Hosemann, Jana, M. A.
Scientific researcher in the German-Israelian-Foundation-Project „Non-manual Signals and the Grammar of two (related) Sign Languages“
Curriculum Vitae
Since 2013 scientific researcher in the German-Israelian-Foundation-Project „Non-manual Signals and the Grammar of two (related) Sign Languages“; 2011-2012 scientific researcher at the Department of German Philology, Uni Göttingen. 2010-2011 scientific researcher in the research group „Neurocognition of Language Universals“ at Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, a cooperation project with Prof. Dr. Markus Steinbach and Prof. Matthias Schlesewsky. Since 2010 PhD student with the dissertation project "Neurocognitive Processing of German Sign Language". 2001-2010 student at Humboldt University Berlin (German Linguistics, Philosophy and Anglistics); topic of my master’s thesis: "Ein Augenblick für die Verbkongruenz in der Deutschen Gebärdensprache. Eine Eye-Tracking Studie". 2000-2001 voluntary social year at the deaf school Albert-Gutzmann-Schule in Berlin. 2000 finished secondary (high-) school in Frankfurt / Main.
Fields of research
- Germanistische Linguistik
- Gebärdensprache
- Psycho- und Neurolinguistik
- Experimentelle Methoden
Research projects
- Non-manual signals and the grammar of two (related) sign languages: German-Israeli Foundation Project,
University of Haifa – Universität Göttingen, seit 2013 - Priming across Modalities. The Influence of Orthography on Sign and Spoken Language Processing, seit 2012
- Bilateral Cooperation: University of Haifa – Universität Göttingen, 2011-2012
- Lesestudie: Unterschiedliche Lesegeräte, unterschiedliches Lesen?: Forschungsprojekt des Department of English and Linguistics und des Instituts für Buchwissenschaften, Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, 2011
- Die Verarbeitung räumlicher Informationen in Gebärdensprachen: Kooperationsprojekt mit Matthias Schlesewsky, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz, 2010-2011
External projects
Die Orestie von Aischylos: Inszenierung des Deutschen Theaters Göttingen, Leitung des gehörlosen "Chors" im Stück, 2012
Publications
- Hosemann, Jana, Annika Herrmann, Markus Steinbach, Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky & Matthias Schlesewsky (2013). Lexical prediction via forward models: N400 evidence from German Sign Language. Neuropsychologia (51): 2224-2237.
- Kretzschmar F, Pleimling D, Hosemann J, Füssel S, Bornkessel-Schlesewsky I, et al. (2013) Subjective Impressions Do Not Mirror Online Reading Effort: Concurrent EEG-Eyetracking Evidence from the Reading of Books and Digital Media. PLoS ONE 8(2): e56178. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0056178
- Hosemann, Jana (2011). Eye gaze and verb agreement in German Sign Language: A First Glance. In: A. Herrmann & M. Steinbach (eds.), Nonmanuals in Sign Languages. Special Issue of Sign Language & Linguistics 14.1, 76-93.