The department's research work covers the fields of literary theory, French and Belgian French-language literature, comparative literature, philology and text editing, Spanish, Italian, sign languages, oral French practices and the epistemology of language sciences.
Collections directed or co-directed by members of the department
- Anthropo-logics
 - Diptych
 - Issues
 - Textyles
 - Transhumances
 - COnTEXTES
 - Parade sauvage
 
Dozens of research projects are carried out by members of the department, and scientific publications appear regularly.