Rhythm in Cognition and Grammar: A Germanic Perspective

Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2015

Rhythm in Cognition and Grammar

A Germanic Perspective

Edited by: Ralf Vogel and Ruben van de Vijver

Volume 286 in the series Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110378092

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About this book

The book contains a collection of papers dealing with the question of how rhythm shapes language. Until now, there was no comprehensive theory that addressed these findings adequately. By bringing together researchers from many different fields, this book will make a first attempt to fill this gap.

Author / Editor information

Ralf Vogel, University of Bielefeld, Germany, and Ruben van de Vijver, University of Potsdam, Germany.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Table of contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Ralf Vogel and Ruben van de Vijver Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Part 1: Concepts of rhythm
1 Grouping, symmetry, and rhythm in language Laszlo Hunyadi Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
2 Speech rhythms – modelling the groove Dafydd Gibbon Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	53
Part 2: Linguistic rhythm and cognition
3 The role of default stress patterns in German monolingual and L2 sentence processing Maren Schmidt-Kassow, Kathrin Rothermich and Sonja A. Kotz Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	83
4 Stress clash hampers processing of noncanonical structures in reading Gerrit Kentner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	111
5 Word prosody in focus and non-focus position: An ERP-study on the interplay of prosodic domains Ulrike Domahs, Richard Wiese and Johannes Knaus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	137
6 Short-term memory in speech perception and prosodic structuring – A syllable span test Anne Zimmer-Stahl and Kamila Polisenska Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Part 3: Rhythm and grammar in Germanic
7 Rhythmic influence on grammar: scope and limitations Julia Schlüter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	179
8 Rhythm’s role in genitive construction choice in spoken English Stephanie Shih, Jason Grafmiller, Richard Futrell and Joan Bresnan Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	207
9 Rhythmic preferences in morphosyntactic variation and the theory of loser candidates Anton Karl Ingason Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	235
10 Function words in rhythmic optimisation Ralf Vogel, Ruben van de Vijver, Sonja Kotz, Anna Kutscher and Petra Wagner Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255
11 Rhythm as a resource to generate prosodic coherence in lists Alexandra Schladebeck Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	277
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	311

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Pages
- Front matter: 6
- Main content: 312
Keywords: Linguistic Rhythm; Neurolinguistics; Grammatical Processing

eBook

Published: March 10, 2015
ISBN: 9783110378092

Hardcover

Published: February 26, 2015
ISBN: 9783110377927