Position and Interpretation: Syntactic, Semantic and Information-Structural Constraints in Processing Adjuncts (B08)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: from 2011 to 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 75650358

The project investigates adjuncts at the syntax-semantics interface from a processing perspective. The goal for the last funding period is to establish an elaborate two-stage model of adjunct pro-cessing, which will constitute an important part of the model of semantic processing. We will focus on (i) crosslinguistic variation in head-modifier positions and its effect on incrementality, (ii) semantic modelling of position-dependent interpretation differences, and (iii) the role of context in the time course of processing adjuncts.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 833: Emergence of Meaning: The Dynamics and Adaptivity of Linguistic Structures
• Applicant Institution: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
• Project Head: Professorin Dr. Britta Stolterfoht