Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft Leibniz-Gemeinschaft

Dr. Melanie Weirich

Publikationen vor der Zeit am ZAS

Zeitschriftenartikel:

  • Weirich M. & Simpson, A. (2019) Effects of Gender, Parental Role, and Time on Infant- and Adult-Directed Read and Spontaneous Speech. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research.62(12):1-14.
  • Weirich M. & Simpson, A. (2018) Gender identity is indexed and perceived in speech. PLoS ONE 13(12):e0209226. DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0209226 [link]
  • Weirich, M. & Simposn, A. (2018) Individual differences in acoustic and articulatory undershoot in a German diphthong - variation between male and female speakers. Journal of Phonetics 71, 35-50. [link]
  • Jannedy, S. & Weirich, M. (2017) Spectral moments vs discrete cosine transformation coefficients: Evaluation of acoustic measures distinguishing two merging German fricatives. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 142 (1), 395-405.
  • Weirich, M., Fuchs, S., Simpson, A., Winkler, R. & Perrier, P. (2016) Mumbling: macho or morphology? Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research 59, S1587-S1595.
  • Jannedy, S. & Weirich, M. (2014) Sound change in an urban setting: Category instability of the palatal fricative in Berlin. Laboratory Phonology 5(1), 91-122.
  • Weirich, M. & Simpson, A. (2014) Differences in acoustic vowel space and the perception of speech tempo. Journal of Phonetics 43.1-10. [link]
  • Weirich, M. & Fuchs, S. (2013) Palatal morphology can influence speaker-specific realizations of phonemic contrasts. Journal of Speech, Language and Hearing Research 56, S1894-S1908.
  • Weirich, M., Lancia, L. & Brunner, J. (2013) Inter-speaker articulatory variability during vowel-consonant-vowel sequences in twins and unrelated speakers.  J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 134 (5), 3766-3780. [link]
  • Weirich, M. & Simpson, A. (2013) Investigating the relationship between average speaker fundamental frequency and acoustic vowel space size. J. Acoust. Soc. Am. 134 (4), 2965-2974. [link]
  • Weirich, M. (2012) The influence of NATURE and NURTURE on speaker-specific parameters in twins' speech: Acoustics, articulation and perception. Thesis Abstract. International Journal of Speech, Language and the Law 19 (1), 119-122. [pdf]
  • Fuchs, S., Weirich, M., Kroos, C., Fecher, N., Pape, D. & Koppetsch, S. (2010). Time for a shave? Does facial hair interfere with visual speech intelligibility? Annals of Improbable Research 16(1), 6-8.

Monographien:

  • Weirich, M. (2012). The influence of NATURE and NURTURE on speaker-specific parameters in twins' speech: Articulation, acoustics and perception. PhD thesis. Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. (link)
  • Weirich, M. (2010). Die attraktive Stimme: Vocal Stereotypes. Eine phonetische Analyse anhand akustischer und auditiver Parameter. Saarbrücken: Verlag Dr. Müller.

Buchbeiträge und Arbeitsberichte:

  • Jannedy, S., Mendoza-Denton, N. & Weirich, M. (2019) Social capital in the production and perception of fine phonetic detail in Berlin. In: B. Schneider, T. Heyd, & F. von Mengden (eds.), The Sociolinguistic Economy of Berlin. Cosmopolitan Studies of Language, Diversity and Social Space. de Gruyter Mouton.
  • Weirich, M. (2015). Organic sources of inter-speaker variability in articulation: Insights from twin studies and male and female speech. In: Fuchs, S., Petrone, C., Pape, D. & P. Perrier. Speech Production and Perception: Speaker-Specific Behavior. Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang, 187 - 219.
  • Weirich, M. & Simpson, A.P. (2015) Impact and interaction of accent realization and speaker's sex on vowel length in German. In: A. Leemann, M.-J. Kolly, S. Schmid & V. Dellwo (eds.), Trends in Phonetics and Phonology in German speaking Europe. Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang.
  • Jannedy, S., Fuchs, S. & Weirich, M. (2010). Articulation beyond the usual: Evaluating the fastest German speaker under laboratory conditions. In S. Fuchs, P. Hoole, C. Mooshammer & M. Zygis (eds.), Between the regular and the particular in speech and language. Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang, 205-234.
  • Fuchs, S., Weirich, M., Kroos, C., Fecher, N., Pape, D. & Koppetsch, S. (2010). Time for a shave? Does facial hair interfere with visual speech intelligibility?. In S. Fuchs, P. Hoole, C. Mooshammer & M. Zygis (eds.), Between the regular and the particular in speech and language. Frankfurt/M.: Peter Lang, 247- 264.
  • Weirich, M. (2010). Articulatory and acoustic inter-speaker variability in the production of vowels, ZASPiL 52, 19-42. [pdf]

Konferenzbeiträge:

  • Weirich, M, Öjbro, J., Simpson, A.P. & Ericdotter Nordgren, C. (2019) Effects of gender, parental role and speech material on infant-directed speech in Swedish, Proceedings of ICPhS, Melbourne.
  • Weirich, M., Simpson, A. P., Öjbro, J., & Ericsdotter Nordgren, C. (2019). The phonetics of gender in Swedish and German. In Proceedings of FONETIK 2019 (pp. 49–53). https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3245997
  • Weirich, M. & Simpson, A. (2019) Do you hear what I say? The expression and perception of femininity in female voices, Workshop on Social Meaning, Leibniz-ZAS Berlin.
  • Jannedy, S. & Weirich, M. (2018 ) What’s in a name? New Ways of Analyzing Variation (NWAV 47), New York.
  • Weirich, M. & Simpson, A.P. (2018) Phonetic characteristics of motherese and fatherese. Phonetik & Phonologie 14, Wien.
  • Neder, F., Weirich, M. & Simpson, A.P. (2018) Der Zusammenhang zwischen selbsteingeschätzter und wahrgenommener Maskulinität in männlichen Stimmen. Phonetik & Phonologie 14, Wien.
  • Thon, K. Weirich, M. & Simpson, A.P (2018) Sprechgeschwindigkeit von Müttern und Vätern in kind- und erwachsenengerichteter Sprache. Phonetik & Phonologie 14, Wien.
  • Janndey, S. Weirich, M. & Leemann, A. (2018) The ecological validity of Deutschklang data. Phonetik & Phonologie 14, Wien.
  • Weirich, M. & Simpson,  A. (2017) Acoustic correlates of parental role and gender identity in the speech of expecting parents, Interspeech 2017, Stockholm, 924-928. [pdf]
  • Weirich, M. & Simpson, A. (2017) Changing social roles, ICLAVE 9, Malaga.
  • Jannedy, S, Weirich, M & Kleber, F. (2017) The acoustics of fricative contrasts, ICLAVE 9, Malaga.
  • Kramer, M., Weirich, M., Herrmann, K.-H,  Simpson, A.P. & Reichenbach, J. R. (2017) Assessing intrinsic velum height in vowels using time-resolved MRI. In Proc. International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine, vol. 25. 1511.
  • Weirich, M. & Simpson, A. (2016) Changes in IDS and ADS during parental leave - project sketch and first results of pilot studies. Proceedings of the 12th meeting on "Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum" (P&P12), Munich, 224-227. [pdf]
  • Jannedy, S. & Weirich, M. (2016) The acoustics of Northern German fricative contrasts. Proceedings of the 12th meeting on "Phonetik und Phonologie im deutschsprachigen Raum" (P&P12), Munich, 70-73.
  • Weirich, M. & Simpson, A. (2015) Gender-specific differences in sibilant contrast realizations in English and German. Proceedings of the XVIII. ICPhS, Glasgow.
  • Jannedy, S., Weirich, M. & Helmeke, L. (2015) Acoustic analyses of differences in [ç] and [ʃ] productions in Hood German. Proceedings of the XVIII. ICPhS, Glasgow.
  • Weirich, M. & Jannedy, S. (2014) Evaluating attitudes towards Hood German and speakers with French foreign accents. Phonetik & Phonologie 10, Konstanz.
  • Weirich, M. & Simpson, A. (2014) Evidence for gender-specific differences in undershoot from the production of diphthongs. Phonetik & Phonologie 10, Konstanz.
  • Weirich, M. & Simpson, A.P. (2014) Articulatory vowel spaces of male and female speakers. Proceedings of the 10th Intern. Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP), Cologne, 449-452.
  • Weirich, M., Simpson, A.P., Fuchs, S., Winkler, R. & Perrier, P. (2014) Mumbling is morphology? Proceedings of the 10th Intern. Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP), Cologne, 453-456.
  • Otto, C., Weirich, M. & Simpson, A.P. (2014) Spectral and lingual correlates of /r/ in East Thuringia. Proceedings of the 10th Intern. Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP), Cologne, 297-300.
  • Jannedy, S. & Weirich, M. (2014) Linguistic Influences on Diphthong Realization of /ɔɪ/ in Hood German. Proceedings of the 10th Intern. Seminar on Speech Production (ISSP), Cologne, 218-221.
  • Jannedy, S. & Weirich, M. (2014) Some aspects on individual speaking style features in Hood German. Speech Prosody 7, Dublin.
  • Weirich, M. & Simpson, A. (2013) Acoustic vowel space size and perceived speech tempo. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA). [pdf]
  • Weirich, M. & Jannedy, S. (2013) /oy/ as an Identiy marker of Hood German in Berlin. Proceedings of Meetings on Acoustics (POMA).
  • Jannedy, S. & Weirich, M. (2012) Phonology & the Interpretation of Fine Phonetic Detail in Berlin German. Proceedings of Interspeech, Portland, USA. [pdf]
  • Weirich, M. & Lancia, L. (2011) Perceived auditory similarity and its acoustic correlates in twins and unrelated speakers. Proceedings of the XVII. ICPhS, Hong Kong. 2118-2121. [pdf]
  • Jannedy, S., Weirich, M. & Brunner J. (2011) The effect of inferences on the perceptual categorization of Berlin German fricatives. Proceedings of the XVII. ICPhS, Hong Kong. 962-965. [pdf]
  • Weirich, M. & Fuchs, S. (2011) Vocal tract morphology can influence speaker specific realisations of phonemic contrasts. Proceedings of the 9th International Seminar on Speech Production, Montreal, Canada. 251-258. [pdf]
  • Weirich, M. (2008). Vocal Stereotypes. Proc. of ISCA Tutorial and Research Workshop on Experimental Linguistics, Athen, 221-224. [pdf]
  • Jannedy, S., Fuchs, S. & Weirich, M. (2008). Schwa out of control? Proc. of the 8th International Seminar on Speech Production, Strasbourg, 129-132. [pdf]

Herausgeberschaft:

  • Fuchs S., Weirich M., Pape, D. & Perrier, P. (Hrsg.) (2012). Speech Production and Perception: Planning & Dynamics. Frankfurt/Main: Peter Lang.
  • Weirich, M. & Jannedy S. (Hrsg.) (2010). ZAS Papers in Linguistics: Papers from the Linguistics Laboratory (ZASPiL) 52. Berlin: ZAS.