Tracing patterns of meaning in Japanese writing systems
Abstract: Is meaning expressed in the details of the realization of words? This is some evidence that this is true (Schmitz & Baer-Henney, 2024, Berg et al., 2023). This leads one to expect that this should also hold for writing systems.
Feb 24, 2026
Evaluating AI supported ASR performance: the role of semantic density within the Discriminative Lexicon Model (DLM)
This is a poster presentation about semantic effects on ASR accuracy with Prof. Dr. Annette Gerstenberg (University of Potsdam) and Hanno Müller (Hasso-Plattner Institute).
Feb 24, 2026
Predicting compound branching directions with distributional semantics
A poster presentation at Computational Psycholinguistics Meeting 2025.
Dec 18, 2025
Semantics determines choices of writing styles in Japanese: A computational approach
An invited talk at International Academic Conference on Digital Humanities and AI Art in Taiwan.
Oct 31, 2025
How meaning affects the duration of Japanese homophonous words
To be presented at the 6th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE 2025).
Jun 25, 2025
Durational differences among Japanese homophones as a function of their meanings
To be presented at the workshop "Morphological variation" at the 47th Annual Conference of the German Linguistic Society (DGfS 47).
Mar 7, 2025
How meaning and predictability affect the duration of Japanese homophonous words
Japanese homophones differ in duration according to semantics.
Nov 3, 2024
Articulatory effects of frequency modulated by semantics
Morphological status may module frequnecy effects and can be explained by semantics.
Mar 18, 2024
Relative functional load determines co-articulatory movements of the tongue tip
Tongue movements can be predicted from functional load of sublexical forms.
Dec 14, 2020