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Prominence in Language

Linguistic research at the University of Cologne

CRC "Prominence in Language"

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Welcome to "Prominence in Language"

In this Collaborative Research Centre (CRC 1252) more than sixty researchers are working together in an interdisciplinary team with the goal of providing a comprehensive characterization of prominence in language.

We investigate how prominence structures language with respect to prosody (Area A), morphosyntax and semantics (Area B) as well as text and discourse structure (Area C) in a large variety of languages from more than a dozen major language families and linguistic areas world wide. Our research on prominence contributes to a better understanding of language as a system between communication and cognition.

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CRC1252 offers several Doctoral positions

CRC1252 offers several Doctoral positions

There are twelve (12) open doctoral positions within the CRC 1252, from April 01, 2025 until December 31, 2028 within several projects. The application deadline is on the 17th of January 2024. For more information, please click here.
Call for Fellowships 2025

Call for Fellowships 2025

The CRC1252 „Prominence in Language“ has opened applications for Junior (3-6 months) and Senior short-term (1-3 months) fellowships. The application deadline is January 20th, 2025. More information on the application process can be found here.
Offermann-Hergarten Prize 2024

Offermann-Hergarten Prize 2024

Aviad Albert (A01) and Tabea Thies (associated with A04) received the Offermann Hergarten Prize 2024 for their dissertations "A Model of Sonority Based on Pitch Intelligibility" and "Tongue Body Kinematics" respectively! They were awarded the prize at a ceremony that took place at the Neuen Senatssaal on Monday 9th of December 2024!
2025-2028

2025-2028

The German Research Foundation (DFG) has approved the third funding phase of the CRC 1252 “Prominence in Language”, which will begin on January 1, 2025. We are thrilled that we have the opportunity to continue our research on prominence in language with a focus on larger discourse structures and dialogue over the next four years.
The CRC reaches 500 Publications!

The CRC reaches 500 Publications!

We are pleased to announce that considering both funding phases, the CRC has just surpassed the 500 publications mark! You can find all SFB-related publications on the Publications webpage by clicking here.
Hermann Paul Lecture

Hermann Paul Lecture

Petra Schumacher gave the annual Hermann Paul lecture at the Hermann Paul Center of Linguistics in Freiburg on Thursday, July 11, 2024. She talked about the future of experimental pragmatics and the turn towards investigating language in more ecologically valid situations.
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