Publications

Opitz, A., Bordag, D. & Furgoni, A. (2024). The Role of Linguistic Factors in the Retention of Verbatim Information in Reading: An Eye-Tracking Study on L1 and L2 German. Applied Psycholinguistics, 45(2):393-417. doi:10.1017/S0142716424000122

Opitz, A., Bordag, D. & Furgoni, A. (2024). Morphosyntactic Underspecification Affects the Processing of Verbal Forms at Different Levels of Abstraction in L1 and L2 German. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. Published online 2024:1-13. doi:10.1017/S1366728924000282

Bordag, D., Münster, M., Gruber, V., Meller, L.N. & Opitz, A. (2024). Handbuch synonymer grammatischer Mittel im Deutschen. Buske. (e-book: doi: 10.46771/978-3-96769-423-9)

Gor, K., Bordag, D., Chrabaszcz, A., Cook, S. V., Opitz, A., eds. (2022). Fuzzy Lexical Representations in the Nonnative Mental Lexicon [Research Topic, e-book]. Lausanne: Frontiers Media SA. doi: 10.3389/978-2-83250-413-0

Opitz, A., Bordag, B. & Furgoni, A. (2022). Mental representation of word family structure: The case of German infinitives, conversion nouns and other morphologically related forms. Frontiers in Psychology 13:910849. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2022.910849

Müller, G., Englisch, J. & Opitz, A. (2022). Extraction from NP, Frequency, and Minimalist Gradient Harmonic Grammar. Linguistics. https://doi.org/10.1515/ling-2020-0049

Bordag, D., Gor, K & Opitz, A. (2022). Refining Key Concepts of the Ontogenesis Model of the L2 Lexical Representation. Bilingualism: Language & Cognition. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728921000894

Bordag, D. & Opitz, A. (2022). Employing General Linguistic Knowledge in Incidental Acquisition of Grammatical Properties of New L1 and L2 Lexical Representations: Towards Reducing Fuzziness in the Initial Ontogenetic Stage. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:76836. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.768362

Elsner, D. & Opitz, A. (2021). Epistemische Überzeugungen von Studierenden im Bereich Grammatik. in Döring, S. & Elsner, D., Grammatik für die Schule. Linguistische Berichte – Sonderhefte: 28 (pp. 37-49). Buske.

Gor, K., Cook, S., Bordag, D., Chrabaszcz, A. & Opitz, A. (2021). Fuzzy lexical representations in adult second language speakers. Frontiers in Psychology, 12:5248. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.732030

Opitz, A. & Bordag, D. (2021). The Impact of Orthography on Lexical Access: The Case of Capitalisation and Word Category Information in L1 and L2 German. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263121000711

Bordag, D. & Opitz, A. (2021). Zweitspracherwerbsforschung. In C. Altmayer, K. Biebighäuser, S. Haberzettl, & A. Heine (Eds.), Handbuch Deutsch als Fremd- und Zweitsprache. (2nd ed., pp. 192-212). J.B. Metzler, Stuttgart. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-476-04858-5_13

Bordag, D. & Opitz, A. (2021). Representation and processing of overtly identical complex forms in L1 and L2: The case of conversion and its ‘siblings’. Studies in Second Language Acquisition. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0272263121000206

Bordag, D., Gor, K., & Opitz, A. (2021). Ontogenesis Model of the L2 Lexical Representation. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition , 25(2), 185-201. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728921000250

Bordag, D., Opitz, A., Polter, M. & Meng, M. (2021). Non-native Readers Are More Sensitive to Changes in Surface Linguistic Information than Native Readers. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 24(4), 599-611 https://doi.org/10.1017/S1366728920000772

Opitz, A. & Bordag, D. (2020). Word Category Conversion Revisited: The Case of Adjectives and Participles in L1 and L2 German. Frontiers in Psychology, 11:1045. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2020.01045

Parhammer, S., Ebersberg, M., Tippman, J. Stärk, K., Opitz, A., Hinger, B. & Rossi, S. (2019). The influence of distraction on speech processing: How selective is selective attention? Proceedings of Interspeech 2019: 20th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Associoation.

Regel, S., Opitz, A., Müller, G., & Friederici, A. (2019). Processing inflectional morphology: ERP evidence for decomposition of complex words according to the affix structure. Cortex, 116, 143-153. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2018.10.003

Richter, M. & Opitz, A. (2018). Nebensätze im Wettbewerb. Konflikte in der Position von extraponierten Relativsätzen und Argumentsätzen. Linguistische Berichte, 256, Helmut Buske Verlag, 455-484.

Bordag, D., Opitz, A., Rogahn, M., & Tschirner, E. (2018). The Strength of Meaning: Representations of New Words with Different Properties in the L2 Semantic Network. The Mental Lexicon, 13(1), 74-104.

Bordag, D., Kirschenbaum, A., Rogahn, M., Opitz, A., & Tschirner, E. (2017). Misbehaved Masculines: Incidental Acquisition of Grammatical Gender in L2 German During Reading. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. 1-12. doi:10.1017/S1366728917000608

Bordag, D., Kirschenbaum, A., Rogahn, M., Opitz, A., & Tschirner, E. (2017). Semantic Representation of Newly Learned L2 Words and their Integration in the L2 Lexicon. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, 39 (1), 197-212.

Kiontke, A., Oliveira-Birkmeier, A., Opitz, A., & Birkmeier C. (2016). Electrospray ionization efficiency is dependent on different molecular descriptors with respect to solvent pH and instrumental configuration. PloS one, 11(12), e0167502.

Opitz, A. & Pechmann, Th. (2016). Gender features in German – Evidence for underspecification. The Mental Lexicon, 11:2, pp. 216-241.

Bordag, D., Kirschenbaum, A., Opitz, A., Rogahn, M., & Tschirner, E. (2016). Der Einfluss syntaktischer Komplexität auf den beiläufigen Erwerb des Wortwissens beim Lesen in Deutsch als Fremdsprache. Deutsch als Fremdsprache, 3, 159-169.

Bordag, D., Kirschenbaum, A., Opitz, A., Rogahn, M., & Tschirner, E. (2016). Semantic representation of newly learned L2 words and their integration in the L2 lexicon. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, available on CJO2016. doi:10.1017/S0272263116000048.

Bordag, D., Kirschenbaum, A., Opitz, A., & Tschirner, E. (2015). Incidental acquisition of grammatical features during reading in L1 and L2. Studies in Second Language Acquisition, available on CJO2015. doi:10.1017/S0272263115000315

Regel, S., Opitz, A., Müller, G., & Friederici, A. D. (2015). The past tense debate revisited: Electrophysiological evidence for subregularities of irregular verb inflection. Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, 27(9), 1870-1885.

Bordag, D., Kirschenbaum, A., Opitz, A., & Tschirner, E. (2014). Incidental acquisition of new words during reading in L2: Inference of meaning and its integration in the L2 mental lexicon. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1366728914000078

Bordag, D., Kirschenbaum, A., Opitz, A., & Tschirner, E. (2014). To Store or not to Store, and if so, Where? An Experimental Study on Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition by Adult Native Speakers of German. In V. Torrens & L. Escobar (eds.), The Processing of Lexicon and Morphosyntax. Newcastle: Cambridge Scholars Publishing.

Opitz, A.; Regel, St.; Müller, G.; & Friederici, A.D. (2013). Neurophysiological evidence for morphological underspecification in German strong adjective inflection. Language, 89 (2), pp. 231-264.

Bordag, D., Kirschenbaum, A., Opitz, A., & Tschirner, E. (2012). Incidental Vocabulary Acquisition During Reading by Adult Native Speakers of German. Proceedings of the International Conference of Experimental Linguistics ExLing 2012, August 27-29 2012, Athens, Greece, pp. 21-25.

Opitz, A. (2008). Case and Markedness in Tlapanec. In: Günther Grewendorf & Arnim von Stechow, eds., Linguistische Berichte, Vol. 214, pp. 211-237, Helmut Buske Verlag.

Bordag, D.; Opitz, A.; & Pechmann, Th. (2006). Gender processing in first and second languages: The role of noun termination. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32, pp. 1090-1101.

Presentations

Opitz, A. & Bordag, D. (2022).
Towards disclosing the mental structure of morphological families: The case of the so-called non-finites. Presented at the 20th International Morphology Meeting, Budapest, Sept 2022.

Bordag, D. & Opitz, A. (2022).
The role of analogous morphological representations of previously acquired lexical entries in incidental acquisition in L1 and L2. Presented at the 20th International Morphology Meeting, Budapest, Sept 2022.

Bordag, D., Opitz, A., Polter, M., & Meng, M. (2020).
L2 readers retain more verbatim information than native readers. Presented at the DGfS 2020, Hamburg, March 04-06 2020.

Opitz, A. & Bordag, D. (2019).
Processing of conversion as a ‘non-finite’ category and the role of capitalization as a noun cue in L1 & L2 German. Presented at the International Morphological Processing Conference (MoProc) 2019, Tübingen, Germany, November 04-07 2019.

Bordag, D., Opitz, A., Polter, M., & Meng, M. (2019).
L2 readers retain more verbatim information than native readers. Presented at the Experimental Psycholinguistics Conference (EPC), Palma de Mallorca, June 26-28 2019.

Bordag, D. & Opitz, A. (2019).
Between Syncretism, Derivation and Polysemy: The Mental Status of Conversion and its Form-Identical ‘Siblings’. Presented at the Experimental Psycholinguistics Conference (EPC), Palma de Mallorca, June 26-28 2019.

Opitz, A. & Bordag, D. (2019).
Controversial Conversion. Presented at the XIV. International Symposium of Psycholinguistics (ISP), Tarragona (Spain), April 10-13, 2019.

Bordag, D. & Opitz, A. (2019).
Processing of inflectionally ambiguous word forms suggests existence of ‘non-finite’ word class category. Presented at the XIV. International Symposium of Psycholinguistics (ISP), Tarragona (Spain), April 10-13, 2019.

Bordag, D., Opitz, A., Polter, M., & Meng, M. (2018). 
How Much Verbatim Information Do L2 Readers Retain Compared to L1 Readers? An Eye-tracking Study. Talk presented at EuroSLA, Münster (Germany), September 5th-8th, 2018.

Bordag. D., Opitz,  A., Polter, M. & Meng, M. (2018).
Retention of Surface Information During L1 and L2 Reading: An Eye-tracking Study. Poster presented at AMLaP, Berlin, September 6th-8th, 2018. (link to poster)

Opitz, A. & Bordag, D. (2018).
‘das Fliegen’ vs. ‘fliegen’: How is Verb-Noun Conversion Represented in L1 vs. L2 German Mental Lexicon?. Poster presented at  EuroSLA, Münster (Germany), September 6th-8th, 2018. (link to poster)

Tippmann, J., Stärk, K., Ebersberg, M., Opitz, A., & Rossi, S. (2018).
Developmental Changes in Neuronal Processing of Irregular Morphosyntactic Rules During Childhood. Poster presented at the Nijmegen Lectures, Nijmegen, Nijmegen (Netherlands), February 26th-28th, 2018.
(link to poster)

Opitz, Andreas & Pechmann, Thomas (2016).
Gender Features in German: Evidence for Underspecification, Poster presented at Experimental Linguistics Conference, Saint Petersburg (Russia), July, 01st – 2nd 2016.

Opitz, Andreas & Pechmann, Thomas (2015).
Gender features in German: Evidence for underspecification, 9th Morphological Processing Conference, Potsdam (Germany), June 18th – 20th 2015.

Pechmann, Thomas & Opitz, Andreas (2014).
Lexical Representations of Nouns in German Rely on Underspecified Gender Features, Poster presented at the 9th International Conference on the Mental Lexicon, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario (Canada), September 30th – October 2nd 2014.

Denisa Bordag, Amit Kirschenbaum, Andreas Opitz, Maria Rogahn, & Erwin Tschirner (2014).
Misbehaved masculines: Incidental acquisition of gender in L2 German, Poster presented at the AMLaP XX, Edinburgh, September 3rd – 6th 2014.

Opitz, Andreas & Pechmann, Thomas (2014).
Lexical Representations of Nouns in German Rely on Underspecified Gender Features, Poster presented at the AMLaP XX, Edinburgh, September 3rd – 6th 2014.

Opitz, Andreas; Bordag, Denisa; Kirschenbaum, Amit & Tschirner, Erwin (2012).
Incidental vocabulary acquisition during reading by adult native speakers of German, 5th Conference on Experimental Linguistics, Athens (Greece), August 27th-29th.

Opitz, Andreas; Regel, Stefanie; Müller, Gereon und Friederici, Angela D. (2011).
ERP-evidence from strong adjectival inflection in German supports morphological underspecification. Poster presented at the 7th Morphological Processing Conference, Donostia – San Sebastian, June 22th – 25st 2011.

Opitz, Andreas und Müller, Gereon (2011).
The processing of morphological features. ERP Evidence for Underspecification, Morphological Complexity: Workshop on Psycholinguistics (Hosted by the Surrey Morphology Group and the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics) Nijmegen, 28. Januar.

Opitz, Andreas (2007).
Case and markedness in Tlapanec. Workshop on Grammar and Processing of Verbal Arguments Leipzig, April 20th – 21st 2007. Opitz, Andreas; Bordag, Denisa & Pechmann, Thomas (2005).
The influence of phonological form on the L1 and L2 gender production. EUROSLA 15, 14.-17. September 2005, Dubrovnik.