Irene Amparo Böhm, BA MA
Irene Amparo Böhm

Consultation hours: by appointment

Summer term 2026
120042 PS Proseminar Linguistics 1 (BA) - Phonetics & Phonology
Summer term 2025
128141 FS FS Research Seminar I / II - Morphonotactics

Curriculum vitae

 

2021-University Assistant (Prae Doc) at the Department of English & American Studies, University of Vienna
2021MA English Language and Linguistics, University of Vienna
 Förderungspreis der Wiener Sprachgesellschaft for MA Thesis
 Würdigungspreis 2022 of the Austrian Federal Ministry of Education, Science and Research for MA Thesis
2019-2021Academic Tutor for "Introduction to the Study of Language I", Department of English & American Studies, University of Vienna
2019-2021Digital Teaching Support (“E-Multiplikatorin”), Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Vienna
2019-2021On-Site & Digital Exam Support, Center for Teaching & Learning, University of Vienna
2019BA English and American Studies, University of Vienna
2017Semester Abroad (Erasmus), University of Edinburgh

The rise of present participial -ing in Middle English: Reducing ambiguity in word structure signals

van de Bilt, M. (Speaker), Jung, F. (Speaker), Hupertz, M. (Contributor), Böhm, I. A. (Contributor) & Ritt, N. (Contributor)

7 Dec 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Balancing similarity and distinctiveness: Competing pressures in the evolution of English monosyllables

Böhm, I. A. (Speaker) & Ritt, N. (Speaker)

16 Sept 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Complex sound sequences as (un)ambiguous signals of word structure: Experimental and corpus approaches

Böhm, I. A. (Speaker) & Ritt, N. (Contributor)

27 Aug 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Sound of Structure: How Wordform Shapes Avoid Morphotactic Ambiguity in Language Learning and Change

Böhm, I. A. (Speaker)

9 May 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


“Morphotactic Ambiguity Avoidance” in Language Learning and Change

Böhm, I. A. (Speaker)

26 Feb 2025

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Morphotactically indicative sound shapes are learnt more easily in artificial language learning experiments

Böhm, I. A. (Speaker), Smith, K. (Contributor) & Ritt, N. (Contributor)

9 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The power of linguistic similarity for unlocking cooperation - Evidence from syntax and pitch experiments

Matzinger, T. (Speaker) & Böhm, I. A. (Speaker)

8 Sept 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The power of linguistic similarity for unlocking cooperation - Evidence from syntax and pitch experiments

Matzinger, T. (Speaker) & Böhm, I. A. (Speaker)

24 Aug 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Are dispreferred sound sequences learnt better when they predictably indicate morphotactic structure?

Böhm, I. A. (Speaker), Smith, K. (Contributor) & Ritt, N. (Contributor)

21 Aug 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


The Power of Linguistic Similarity for Unlocking Cooperation - Evidence from Syntax and Pitch Experiments

Böhm, I. A. (Speaker), Matzinger, T. (Speaker), Placinski, M. (Contributor), Zywiczynski, P. (Contributor) & Wacewicz, S. (Contributor)

21 May 2024

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Marked Coda Clusters are learnt more easily when they are morphonotactic

Ritt, N. (Speaker) & Böhm, I. A. (Speaker)

15 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Sound changes tend to reduce morphotactic ambiguity

Ritt, N. (Speaker) & Böhm, I. A. (Speaker)

5 Sept 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Haben Sprachen Geschwister?

Matzinger, T. (Speaker) & Böhm, I. A. (Speaker)

19 Jul 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Morphotatic Indicativeness in Artificial Language Learning

Böhm, I. A. (Speaker)

25 Feb 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Probable Sound Patterns as Signals for Word Structure

Böhm, I. A. (Speaker)

2 Feb 2023

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Digital explorations of the emergence of Middle English sound patterns

Matzinger, T. (Speaker) & Böhm, I. A. (Speaker)

7 Dec 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Morphotactic ambiguity affects the evolution of irregular past tense and participle forms ending in sonorant+/t/

Böhm, I. A. (Speaker) & Ritt, N. (Speaker)

27 Aug 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


An Iterated Learning Experiment of Morphonotactic Consonant Clusters

Böhm, I. A. (Speaker) & Ritt, N. (Contributor)

5 Aug 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Science


Haben Sprachen Geschwister?

Matzinger, T. (Speaker) & Böhm, I. A. (Speaker)

14 Jul 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Hast du Lust auf eine Reise zum Alien-Planeten?

Schwarz, M. (Speaker), Vukovic, V. (Speaker), Böhm, I. A. (Speaker) & Matzinger, T. (Speaker)

23 Jun 2022

Activity: Talks and presentationsTalk or oral contributionScience to Public


Department of English and American Studies

Spitalgasse 2
1090 Wien

irene.boehm@univie.ac.at