Developing Common Ground across Age and Language Proficiency (A06)

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

A6 examines cognitive and linguistic skills related to the understanding of common ground. To this end, we test children of different age groups and adults in their first or second language. In memory experiments, we will test cognitive prerequisites for perspective-taking in language comprehension. In eye movement studies, we will track the influence of perspective-taking during language processing.

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