Prof. Alessandra Avanzini
Humanities, Languages, Semitic Philology
Languages
Neuro-linguistics
Multimodal communication
Embodied and distributed communication
Speech pathology
Communication disorders
Aphasiology
Communication technology for elderly and disabled
Linguistics
Pragmatics
English, French, Swedish
Professor of Neurolinguistics, University of Gothenburg, SSKKII Center for Interdisciplinary Research & Division of Communication and Cognition, Department of Applied IT
Thunberg, G., Dahlgren-Sandberg, A. & Ahlsén, E. (2009). Speech-generating devices used at home by children with autism spectrum disorders. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities 24 (2), pp. 104-114.
Behrns, I., Ahlsén, E. & Wengelin, Å. (2009). Aphasia and text writing. International Journal of Language and Communication Disorder 28 (1).
Thunberg, G., Dahlgren Sandberg, A., Ahlsén, E. (2009). Speech-Generating Devices Used at Home by Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: A Preliminary Assessment. Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disorders 24 (2), pp. 104-114.
Thunberg, G., Ahlsén, E., Dahlgren Sandberg, A. (2009). Interaction and Use of Speech-Generating Devices in the Homes of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders: An Analysis of Conversational Topics. Journal of Special Education Technology – JSET 24 (2).
Ahlsén, E. (2010). What is identified and what is lost in aphasia? In Henrichsen, P. J. (Ed.) Linguistic Theory and Raw Sound. Copenhagen Studies in Language 40, pp. 135-148, Copenhagen: Samfundslitteratur.
Ahlsén, E. (2010). Neurolinguistics. Routledge Handbook of Applied Linguistics. J. Simpson (Ed.)
Ahlsén, E. (2011). Language Attrition. The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. C. A. Chapelle (Ed.), Blackwell.
Ahlsén, E. (2011). Neuroscience of pragmatics. Cambridge Encyclopedia of the Language Sciences, P. Hogan (Ed.), Cambridge University Press, pp. 651-654.
Thunberg, G., Ahlsén, E., Dahlgren Sandberg, A. (2011). Autism, communication and use of a speech-generating device in different environments – a case study. Journal of Assistive Technologies 5 (4), pp. 181-198.
Allwood, J., Ahlsén, E. (2012). Multimodal Communication. Handbook of Technical Communication. A. Mehler, R. Romary & D. Gibbon (eds). Mouton De Gruyter.
Ferm, U., Ahlsén, E., Björck-Åkesson, E. (2012). Patterns of communicative interaction between a child with severe speech and physical impairments and her caregiver during a mealtime activity. Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability 37 (1), pp. 11-26.
Reading and Writing Strategies of Disabled Groups (project coordinator with S. Strömqvist) SFR (program), 1997 – 2002
Intermodal Translation KFB, 1997 – 2000
The Relation between Gestures and Semantic Processes Vårdalstiftelsen, 1998 – 2000
Children's communication in different activities – a comparison of children with severe speech and physical impairment and typical children, Vårdalstiftelsen, 1998 – 2000
Adaptation of written Swedish to online communication (project leader) HSFR, 2000 – 2002
Concentration and inference in conversation after acquired brain damage (project leader) FAS, 2002 – 2004
The internal form and function of gestures (project leader) FAS, 2003 – 2005
From gestures to words (project leader) FAS, 2003 – 2005
Semantic processing in word finding and gestures (project leader) VR, 2007 – 2011
Kungl Vitterhets- och Vetenskapssamhället i Göteborg
Swedish Research Council-Expert group Linguistics
EU Horizon 2020 Expert
European Postdoctoral Certificate in Aphasiology
Speech pathologist
Opponent on 7 doctoral theses: 1 Swedish, 3 Norwegian 3 Finnish & Member of committee for 12 doctoral theses
Reviewer of research projects for research councils in Sweden, Norway, Finland, Austria, Netherlands, South Africa. Reviewer for scientific journals, e.g. Aphasiology, Logopedics, Phoniatrics, Vocology, International Journal Communication Disorders, Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics, Journal of Pragmatics, Journal of Intercultural Communication, Journal of Neurorehabilitation. External examiner: University of Malaysia
Invited fellow ZiF Interdisciplinary Research Institute, Bielefeld, Germany: 2005-06 Invited fellow: STIAS Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Research, Stellenbosh, South Africa February 2011
Expert project reviews EU Information and Communication Technologies, FP5, FP7, Horizon2020 (Disabled and Elderly, E-inclusion, Health, Multimodality)
Expert Vetenskapsrådet 2013-2015
Ann-Christin Månsson 2004, Charlotta Saldert 2006, Ulrika Ferm 2006, Anneli Bergström 2007, Gunilla Thunberg 2008, Bitte Rydeman 2010
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Humanities, Languages, Semitic Philology
Social and behavioural sciences, Languages, Comparative literature, Literature of Romance languages, Literary studies, cultural history, nineteenth-century studies
Social and behavioural sciences, Languages, Hispanic Literature
Languages, Romance studies