Silke Hamann
Publications
2021
- Downing, Laura & Silke Hamann (2021) "Why phonetically-motivated constraints do not lead to phonetic determinism:
The relevance of aspiration in cueing NC sequences in Tumbuka." Phonological Data & Analysis 3 (2).
doi: 10.3765/pda.v3art2.49
- Tamim, Nour & Silke Hamann (2021) "Voicing contrasts in the singleton stops of Palestinian Arabic:
Production and perception." Proceedings of Interspeech 2021, Brno, 401–405.
doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2021-1079
- Hamann, Silke & Nancy Kula (2021) "Phonetic and phonological considerations on the moraic status of pre-NC
vowels in Bemba." S. J. Lee, C. Patin & K. Riedel (eds). A festschrift to honour Laura Downing.
Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Plus 45: 57–74. pdf
2020
- Rochel Madruga, Magnun, Silke Hamann & Maria Bernadete Marques Abaurre (2020) "Gradient and categorical
assimilation of pretonic vowels in Brazilian Portuguese." Journal of Portuguese Linguistics 19 (12): 1–21.
doi: 10.5334/jpl.234
- Hamann, Silke (2020) "One phonotactic restriction for speaking, listening and reading: The
case of the no geminate constraint in German." In: Martin Evertz-Rittich & Frank Kirchhoff (eds.) Geschriebene
und gesprochene Sprache als Modalitäten eines Sprachsystems - Written and spoken language as modalities of one
language system. Berlin: de Gruyter, 57–78.
prepubl.
doi: 10.1515/9783110710809-004
- Zhou, Chao & Silke Hamann (2020) "Cross-linguistic interaction between phonological categorization and orthography
predicts prosodic effects in the acquisition of Portuguese liquids by L1-Mandarin learners." Proceedings of
Interspeech 2020, Shanghai, 4486–4490.
doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2020-2689
2019
- Hamann, Silke, Veronica Miatto & Laura J. Downing (2019) "Duration of vowels before homorganic nasal-obstruent
sequences in Tumbuka." In: Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain & Paul Warren (eds.) Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.
Canberra: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc; 3568–3572.
pdf
- Miatto, Veronica, Silke Hamann & Paul Boersma (2019) "Self-reported L2 input predicts phonetic variation in
the adaptation of English final consonants into Italian." In: Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain & Paul Warren (eds.) Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.
Canberra: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc; 949–953.
pdf
- Seinhorst, Klaas, Paul Boersma & Silke Hamann (2019) "Iterated distributional and lexicon-driven learning
in a symmetric neural network explains the emergence of features and dispersion."
In: Sasha Calhoun, Paola Escudero, Marija Tabain & Paul Warren (eds.) Proceedings of the 19th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences.
Canberra: Australasian Speech Science and Technology Association Inc; 1134–1138.
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- Sennema, Anke & Silke Hamann (2019) "Vietnamese learners tackling the German /ʃt/ in perception."
Proceedings of Interspeech 2019, 3540–3543. doi: 10.21437/Interspeech.2019-2832
2018
- Pfeifer, Jasmin & Silke Hamann (2018) "The nature and nurture of Congenital Amusia: A twin case study."
Frontiers in Behavioural Neuroscience 12: 120.
doi: 10.3389/fnbeh.2018.00120
- Downing, Laura J. & Silke Hamann (2018) "The phonetics of NCh in Tumbuka and its implications for diachronic change." Papers
in Historical Phonology 3: 77–95. You can download the paper and/or leave comments here.
2017
- Hamann, Silke & Ilaria Colombo (2017) "A formal account of the interaction of orthography and perception:
English intervocalic consonants borrowed into Italian."
Natural Language & Linguistic Theory 35,3: 683–714.
doi: 10.1007/s11049-017-9362-3
- Hamann, Silke & Laura J. Downing (2017)
"*NT revisited again: An approach to postnasal laryngeal alternations with perceptual cue constraints."
Journal of Linguistics 53,1: 85–112.
doi: 10.1017/S0022226715000213
- Chládková, Kateřina, Silke Hamann, Daniel Williams & Sam Hellmuth (2017) "F2 slope as
a perceptual cue for the front-back contrast in Standard Southern British English."
Language and Speech 60: 377–398. doi: 10.1177/0023830916650991. pdf
- Kula, Nancy & Silke Hamann (2017) "Intonation in Bemba." In: L. Downing &
A. Rialland (eds.) Intonation in African Tone Languages. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter; 321–364.
prepubl.
2016
- Hamann, Silke (2016) "/u:/-fronting in Standard Southern British English: Testing the role of diphthongization with a computer simulation. In:
A. Bannink & W. Honselaar (eds.) From Variation to Iconicity: Festschrift for Olga Fischer on the Occasion of her 65th Birthday.
Amsterdam: Pegasus; 141–158. prepubl.
- Hamann, Silke & David W. L. Li (2016) "Adaptation of English onset clusters across time in Hong Kong Cantonese: the role of the perception grammar."
Linguistics in Amsterdam 9,3:
56–76. pdf
2015
- Pfeifer, Jasmin & Silke Hamann (2015)
"Web-testing of Congenital Amusia with the MBEA." J. Ginsborg, A. Lamont, M. Phillips & S. Bramley (eds.)
Proceedings of the 9th Triennial Conference of the European Society for the Cognitive Sciences of Music (ESCOM). Manchester.
pdf
- Hamann, Silke & Alma de Jonge (2015) "Eliciting the Dutch loan phoneme /g/ with the Menu Task." In: The Scottish Consortium
for ICPhS 2015 (ed.) Proceedings of the 18th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences. Glasgow: the University of Glasgow, Paper number 0950, 4 pages.
pdf
- Hamann, Silke & Nancy Kula (2015) "Bemba."
Journal of the International Phonetic Association 45,1: 61–69.
- Pfeifer, Jasmin & Silke Hamann (2015) "Revising
the diagnosis of congenital amusia with the Montreal Battery of Evaluation of Amusia."
Frontiers in Human Neuroscience 9: 161.
doi: 10.3389/fnhum.2015.00161
2014
- Hamann, Silke (2014) "Phonological change." In: C. Bowern & B. Evans (eds.) Handbook of Historical Linguistics. New York and
London: Routledge, 249–263. prepubl.
- Pfeifer, Jasmin, Silke Hamann & Mats Exter (2014)
"Congenital Amusia in linguistic and non-linguistic pitch perception: What behavior and reaction times reveal."
Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Speech Prosody. Dublin: Trinity College, 438–442.
- Hamann, Silke (2014) "Wims or Wimmen? On the plural formation of first names in Dutch." In: R. Kager, J. Grijzenhout & K. Sebregts (eds.)
Where the principles fail: A Festschrift for Wim Zonneveld. Utrecht: LOT Press, 65–75. prepubl.
2013
- Hamann, Silke (2013) "Dispersion theory". In: T.A. Hall & B. Pompino-Marschall (eds.)
Phonetik und Phonologie / Phonetics and Phonology. Wörterbücher zur Sprach- und
Kommunikationswissenschaft Online. Volume 4. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
- Hamann, Silke (2013) "Functional phonology". In: T.A. Hall & B. Pompino-Marschall (eds.)
Phonetik und Phonologie / Phonetics and Phonology. see above.
- Hamann, Silke (2013) "Functionalist approaches to phonology". In: T.A. Hall & B. Pompino-Marschall (eds.)
Phonetik und Phonologie / Phonetics and Phonology. see above.
- Hamann, Silke (2013) "Functional motivation". In: T.A. Hall & B. Pompino-Marschall (eds.)
Phonetik und Phonologie / Phonetics and Phonology. see above.
- Hamann, Silke (2013) "Perceptual feature". In: T.A. Hall & B. Pompino-Marschall (eds.)
Phonetik und Phonologie / Phonetics and Phonology. see above.
- Hamann, Silke (2013) "Acoustic feature". In: T.A. Hall & B. Pompino-Marschall (eds.)
Phonetik und Phonologie / Phonetics and Phonology. see above.
- Hamann, Silke (2013) 14 short entries in: T.A. Hall & B. Pompino-Marschall (eds.)
Phonetik und Phonologie / Phonetics and Phonology. see above.
2012
- Hamann, Silke, Diana Apoussidou & Paul Boersma (2012) "Modelling the formation of phonotactic restrictions across the mental lexicon."
In: Proceedings of the 45th Meeting of the Chicago Linguistics Society 45,1: 193–206. pdf
- Hamann, Silke, Mats Exter, Jasmin Pfeifer &
Marion Krause-Burmester (2012) "Perceiving differences in linguistic and non-linguistic pitch: A pilot study with German congenital amusics."
In: F. Cambouropoulos, C. Tsougras, P. Mavromatis & K. Pastiadis (eds.) Proceedings of the 12th
International Conference on Music Perception and Cognition, Thessaloniki; 398–405. pdf
- Pfeifer, Jasmin, Silke Hamann, Mats Exter & Marion Krause-Burmester. "An Experimental Study on the Influence of
Congenital Amusia on Speech Perception." Stem-, Spraak- en Taalpathologie 12, supplement 2, September 2012: 13th International Science of
Aphasia Conference, 111–112.
2011
- Hamann, Silke (2011) "The Phonetics-Phonology Interface." In: N. Kula, B. Botma & K. Nasukawa (eds.)
Continuum Companion to Phonology. London: Continuum, 202–224.
prepubl.
- Hamann, Silke, Paul Boersma & Małgorzata Ćavar (2011) "Language-specific differences in the weighting of perceptual cues for labiodentals." In:
M. Wrembel, M. Kul & K. Dziubalska-Kołaczyk (eds.)
Achievements and perspectives in second language acquisition of speech: New Sounds 2010. Berlin: Peter Lang, 115–123.
prepubl.
- Ćavar, Małgorzata & Silke Hamann (2011) "Phonemes, features and allophones in L2 phonology: Polish sibilants in Croatian ears (and brains)." In:
P. Bański, B. Łukaszewicz, M. Opalińska & J. Zaleska (eds.)
Generative Investigations: Syntax, Morphology, and Phonology. Newcastle upon Tyne: Cambridge Scholars Publishing. prepubl.
- Chládková, Kateřina & Silke Hamann (2011) "High vowels in Standard British English:
/u/-fronting does not result in merger." In: W.-S. & Lee E. Zee (eds.) Proceedings of the 17th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Hong Kong; 476–479.
pdf
2010
- Hanulíková, Adriana & Silke Hamann (2010) "Slovak."
Journal of the International Phonetic Association 40,3:
369–374. pdf
- Hall, T. A. & Silke Hamann (2010) "On the cross-linguistic avoidance of rhotic plus high front vocoid sequences."
Lingua 120: 1821–1844. prepub.
- Hamann, Silke & Susanne Fuchs (2010) "Retroflexion of voiced stops: data from Dhao, Thulung, Afar and German."
Language and Speech 53,2: 181–216. pdf
- Petersen, Wiebke & Silke Hamann (2010) "On the generalizability of Panini's pratyahara-technique to other languages."
In: G.N. Jha (ed.) Sanskrit Computational Linguistics: Proceedings of the 4th International Sanskrit Computational Linguistics Symposium.
Berlin: Springer, 21–38. pdf
- Hamann, Silke, Paul Boersma & Małgorzata Ćavar (2010) "Language-specific differences in the weighting of perceptual cues for
labiodentals." In: K. Dziubalska-Kołaczyk, M. Wrembel & M. Kul (eds.) Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Acquisition
of Second Language Speech (New Sounds 2010). Poznan: 167–172.
2009
- Boersma, Paul & Silke Hamann (2009) "Loanword adaptation as first-language phonological perception." In: Andrea Calabrese & Leo Wetzels (eds.)
Loan Phonology. Amsterdam: Benjamins, 11–53.
prepubl.
- Boersma, Paul & Silke Hamann (eds., 2009)
Phonology in Perception. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.
- Boersma, Paul & Silke Hamann (2009) "Introduction: models of phonology in perception." In: P. Boersma & S. Hamann (eds.)
Phonology in Perception. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 1–24.
- Hamann, Silke (2009) "The learner of a perception grammar as a source of sound change." In: P. Boersma & S. Hamann (eds.)
Phonology in Perception. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 111–149.
pdf
- Hamann, Silke (2009) "Variation in the perception of an L2 contrast: A combined phonetic and phonological account."
In: F. Kügler, C. Fery & R. v. d. Vijver (eds.)
Variation and Gradience in Phonetics and Phonology. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, 79–105. pdf
2008
- Boersma, Paul & Silke Hamann (2008) "The evolution of auditory dispersion in bidirectional constraint grammars."
Phonology 25,2: 217–270.
pdf
- Iverson, Paul, Dulika Ekanayake, Silke Hamann, Anke Sennema & Bronwen Evans (2008) "Category and perceptual interference in second-language phoneme learning: An examination of English /w/-/v/ learning by
Sinhala, German, and Dutch speakers." Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception
and Performance 34,5: 1305–1316.prepub.
- Ćavar, Małgorzata & Silke Hamann (2008) "Phonemes, features and allophones in L2 phonology: Polish sibilants in Croatian ears." In:
Proceedings of GLiP 6.
- Hamann, Silke & Susanne Fuchs (2008) "How do voiced retroflex stops evolve? Evidence from typology and an articulatory study." In: M. Żygis
& S. Fuchs (eds.) ZAS Papers in Linguistics 49: 97–131.
2007
- Hamann, Silke & Heriberto Avelino (2007) "An acoustic study of plain and palatalized sibilants in Ocotepec Mixe." Proceedings of the 16th International
Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Saarbrücken; 949–952. pdf
- Boersma, Paul & Silke Hamann (2007) "The evolution of auditory contrast." Rutgers Optimality Archive 909.
pdf
2006
2005
- Hamann, Silke & Marzena Żygis (2005) "Phonology." In: U. Ammon, N. Dittmar, K. J. Mattheier & P. Trudgill
(eds.) Sociolinguistics: An International Handbook of the Science of Language and Society. Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter,
second, completely revised edition. Volume 1: 512–521.
- Hamann, Silke (2005) "The diachronic emergence of retroflex segments in three languages." In: LINK: tijdschrift voor
linguistiek te Utrecht 15,1: 29–48.
- Boersma, Paul & Silke Hamann (2005) "The violability of backness in retroflex consonants." ROA 713.
pdf
- Hamann, Silke & Anke Sennema (2005) "Acoustic differences between German
and Dutch labiodentals." In: C. Geng, J. Brunner & D. Pape (eds.) ZAS Papers in Linguistics 42: 33–41.
pdf
- Hamann, Silke & Anke Sennema (2005) "Voiced labiodental
fricatives or glides – all the same to Germans." In: V. Hazan & P. Iverson (eds.) Proceedings of the ISCA Workshop
on Plasticity in Speech Perception. London; 164–167. pdf
- Hamann, Silke & Hristo Velkov (2005) "Airflow in stop-vowel sequences of German." In: C. Geng, J. Brunner &
D. Pape (eds.) ZAS Papers in Linguistics 42: 1–12. pdf
2004
- Hamann, Silke (2004) "Retroflex fricatives in Slavic Languages."
Journal of the International Phonetic Association 34,1: 53–67. pdf
- Hall, T.A., Silke Hamann & Marzena Żygis (2004) "The phonetic motivation for phonological stop assibilation." In:
S. Fuchs & S. Hamann (eds.) Papers on Phonetics and Phonology. ZAS Papers in Linguistics 37: 187–219.
2003
- Hamann, Silke (2003) "Norwegian retroflexion – licensing by cue or prosody?" A. Dahl, K. Bentzen & P. Svenonius (eds.)
Special Issue of the Proceedings of the 19th Scandinavian Conference of Linguistics.
Nordlyd 31,1: 63–77. pdf
- Hall, T.A. & Silke Hamann (2003) "Loanword nativization in Modern
Standard German as evidence for the phonological word." Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft 22,1: 56–85.
pdf
- Hamann, Silke (2003) The Phonetics and Phonology of Retroflexes.
Ph.D. dissertation. Utrecht: LOT Press. pdf
- Ćavar, Małgorzata & Silke Hamann (2003) "Polish velar and coronal palatalization – its perceptual background." In: P.
Kosta, J. Błaszczak, J. Frasek, L. Geist & M. Żygis (eds.)
Investigations into Formal Slavic Linguistics. Berlin: Peter Lang Verlag; 31–48.
- Hamann, Silke (2003) "German glide formation functionally viewed." In: T.A. Hall & S. Hamann (eds.) Papers in Phonetics
and Phonology. ZAS Papers in Linguistics 32: 137–154.pdf
- Hall, T.A. & Silke Hamann (2003) "Towards a typology of stop assibilation."In: T.A. Hall & S. Hamann (eds.) Papers in
Phonetics and Phonology. ZAS Papers in Linguistics 32: 137–154.
- Żygis, Marzena & Silke Hamann (2003) "Perceptual and acoustic cues of Polish coronal fricatives." In: Proceedings of the
15th International Congress of Phonetic Sciences, Barcelona: 395–398. pdf
2002
- Hamann, Silke (2002) "Postalveolar Fricatives in Slavic Languages as Retroflexes." In: S. Baauw, M. Huiskes & M. Schoorlemmer
(eds.) OTS Yearbook 2002. Utrecht: Utrecht Institute of Linguistics: 105–127. pdf
- Hamann, Silke (2002) "Retroflexion and Retraction revised." In: T.A. Hall, B. Pompino-Marschall & M. Rochoń (eds.) Papers on
Phonetics and Phonology: The Articulation, Acoustics and Perception of Consonants. ZAS Papers in Linguistics
28: 13–26. pdf