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Schmitz, D., Stein, S. D., & Schneider, V. (2024). Linguistic intersections of language and gender: Of gender bias and gender fairness. Berlin, Boston: düsseldorf university press.

Schmitz, D. (2022). Production, perception, and comprehension of subphonemic detail: Word-final /s/ in English. Studies in Laboratory Phonology 11. Berlin: Language Science Press. doi: 10.5281/zenodo.7267830
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Articles, Chapters & Proceedings

Preprints

Schmitz, D. (2024). Differences in semantics explain differences in comprehension: Generic masculines and gender star forms in German from a discriminative perspective. Preprint.

Schmitz, D., Blessing-Plötner, J. E., Cinar, N., Dang, N. M., Hoffmanns, H., Khadouj, N., Luther, A., Peksen, I., Robke, T. L., Stürmer, G., Taei, I.,  Tsioli A.-S., & Vohra, S. A. (2024). Form identity and gendered associations: L2 English –er facilitates the bias of L1 German –er. In Schmitz, D., Stein, S. D., and Schneider, V. (Eds). Linguistic intersections of language and gender: Of gender bias and gender fairness. Berlin, Boston: düsseldorf university press.

Schmitz, D. (2024). Pronoun comprehension from a discriminative perspective: A proof of concept. In Schmitz, D., Stein, S. D., and Schneider, V. (Eds). Linguistic intersections of language and gender: Of gender bias and gender fairness. Berlin, Boston: düsseldorf university press.

Schmitz, D. (2023). In German, all professors are male. In Pfeifer, J., Arndt-Lappe, S., Dorgeloh, H., Kunter, G., and Uffmann, Ch. (Eds). INGO 6.0. The Proceedings. New empirical Insights about laNguage, presented on a Great day Out in September. Preprint available on PsyArXiv. doi: 10.31234/osf.io/yjuhc

Accepted

Schmitz, D. (2024). Genderpragmatik. Bericht zur Tagung der Arbeitsgemeinschaft Linguistische Pragmatik (ALP e.V.) an der Ruhr-Universität Bochum am 27. Februar 2024. Zeitschrift für Germanistische Linguistik.

Published

Muschalik, J., Schmitz, D., Kakolu Ramarao, A., & Baer-Henney, D. (2024). Typing /s/ – Morphology between the keys? Reading and Writing (2024). doi: 10.1007/s11145-024-10586-9

Schmitz, D. (2024). Instances of bias: The gendered semantics of generic masculines in German revealed by instance vectors. Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, 43(2). doi: 10.1515/zfs-2024-2010

Schmitz, D., & Baer-Henney, D. (2024). Morphology renders homophonous segments phonetically different: Word-final /s/ in German. Proceedings of Speech Prosody 2024 (SP2024), Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands. doi: 10.21437/SpeechProsody.2024-119

Schmitz, D., Cicek, D., Nguyen, A. K., & Rottleb, D. (2023). Cuteness modulates size sound symbolism at its extremes. Open Linguistics, 9(1), 20220257. doi: 10.1515/opli-2022-0257

Schmitz, D., Schneider, V., & Esser, J. (2023). No genericity in sight: An exploration of the semantics of masculine generics in German. Glossa Psycholinguistics, 2(1). doi: 10.5070/G6011192

Coretta, S., Casillas, J. V., …, Schmitz, D., …, Roettger, T. (2023). Multidimensional signals and analytic flexibility: Estimating degrees of freedom in human speech analyses. Advances in Methods and Practices in Psychological Science, 6(3). doi: 10.1177/25152459231162567

Jeong, C., Schmitz, D., Kakolu Ramarao, A., Stein, A., & Tang, K. (2023). Linear Discriminative Learning: a competitive non-neural baseline for morphological inflection. Proceedings of the 20th SIGMORPHON Workshop on Computational Research in Phonetics, Phonology, and Morphology, 138-150.

Schmitz, D., Baer-Henney, D., & Plag, I. (2021). The duration of word-final /s/ differs across morphological categories in English: Evidence from pseudowords. Phonetica78(5-6), 571-616. doi: 10.1515/phon-2021-2013

Schmitz, D., Plag, I., Baer-Henney, D., & Stein, S. D. (2021). Durational differences of word-final /s/ emerge from the lexicon: Modelling morpho-phonetic effects in pseudowords with linear discriminative learning. Frontiers in Psychology. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.680889

Schmitz, D., Cho, H.-E., & Niemann, H. (2018). Vowel shortening in German as a function of syllable structure. Proceedings of 13. Phonetik und Phonologie Tagung. Humboldt University Berlin, Berlin, 28-29 September, 2017. doi: dx.doi.org/10.18452/18805

Talks

2025

Schmitz, D. (2025). Fine-semantic differences lead to fine-phonetic variation: Word-final /ɐ/ in generic and specific masculines in German. 47. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany. 04-07 March.

Schmitz, D., Plag, I., & Bell, M. (2025). Variability in the relation between prominence and semantics in English compounds. 47. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, Germany. 04-07 March.

2024

Schmitz, D. (2024). A first discriminative account of the comprehension of gender star forms in German. Perspektiven der Movierungsforschung (Gender Marking for Female Beings), Université du Luxembourg, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. 08-10 October.

Schmitz, D. (2024). Homophonous semantic minimal pairs differ in their subphonemic acoustic durations: The case of generic and specific masculines in German. 20. Phonetik und Phonologie Tagung, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. 01-02 October.

Schmitz, D. (2024). Replacing one bias with another? The gender star form in German. Lavender Language and Linguistics, LavLang30, University of Brighton, England. 21-23 August.

Schmitz, D. (2024). Instances of genericity: A distributional semantic approach to generic and specific masculines’ semantics in German. Konstanz Linguistics Conference, Universität Konstanz, Germany. 21-22 March.

2023

Schmitz, D., Cicek, D., Nguyen, A. K., & Rottleb, D. (2023). In sound symbolic effects, visual dimensions interact: The case of vowel quality and cuteness. Iconicity Seminar 2023 (IcoSem20223), online. 25 November.

Schmitz, D., Schneider, V., & Esser, J. (2023). A discriminative account of masculine generics and their masculine bias in German. 16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. 07-11 August.

Schmitz, D., Cicek, D., Nguyen, A. K., & Rottleb, D. (2023). Cuteness amplifies effects of size sound symbolism: A cute /i/ is smaller than an ugly one. 16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. 07-11 August.

Baer-Henney, D., & Schmitz, D. (2023). Learning morphology with the help of subphonemic detail? 16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. 07-11 August.

Muschalik, J., Schmitz, D., Kakolu Ramarao, A., & Baer-Henney, D. (2023). Typing /s/ – Morphology between the keys? 16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. 07-11 August.

Schneider, V., Schmitz, D., & Plag, I. (2023). Denominal and deverbal eventuality-related nominalizations from a discriminative perspective. 16th International Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. 07-11 August.

Schmitz, D. (2023). He, she, they, they: A first discriminative analysis of third-person pronoun semantics. Linguistic Intersections of Language and Gender, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. 20-21 July. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12243.96801

Muschalik, J., Schmitz, D., Kakolu Ramarao, A., & Baer-Henney, D. (2023). Typing /s/ – Morphology between the keys? Writing Words Workshop 2023, Universität Potsdam, Germany. 12-14 July.

Baer-Henney, D., & Schmitz, D. (2023). Learning to distinguish morphological categories based on subphonemic detail? 5th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands. 2-4 June.

Schmitz, D., Schneider, V., & Esser, J. (2023). Die semantische Repräsentation des generischen Maskulinums. 45. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft, Universität zu Köln, Germany. 07-10 March.

2022

Schmitz, D., Schneider, V., & Esser, J. (2022). Out of sight, out of mind: The pseudo-genericity of German role nouns. 3rd International Twitter Conference on Linguistics – Linguistweets, Abralin: Brazilian Linguistics Association, online. 05 December.

Schmitz, D., Schneider, V., & Esser, J. (2022). An exploration of the underlying semantic features of masculine generics in German. InSemantiC 2022, University of Porto, Portugal. 21-23 November.

Schmitz, D. (2022). Cuteness modulates size sound symbolism at its extremes. Iconicity Seminar 2022 (IcoSem2022), online. 14 November.

Schmitz, D., Schneider, V., & Esser, J. (2022). Evidence for a non-generic masculine generic in German. EDLL 2022: The Second International Conference on Error-Driven Learning in Language, University of Tübingen, Germany. 01-03 August.

Schmitz, D., Baer-Henney, D., & Plag, I. (2022). Morpho-phonetic detail influences listeners’ comprehension. 13th Mediterranean Morphology Meeting, University of the Aegean, Greece. 19-22 May.

Schmitz, D., Esser, J., Schneider, V., Sternke, K., & Rohde, N. (2022). One form, two meanings: On the semantics of the specific and the generic masculine in German. Germanic Linguistics Annual Conference 2022, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA. 31 March-02 April.

Schmitz, D., Engemann, M., Plag, I., & Baer-Henney, D. (2022). Subphonemic detail affects morphological processing. Morphology in Production and Perception: Phonetics, Phonology and Spelling of Complex Words (MPP 2022), Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. 07-09 February.

Engemann, M., Schmitz, D., Plag, I., & Baer-Henney, D. (2022). Morpho-phonetic detail can be perceived: Evidence from stems and suffixes. Morphology in Production and Perception: Phonetics, Phonology and Spelling of Complex Words (MPP 2022), Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. 07-09 February.

2021

Schmitz, D., Engemann, M., Plag, I., & Baer-Henney, D. (2021). Subtle morpho-phonetic differences in English stems and word-final /s/ influence listeners’ comprehension. Words in the World International Conference 2021, online. 26-27 November.

Schmitz, D., Plag, I., & Baer-Henney, D. (2021). Reconsidering pseudowords in morphological research. 5th American International Morphology Meeting (AIMM5). Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. 26-29 August.

Schmitz, D., Plag, I., & Baer-Henney, D. (2021). The duration of word-final /s/ across morphological categories in English: Evidence from pseudowords. Interfaces of Phonetics. Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg, Germany. 18-19 May.

2020

Schmitz, D., Plag, I., & Baer-Henney, D. (2020). Durational differences of homophonous suffixes emerge from the lexicon: Evidence from nonce words. Words in the World International Conference 2020, online. 16-18 October.

Schmitz, D., Plag, I., & Baer-Henney, D. (2020). The duration of word-final /s/ across morphological categories in English: Evidence from pseudowords. 16. Phonetik und Phonologie Tagung, Universität Trier, Germany. 10-11 September.

Schmitz, D., Plag, I., & Baer-Henney, D. (2020). Subphonemic differences between different types of /s/ in English: Evidence from pseudowords. UK Cognitive Linguistics Conference, Birmingham, England. 28-30 July.

Schmitz, D., Plag, I., & Baer-Henney, D. (2020). How real are acoustic differences between different types of final /s/ in English? Evidence from pseudowords. 19th International Morphology Meeting, Vienna, Austria. 06-08 February.

2017

Schmitz, D., Cho, H.-E, & Niemann, H. (2017). Vowel shortening in German as a function of syllable structure. 13. Phonetik und Phonologie Tagung, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany. 28-29 September.

Posters

2024

Schmitz, D., Plag, I., & Bell, M. (2024). English compound prominence and compound semantics are mutually predictable. Poster presented at 20. Phonetik und Phonologie Tagung, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. 01-02 October.

Baer-Henney, D., & Schmitz, D. (2024). Homophones are not homophonous: The case of word-final /s/ in German. Poster presented at 20. Phonetik und Phonologie Tagung, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg, Germany. 01-02 October.

Schmitz, D., & Baer-Henney, D. (2024). Morphology renders homophonous segments phonetically different: Word-final /s/ in German. Poster presented at Speech Prosody 2024 (SP2024), Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands. 02-05 July.

Schmitz, D., & Baer-Henney, D. (2024). Subphonemic durational differences in word-final /s/ induced by morphological categories in German. Poster presented at 19th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon), Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea. 27-29 June.

Schmitz, D. (2024). Instance vectors as a window to (non-)generic role noun semantics. Poster presented at 46. Jahrestagung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany. 28 Feb-04 March.

2023

Schmitz, D. (2023). One form, two meanings? The semantics of generic and specific role nouns in German. Poster presented at Words in the World International Conference 2023, online. 01-02 December.

Baer-Henney, D., & Schmitz, D. (2023). Tapping into morphology with the help of subphonemic detail. Poster presented at 19. Phonetik und Phonologie Tagung, Universität Bern, Switzerland. 06-07 October.

Muschalik, J., Schmitz, D., Kakolu Ramarao, Akhilesh, & Baer-Henney, D. (2023). Acoustic duration and typing timing – same, same… but different? Poster presented at 19. Phonetik und Phonologie Tagung, Universität Bern, Switzerland. 06-07 October.

Schmitz, D. (2023). The “baby schema” in sound symbolism research: Size and cuteness interact. Poster accepted to CogSci 2023, Sydney, Australia. 26-29 July. [Withdrawn by the author due to scheduling issues].

Schmitz, D. (2023). A prediction of generic they semantics. Poster presented at LingCologne2023: Prediction in Language, Universität zu Köln, Cologne, Germany. 16-17 June.

Schmitz, D. (2023). Sound symbolic interactions of cuteness and size in German long vowels. Poster presented at 5th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands. 2-4 June. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.15720.34563

Muschalik, J., Schmitz, D., Kakolu Ramarao, Akhilesh, & Baer-Henney, D. (2023). Acoustic duration and typing timing – same, same… but different? Poster presented at 5th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE), Radboud Universiteit, Nijmegen, Netherlands. 02-04 June.

2022

Schmitz, D. (2022). A ‘size meets cuteness’ relation in German vowels. Poster presented at 18. Phonetik und Phonologie Tagung, Universität Bielefeld, Germany. 06-07 October. doi: 10.11576/pundp2022-1039

Schmitz, D., Baer-Henney, D., & Plag, I. (2022). Listeners make use of subphonemic information in comprehension. Poster presented at 18. Phonetik und Phonologie Tagung, Universität Bielefeld, Germany. 06-07 October. doi: 10.11576/pundp2022-1002

Schmitz, D., Baer-Henney, D., & Plag, I. (2022). Morphological processing is affected by subphonemic detail. Poster presented at 18th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon), online. 23-25 June. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.16023.04000

2021

Schmitz, D., Engemann, M., Plag, I., & Baer-Henney, D. (2021). Are listeners sensitive to morpho-phonetic differences in English stems and word-final /s/? Poster presented at 17. Phonetik und Phonologie Tagung, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Germany. 29-30 September. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.17465.29282

Schmitz, D., Plag, I., & Baer-Henney, D. (2021). Durational differences of word-final /s/ emerge from the lexicon: Evidence from pseudowords. Poster presented at 4th Phonetics and Phonology in Europe (PaPE), Universitat Pompeu Fabra and the Universitat de Barcelona, Spain. 21-23 June. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.36280.26883

2020

Schmitz, D., Plag, I., & Baer-Henney, D. (2020). What causes subphonemic differences between different types of /s/ in English? Evidence from pseudowords. Poster presented at 17th Conference on Laboratory Phonology (LabPhon), University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada. 06-08 July. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.24176.17927

2018

Schmitz, D. (2018). Tonal alignment and segmental composition in German. Poster presented at 1st Forensic Linguistics Short Course (FLsc), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany. 24 July.

Invited Talks

Schmitz, D. (2024). Gender star semantics and comprehension from a linear discriminative learning perspective. Talk Series “Diversity in Linguistics” by Association for Diversity in Linguistics, online. 19 June.

Schmitz, D. (2023). Gender and language: When form meets semantics in computational models. Master Colloquium “Phonological & Psycholinguistic Research” by Katharina Spalek & Ruben van de Vijver, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf. 20 December.

Schmitz, D. (2023). Von Algorithmen zu Geschlechterfragen: Wie computerlinguistische Methoden die Genderlinguistik bereichern. GAL Research School “Empirische Methoden in der Genderlinguistik”, IDS Mannheim. 13 October. doi: 10.13140/RG.2.2.12162.45762

Schmitz, D., Schneider, V., & Esser, J. (2022). Generic masculines in German – Why all teachers are masculine. Talk Series “Diversity in Linguistics” by Association for Diversity in Linguistics, online. 30 November.

Schmitz, D. (2022). In German, all professors are male. INGO 6.0, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany. 01 September.

Schmitz, D., Schneider, V., & Esser, J. (2022). What semantic vectors tell us about the masculine generic in German. Biased Language Technology in a Social World by Kevin Tang, Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf. 01 June.