Intonation and attention orienting: Neurophysiological and behavioural correlates (A01)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: since 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 281511265

The project is concerned with the role of pitch rises in attention orienting, focusing on (i) the position of a pitch rise in relation to prosodic structure, (ii) the rise trajectory, and (iii) the role of the rise within a larger domain. ERP and mouse-tracking studies, prominence ratings, working memory tasks and acoustic analyses of production data will shed light on the cognitive and functional contribution of rises to prominence.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1252: Prominence in Language
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Martine Grice; Professorin Dr. Petra Schumacher