A dynamical basis for the flexibility of intersegmental coordination across languages and segment types (C04)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: since 2017
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 317633480

This project has so far considered variability deriving from two sources, the motor system controlling articulatory movements and language-specific syllabic organization. Properties of the latter were quantified in aggregate measures over speakers grouped into languages, and its language-specificity was manifested in the distinct ways these groups express syllabic organization. However, in vocal tracts, any given sequence of phonemes is realized phonetically with variable spatiotemporal organization from one instance of that sequence to another. It is this variability that becomes a focal point of our proposed Phase 3 work.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1287: Limits of Variability in Language: Cognitive, Computational, and Grammatical Aspects
• Applicant Institution: Universität Potsdam
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Adamantios Gafos