Universität zu Köln

Zeyer, Barbara ORCID: 0000-0002-7240-6240 (2025). The influence of prosodic prominence on language processing in German. PhD thesis, Universität zu Köln.

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Abstract

This dissertation investigates if and how prosodic prominence influences language processing in German. For that a word-monitoring task, measuring the effects of prosodic prominence on on-line language processing, and a word recognition memory task, measuring the effects of prosodic prominence on off-line language processing, are conducted. Contrary to previous studies, the word-monitoring task shows that prosodic prominence neither facilitates (when on the target word) nor impairs (when on the word preceding the target word) on-line language processing. The word recognition memory task reveals that prosodic prominence can indeed impair off-line language processing when manipulated on the word preceding the target word. Results thus indicate that on-line and off-line language processing are affected differently by prosodic prominence.

Item Type:	Thesis (PhD thesis)
Translated title:	Title Language Der Einfluss von prosodischer Prominenz auf die Sprachverarbeitung im Deutschen UNSPECIFIED
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Zeyer, Barbara UNSPECIFIED https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7240-6240 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-750184
Series Name at the University of Cologne:	Papers on Prominence
Date:	2025
Language:	English
Faculty:	Faculty of Human Sciences
Divisions:	Collaborative Research Centers > CRC 1252: Prominence in Language > TP B06
Subjects:	Language, Linguistics Germanic
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language Prosodic prominence UNSPECIFIED German UNSPECIFIED Language processing UNSPECIFIED Word-monitoring UNSPECIFIED Word recognition memory UNSPECIFIED Psycholinguistics UNSPECIFIED
Date of oral exam:	13 December 2024
Referee:	Name Academic Title Penke, Martina Prof.in Dr.in Baumann, Stefan Prof. Dr.
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/75018