Dr. Pernelle Lorette
Thursday 11 AM -12 PM
or by appointment
Research
Dr. Pernelle Lorette joined the University of Mannheim as Academic Staff Member in 2020. She mainly conducts research on emotion (e.g. cross-linguistic and cross-cultural emotion perception), the language-cognition interface in bilinguals (e.g. motion event construal), and second language processing (e.g. language prediction). She mainly uses quantitative research methods, including eye-tracking and online surveys.
Biographic Information
After completing her BA in Dutch and German languages and cultures at Université de Namur (Belgium) and her MA in Linguistics at Universiteit Utrecht (Netherlands), she graduated as a contemporary dancer from Nova College Haarlem (Netherlands). In 2020, she completed her PhD in Applied Linguistics and Communication at Birkbeck, University of London (U.K.). Pernelle Lorette holds a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, obtained in 2019 from Birkbeck University (U.K.). She is a regular member of various associations, such as the European Second Language Association (EuroSLA), the International Society of Research on Emotion (ISRE), and the International Association of Multilingualism (IAM). She was also the president of Birkbeck Applied Linguistics Society (BCALS) from 2018 to 2019.
Publications
- Lorette, P. & Dewaele, J.-M. (2024). Valence and arousal perception among first language users, foreign language users, and naïve listeners of Mandarin across various communication modalities. Bilingualism : Language and Cognition, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728923000925
- Dewaele, J.-M., Mavrou, I., Kyriakou, A. & Lorette, P. (2023). The role of language and emotional intelligence in judgments of real-life social and moral transgressions among Greek, Hungarian, and British users of English. Journal of Behavioral Decision Making, 1–12. https://doi.org/10.1002/bdm.2356
- Lorette, P. (2023). Opportunities and challenges of positionality in quantitative research: overcoming linguistic and cultural ‘knowledge gaps’ thanks to ‘knowledgeable collaborators’. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2023.2195383
- Rolland, L., King, H. M. & Lorette, P. (2023). Introduction: Methodological implications of participant and researcher multilingualism: making language dynamics visible. Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 44(8), 645–656. https://doi.org/10.1080/01434632.2023.2224774
- Liu, L., Götz, A., Lorette, P. & Tyler, M. D. (2022). How tone, intonation and emotion shape the development of infants' fundamental frequency perception. Frontiers in Psychology, 13(Article 906848), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.906848
- Lorette, P. & Dewaele, J.-M. (2022). Interpersonal perception of emotional intensity by English first (L1) and foreign (LX) language users in audio(visual) communication. International Journal of Multilingualism, 1–19. https://doi.org/10.1080/14790718.2022.2144326
- Dewaele, J.-M., Lorette, P., Rolland, L. & Mavrou, I. (2021). Differences in emotional reactions of Greek, Hungarian, and British users of English when watching television in English. International journal of Applied Linguistics : INJAL, 31(3), 345–361. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijal.12333
- Lorette, P. (2021). Investigating emotion perception via the two-dimensional affect and feeling space: an example of a cross-cultural study among Chinese and Non-Chinese participants. Frontiers in Psychology, 12(Article 662610), 1–14. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.662610
- Lorette, P. & Dewaele, J.-M. (2020). Emotion recognition ability across different modalities: The role of language status (L1/LX), proficiency and cultural background. Applied Linguistics Review, 11(1), 1–26. https://doi.org/10.1515/applirev-2017-0015
- Lorette, P. & Dewaele, J.-M. (2019). The relationship between bi/
multilingualism, nativeness, proficiency and multimodal emotion recognition ability. International Journal of Bilingualism, 23(6), 1502–1516. https://doi.org/10.1177/1367006918808042 - Lorette, P. & Dewaele, J.-M. (2015). Emotion recognition ability in English among L1 and LX users of English. International Journal of Language and Culture : IJoLC, 2(1), 62–86. https://doi.org/10.1075/ijolc.2.1.03lor
- Lorette, P. & Mettewie, L. (2013). CLIL in Wallonië: Franstaligen leren graag Nederlands. Levende Talen Magazine : LTM, 100(7), 26–29.
- Dewaele, J.-M., Lorette, P. & Petrides, K. V. (2019). The effects of linguistic proficiency, Trait Emotional Intelligence and in-group advantage on emotion recognition by British and American English L1 users. In J. L. Mackenzie & L. Alba-Juez (eds.), Emotion in discourse (S. 279–300). Pragmatics & Beyond. New Series, John Benjamins Publishing Company: Amsterdam [u.a.]. https://doi.org/10.1075/pbns.302.11dew
- Thoma, D., Lorette, P. & Krautz, A. E. (2022). Bidirectional language effects: Evidence on the emotionality of bilinguals' autobiographical memories from pupillometry, eye-movements, and self-reports. In I. Mavrou, M. Pérez Serrano & J.-M. Dewaele (eds.), Recent advances in second language emotion research (S. 67–94). Cizur Menor: Civitas Aranzadi ;Thomson Reuters.
- Mettewie, L. & Lorette, P. (2014). Tweetalig onderwijs als Belgische “philtre d’amour”. Attitudes van Franstalige CLIL-leerders van het Nederlands. In L. Degand, P. Hiligsmann, L. Rasier, M. Sergier, S. Vanasten & K. van Goethem (eds.), In het teken van identiteit : taal en cultuur van de Nederlanden : huldeboek (S. 195–201). Louvain-La-Neuve: Presses Universitaires de Louvain.