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Christophe COUPÉ

Assistant Professor, The University of Hong Kong

 

Christophe.Coupe@hku.hk

     


  Research interests
  Scientific activities
  Supervised theses and dissertation
  Main publications and conferences

RESEARCH INTERESTS


 

Digital tools for linguistics: data science, computational modelling, complex systems, statistical analysis, geographic information systems and databases

 

Environmental determinants of linguistic diversity

 

Sound symbolism: psycholinguistic and linguistic approaches

 

Structure and evolution of sound systems: information rate, syllabic rate, functional load

 

Origins of language and of human cognition

 

Encounters: psycho-phenomenological approaches, explicitation interview

 

SCIENTIFIC ACTIVITIES


 

Co-PI of the "THESEE (THéories et Explorations autour de la Subjectivité et de l'Expérience Explicitée)" project (2nd co-head : Magali Beldame-Ollagnier) (Funding from ASLAN, IXXI and Université Lyon 2)

 

Member of the ADYN-BONOBO Project (Dynamical analyses of bonobo (Pan paniscus) calls)

 

SUPERVISED THESES AND DISSERTATION


 

Supervision of Léa de Carolis: PhD in cognitive science, 2015-2019

 

MAIN PUBLICATIONS AND CONFERENCES
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PhDs and master thesis
 

Coupé, C., 2003, "De l'origine du langage à l'origine des langues : modélisations de l'émergence et de l'évolution des systèmes linguistiques", Thèse de Doctorat, Sciences cognitives, Université Lyon 2, Lyon  (thesis)


Edited books
 

Mufwene, S., Coupé, C. & Pellegrino, F. (eds), 2017, "Complexity in Language. Developmental end Evolutionary Perspectives", Cambridge University Press, 251 p.  (couv)


 

Pellegrino, F., Marsico, E., Chitoran, I. & Coupé, C. (eds), 2009, "Approaches to phonological complexity", 16, Berlin, New York, Mouton de Gruyter, 382 p., 9783110223941  (Couverture, Table of Contents, Introduction Chapter)


Chapters in books
 

Coupé, C., Hombert, J.M., Le Néchet, F., Mathian, H. & Sanders, L., 2021, "Transition 1: Modelling the migrations and peopling of new geographic areas by Homo sapiens", in Settling the World. From prehistory to the metropolis era, Sanders, L. (ed), Tours, Presses Universitaires François-Rabelais (article)


 

Coupé, C., Hombert, J.M., Le Néchet, F., Mathian, H. & Sanders, L., 2021, "Transition 2: Modelling the peopling of an already inhabited territory: The case of expanding Bantu populations and Central African forest foragers", in Settling the World. From prehistory to the metropolis era, Sanders, L. (ed), Tours, Presses Universitaires François-Rabelais (article)


 

Coupé, C., 2020, "Repenser les distances. Une brève réflexion sur l’épidémie de Covid-19 à Hong Kong", in Chronique du vécu d’une pandémie planétaire. Récits d’universaires, d’Est en Ouest, premier semestre 2020, Breton, H. (ed), L’Harmattan, pp. 57-64


 

Le Néchet, F., Coupé, C., Mathian, H. & Sanders, L., 2019, "What can a Multi-Agent System tell us about the Bantu expansion 3000 years ago", in Integrating qualitative and social science factors in archaeological modelling, Vander Linden, M. & Saqalli, M. (eds), Springer, pp. 109-135


 

Coupé, C., Marsico, E. & Pellegrino, F., 2017, "To what Extent are Phonological Inventories Complex Systems?", in Complexity in Language. Developmental and Evolutionary Perspectives, Mufwene, S., Coupé, C. & Pellegrino, F. (eds), Cambridge University Press, pp. 135-164  (draft)


Journals
 

Ponsonnet, M., Coupé, C., Pellegrino, F., Garcia Arasco, A. & Pisanski, K., 2024, "Vowel signatures in emotional interjections and nonlinguistic vocalizations expressing pain, disgust, and joy across languages", The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 156:5 (open access link)


 

Coupé, C. & Ollagnier-Beldame, M., 2022, "Toward a phenomenology of taking care", International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well-being, 17:1 (article)


 

Coupé, C. & Ollagnier-Beldame, M., 2022, "La place du langage dans les premières rencontres entre soignants et soignés", SHS Web of Conferences, 133, pp. 03001 (article)


 

Coupé, C., 2021, "Which cognitive processes for which language experiences?", Constructivist Foundations, 17:1, pp. 13-15 (article)


 

Ollagnier-Beldame, M. & Coupé, C., 2019, "Meeting You for the First Time: Descriptive Categories of an Intersubjective Experience", Constructivist Foundations, 14:2, pp. 167-180


Conferences with proceedings
 

St-Gelais, X., Pellegrino, F., Coupé, C. & Arnaud, V., 2018, "Entre Québec et France, qu'en est-il de l'antériorisation de /ɔ/ en français contemporain ?", actes de 32èmes Journées d’étude sur la parole (JEP 2018), Aix-en-Provence, June 4-8, 2018, pp. 514-522 (poster) (paper)


 

Coupé, C. & Maddieson, I., 2016, "Quelle adaptation acoustique pour les langues du monde ?", actes de 13e Congrès Français d'Acoustique joint avec le colloque VIbrations, SHocks and Noise, Le Mans (France), April 11-15  (paper)


 

Maddieson, I. & Coupé, C., 2015, "Spoken human language diversity and the Acoustic Adaptation Hypothesis", proc. of Conference of the Acoustic Society of America / Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics 25(1), 060005, Jacksonville (Florida), November 2-6  (paper)


 

Coupé, C., Oh, Y., Pellegrino, F. & Marsico, E., 2014, "Cross-linguistic Investigations of Oral and Silent Reading", proc. of Interspeech 2014, Singapore, September 14-18, pp. 514-518 (poster)  (paper, poster)


 

Oh, Y., Coupé, C. & Pellegrino, F., 2013, "Effect of Bilingualism on Speech Rate: the Case of Catalan and Basque Bilinguals in Spain", proc. of The International Congress of Linguists, Geneva, July 21-27 (poster)  (poster)


Invited and keynote conferences
 

Coupé, C., 2018, "Les langues sont-elles adaptées à l’environnement naturel de leurs locuteurs ?", proc. of 6ème Congrès Mondial de Linguistique Française, Mons, Belgique, July 9-13, 2018 (abstract)


Invited presentations
 

Coupé, C., 2019, "Social and environmental constraints on sound inventories", Seminar of the Department of Linguistics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, 26/02/2019


 

Coupé, C., Oh, Y.M., Marsico, E. & Pellegrino, P., 2016, "Functional Load and organization scales in phonological systems", LabEx EFL 1st Structural Complexity in Natural Language(s) (SCNL) International Workshop , Paris, 30-31 May 2016


 

Coupé, C., 2014, "Understanding early human migrations: From archaeological data to statistical and multi-agent modelling", Séminaire Transmondyn, Department of Anthropology, Washington State University, Pullman, USA, November 14


 

Coupé, C., 2013, "Quelques approches de la complexité en linguistique. Théories, mesures et modèles. ", Séminaire du laboratoire Inserm "Imagerie et Cerveau", Université François Rabelais (Tours), 24 janvier 2013


 

Coupé, C., 2013, "Aux origines du langage", Nankai University, Tianjin, Chine, 26 mars 2013


Conference presentations
 

Ghimenton, A., Arnaud, V., Bonhomme, N. & Coupé, C., 2023, "Developping preferences towards normative variants: an experimental study on monolingual and bilingual children living in France", VILA5 (Variation In Language Acquisition), Brussels, Belgique, 01-02 juin 2023


 

Coupé, C., Arnaud, V., Keenan, K., Saint-Gelais, X., Pellegrino, F. & Levrero, F., 2021, "Exploring within- and across-individual variation of the bonobo vocal repertoire with state-of-the-art classification approaches", 33rd meeting of the SFDP (Société Française de Primatologie – French Society of Primatology), Saint Etienne (France), 19-22 October 2021


 

Coupé, C., 2021, "Tracing collective memories. A text-mining analysis of print media’s account of the Rwandan genocide", 32nd International Congress of Psychology (ICP32), Prague (Czech Republic), 18-23 July 2021


 

Coupé, C., Pellegrino, F., Oh, Y. & Dediu, D., 2020, "Evolutionary Perspectives on Speech and Information Rates [poster]", EVOLANG XIII, Brussels, Belgium, 14-17 April 2020


 

De Carolis, L. & Coupé, C., 2019, "Methodological contribution to the experimental study of sound symbolism: comparison of four different associative tasks", 12th International Symposium on Iconicity in Language and Literature (ILL-12) , Lund University, Sweden, May 3-5 May, 2019 (poster)


Magazines paper
 

Oh, Y., Pellegrino, F., Coupé, C. & Marsico, E., 2014, "La complexité des langues du monde", 82, Dossier Pour la Science, pp. 66-71 (site)


 

Pellegrino, F., Coupé, C. & Marsico, E., 2012, "Les langues du monde : un même débit d'information", 420, Pour la Science, pp. 66-71  (paper)


Movie or radio
 

Coupé, C., 2017, "Participation au programme de radio de « La Méthode Scientifique» pour une émission sur le thème de l’origine du langage, Maison de la Radio, Paris, 16 mars 2017.", France, France Culture, 1h


 

Coupé, C., 2016, "Enregistrement d’une ressource pédagogique numérique sur les origines du langage, Projet Université Ouverte des Humanités de l’Université Lille 3, Lille, 22 avril 2016.", 5min


 

Coupé, C., 2015, "Emission sur le thème de l’origine des langues, Programme de radio « La suite de l’Histoire », Lyon, 25 juin 2015.", Radios chrétiennes francophones (RCF), 1h


 

Coupé, C., 2012, "Participation à l'émission "La Fabrique de l'Histoire"", Paris, France Culture, 45min (podcast)


 

Coupé, C., 2010, "Les origines du langage et le développement de la pensée symbolique", France, ENS LYON/DGESCO, 70mn


Newspaper article
 

Jacquemont, G. & Coupé, C., 2016, "Quand l’environnement façonne les langues", Pour la science, Janvier 2016




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