Project Details
Projekt
Verb frames at the syntax-semantics interface (B01)
Subject Area
General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
Term
from 2011 to 2019
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 192776181
Project B01 is concerned with the interaction between morphosyntax and semantics in verb-based constructions. The particular focus of the project is on multi-predicate constructions which describe complex scenarios in such a way that they are conceived as coherent units. For these constructions, B01 aims at (i) a systematic account of the meaning structures that underlie these classes of scenarios; (ii) a cross-linguistic analysis of the various ways of describing complex coherent events by tight syntactic constructions; and (iii) a compositional model of the syntax-semantics interface of coherent event descriptions.
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres
Applicant Institution
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Project Head
Professor Dr. Robert D. van Valin
