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DCP
Conversation can be described as a coordinative verbal behaviour. Importantly, during conversation multi-level linguistic alignments have been observed, implying a convergence toward a common space between interlocutors. These phenomena seem to facilitate and improve communication. Promoting multi-level alignment could thus lead to improved comprehension between interlocutors. The aim of this thesis project will be to study in children, in a conversational context, the effect of rhythmic activity on interactive alignments, focussing on the linguistic levels that are more sensitive to temporal structure (e.g prosodic and phonetic levels). We will also explore, using EEG recordings, the neural dynamics that subtend these alignment phenomena.