July 01, 2020
Using TASH, a toolbox for the automated segmentation of the Heschl's gyrus, we explored relationships between anatomical measures, such as volume, surface area, thickness, and curvature, and language-experience measures like number and proficiency of spoken languages, age of acquisition, and duration of exposure.
Authors: Anna Palmann, Narly Golestani
Published in: MEi: CogSci Conference Proceedings
Publication Date: 2020
January 01, 2021
In this study, we quantified and compared phonological and semantic features in a punning joke and assessed their influence on perceived funniness.
Authors: Anna Palmann
Published in: MEi: CogSci Conference Proceedings
Publication Date: 2021
January 21, 2024
In this study, we quantified the phonological distance between pun and target words and assessed possible correlations with humorousness ratings of the subsuming joke. Our statistical analyses on a large dataset of puns revealed a significant negative correlation between phonological distance and perceived humorousness for two of the four phonological distance measures applied.
Authors: Anna Palmann, Tristan Miller
Status: Submitted to HUMOR: International Journal of Humor Research
Review Status: Under review.
July 11, 2024
I investigated local and directional phrases used in South Tyrolean dialect, taking into consideration syntactic and semantic aspects.
Authors: Anna Palmann, Andreas Raffeiner, others
Published in: Eppaner Geschichten & Gschichtlen. Festgabe für Bürgermeister a. D. Dr. Franz Lintner zum 80. Geburtstag