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Laurence Meurant

Laurence Meurant

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Biography

Assistant in the Department of French and Romance Languages and Literatures (2000-2007) then Research Fellow for the F.R.S.-FNRS (2007-2011), Laurence Meurant is a Qualified Researcher (2011- ) for the F.R.S. - FNRS at the University of Namur. Her research focuses on the linguistic description of the sign language of French-speaking Belgium (LSFB). Since 2004, she has been involved in close collaboration with the bilingual classes (French - LSFB) founded by Ecole et Surdité at Sainte-Marie Namur (http://www.ecoleetsurdite.be/).

In charge of the Mandat d'Impulsion Scientifique “Corpus LSFB” (MIS F.4505.12, 2012-2015), Laurence Meurant is developing the first discourse studies based on a corpus representative of current LSFB usage. She is in charge of the Laboratoire de langue des signes de Belgique francophone - LSFB-Lab.

Faculties/Departments/Services

Research institutes

Namur Institute of Language, Text and Transmediality - Président(e) d'un institut de recherche - Membre - Membre
Namur Digital Institute - Président(e) d'un institut de recherche

Research center

Organs

Domains of expertise

  • General linguistics
  • Sign language linguistics (French sign language of Belgium - LSFB)
  • Contrastive linguistics (French - LSFB)

External responsibilities

  • Research Fellow FRS-FNRS (1/10/2007-30/09/2011)
    Qualified researcher FRS-FNRS (1/10/2011-)
  • Member of the NAmur Research College-NARC (13/01/2012 - 12/01/2017)
  • Contact group F.R.S. - FNRS ‘Sign languages of French-speaking Belgium’ (Chair)

Degrees

Degree in Romance languages and literature
Doctorate in philosophy and literature

Prizes

  • 2004: Van Goethem-Brichant Foundation Prize The purpose of the Van Goethem-Brichant Foundation is to contribute to the development of young university graduates with a view to improving the lot of disabled people.
  • 2006: Clinique de Beloeil Prize The Clinique de Beloeil Prize rewards work or action developed to improve access to education, communication or the integration of sign language into an educational process for deaf and hard-of-hearing children.
  • 2021: Namur woman of the year (science category)

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