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Prof. Raphael Berthele

© Alan Humerose

Member of the Board of Directors

+41 26 300 71 40
raphael.berthele@unifr.ch

Full Professor of Multilingualism, University of Fribourg

Research interests

  • Multilingualism: intercomprehension, receptive competences, cross-linguistic interaction
  • Cognitive linguistics
  • Variational linguistics
  • Folk linguistics
Research projects (direction)
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Title
Analysis of the standing of German in Fribourg and its possible status as an official language
Status
Completed
Commissioned by: Ville de Fribourg The standing of German in the Canton and City of Fribourg has been a topic of public debate for decades. Currently, French and German are official languages of the canton, and their... more
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National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Evolving Language
Status
In progress
This exploratory project addresses the question of the origins of individual differences in language aptitude, at different levels of language processing including but not limited to native language phonological,... more
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Information structure in bilingual speakers
Status
In progress
Swiss National Science Foundation, project funding, project no. 176338 Languages have different means of linking consecutive events in a narrative structure while also highlighting various information. This project... more
Title
Language aptitude: why and how to assess it?
Status
In progress
The potential to learn foreign languages varies from one individual to the next and has been investigated by many researchers as of the early 1950s. Individuals’ ability to learn foreign languages relies on various... more
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Motion at the linguistic border
Status
Completed
Swiss National Science Foundation, Project funding, project no. 156121, 2014 - 2017 In the past 30 years, research on the linguistic expression of spatial relations has shed light on systematic structural and lexical... more
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Language of origin and language at school
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Completed
The project "Language of origin and language at school: are language skills transferable?" was initiated to explore potential transfers between the language of origin and the language spoken at school in schoolchildren... more
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Rumantsch receptiv
Status
Completed
Project conducted by the University of Teacher Education Graubünden PHGR The project "Rumantsch receptiv" was created to develop teaching material for independent study and/or use in language courses. The goal of the... more
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Evolution of Semantic Systems EoSS
Status
Completed
A joint research initiative of the Evolutionary Processes in Language and Culture Group and the project Categories across Language and Cognition, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen The main aim of the... more
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Italiano ricettivo (Capito ?)
Status
Completed
Project conducted by the University of Bern (UniBE) and the Osservatorio linguistico della Svizzera Italiana (OLSI) Concluded at the end of 2013, the project "Italiano ricettivo" developed the teaching material Capito... more
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Multilingualism and lifespan
Status
Completed
Sinergia-Project of the Swiss National Science Foundation, no. 130457 This project examines dimensions of multilingualism that have heretofore received little attention in research. The question at the core of the... more
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Standard–dialect variation in untutored adult second language acquisition – cognitive and sociolinguistic aspects
Status
Completed
Postdoctoral thesis: Dr. Andrea Ender, Swiss National Science Foundation no. PA00P1_129070 Adult language acquisition (of German) has generated a great deal of scientific interest over the past decades. However,... more
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Evaluating Rumantsch Grischun at school
Status
Completed
Commissioned by: Canton of Graubünden This mandate from the cantonal government in Graubünden concerned the follow-up of introducing the newly consolidated written language Rumantsch Grischun to the so-called pioneer... more
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Chunsch druus? (Get it?)
Status
Completed
Supported by the Jacobs Foundation, Loterie Romande, Oertli Foundation Chunsch druus? (Swiss German for “get it?”) is a learning programme aimed at the general, mainly younger learner who wishes to develop key... more
Research projects (contributor)
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Title
Language Rich Europe
Status
Completed
Project managed by the British Council, co-financed by the European Commission, (EU Nr. 511780-LLP-1-2010-1-UK-KA2-KA2NW) This pan-European project was initiated in 2010 by the British Council and aimed at developing... more
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