmail [dot] com
I am a post-doctoral researcher at the SFL lab, Structure Formelle du Langage, Université Paris 8, where I am part of the project SiLSA led by Dr. Charlotte Hauser. I am working on adapting existing sign language linguistic tests for children to assess their linguistic development in French Sign Language (LSF) and reading skills.
In also continuing to work on my personal project, where I am seeking to understand the phenomena of coarticulation in the production and perception of signs. I am working mainly on LSF and on the application of 3D electromagnetic articulography (3D EMA) to the visuo-gestural modality. For this project, I was awarded a two-year Fyssen grant.
With my previous work on articulatory complexity, categorial perception and the composition of the phonological inventory of LSF, I am participating in the development of laboratory phonology on LSF.
I am also interested in questions relating to sign language cognition, which is why I am pursuing my work in psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics. I am collaborating with the sign language team at the Institut Jean Nicod and the Laboratoire des Systèmes Perceptifs (ENS) on the cortical mechanisms involved in LSF language processing, based on EEG measurements.
Previous experience in Research
Previous experience in Research
Post-doctoral researcher in sign language phonetics & phonology
Supervisor: Doris Mücke (IfL-Phonetics, U. Cologne)
Places: IfL-Phonetics, U. Cologne & LLF, U. Paris Cité
Post-doctoral researcher in sign language linguistics - Lang'Action (Deeptech start-up)
Supervisor: Charlotte Hauser (U. Paris 8)
Place: IJN - ENS
Post-doctoral researcher in sign language phonology
Supervisor: Carlo Geraci (Sign language team - IJN - ENS)
Place: Ecole Normale Supérieure
PhD student in sign language phonology
Supervisors: Giuseppina Turco (LLF, U. Paris Cité) & Carlo Geraci (Sign language team - IJN - ENS)
Places: LLF, U. Paris Cité & Ecole Normale Supérieure
Research assistant & Preparation to PhD scholarships
Supervisor: Carlo Geraci (Equipe des langues des signes - IJN - ENS)
Place: Ecole Normale Supérieure
Fieldwork volunteer - Behavioral studies on wild vervet monkeys in their natural habitat (MA break-year)
Supervisor: Érica van de Waal
Place: Inkawu Vervet Project (South Africa)
Research assistant - Studies on TMS and EEG (MA break-year)
Supervisor: Antoni Valéro-Cabre
Place: FrontLab - ICM, Paris
Research internship - Experiment on bias in implicit causality (MA 2 - Cogmaster)
Supervisors: Pascal Amsili & Barbara Hemforth
Place: LLF, U. Paris 7
Research internship - Study of reading and writing disorders in patients with PPA (MA 2 Cogmaster)
Supervisor: Marc Teichmann
Place: FrontLab - ICM, Paris
Research internship - Literature review on the cortical implementation of the lexicon in PPA (MA 1 Cogmaster)
Supervisor: Marc Teichmann
Place: FrontLab - ICM, Paris
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