@article{AdaniForgiariniGuastietal.2014, author = {Adani, Flavia and Forgiarini, Matteo and Guasti, Maria Teresa and Van der Lely, Heather K. J.}, title = {Number dissimilarities facilitate the comprehension of relative clauses in children with (Grammatical) Specific Language Impairment}, series = {Journal of child language}, volume = {41}, journal = {Journal of child language}, number = {4}, publisher = {Cambridge Univ. Press}, address = {New York}, issn = {0305-0009}, doi = {10.1017/S0305000913000184}, pages = {811 -- 841}, year = {2014}, abstract = {This study investigates whether number dissimilarities on subject and object DPs facilitate the comprehension of subject-and object-extracted centre-embedded relative clauses in children with Grammatical Specific Language Impairment (G-SLI). We compared the performance of a group of English-speaking children with G-SLI (mean age: 12; 11) with that of two groups of younger typically developing (TD) children, matched on grammar and receptive vocabulary, respectively. All groups were more accurate on subject-extracted relative clauses than object-extracted ones and, crucially, they all showed greater accuracy for sentences with dissimilar number features (i.e., one singular, one plural) on the head noun and the embedded DP. These findings are interpreted in the light of current psycholinguistic models of sentence comprehension in TD children and provide further insight into the linguistic nature of G-SLI.}, language = {en} } @article{ArslanAksuKocMavisetal.2014, author = {Arslan, Se{\c{c}}kin and Aksu-Koc, Ayhan and Mavis, Ilknur and Bastiaanse, Roelien}, title = {Finite verb inflections for evidential categories and source}, series = {Journal of pragmatics : an interdisciplinary journal of language studies}, volume = {70}, journal = {Journal of pragmatics : an interdisciplinary journal of language studies}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0378-2166}, doi = {10.1016/j.pragma.2014.07.002}, pages = {165 -- 181}, year = {2014}, language = {en} } @article{Aust2014, author = {Aust, Gottfried}, title = {St{\"o}rungen des H{\"o}rverm{\"o}gens}, series = {Spektrum Patholinguistik}, journal = {Spektrum Patholinguistik}, number = {7}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1866-9085}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-71422}, pages = {1 -- 11}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Schwerh{\"o}rigkeiten treten beim Menschen h{\"a}ufig auf und k{\"o}nnen angeboren oder erworben sein. Man unterscheidet in Schallleitungsschwerh{\"o}rigkeiten, bei denen Schallaufnahme und Schallleitung in das Innenohr durch Fremdk{\"o}rper, Infektionen, Verletzungen, Mittelohrbel{\"u}ftungsprobleme und Fehlbildungen gest{\"o}rt sind und in Schallempfindungsschwerh{\"o}rigkeiten, bei denen der Sinnesbereich des Innenohres, die Nervenleitung zum Hirnstamm oder die zentrale Verarbeitung im Gehirn betroffen sind. Urs{\"a}chlich hierf{\"u}r kommen neben vererbten Faktoren Infektionen, Verletzungen, L{\"a}rm, toxische Substanzen, Geburtsprobleme, Stoffwechselst{\"o}rungen und Tumoren in Betracht. Bestehen Schwerh{\"o}rigkeiten unbehandelt lange Zeit, kommt es - je nach Auspr{\"a}gung - bei Kindern zu St{\"o}rungen der Gehirn-, Sprachund emotionalen Entwicklung, bei allen Betroffenen auch zu Kommunikationsproblemen und zu Schwierigkeiten bei der Teilhabe am Leben in der sozialen Gemeinschaft. Schallleitungsschwerh{\"o}rigkeiten k{\"o}nnen medizinisch behandelt und gebessert werden, w{\"a}hrend bei Schallempfindungsschwerh{\"o}rigkeiten eine urs{\"a}chliche medizinische Behandlung zur Zeit nicht m{\"o}glich ist. In diesen F{\"a}llen ist die Versorgung mit H{\"o}rsystemen erforderlich. Hierzu z{\"a}hlt man, wiederum in Abh{\"a}ngigkeit vom Ausmaß der Schwerh{\"o}rigkeit, IdO- und HdO-H{\"o}rger{\"a}te, implantierbare H{\"o}rger{\"a}te, cochle{\"a}re Implantate und Hirnstammimplantate. Bei Schwerh{\"o}rigkeiten, die durch beruflichen L{\"a}rm verursacht sind, ist eine Herausnahme aus dem L{\"a}rmberuf Voraussetzung, um eine weitere Verschlechterung zu verhindern. Eine besondere Stellung kommt der einseitigen Schallempfindungsschwerh{\"o}rigkeit zu, da sie bei Normalh{\"o}rigkeit des anderen Ohres, seltener auff{\"a}llt, den Betroffenen aber Probleme im t{\"a}glichen Leben bereiten kann. Wichtig sind ihre Erkennung und Ber{\"u}cksichtigung, zum Beispiel in der Schule, am Arbeitsplatz und im Straßenverkehr. Dem bleibend h{\"o}rbehinderten Menschen stehen nach dem Sozialgesetzbuch Hilfen und Verg{\"u}nstigungen zu, um die durch die H{\"o}rbehinderung verursachten Nachteile zum Teil auszugleichen.}, language = {de} } @misc{AustHeinemannHenniesetal.2014, author = {Aust, Gottfried and Heinemann, Steffi and Hennies, Johannes and Penke, Martina and Rothweiler, Monika and Wimmer, Eva and Hess, Markus and Becker, Maryanne and Ehrmann-Neuhoff, Brigitte and Hamann, Elke and Wachtlin, Bianka and Sch{\"a}fer, Blanca and W{\"u}rzner, Kay-Michael and Heister, Julian and Schroeder, Sascha and D{\"u}sterh{\"o}ft, Stefanie and Tr{\"u}ggelmann, Maria and Richter, Kerstin and Gagarina, Natalʹja Vladimirovna and Posse, Dorothea and Topaj, Nathalie and Acikg{\"o}z, Duygu and Neumann, Charleen and Baumann, Jeannine and Meyer, Sarah and Siegm{\"u}ller, Julia and K{\"o}sterke-Buchardt, Antje and Jung, Kristina and Jassens, Frank and Golchert, Kristin and Wolff von Gudenberg, Alexander and Schmidt, Sabine and Kisielewicz, Daria and Heide, Judith and G{\"o}ldner, Angie and Ostermann, Anja}, title = {Spektrum Patholinguistik = Schwerpunktthema: H{\"o}ren - Zuh{\"o}ren - Dazugeh{\"o}ren : Sprachtherapie bei H{\"o}rst{\"o}rungen und Cochlea-Implantat}, number = {7}, editor = {Adelt, Anne and Fritzsche, Tom and Roß, Jennifer and D{\"u}sterh{\"o}ft, Stefanie}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, organization = {Verband f{\"u}r Patholinguistik e. V.}, isbn = {978-3-86956-294-0}, issn = {1869-3822}, doi = {10.25932/publishup-6848}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-70629}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Das Herbsttreffen Patholinguistik wird seit 2007 j{\"a}hrlich vom Verband f{\"u}r Patholinguistik e.V. (vpl) durchgef{\"u}hrt. Das 7. Herbsttreffen mit dem Schwerpunktthema "H{\"o}ren - Zuh{\"o}ren - Dazugeh{\"o}ren: Sprachtherapie bei H{\"o}rst{\"o}rungen und Cochlea-Implantat" fand am 16.11.2013 in Potsdam statt. Der vorliegende Tagungsband beinhaltet die sechs Vortr{\"a}ge zum Schwerpunktthema aus verschiedenen Perspektiven: der medizinischen, der therapeutischen, der wissenschaftlichen sowie der von Betroffenen. Weiterhin sind die Beitr{\"a}ge der Posterpr{\"a}sentationen zu Themen der sprachtherapeutischen Forschung und Praxis abgedruckt.}, language = {de} } @article{BacskaiAtkari2014, author = {Bacskai-Atkari, Julia}, title = {Cyclical change in Hungarian comparatives}, series = {Diachronica}, volume = {31}, journal = {Diachronica}, number = {4}, publisher = {Benjamins}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0176-4225}, doi = {10.1075/dia.31.4.01bac}, pages = {465 -- 505}, year = {2014}, abstract = {This paper examines cyclical changes in comparative subclauses, showing how operators are reanalysed as complementisers via the general mechanism of the relative cycle, and how this is related to whether certain lexical elements have to be deleted at the left periphery. I also show that only operators appearing without a lexical XP can be grammaticalised, which follows from the nature of the formal features associated with the various operator elements. Though the main focus is on Hungarian historical data, the framework can be applied to other languages too, such as German and Italian, since the changes stem from general principles of economy.}, language = {en} } @article{BacskaiAtkari2014, author = {Bacskai-Atkari, Julia}, title = {Structural case and ambiguity in reduced comparative subclauses in English and German}, series = {Acta linguistica Hungarica : an international journal of linguistics}, volume = {61}, journal = {Acta linguistica Hungarica : an international journal of linguistics}, number = {4}, publisher = {Akad{\´e}miai Kiad{\´o}}, address = {Budapest}, issn = {1216-8076}, doi = {10.1556/ALing.61.2014.4.1}, pages = {363 -- 378}, year = {2014}, abstract = {The paper argues that structural case assignment properties of English and German reduced comparative subclauses arise from syntactic requirements as well as processes holding at the syntax-phonology interface. I show that constructions involving both an adjectival and a verbal predicate require the subject remnant of the adjectival predicate to be marked for the accusative case both in English and German, which cannot be explained by the notion of default accusative case, especially because German has no default accusative case. I argue that a phonologically defective subclause is reanalysed as part of the matrix clausal object, and hence receives accusative morphological case.}, language = {en} } @phdthesis{BacskaiAtkari2014, author = {Bacskai-Atkari, Julia}, title = {The syntax of comparative constructions : operators, ellipsis phenomena and functional left peripheries}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, isbn = {978-3-86956-301-5}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-71255}, school = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {xiii, 310}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Adopting a minimalist framework, the dissertation provides an analysis for the syntactic structure of comparatives, with special attention paid to the derivation of the subclause. The proposed account explains how the comparative subclause is connected to the matrix clause, how the subclause is formed in the syntax and what additional processes contribute to its final structure. In addition, it casts light upon these problems in cross-linguistic terms and provides a model that allows for synchronic and diachronic differences. This also enables one to give a more adequate explanation for the phenomena found in English comparatives since the properties of English structures can then be linked to general settings of the language and hence need no longer be considered as idiosyncratic features of the grammar of English. First, the dissertation provides a unified analysis of degree expressions, relating the structure of comparatives to that of other degrees. It is shown that gradable adjectives are located within a degree phrase (DegP), which in turn projects a quantifier phrase (QP) and that these two functional layers are always present, irrespectively of whether there is a phonologically visible element in these layers. Second, the dissertation presents a novel analysis of Comparative Deletion by reducing it to an overtness constraint holding on operators: in this way, it is reduced to morphological differences and cross-linguistic variation is not conditioned by way of postulating an arbitrary parameter. Cross-linguistic differences are ultimately dependent on whether a language has overt operators equipped with the relevant - [+compr] and [+rel] - features. Third, the dissertation provides an adequate explanation for the phenomenon of Attributive Comparative Deletion, as attested in English, by way of relating it to the regular mechanism of Comparative Deletion. I assume that Attributive Comparative Deletion is not a universal phenomenon, and its presence in English can be conditioned by independent, more general rules, while the absence of such restrictions leads to its absence in other languages. Fourth, the dissertation accounts for certain phenomena related to diachronic changes, examining how the changes in the status of comparative operators led to changes in whether Comparative Deletion is attested in a given language: I argue that only operators without a lexical XP can be grammaticalised. The underlying mechanisms underlying are essentially general economy principles and hence the processes are not language-specific or exceptional. Fifth, the dissertation accounts for optional ellipsis processes that play a crucial role in the derivation of typical comparative subclauses. These processes are not directly related to the structure of degree expressions and hence the elimination of the quantified expression from the subclause; nevertheless, they are shown to be in interaction with the mechanisms underlying Comparative Deletion or the absence thereof.}, language = {en} } @article{BamyaciHaeusslerKabak2014, author = {Bamyaci, Elif and Haeussler, Jana and Kabak, Baris}, title = {The interaction of animacy and number agreement: an experimental investigation}, series = {Lingua : international review of general linguistics}, volume = {148}, journal = {Lingua : international review of general linguistics}, publisher = {Elsevier}, address = {Amsterdam}, issn = {0024-3841}, doi = {10.1016/j.lingua.2014.06.005}, pages = {254 -- 277}, year = {2014}, abstract = {This paper investigates subject verb agreement in Turkish with particular focus on the role the animacy of plural subjects plays in verbal number marking. Previous descriptive grammars of Turkish (e.g., Sezer, 1978) report an asymmetry in number marking for plural subjects: if the plural subject denotes an animate entity, both plural and singular verbs are possible, whereas only singular verbs are possible when the plural subject denotes an inanimate entity. Using the magnitude estimation method, we measured the well-formedness of simple Turkish sentences consisting of a plural subject and a verb in two groups of participants that differ only in age (mean: 28 years old and 43 years old). The overall results provide an empirical validation of the proposed split between animate and inanimate subjects and suggest that the acceptability of plural agreement is sensitive to even more fine-grained distinctions of animacy. In particular, the plural dispreference was reduced for inanimates with a teleological capacity (in the sense of Folli and Harley, 2008) and for body parts, in comparison to true inanimates (e.g., furniture and clothes). Accordingly, we propose an animacy hierarchy for Turkish that is in line with typological observations (e.g., Corbett, 2000, 2006) and augment it with a further distinction between quasi-animates and inanimates. Although less pronounced in sentences with animate subjects, we observed a higher preference for singular verbs over plural verbs across all conditions. This suggests that the singular marking on the verb, which is zero marked in Turkish, is the default. Furthermore, we find a significant effect of age: in the older group, the singular preference is less pronounced across the conditions and almost absent in sentences with an animate subject. Moreover, the older participants made finer distinctions in the animacy hierarchy, further differentiating between two types of quasi-animates (teleologically capable entities vs. entities with inherited animacy). The two generations in our study share the animate inanimate split as well as the sharp contrast between singular and plural agreement in sentences with inanimate subjects; they differ, however, in degree of optionality. Altogether, these results suggest a decrease in the degree of optionality across generations. As in research on language attrition and bilingualism (Hulk and Muller, 2000; Muller and Hulk, 2001; Sorace, 2011), the results accord with the idea that interface phenomena are vulnerable to change; however, non-convergence between generations in our study stemmed from areas that yield gradient rather than categorical results. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.}, language = {en} } @article{Becker2014, author = {Becker, Maryanne}, title = {Sozialpsychologische Aspekte bei h{\"o}rbeeintr{\"a}chtigten Menschen}, series = {Spektrum Patholinguistik}, journal = {Spektrum Patholinguistik}, number = {7}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}tsverlag Potsdam}, address = {Potsdam}, issn = {1866-9085}, url = {http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-71451}, pages = {71 -- 77}, year = {2014}, abstract = {Sozialpsychologische Aspekte bei h{\"o}rbeeintr{\"a}chtigten Menschen}, language = {de} } @article{BollAvetisyanKager2014, author = {Boll-Avetisyan, Natalie and Kager, Rene}, title = {OCP-Place in speech segmentation}, series = {Language and speech}, volume = {57}, journal = {Language and speech}, number = {3}, publisher = {Sage Publ.}, address = {London}, issn = {0023-8309}, doi = {10.1177/0023830913508074}, pages = {394 -- 421}, year = {2014}, abstract = {OCP-Place, a cross-linguistically well-attested constraint against pairs of consonants with shared [place], is psychologically real. Studies have shown that the processing of words violating OCP-Place is inhibited. Functionalists assume that OCP arises as a consequence of low-level perception: a consonant following another with the same [place] cannot be faithfully perceived as an independent unit. If functionalist theories were correct, then lexical access would be inhibited if two homorganic consonants conjoin at word boundaries-a problem that can only be solved with lexical feedback. Here, we experimentally challenge the functional account by showing that OCP-Place can be used as a speech segmentation cue during pre-lexical processing without lexical feedback, and that the use relates to distributions in the input. In Experiment 1, native listeners of Dutch located word boundaries between two labials when segmenting an artificial language. This indicates a use of OCP-Labial as a segmentation cue, implying a full perception of both labials. Experiment 2 shows that segmentation performance cannot solely be explained by well-formedness intuitions. Experiment 3 shows that knowledge of OCP-Place depends on language-specific input: in Dutch, co-occurrences of labials are under-represented, but co-occurrences of coronals are not. Accordingly, Dutch listeners fail to use OCP-Coronal for segmentation.}, language = {en} }