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A04 - Dynamic modelling of prosodic prominence

In phase I, we modelled gradient and categorical aspects of prosodic prominence in dynamical systems that integrated intonational and articulatory modulations in unified systems. During phase II, we then extended our view on multidimensional prominence cuing by extending the speech parameters to measures of fundamental frequency, duration, intensity, spectral slope, voice quality, supra-laryngeal articulation and formant frequencies. In phase III, we expand our dynamical model of prosodic prominence to visual prosody and the accommodation of prominence strategies between speakers in a multidimensional space of speech production. We will explore the speaker-specific strategies of exploiting the phonetic space and the space of visual prosody. Within the framework of dynamical systems, we aim to implement multimodal prosody into a gestural model by connecting the coordination patterns of both motor domains, i.e., body gestures (visual prosody) and vocal tract gestures (speech gestures related to the acoustic output of speech). 

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Team

Prof. Dr. Doris Mücke

Prof. Dr. Doris Mücke

Project Leader A04

Office: Phonetik, Herbert-Lewin-Straße 6
E-Mail: doris.muecke(at)uni-koeln.de
Phone: (+49) 221 470-4256
Dr. Tabea Thies

Dr. Tabea Thies

Associated Postdoc A04

Office: Phonetik, Herbert-Lewin-Straße 6
E-Mail: tabea.thies(at)uni-koeln.de
Phone: (+49) 221 470-7047
Lena Pagel

Lena Pagel

Associated Doctoral student A04

Office: Phonetik, Herbert-Lewin-Straße 6
E-Mail: lena.pagel(at)uni-koeln.de
Phone: (+49) 221 470-7047
Elisa Herbig

Elisa Herbig

Student assistant A04

Office: Phonetik, Herbert-Lewin-Straße 6
E-Mail: eherbig1(at)uni-koeln.de
Phone: (+49) 221 470-7047

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Awards

  • Pagel, Lena: IPA Student Award (A kinematic analysis of visual prosody: Head movements in habitual and loud speech), ICPhS 2023 in Prague.
  • Mücke, Doris: LABEX EFL International Chair 2023 (Laboratories of Excellence, Université Sorbonne Nouvelle, Paris). 
  • Roessig, Simon: Walter Benjamin fellowship (2021) of the German Research Foundation (DFG).
  • Roessig, Simon: Offermann-Hergarten Prize of the University of Cologne 2021 (Categoriality and continuity in prosodic prominence).
  • Pagel, Lena: Student Award "Special Mention for Best Oral Presentation” (Prominence relations and articulatory modifications in habitual and loud speech), 4th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe 2021 in Barcelona (virtual conference).  
  • Pagel, Lena: Best Poster Award (Modifications of Tongue Body Kinematics as a Prominence Marking Strategy), Interspeech 2019 / Young Female Researchers in Speech Workshop 2019 in Graz. 
  • Pagel, Lena: Faculty Prize of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Cologne 2019 (Eine artikulatoische Studie zur Prominenzmarkierung im Deutschen: Die Kinematik des Zungenrückens; Bachelorthesis).
  • Mertens, Jane: Faculty Prize of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Cologne 2018 (Alter und Sprechmotorik: Eine akustische und artikulatorische Analyse; Masterthesis).
  • Roessig, Simon: Best Student Paper Award (The phonetics and phonology of focus marking - an integrated perspective), 16th Conference on Laboratory Phonology 2018 in Lissabon.

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