Mathias Barthel
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
H-index: 5
Europe-Germany
Description
Mathias Barthel, With an exceptional h-index of 5 and a recent h-index of 5 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, specializes in the field of Psycholinguistics, Dialogue, Speech Production, Pragmatics.
His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:
Conditionals in context: Brain signatures of prediction in discourse processing
First users’ interactions with voice-controlled virtual assistants: A micro-longitudinal corpus study
Online comprehension of conditionals in context: A self-paced reading study on wenn (‘if’) versus nur wenn (‘only if’) in German
Semantics Processing of Conditional Connectives: German wenn ‘if’Versus nur wenn ‘only if’
Speech planning interferes with language comprehension: Evidence from semantic illusions in question-response sequences
Next speakers plan word forms in overlap with the incoming turn: evidence from gaze-contingent switch task performance
Speech planning in dialogue: Psycholinguistic studies of the timing of turn taking
Professor Information
University | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
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Position | ___ |
Citations(all) | 184 |
Citations(since 2020) | 159 |
Cited By | 83 |
hIndex(all) | 5 |
hIndex(since 2020) | 5 |
i10Index(all) | 4 |
i10Index(since 2020) | 4 |
University Profile Page | Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin |
Research & Interests List
Psycholinguistics
Dialogue
Speech Production
Pragmatics
Top articles of Mathias Barthel
Conditionals in context: Brain signatures of prediction in discourse processing
Comprehenders are known to generate expectations about upcoming linguistic input at the sentence and discourse level. However, most previous studies on prediction focused mainly on word-induced brain activity rather than examining neural activity preceding a critical stimulus in discourse processing, where prediction actually takes place. In this EEG study, participants were presented with multiple sentences resembling a discourse including conditional sentences with either only if or if, which are characterized by different semantics, triggering stronger or weaker predictions about the possible continuation of the presented discourses, respectively. Results revealed that discourses including only if, as compared to discourses with bare if, triggered an increased predictive neural activity before the expected critical word, resembling the readiness potential. Moreover, word-induced P300 brain responses were found …
Authors
Mathias Barthel,Rosario Tomasello,Mingya Liu
Journal
Cognition
Published Date
2024/1/1
First users’ interactions with voice-controlled virtual assistants: A micro-longitudinal corpus study
We present a collection of (currently) about 5.500 commands directed to voice-controlled virtual assistants (VAs) by sixteen initial users of a VA system in their homes. The collection comprises recordings captured by the VA itself and with a conditional voice recorder (CVR) selectively capturing recordings including the VA-directed commands plus some surrounding context. Next to a description of the collection, we present initial findings on the patterns of use of the VA systems during the first weeks after installation, including usage timing, the development of usage frequency, distributions of sentence structures across commands, and (the development of) command success rates. We discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the applied collection-specific recording approach and describe potential research questions that can be investigated in the future, based on the collection, as well as the merit of combining quantitative corpus linguistic approaches with qualitative in-depth analyses of single cases.
Authors
Mathias Barthel,Henrike Helmer,Silke Reineke
Journal
Proceedings of the 27th Workshop on the Semantics and Pragmatics of Dialogue
Published Date
2023
Online comprehension of conditionals in context: A self-paced reading study on wenn (‘if’) versus nur wenn (‘only if’) in German
Comprehending conditional statements is fundamental for hypothetical reasoning about situations. However, the online comprehension of conditional statements containing different conditional connectives is still debated. We report two self-paced reading experiments on German conditionals presenting the conditional connectives wenn (‘if’) and nur wenn (‘only if’) in identical discourse contexts. In Experiment 1, participants read a conditional sentence followed by the confirmed antecedent p and the confirmed or negated consequent q. The final, critical sentence was presented word by word and contained a positive or negative quantifier (ein/kein ‘one/no’). Reading times of the two quantifiers did not differ between the two conditional connectives. In Experiment 2, presenting a negated antecedent, reading times for the critical positive quantifier (ein) did not differ between conditional connectives, while reading …
Authors
Mathias Barthel,Rosario Tomasello,Mingya Liu
Journal
Linguistics Vanguard
Published Date
2022/8/31
Semantics Processing of Conditional Connectives: German wenn ‘if’Versus nur wenn ‘only if’
In this paper, the meaning and processing of the German conditional connectives (CCs) such as wenn ‘if’ and nur wenn ‘only if’ are investigated. In Experiment 1, participants read short scenarios containing a conditional sentence (i.e., If P, Q.) with wenn/nur wenn ‘if/only if’ and a confirmed or negated antecedent (i.e., P/not-P), and subsequently completed the final sentence about Q (with or without negation). In Experiment 2, participants rated the truth or falsity of the consequent Q after reading a conditional sentence with wenn or nur wenn and a confirmed or negated antecedent (i.e., If P, Q. P/not-P. // Therefore, Q?). Both experiments showed that neither wenn nor nur wenn were interpreted as biconditional CCs. Modus Ponens (If P, Q. P. // Therefore, Q) was validated for wenn, whereas it was not validated in the case of nur wenn. While Denial of the Antecedent (If P, Q. not-P. // Therefore, not-Q.) was validated in …
Authors
Mingya Liu,Mathias Barthel
Journal
Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
Published Date
2021/12
Speech planning interferes with language comprehension: Evidence from semantic illusions in question-response sequences
In conversation, speakers need to plan and comprehend language in parallel in order to meet the tight timing constraints of turn taking. Given that language comprehension and speech production planning both require cognitive resources and engage overlapping neural circuits, these two tasks may interfere with one another in dialogue situations. Interference effects have been reported on a number of linguistic processing levels, including lexicosemantics. This paper reports a study on semantic processing efficiency during language comprehension in overlap with speech planning, where participants responded verbally to questions containing semantic illusions. Participants rejected a smaller proportion of the illusions when planning their response in overlap with the illusory word than when planning their response after the end of the question. The obtained results indicate that speech planning interferes with language comprehension in dialogue situations, leading to reduced semantic processing of the incoming turn. Potential explanatory processing accounts are discussed.
Authors
Mathias Barthel
Journal
Proceedings of the 25th workshop on the semantics and pragmatics of dialogue, SemDial25
Published Date
2021/9/20
Next speakers plan word forms in overlap with the incoming turn: evidence from gaze-contingent switch task performance
To ensure short gaps between turns in conversation, next speakers regularly start planning their utterance in overlap with the incoming turn. Three experiments investigate which stages of utterance planning are executed in overlap. E1 establishes effects of associative and phonological relatedness of pictures and words in a switch-task from picture naming to lexical decision. E2 focuses on effects of phonological relatedness and investigates potential shifts in the time-course of production planning during background speech. E3 required participants to verbally answer questions as a base task. In critical trials, however, participants switched to visual lexical decision just after they began planning their answer. The task-switch was time-locked to participants' gaze for response planning. Results show that word form encoding is done as early as possible and not postponed until the end of the incoming turn. Hence …
Authors
Mathias Barthel,Stephen C Levinson
Journal
Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
Published Date
2020/11/3
Speech planning in dialogue: Psycholinguistic studies of the timing of turn taking
Writing a thesis is a journey. Just like in an interesting conversation, the turns it might take are unclear as the candidate sets out with a more or less specific goal in mind, yet still unprepared to immediately approach that goal without any meandering. For the candidate, learning to navigate the ups and downs of that journey is the real value of that special phase in life. Learning to deal with unforeseen problems, frustration, curiosity, critique, mistakes, pride, confusion, and an amazement about the sheer complexities of human social interaction are fundamental to the young scientist as a person, and are a pre-requisite for successfully adding a valuable piece to the understanding of any relevant problem studied in the humanities.I am very grateful for having undertaken that journey and for all its phases along the way. Grateful especially for the encouragement I received to take up higher studies, particularly by Sabine Fiedler and Steven Roodenrys, and for the teachings that convinced me that my interest in the fine coordination in social interaction is of general academic value. In that respect, special thanks goes to Thomas Pechmann, who recommended me going to Nijmegen to pursue the quest for understanding how people manage conversation, and to Nick Enfield, who encouraged me to take up a PhD on the psycholinguistics of interaction. Centrally, my gratitude goes to Steve Levinson, who repeatedly pushed me to simultaneously stick to the specific questions I set out to pursue and at the same time to not lose sight of the grand picture that motivated me to ask these questions in the first place. All along the way, Steve was a role model for me …
Authors
Mathias Barthel
Published Date
2020
Professor FAQs
What is Mathias Barthel's h-index at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin?
The h-index of Mathias Barthel has been 5 since 2020 and 5 in total.
What are Mathias Barthel's top articles?
The articles with the titles of
Conditionals in context: Brain signatures of prediction in discourse processing
First users’ interactions with voice-controlled virtual assistants: A micro-longitudinal corpus study
Online comprehension of conditionals in context: A self-paced reading study on wenn (‘if’) versus nur wenn (‘only if’) in German
Semantics Processing of Conditional Connectives: German wenn ‘if’Versus nur wenn ‘only if’
Speech planning interferes with language comprehension: Evidence from semantic illusions in question-response sequences
Next speakers plan word forms in overlap with the incoming turn: evidence from gaze-contingent switch task performance
Speech planning in dialogue: Psycholinguistic studies of the timing of turn taking
are the top articles of Mathias Barthel at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
What are Mathias Barthel's research interests?
The research interests of Mathias Barthel are: Psycholinguistics, Dialogue, Speech Production, Pragmatics
What is Mathias Barthel's total number of citations?
Mathias Barthel has 184 citations in total.
What are the co-authors of Mathias Barthel?
The co-authors of Mathias Barthel are Rosario Tomasello, PhD, Sebastian Sauppe.