A5029120809- Syntax, Semantics, Linguistic Variation
- Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Phonetics and Phonology Research
- Linguistic Variation and Morphology
- Language and cultural evolution
- Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies
- linguistics and terminology studies
- Physics and Engineering Research Articles
- Multilingual Education and Policy
- Spanish Linguistics and Language Studies
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
- Linguistics and Cultural Studies
- Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
- Lexicography and Language Studies
- Speech and dialogue systems
- Cultural Differences and Values
- Language Development and Disorders
- Language, Metaphor, and Cognition
- Linguistics and Discourse Analysis
- Topic Modeling
- Personality Traits and Psychology
- Advanced Text Analysis Techniques
- Swearing, Euphemism, Multilingualism
- Historical Linguistics and Language Studies
- Psychology of Development and Education
Collaborative Research Group
2024
University of Cologne
2024
Hebrew University of Jerusalem
2017-2024
Walter de Gruyter (Germany)
2022-2023
Stockholm University
2022-2023
Baidu (China)
2022
Kiel University
2014-2018
University of Zurich
2013-2015
Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology
2008
Max Planck Society
2008
While global patterns of human genetic diversity are increasingly well characterized, the languages remains less systematically described. Here, we outline Grambank database. With over 400,000 data points and 2400 languages, is largest comparative grammatical database available. The comprehensiveness allows us to quantify relative effects genealogical inheritance geographic proximity on structural world's evaluate constraints linguistic diversity, identify most unusual languages. An analysis...
Do principles of language processing in the brain affect way grammar evolves over time or is change just a matter socio-historical contingency? While balance evidence has been ambiguous and controversial, we identify here neurophysiological constraint on that systematic effect evolution how noun phrases are marked by case (i.e. such contrasts as between English base form she object her). In experiments across diverse languages found during processing, participants initially interpret first...
Norder et al., (2022). glottospace: R package for language mapping and geospatial analysis of linguistic cultural data. Journal Open Source Software, 7(77), 4303, https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.04303
Significance When we speak, unconsciously pronounce some words more slowly than others and sometimes pause. Such slowdown effects provide key evidence for human cognitive processes, reflecting increased planning load in speech production. Here, study naturalistic from linguistically culturally diverse populations around the world. We show a robust tendency slower before nouns as compared with verbs. Even though verbs may be complex nouns, thus appear to require planning, probably due new...
Abstract Apart from common cases of differential argument marking, referential hierarchies affect marking in two ways: (a) through hierarchical where markers compete for a slot and the competition is resolved by hierarchy, (b) co-argument sensitivity, one depends on properties its co-argument. Here we show that while sensitivity cannot be analyzed terms can sensitivity. Once effects are it becomes possible to examine alignment patterns relative categories exactly same way as indeed any other...
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This paper seeks to determine what extent there is cross-linguistic evidence for postulating clusters of predicate-specific semantic roles such as experiencer, cognizer, possessor, etc. For this, we survey non-default case assignments in a sample 141 languages and annotate the associated predicates cross-linguistically recurrent roles, ‘the one who feels cold’, eats sth.’, thing that being eaten’. We then these are treated alike across languages, i.e. repeatedly grouped together under same...
Words in utterance-final positions are often pronounced more slowly than utterance-medial words, as previous studies on individual languages have shown. This paper provides a systematic cross-linguistic comparison of relative durations final and penultimate words utterances terms the degree to which such lengthened. The study uses time-aligned corpora from 10 genealogically, areally, culturally diverse languages, including eight small, under-resourced, mostly endangered well English Dutch....
A ‘Big Two’ model has shown stronger cross-cultural replicability and links to theory than other contemporary models of personality trait structure. However, its theoretical measurement require better specification. We address this create an initial English-language version the Cross-Cultural Big Two Inventory (CCB2I) with empirically-informed culturally-decentered approach, meaning that input from global contexts is used outset, without prioritizing Western perspectives. Four studies are...
A "big two" model has shown stronger cross-cultural replicability and links to theory than other contemporary models of personality trait structure. However, its theoretical measurement require better specification. We address this create an initial English-language version the Cross-Cultural Big Two Inventory with empirically informed culturally decentered approach, meaning that input from global contexts is used outset, without prioritizing Western perspectives. Four studies are reported:...