Interindividual Variation at the Syntax-Pragmatics Interface (C01)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages
• Term: since 2026
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 551281144

This project explores the link between different speakers’ linguistic performance and cognitive traits. We will test comprehension of different phenomena in German including illusions, interface licensing, and pragmatics with psycho- and neurolinguistic methods, and link data to participants’ cognitive traits (including autism-related factors) gained from comprehensive background assessments. Results will contribute insights on underlying reasons for variability in performance and the necessary amount of flexibility in models of linguistic competence to the Theory of Noise and the Algorithm of Interpretation.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1760: SiNoSi: Silence, Noise and Signal in Language
• Applicant Institution: Universität Konstanz
• Project Head: Dr. Anna Czypionka