Presentations

2020

Köhnlein, B. & I. Cameron: Interactions of Tone, Consonant Voicing, and Foot Structure in Tone-Accent Systems. 94th Annual Meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, New Orleans, January 3.

2019

Erteschik-Shir, N., G. Josefsson & B. Köhnlein: Variation in Mainland Scandinavian Object Shift: A prosodic analysis. 6th NINJAL International Conference on Phonetics and Phonology, Tachikawa, December 13.

Köhnlein, B.: OSL and Apocope overlapped in German dialects: evidence from tonal accent. The Fourth Edinburgh Symposium on Historical Phonology, Edinburgh, December 10.

Köhnlein, B. & I. Cameron: A Foot-Based Approach to Interactions of Tonal Accent and Consonantal Strength. 50th Annual Meeting of the North East Linguistic Society, Cambridge (MA), October 26.

Köhnlein, B. & I. Cameron: Consonant Voicing, Foot Structure, and Tone in Estonian and Franconian.  24th Annual MidPhon Conference, Milwaukee, October 4.

Köhnlein, B. & I. Cameron: The influence of consonantal strength on foot assignment in accentual systems. Manchester Phonology Meeting 27, Manchester, May 23.

Köhnlein, B. & I. Cameron (invited): Consonant-Foot Interactions in Tone-Accent Systems. Workshop on Theoretical Phonology, Montréal, May 5.

Köhnlein, B. (invited): How much Meaning does a Morpheme Need? Underspecification in Complex Names. Wer bin ich? Questions of Identity in Germanic Studies, Bloomington, March 2.

2018

Köhnlein, B. & Y. Zhu: Restricting the power of cophonologies: A representational solution to stem allomorphy in Uspanteko. 6th Annual Meeting on Phonology, San Diego, October 7 2018.

Köhnlein, B. & Y. Zhu: Stem allomorphy in Uspanteko as an epiphenomenon of metrical affixation. Manchester Phonology Meeting26, Manchester, May 26 2018.

Köhnlein, B. (invited): Discussant at Fringe Meeting “Phonological Solutions to Morphological Problems”, Manchester Phonology Meeting 26, Manchester, May 23 2018.

Köhnlein, B.: Ternary quantity in North Low Saxon as an epiphenomenon of pre-lenis lengthening. Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 24, Penn State, 12 May 2018.

Köhnlein, B. & Y. Zhu: Metrical templates trigger stem allomorphy in Uspanteko. Tenth North American Phonology Conference, Montréal, 4 May 2018.

2017

Erteschik-Shir, N., G. Josefsson & B. Köhnlein: Mainland Scandinavian Object Shift, Match Theory and Prosodic Displacement. Generative Linguistics in the Old World, Leiden University, 14 Mar. 2017.

Erteschik-Shir, N., G. Josefsson & B. Köhnlein: Prosody determines word order: the case of Mainland Scandinavian object shift. 39th Conference of the German Linguistic Society, Saarland University, 8 Mar.2017.

Köhnlein, B. (invited): How much diachrony is in synchrony? Interactions of prosody and segmental structure in Continental West Germanic. 2nd Annual Central Kentucky Linguistics Conference (CKLiC), University of Kentucky, 17 Feb. 2017.

Köhnlein, B. (invited): Prosodic and segmental structure at the interface of synchrony and diachrony. Phonetics / Phonology Research Group Meeting, University of Michigan, 10 Feb. 2017.

Erteschik-Shir, N., G. Josefsson & B. Köhnlein (invited): Variation in Mainland Scandinavian Object Shift as prosodic repair. Interdisciplinary Colloquium of the Department of Linguistics, Tel-Aviv University, 5 January 2017

2016

Köhnlein, B. (invited): Object Shift in Mainland Scandinavian as prosodic repair. Word order variation at the interfaces, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, 14 November 2016.

Erteschik-Shir, N., G. Josefsson & B. Köhnlein: Scandinavian object shift as a phonological phenomenon. Nordic Prosody XII, Trondheim, 12 August 2016.

Köhnlein, B. (invited): Intonation und das Lexikon: Erkenntnisse aus der Tonakzentforschung. Phonetisches Kolloquium, Saarland University, 29 June 2016.

Köhnlein, B.: The role of empty-headed syllables in subtractive morphology. Manchester Phonology Meeting 24, 26 May 2016.

Köhnlein, B.: When less is more and more is less: subtractive morphology as prosodic affixation. NAPhC9, Montreal, 7 May 2016.

2015

Köhnlein, B. (invited) :Tonal accent and prosodic typology. University of Toronoto, 13 Nov. 2015.

Köhnlein, B. & M. van Oostendorp: Why poetic rhyme is relevant for phonological theory. Leiden, Societas Linguistica Europaea, 48th annual meeting, 3 Sep. 2015.

Köhnlein, B.: The interaction of post-lexical tone and foot structure in Uspanteko. Manchester, Manchester Phonology Meeting 23, 30 May 2015.

Köhnlein, B. (invited): Fortis and lenis in prosodic typology. Edinburgh, Edinburgh Linguistics Circle, 5 Mar. 2015.

Köhnlein, B. (invited): Contrastive foot structure. Ohio State University, 30 Jan. 2015.

Köhnlein, B. (invited): The interaction of prosody and segmental structure in language change. Tel Aviv, Linguistics Department Interdisciplinary Colloquium, 22 Jan. 2015.

Köhnlein, B. (invited): Prosodic typology revisited. Tel Aviv, The Israeli Phonology Circle, 13 Jan. 2015.

Köhnlein, B. (invited): Improving prosodic typology. Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Colloquium in Linguistics, 6 Jan. 2015.

2014

Köhnlein, B. (invited): Rules vs. constraints in studies on tonal accent. Workshop on Building Blocks, Leipzig, 21 Nov. 2014.

Köhnlein, B.: Distinctive tone is not always lexical tone: a foot-based analysis of the tone accent contrast in Stockholm Swedish. Beer Sheva, Israel Association for Theoretical Linguistics: 30th Annual Meeting, 21 Oct. 2014.

Köhnlein, B.: Tone as a correlate of contrastive foot structure: the case of Uspanteko. Workshop on Word Stress and Accent, Leiden University, 17 Aug. 2014.

Oostendorp, M. van & Köhnlein, B.: Testing Dutch Word Stress. Amphichrony and Data. Leiden, Workshop on Word Stress and Accent, 16 Aug. 2014.

Köhnlein, B.: Contrastive metrical structure as a trigger of vowel length alternations and ‘opaque’ final devoicing. Manchester, Manchester Phonology Meeting 22, 30 May 2014.

Köhnlein, B. & Oostendorp, M. van: The relevance of feminine rhyme for phonological theory. Manchester, Manchester Phonology Meeting 22, 31 May 2014.

Köhnlein, B.: Tone accents in Uspanteko: a metrical approach. Nijmegen, 4th International Symposium on Tonal Aspects of Languages (TAL 2014), 14 May 2014.

2013

Köhnlein, B., Hinskens, F.L.M.P. & Oostendorp, M. van: Dutch stress assignment in Biblical names: general patterns and sociolinguistic variation in a large-scale web survey. Genève, Congrès International des Linguistes 19, 25 Jul. 2013.

Hinskens, F.L.M.P., Köhnlein, B. & Oostendorp, M. van: General patterns and sociolinguistic variation in Dutch stress assignment. Trondheim, International Conference on Language Variation in Europe (ICLaVE 7), 28 Jun. 2013.

Köhnlein, B.: Towards a unified analysis of tone accent oppositions in Franconian and Scandinavian. Manchester, Manchester Phonology Meeting 21, 23 May 2013.

Köhnlein, B. (invited): Tone accent systems in West Germanic: synchrony and diachrony. Nice, Laboratoire Bases, Corpus, Langage: Cycles de Conférence, 14 Mar. 2013.

Oostendorp, M. van & Köhnlein, B.: One grammar fits all. The representation of variation in Dutch, German, and Yiddish. Istanbul, Old World Conference in Phonology 10 (OCP 10), 19 Jan. 2013.

2012

Köhnlein, B.: Towards a Germanic accent typology. Manchester, Manchester Phonology Meeting 20, 24-26 May 2012.

Köhnlein, B.: Similarities in the diachronic development towards modern Scandinavian and Franconian tone accent dialects. Bloomington, Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 18, 27 Apr. 2012.

Köhnlein, B.: Pitch contours in Franconian, and why to analyze them with level tones. Leiden, Toondag 2012: Tonal representation from an empirical perspective –contour vs. level tones, 9 Feb. 2012.

Köhnlein, B.: Against predictable exceptions: name morphology in Dutch. Berlin, Old World Conference in Phonology 9, 21 Jan. 2012.

2011

Oostendorp, M. & Köhnlein, B.: Quantity-Sensitivity and the Three-Syllable Window as Lexical Properties. Marrakech, Old World Conference in Phonology 8, 22 Jan. 2011.

2010

Köhnlein, B.: Head domains. Leiden, Leiden-London Phonology Connection workshop, 22 Sept. 2010.

Köhnlein, B.: The tonal reversal in Franconian dialects: Language contact and its influence on the interaction of phonology and phonetics. Vilnius, Societas Linguistica Europaea, 43rd annual meeting, 3 Sep. 2010.

Köhnlein, B.: From many to one: the segment as the only TBU. Nice, Old World Conference in Phonology 7 (OCP 7), 28 Jan. 2010.

2009

Köhnlein, B.: Synchronic representation of the Franconian tone accents. Leiden, LUCL Colloquium, 27 Nov. 2009.

Köhnlein, B.: Now monophthong, soon diphthong? The hybrid status of low tone as an indicator of diphthongization processes. Manchester, Manchester Phonology Meeting 17, 28 May 2009.

Hermans, B. & Köhnlein, B.: Ternary rhythm is the consequence of clash resolution. Manchester, Manchester Phonology Meeting 17, 30 May 2009.

Köhnlein, B.: New High German diphthongization revisited: evidence for a tonal origin. Banff, Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 14, 2 May 2009.

Köhnlein, B.: Solving the mystery of Rule B: On the typological relation between two Franconian dialect groups. Köln, Phonetik und Phonologie 5, 3 Mar. 2009.

Köhnlein, B.: Does Des Pudels Kern exist? Alternative representations of Franconian tone. Utrecht, TIN-dag, 7 Feb. 2009.

Köhnlein, B.: Understanding the partial reversal of tonal contours: OCP-effects in two Franconian dialects. Edinburgh, Old World Conference in Phonology 6 (OCP 6), 22 Jan. 2009.

2008

Köhnlein, B.: How the OCP influences lexical tones in Franconian dialects. Nijmegen, Meeting Prosody Group, 25 Nov. 2008.

Köhnlein, B.: Understanding the partial reversal of tonal contours: OCP-effects in two Franconian dialects. Utrecht, Sound Circle, 3 Oct. 2008.

Köhnlein, B.: From outsider to prototype: The lexical tone contrast in Arzbach (Westerwald). Manchester, Manchester Phonology Meeting 16, 23 May 2008.

Köhnlein, B.: There’s no reversal in Rule B: Evidence against traditional claims about tone accents in the Westerwald. Madison, Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 14, 3 May 2008.

Köhnlein, B. (invited): Was ist Regel B? Zur Umkehrung der Regelumkehrung in Arzbachs Tonakzenten. Marburg, Tonakzent-Workshop, 14 Feb. 2008.

Köhnlein, B.: The reversed reversal in Arzbach’s tone accents. Utrecht, TIN-dag, 6 Feb. 2008.

Köhnlein, B. & Boersma, P.: Westerwald Franconian: A different ternary scale for tone spreading. Toulouse, Old World Conference in Phonology 5 (OCP 5), 25 Jan. 2008.

2007

Köhnlein, B.: Rule B in the Franconian tone accent area: Accent reversal in Arzbach (Westerwald). Amsterdam, Workshop Segments and Tone, 8 Jun. 2007.

2006

Köhnlein, B.: Adolf Bach und die Tonakzente im rechtsrheinischen Regelumkehrgebiet. Wien, Zweiter Kongress der Internationalen Gesellschaft für Dialektologie des Deutschen, 22 Sep. 2006.

Köhnlein, B.: Tonakzente im rechtsrheinischen Regelumkehrgebiet. Marburg, Sprachwissenschaftliches Graduiertenkolloquium, 31 May 2006.

2005

Köhnlein. B. (invited): Rule and reversal: Dialect grouping in the Franconian tone accent area. Amsterdam, A workshop on Franconian tone, 4 Nov. 2005.