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Prof. Dr. Sophie Repp

Professor of German Linguistics

Institute for German Language and Literature I
Albertus Magnus Platz
D-50923 Cologne

Office: Philosophikum, Room 2.119
Tel: +49 221 470-5235
Fax: +49 221 470- 5107
E-Mail: sophie.repp domain is: uni-koeln.de

Main research topics

  • Semantics & pragmatics: non-assertive speech acts, ellipsis, negation, information structure, particles
  • Syntax: ellipsis, negation
  • Prosody: non-assertive speech acts, information structure, prominence
  • Co-speech gesture: Audiovisual prosodie (prominence), speech acts
  • Quantitative data (experimental, corpus) 

Recent Publications