@phdthesis{Elin2018, author = {Elin, Kirill}, title = {Morphological processing in older adults}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-418605}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {217}, year = {2018}, abstract = {Over the last decades mechanisms of recognition of morphologically complex words have been extensively examined in order to determine whether all word forms are stored and retrieved from the mental lexicon as wholes or whether they are decomposed into their morphological constituents such as stems and affixes. Most of the research in this domain focusses on English. Several factors have been argued to affect morphological processing including, for instance, morphological structure of a word (e.g., existence of allomorphic stem alternations) and its linguistic nature (e.g., whether it is a derived word or an inflected word form). It is not clear, however, whether processing accounts based on experimental evidence from English would hold for other languages. Furthermore, there is evidence that processing mechanisms may differ across various populations including children, adult native speakers and language learners. Recent studies claim that processing mechanisms could also differ between older and younger adults (Clahsen \& Reifegerste, 2017; Reifegerste, Meyer, \& Zwitserlood, 2017). The present thesis examined how properties of the morphological structure, types of linguistic operations involved (i.e., the linguistic contrast between inflection and derivation) and characteristics of the particular population such as older adults (e.g., potential effects of ageing as a result of the cognitive decline or greater experience and exposure of older adults) affect initial, supposedly automatic stages of morphological processing in Russian and German. To this end, a series of masked priming experiments was conducted. In experiments on Russian, the processing of derived -ost' nouns (e.g., glupost' 'stupidity') and of inflected forms with and without allomorphic stem alternations in 1P.Sg.Pr. (e.g., igraju - igrat' 'to play' vs. košu - kosit' 'to mow') was examined. The first experiment on German examined and directly compared processing of derived -ung nouns (e.g., Gr{\"u}ndung 'foundation') and inflected -t past participles (e.g., gegr{\"u}ndet 'founded'), whereas the second one investigated the processing of regular and irregular plural forms (-s forms such as Autos 'cars' and -er forms such as Kinder 'children', respectively). The experiments on both languages have shown robust and comparable facilitation effects for derived words and regularly inflected forms without stem changes (-t participles in German, forms of -aj verbs in Russian). Observed morphological priming effects could be clearly distinguished from purely semantic or orthographic relatedness between words. At the same time, we found a contrast between forms with and without allomorphic stem alternations in Russian and regular and irregular forms in German, with significantly more priming for unmarked stems (relative to alternated ones) and significantly more priming for regular (compared) word forms. These findings indicate the relevance of morphological properties of a word for initial stages of processing, contrary to claims made in the literature holding that priming effects are determined by surface form and meaning overlap only. Instead, our findings are more consistent with approaches positing a contrast between combinatorial, rule-based and lexically-stored forms (Clahsen, Sonnenstuhl, \& Blevins, 2003). The doctoral dissertation also addressed the role of ageing and age-related cognitive changes on morphological processing. The results obtained on this research issue are twofold. On the one hand, the data demonstrate effects of ageing on general measures of language performance, i.e., overall longer reaction times and/or higher accuracy rates in older than younger individuals. These findings replicate results from previous studies, which have been linked to the general slowing of processing speed at older age and to the larger vocabularies of older adults. One the other hand, we found that more specific aspects of language processing appear to be largely intact in older adults as revealed by largely similar morphological priming effects for older and younger adults. These latter results indicate that initial stages of morphological processing investigated here by means of the masked priming paradigm persist in older age. One caveat should, however, be noted. Achieving the same performance as a younger individual in a behavioral task may not necessarily mean that the same neural processes are involved. Older people may have to recruit a wider brain network than younger individuals, for example. To address this and related possibilities, future studies should examine older people's neural representations and mechanisms involved in morphological processing.}, language = {en} } @misc{AgelBoykenEisenbergetal.2023, author = {{\´A}gel, Vilmos and Boyken, Thomas and Eisenberg, Peter and Fuhrhop, Nanna and Peters, Kendra and Schreiber, Niklas and Yildirim, Derya and Bon, Laura and Engelberg, Stefan and Rapp, Irene and Gr{\"u}ttemeier, Ralf and Musan, Renate and Schneider, Stefan}, title = {Literarische Grammatik}, series = {Zweitver{\"o}ffentlichungen der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe}, journal = {Zweitver{\"o}ffentlichungen der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam : Philosophische Reihe}, number = {183}, editor = {Fuhrhop, Nanna and Reinken, Niklas and Schreiber, Niklas}, issn = {1866-8380}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-58738}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-587380}, pages = {201}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Dieser Band versammelt neun Beitr{\"a}ge mit dem Ziel, Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft aufeinander zu beziehen: Literatur grammatisch zu betrachten und Grammatik f{\"u}r Literatur (neu) zu denken. Jeder Beitrag nimmt mindestens einen grammatischen und einen literarischen Gegenstand zum Ausgangspunkt. Dabei ist die Bandbreite groß; sie reicht von Bodo Kirchhoffs Roman ‚D{\"a}mmer und Aufruhr' {\"u}ber die Kurzgeschichte ‚Das Brot' von Wolfgang Borchert bis hin zu Marion Poschmanns Gedichtzyklus ‚Kindergarten Lichtenberg' und deckt unterschiedlichste sprachliche Bereiche wie Tempus, semantische Rollen, Interpunktionszeichen oder Metaphern ab. Ist es in der Schule geradezu erw{\"u}nscht, Grammatik und Literatur integrativ zu unterrichten, verfolgen sie als universit{\"a}re Disziplinen oft ganz unterschiedliche Fragestellungen an verschiedenen Sprachwerken. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist dieser Band ein interdisziplin{\"a}rer Versuch, Anregungen und neue Perspektiven f{\"u}r schulische wie universit{\"a}re Bildungskontexte zu geben.}, language = {de} } @book{AgelBoykenEisenbergetal.2023, author = {{\´A}gel, Vilmos and Boyken, Thomas and Eisenberg, Peter and Fuhrhop, Nanna and Peters, Kendra and Schreiber, Niklas and Yildirim, Derya and Bon, Laura and Engelberg, Stefan and Rapp, Irene and Gr{\"u}ttemeier, Ralf and Musan, Renate and Schneider, Stefan}, title = {Literarische Grammatik}, series = {Germanistische Bibliothek}, journal = {Germanistische Bibliothek}, number = {78}, editor = {Fuhrhop, Nanna and Reinken, Niklas and Schreiber, Niklas}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Winter}, address = {Heidelberg}, isbn = {978-3-8253-8608-5}, doi = {10.33675/2023-82538608}, pages = {201}, year = {2023}, abstract = {Dieser Band versammelt neun Beitr{\"a}ge mit dem Ziel, Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft aufeinander zu beziehen: Literatur grammatisch zu betrachten und Grammatik f{\"u}r Literatur (neu) zu denken. Jeder Beitrag nimmt mindestens einen grammatischen und einen literarischen Gegenstand zum Ausgangspunkt. Dabei ist die Bandbreite groß; sie reicht von Bodo Kirchhoffs Roman ‚D{\"a}mmer und Aufruhr' {\"u}ber die Kurzgeschichte ‚Das Brot' von Wolfgang Borchert bis hin zu Marion Poschmanns Gedichtzyklus ‚Kindergarten Lichtenberg' und deckt unterschiedlichste sprachliche Bereiche wie Tempus, semantische Rollen, Interpunktionszeichen oder Metaphern ab. Ist es in der Schule geradezu erw{\"u}nscht, Grammatik und Literatur integrativ zu unterrichten, verfolgen sie als universit{\"a}re Disziplinen oft ganz unterschiedliche Fragestellungen an verschiedenen Sprachwerken. Vor diesem Hintergrund ist dieser Band ein interdisziplin{\"a}rer Versuch, Anregungen und neue Perspektiven f{\"u}r schulische wie universit{\"a}re Bildungskontexte zu geben.}, language = {de} } @misc{SchwarzKutzinskiLeBrunRicalensetal.2021, author = {Schwarz, Ingo and Kutzinski, Vera M. and Le Brun-Ricalens, Foni and L{\´o}pez Luj{\´a}n, Leonardo and Wey, Claude and Knobloch, Eberhard and Pr{\"u}fer Leske, Irene and Salzer, Leonhard and N{\"o}bauer, Anna and Sternagel, Renate and Stottmeister, Ulrich and Biermann, Kurt-R. and Kraft, Tobias}, title = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz}, volume = {XXII}, number = {43}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-52203}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-522038}, pages = {153}, year = {2021}, abstract = {-Ingo Schwarz, Vera M. Kutzinski: A Letter from Alexander von Humboldt to Joseph Albert Wright - Archival Traces -Foni Le Brun-Ricalens, Leonardo L{\´o}pez Luj{\´a}n, Claude Wey: Alexander von Humboldts „Aztekische Priesterin" alias die Chalchiuhtlicue aus der Sammlung Guillermo Dupaix. Historiografischer Essay einer Translokation von Mexico-Stadt nach London -Eberhard Knobloch: Leibniz und Alexander von Humboldt -Irene Pr{\"u}fer Leske: Wie stand es nun wirklich um Bonpland? Kritische {\"U}berlegungen zu Frank Holls Untersuchung zu Bonpland, seiner Beziehung zu Alexander von Humboldt und der Darstellung der letzten Tage von Bonpland durch Av{\´e}-Lallemant -Leonhard Salzer, Anna N{\"o}bauer: (Auf) Humboldts Spuren Eine bauforscherische Untersuchung der „Casa Humboldt" am Antisana in Ecuador -Renate Sternagel: Alexander von Humboldt, Therese von Bacheracht, und die „verh{\"a}ngnissvolle Prosa des Lebens" -Ulrich Stottmeister: Der Mineraloge August Schmidt und die Entdeckung der Ural-Diamanten 1829 Teil I: Schmidts Weg in den Ural und die Diamanten-Vorhersage -Kurt-R. Biermann (1919 - 2002) und Ingo Schwarz: Der polyglotte Alexander von Humboldt (mit einer Vorbemerkung von J{\"u}rgen Trabant) -Tobias Kraft: Filolog{\´i}a n{\´o}mada. Repensar la obra de Alexander von Humboldt con la obra de Ottmar Ette (y viceversa)}, language = {de} } @misc{Finzel2012, author = {Finzel, Anna Magdalena}, title = {English in the linguistic landscape of Hong Kong : a case study of shop signs and linguistic competence}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-64125}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Especially for the last twenty years, the studies of Linguistic Landscapes (LLs) have been gaining the status as an autonomous linguistic discipline. The LL of a (mostly) geographically limited area - which consists of e.g. billboards, posters, shop signs, material for election campaigns, etc. - gives deep insights into the presence or absence of languages in that particular area. Thus, LL not only allows to conclude from the presence of a language to its dominance, but also from its absence to the oppression of minorities, above all in areas where minority languages should - demographically seen - be visible. The LLs of big cities are fruitful research areas due to the mass of linguistic data. The first part of this paper deals with the theoretical and practical research that has been conducted in LL studies so far. A summary of the theory, methodologies and different approaches is given. In the second part I apply the theoretical basis to my own case study. For this, the LLs of two shopping streets in different areas of Hong Kong were examined in 2010. It seems likely that the linguistic competence of English must be rather high in Hong Kong, due to the long-lasting influence of British culture and mentality and the official status of the language. The case study's results are based on empirical data showing the objectively visible presence of English in both examined areas, as well as on two surveys. Those were conducted both openly and anonymously. The surveys are a reinsurance measuring the level of linguistic competence of English in Hong Kong. That level was defined before by an analysis of the LL. Hence, this case study is a new approach to LL analysis which does not end with the description of its material composition (as have done most studies before), but which rather includes its creators by asking in what way people's actual linguistic competence is reflected in Hong Kong's LL.}, language = {en} } @misc{BiermannSchwarz2021, author = {Biermann, Kurt-Reinhard and Schwarz, Ingo}, title = {Der polyglotte Alexander von Humboldt}, series = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz}, volume = {XXII}, journal = {HiN : Alexander von Humboldt im Netz}, editor = {Ette, Ottmar and Knobloch, Eberhard}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {2568-3543}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-53332}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-533323}, pages = {129 -- 140}, year = {2021}, language = {de} } @phdthesis{Nicenboim2016, author = {Nicenboim, Bruno}, title = {Dependency resolution as a retrieval process}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {xiv, 209}, year = {2016}, abstract = {My thesis focused on the predictions of the activation-based model of Lewis and Vasishth (2005) to investigate the evidence for the use of the memory system in the formation of non-local dependencies in sentence comprehension. The activation-based model, which follows the Adaptive Control of Thought-Rational framework (ACT-R; Anderson et al., 2004), has been used to explain locality effects and similarity-based interference by assuming that dependencies are resolved by a cue-based retrieval mechanism, and that the retrieval mechanism is affected by decay and interference. Both locality effects and (inhibitory) similarity-based interference cause increased difficulty (e.g., longer reading times) at the site of the dependency completion where a retrieval is assumed: (I) Locality effects are attributed to the increased difficulty in the retrieval of a dependent when the distance from its retrieval site is increased. (II) Similarity-based interference is attributed to the retrieval being affected by the presence of items which have similar features as the dependent that needs to be retrieved. In this dissertation, I investigated some findings problematic to the activation-based model, namely, facilitation where locality effects are expected (e.g., Levy, 2008), and the lack of similarity-based interference from the number feature in grammatical sentences (e.g., Wagers et al., 2009). In addition, I used individual differences in working memory capacity and reading fluency as a way to validate the theories investigated (Underwood, 1975), and computational modeling to achieve a more precise account of the phenomena. Regarding locality effects, by using self-paced reading and eye-tracking-while reading methods with Spanish and German data, this dissertation yielded two main findings: (I) Locality effects seem to be modulated by working memory capacity, with high-capacity participants showing expectation-driven facilitation. (II) Once expectations and other potential confounds are controlled using baselines, with increased distance, high-capacity readers can show a slow-down (i.e., locality effects) and low-capacity readers can show a speedup. While the locality effects are compatible with the activation-based model, simulations show that the speedup of low-capacity readers can only be accounted for by changing some of the assumptions of the activation-based model. Regarding similarity-based interference, two relatively high-powered self-paced reading experiments in German using grammatical sentences yielded a slowdown at the verb as predicted by the activation-based model. This provides evidence in favor of dependency creation via cue-based retrieval, and in contrast with the view that cue-based retrieval is a reanalysis mechanism (Wagers et al., 2009). Finally, the same experimental results that showed inhibitory interference from the number feature are used for a finer grain evaluation of the retrieval process. Besides Lewis and Vasishth's (2005) activation-based model, also McElree's (2000) direct-access model can account for inhibitory interference. These two models assume a cue-based retrieval mechanism to build dependencies, but they are based on different assumptions. I present a computational evaluation of the predictions of these two theories of retrieval. The models were compared by implementing them in a Bayesian hierarchical framework. The evaluation of the models reveals that some aspects of the data fit better under the direct access model than under the activation-based model. However, a simple extension of the activation-based model provides a comparable fit to the direct access model. This serves as a proof of concept showing potential ways to improve the original activation-based model. In conclusion, this thesis adds to the body of evidence that argues for the use of the general memory system in dependency resolution, and in particular for a cue-based retrieval mechanism. However, it also shows that some of the default assumptions inherited from ACT-R in the activation-based model need to be revised.}, language = {en} }