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Prominence-related structures in symmetrical voice systems and Papuan languages (B05)

Subject Area General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics
Term since 2017
Project identifier Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 281511265
 
Symmetrical voice systems provide a major challenge for the claim that prominence universally plays a central role at the interface between syntax and semantics, because such systems always allow for at least two equally basic transitive constructions. The project investigates whether there is nevertheless evidence for the influence of prominence relations in the organization of grammatical structures in these languages. A special focus is on the interplay between episode structure and clause structure, an area where Papuan languages promise to provide important pieces of evidence.
DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres
Applicant Institution Universität zu Köln
 
 

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