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Björn Köhnlein

Psychology · The Ohio State University

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Mid career · publishing since 2010Rising activity
Phonetics and Phonology ResearchLinguistic Variation and MorphologySyntax, Semantics, Linguistic VariationLinguistics and language evolutionSpeech Recognition and Synthesis

Publications

38

Citations

279

Est. group size

—

Recurring co-author estimate

Active years

17

Publishing since 2010

Research summary
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Björn Köhnlein works in theoretical linguistics, focusing on phonology (the study of sound systems in language) and especially word-level prosody, including stress, tone, and pitch accent patterns in Germanic and other languages. His work examines how languages use pitch and rhythmic structure (like syllables and metrical 'feet') to distinguish word meanings, drawing on data from Dutch, German, Scandinavian languages, and Uspanteko (a Mayan language). Prospective students would be exposed to formal analysis of sound-meaning patterns using tools from generative phonological theory.

Phonology and sound patternsTonal accent and pitch systemsMetrical/prosodic structure (stress and rhythm)Germanic and Mayan language phonologyMorphology-phonology interaction

Publication output has been variable over the last decade, dipping around 2021-2023 before a sharp increase in 2025, though the five-year average remains modest at 2.4 papers per year.

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Publication cadence
Publications per year over the last 10 years — averaging 2.4/year recently
2017: 3 publications172018: 5 publications182019: 3 publications192020: 2 publications202021: 1 publication21222023: 1 publication232024: 2 publications242025: 8 publications8252026: 1 publication26
Recent publications
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  • Phonology×3
  • Cambridge University Press eBooks×3
  • Natural Language & Linguistic Theory×2
  • Language×2
  • Proceedings of the Annual Meetings on Phonology×2
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Last updated Jul 19, 2026.

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