Psycholinguistics
Prof. Dr. P. Knoeferle (Homepage, Group members, Labs)
The research focus of the group is on context effects in language processing across the lifespan (e.g., in 16-18 year olds, 18-31 year olds, but also mid-life and older adults) and as a function of further individual human characteristics (e.g., someone's language background or their gender). We examine both visual and linguistic context effects at the syntax-semantics-pragmatics interface. Among visual contexts we consider for instance clipart depictions, animated clips, photographs, or real-world videos. The linguistic contexts can be short (e.g., a single sentence) but can also be multi-sentence discourse. We have an interest in cross-linguistic comparisons, too (e.g., German-English or German-Japanese). We examine how rapidly comprehenders can exploit different contextual cues (using eye tracking or event-related brain potentials) but also investigate protracted context effects (as revealed in post-experiment comprehension and memory test scores among others). Related to protracted effects, we have an interest in how contextual information can benefit both language processing and second language learning.
You can find our publications on ResearchGate.
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Psycholinguistik
Institut für deutsche Sprache und Linguistik
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
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