Prosodic prominence in cross-linguistic perspective (A03)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages ; Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics
• Term: from 2017 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 281511265

The basic goal of the project is to contribute to a better understanding of the nature of prosodic prominence by asking how languages differ with regard to its phonetic properties and phonological organization. The core phenomena investigated are those dealt with under the labels stress and accent. Empirical work in this project concentrates on Austronesian and Papuan languages of Indonesia, where a broad range of prosodic systems is found.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1252: Prominence in Language
• Applicant Institution: Universität zu Köln
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Nikolaus Himmelmann