Projects

The typology of prosodic boundaries

This project examines the tonal and kinematic profile of prosodic boundaries across languages representing distinct types of the prosodic typology. The overarching goal is to offer a dynamical model of prosodic phrasing that integrates lexical and p...

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The hierarchical structure of prominence

This project tests the hypothesis that prosodic prominence reflects a hierarchical structure that emerges from the interplay between word prosody, phrase-level prosody and information structure. The ultimate goal is to offer an integrated dynamical ...

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A dynamical definition of the syllable

This project focuses on Georgian, a South Caucasian language that defies current definitions of the syllable, in order to address the question of what a syllable is and/or can be. To do so, we bridge spatial and temporal dimensions of articulatory c...

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The typology of linguistic rhythm

SPArK members:

Argyro Katsika

Collaborators:

Matthew Gordon

Languages are considered inherently rhythmic, belonging to one of the following rhythmic classes: stress-, syllable- or mora-timed. Interestingly, this assumption corresponds well to patterns of infant speech perception and adult speech processing. ...

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The unusual use of time in Estonian

Estonian is a Balto-Finnic language with typologically unusual durational characteristics. This recently established collaborative project examines these atypical patterns, and by doing so, it promises to illuminate the role of timing and prominence...

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Prosody and the lexicon

SPArK members:

Argyro Katsika

Collaborators:

Nick Lester

A general interest of our lab is the prosody-lexicon interface and what these interactions tell us about speech planning and cognitive processing of speech. For this specific project, we examine whether prosodic considerations play a role in lexical...

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The phonology and phonetics of intonation

SPArK members:

Argyro Katsika

Collaborators:

Amalia Arvaniti

This project is a collaboration with Amalia Arvaniti (PI) and focuses on the relationship between phonetic variability and phonological abstraction in intonation. Functional Principal Component Analysis (FPCA) is applied on three widely used Greek p...

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The role of f0 in word identification in Korean

This is a newly formed collaborative project that assesses the role of F0 in word identification in Korean. F0 plays an important role in Korean: This is an edge-prominence language that uses small phrases, called Accentual Phrases (APs), demarcated...

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Speech errors and optimization in speech planning

This is a project currently under development in collaboration with Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel and Mark Tiede. This project uses speech errors as a window on speech planning and plan optimization processes.  This is because we view speech error...

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The typology of prosodic boundaries

This project examines the tonal and kinematic profile of prosodic boundaries across languages representing distinct types of the prosodic typology. The overarching goal is to offer a dynamical model of prosodic phrasing that integrates lexical and p...

Read More

The hierarchical structure of prominence

This project tests the hypothesis that prosodic prominence reflects a hierarchical structure that emerges from the interplay between word prosody, phrase-level prosody and information structure. The ultimate goal is to offer an integrated dynamical ...

Read More

A dynamical definition of the syllable

This project focuses on Georgian, a South Caucasian language that defies current definitions of the syllable, in order to address the question of what a syllable is and/or can be. To do so, we bridge spatial and temporal dimensions of articulatory c...

Read More

The typology of linguistic rhythm

SPArK members:

Argyro Katsika

Collaborators:

Matthew Gordon

Languages are considered inherently rhythmic, belonging to one of the following rhythmic classes: stress-, syllable- or mora-timed. Interestingly, this assumption corresponds well to patterns of infant speech perception and adult speech processing. ...

Read More

The unusual use of time in Estonian

Estonian is a Balto-Finnic language with typologically unusual durational characteristics. This recently established collaborative project examines these atypical patterns, and by doing so, it promises to illuminate the role of timing and prominence...

Read More

Prosody and the lexicon

SPArK members:

Argyro Katsika

Collaborators:

Nick Lester

A general interest of our lab is the prosody-lexicon interface and what these interactions tell us about speech planning and cognitive processing of speech. For this specific project, we examine whether prosodic considerations play a role in lexical...

Read More

The phonology and phonetics of intonation

SPArK members:

Argyro Katsika

Collaborators:

Amalia Arvaniti

This project is a collaboration with Amalia Arvaniti (PI) and focuses on the relationship between phonetic variability and phonological abstraction in intonation. Functional Principal Component Analysis (FPCA) is applied on three widely used Greek p...

Read More

The role of f0 in word identification in Korean

This is a newly formed collaborative project that assesses the role of F0 in word identification in Korean. F0 plays an important role in Korean: This is an edge-prominence language that uses small phrases, called Accentual Phrases (APs), demarcated...

Read More

Speech errors and optimization in speech planning

This is a project currently under development in collaboration with Stefanie Shattuck-Hufnagel and Mark Tiede. This project uses speech errors as a window on speech planning and plan optimization processes.  This is because we view speech error...

Read More