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Below, you can find a list of publications, talks and other activities based on the research of our project.

Publications

Theses

  • Frings, Jonas. 2022. The distribution and semantics of spatial prepositions in Qaqet, Papua New Guinea. MA Thesis, University of Cologne.
  • Hausdorf, Marc. 2022. Establishing sound correspondences between the Baining languages: Towards a reconstruction of Proto-Baining. MA Thesis, University of Cologne.
  • Reetz, Steffen. 2022. Code-switching among Qaqet-speaking adults in Kamanakam, East New Britain Province, Papua New Guinea. PhD Thesis, University of Cologne.
  • Frye, Henrike. 2019. Child-directed speech in Qaqet: A language of East New Britain, Papua New Guinea. PhD Thesis, University of Cologne.
  • Obersteiner, Katrin. 2019. Nominal classification in Kairak – A comparison with Mali, Qaqet and Ura. MA Thesis, University of Cologne.

Data collections

Workshops

  • 1st Workshop on the acquisition of lesser-documented languages (University of Cologne, 25.-26.1.2019).
  • 2nd Workshop on the acquisition of lesser-documented languages (University of Melbourne, 9.8.2019).

Selected Talks

Teaching (University of Cologne)

  • "Theorien des Erstspracherwerbs", course taught by Birgit Hellwig, winter term 2022/23 and summer term 2023.
  • "Spracherwerb aus typologischer Perspektive", course taught by Birgit Hellwig, summer term 2021.
  • "Languages and their environment", course taught by Henrike Frye and Aung Si, winter term 2020/21.
  • "Lernumgebungen: Soziale, kulturelle und mediale Kontexte des Lernens", lecture series organized by Benjamin Beil, Birgit Hellwig, Melanie Schippling and Hanns Christian Schmid, winter term 2020/21.
  • "Sprach- und kulturvergleichende Studien zum kindlichen Spracherwerb", course taught by Sonja Eisenbeiß, winter term 2019/20.
  • "Qaqet (East-Papuan)", course taught by Birgit Hellwig, summer terms 2019 and 2023.
  • "Worterwerb: Wie lernen wir Wörter?", course taught by Sonja Eisenbeiß, summer term 2019.
  • "Multilingualismus: Typen, Trends und Theorien", course taught by Sonja Eisenbeiß, winter term 2018/19.
  • "Narrative Entwicklung", course taught by Birgit Hellwig, summer term 2018.
  • "Child-directed speech", course taught by Birgit Hellwig, winter term 2017/18.
  • "Psycholinguistik in der Feldforschung", course taught by Sonja Eisenbeiß, summer term 2017.

Press & public outreach