C09 - Prominence and predictive modelling
This project develops and explores a Bayesian computational account of prominence that is based on the forward-modelling account of language cognition. The account will relate the cognitive prominence of discourse items with the prominence of their form of expression, and explore the question of whether such prominence phenomena are functionally motivated as mechanisms of communicative efficiency. Precise quantifications of the account will be tested in collaboration with other projects within the CRC.
Team

Prof. Dr. Martine Grice
Principal Investigator A01, A02, C09
Office: Phonetik, Herbert-Lewin-Straße 6 E-Mail: martine.grice(at)uni-koeln.de Phone: (+49) 221 470-5610 Homepage: Prof. Dr. Martine Grice

Prof. Dr. Petra Schumacher
Principal Investigator A01, C07, C09
Office: Philosophikum, Raum 2.124 E-Mail: petra.schumacher(at)uni-koeln.de Phone: (+49) 221 470-2696 Homepage: Prof. Dr. Petra Schumacher

Prof. Dr. Nikolaus P. Himmelmann
Principal Investigator A03, B05, C09 and INF
Office: Allg. Sprachwissenschaft, Meister-Ekkehart-Straße 7 E-Mail: sprachwissenschaft(at)uni-koeln.de Phone: (+49) 221 470-2323 Homepage: Prof. Dr. Nikolaus P. Himmelmann