Information Density and the Predictability of Phonetic Structure (C01)

• Subject Area: Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics ; General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: since 2014
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 232722074

C1 is concerned with the relation between information density (ID) and linguistic encoding in phonetics and human speech processing. The main hypothesis underlying our experimental and modeling work is that speakers modulate details of the phonetic encoding in the service of maintaining a balance of the complementary relation between ID and phonetic encoding. In the third phase C1 will investigate how information-theoretic effects in the speech of adults and children change dynamically as the interactive task or conversation unfolds, with a special emphasis on information structure and accommodative behavior.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1102: Information Density and Linguistic Encoding
• Applicant Institution: Universität des Saarlandes
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Bistra Andreeva; Professor Dr. Bernd Möbius