Shared Prior Background within Common Ground: Semantic vs. World Knowledge (A02)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages ; General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology ; Individual Linguistics, Historical Linguistics
• Term: since 2025
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 538184825

Project A2 investigates the role of implicit linguistic and world knowledge within common ground, focusing on the differing at-issue potential of selectional restrictions (markers of linguistic knowledge) and common factual or stereotypical knowledge (markers of world knowledge). A2 hypothesizes that examining these distinctions through the lens of CG is crucial to resolving the long-standing challenge of clearly delineating them. Our experiments will address semantic conflicts and conceptual conflicts. By analyzing how these conflicts interact with various CG management devices, we aim to deepen our under-standing of CG’s cognitive architecture.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1718: Common Ground: Cognition - Grammar - Communication
• Applicant Institution: Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Barbara Kaup; Professorin Dr. Claudia Maienborn