[PLing] WSG: Susanne Reiterer (16. 05.), "The phon-aesthetic attraction towards foreign languages - just stereotypes or hidden patterns?"

[Laura Grestenberger]

Liebe PLing-Liste,

Ich möchte Euch/Sie gerne auf die nächste Veranstaltung in der 
Vortragsreihe der Wiener Sprachgesellschaft aufmerksam machen: am 16. 
05. hält Susanne M. Reiterer (Universität Wien, Institut für 
Sprachwissenschaft) einen Vortrag über "The phon-aesthetic attraction 
towards foreign languages - just stereotypes or hidden patterns?".

Das Abstract finden Sie weiter unten in der Email und in der Ankündigung 
im Anhang.

Datum & Uhrzeit: Di, 16. 05. 2023, 18.30h

Ort: Hörsaal 1, Sensengasse 3A (1. OG), 1090 Wien

Interessierte sind herzlich willkommen!

Alle weiteren Veranstaltungen der WSG finden Sie hier: 
https://wsg.univie.ac.at/veranstaltungen/


Mit freundlichen Grüßen,


Laura Grestenberger



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The phon-aesthetic attraction towards foreign languages - just 
stereotypes or hidden patterns?

Abstract:  Recently there is an increasing interest into the rare and 
under-researched, almost “forgotten” field of phonaesthetics. 
Phonaesthetics studies the aesthetic pleasure listeners experience from 
exposure to the auditory dimension of speech (phonetic chill). Rooted in 
folk linguistics and widespread beliefs that some languages sound more 
beautiful than others, phonaesthetics uses empirical quantitative 
methods to capture and describe the psychological and acoustic 
correlates of the phonaesthetic experience. Many people increasingly 
learn a foreign language out of mere pleasure, just enjoying the sound 
or melody of it. The Romance languages, especially French, Italian and 
Spanish, usually take the lead when people talk about attractive or even 
sexy-sounding languages or accents. In contrast, languages like German 
and Arabic are often considered harsh and unattractive because of their 
use of consonant clusters. Despite a wide public agreement on certain 
language attractiveness stereotypes, only little research can be found 
on this topic, either in the fields of psychology, linguistics or 
neuroaesthetics. We tried to fill this gap by investigating the question 
if stereotypes ("Latin lover effect") or inherent phonetic-acoustic 
universals drive these effects via a series of pilot experiments 
together with students of the University of Vienna (Phonaesthetics group 
Vienna, @phonaestheticsV).

-- 
Dr. Laura Grestenberger
Elise-Richter-Fellow, Institut für Iranistik / Institute of Iranian 
Studies
Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften / Austrian Academy of 
Sciences
Hollandstraße 11-13, A-1020 Wien
lauragrestenberger.com
Wiener Sprachgesellschaft, https://wsg.univie.ac.at/
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