B01: Verb frames at the syntax-semantics interface
Funding period 1: 01.07.2011 - 30.06.2015
Funding period 2: 01.07.2015 - 30.06.2019
Project B01 is concerned with the interaction between morphosyntax and semantics in verb-based constructions. The particular focus of the project is on multi-predicate constructions which describe complex scenarios in such a way that they are conceived as coherent units. For these constructions, B01 aims at (i) a systematic account of the meaning structures that underlie these classes of scenarios; (ii) a cross-linguistic analysis of the various ways of describing complex coherent events by tight syntactic constructions; and (iii) a compositional model of the syntax-semantics interface of coherent event descriptions.
Head of the project
Prof. Dr. Robert D. Van Valin, Jr.
Institut für Sprache und Information
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 211 81-107 17
Email: vanvalinphil.uni-duesseldorfde
Staff
Dr. Rainer Osswald
Phone: +49 211 81-154 63
Email: rainer.osswaldphil.uni-duesseldorfde
Felix Knuth
Email: Felix.Knuthuni-duesseldorfde
Associate
Fabiola Casagrande (SToRE fellow)
Email: Fabiola.Casagrandeuni-duesseldorfde
Former staff
Dr. Koen Van Hooste
Email: koen.vanhoosteuni-duesseldorfde
Dr. C. Patrick Kihara (DAAD fellow)
Dr. Jens Fleischhauer
Phone: +49 211 81-118 73
Email: fleischhauerphil.uni-duesseldorfde
Dr. Anja Latrouite (now project D04)
Phone: +49 211 81-119 39
Email: latrouitephil.uni-duesseldorfde