Mathematical modeling of frames (A01)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: from 2011 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 192776181

In the next period A01 extends and adapts the formal frame theory so that it accounts for empirical language comprehension data. The main topics are: (i) adapting our frame model to models that are based on neurophys-iological research on semantic processing in the brain, in particular the Retrieval-Integration model, (ii) extending the notion of context so as to encompass both discourse information and world knowledge, (iii) incorporating predictions and probabilities into the framework, (iv) modelling perspectives in frames and combinations of frames at the discourse level, and (v) accounting for negative information in frames.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 991: The Structure of Representations in Language, Cognition and Science
• Applicant Institution: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Wiebke Petersen