Seemingly free (morpho)phonetic variation (C06)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages ; Individual Linguistics, Historical Linguistics
• Term: since 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 416591334

We will reuse and enhance existing spoken corpora of German, one focus still being on non-native addressee register. The corpora are pre-processed and reformatted in order to achieve a unified collection that can be queried and analyzed. We will develop common annotation guidelines on speech and morphophonetic phenomena across corpora. We will find out the relation between phenomena and the different register-related parameters. Regarding modeling, we aim to extend existing addressee-based models with situational-functional parameters. After the annotation, the data will be re-integrated into existing data publications.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1412: Register: Language-Users’ Knowledge of Situational-Functional Variation
• Applicant Institution: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
• Project Heads: Dr. Malte Belz; Professorin Dr. Anke Lüdeling; Professorin Dr. Christine Mooshammer