Modifiers as a probe into the frame structure of events

Funding period: 01.07.2015 - 30.06.2019

Project B09 aims at a frame-based analysis of the interplay of events and adverbial modifiers, especially manner and agent-oriented event modifiers. This includes both work in the area of verb meaning and work in adverbial semantics. B09 will (i) develop a more fine-grained view on the delimitation of manner and non-manner adverbs, (ii) develop a frame-based representation of the manner component of verb meaning that is detailed enough to account for manner modification phenomena, and (iii) study the modification patterns against the backdrop of robustly defined verb classes.

Project proposal: [ pdf ]

Heads of the project

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Löbner
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Institut für Sprache und Information
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 211 81-133 99
Email: loebner@phil.uni-duesseldorf.de

Jun.-Prof. Dr. Wiebke Petersen
Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Institut für Sprache und Information
Universitätsstr. 1
40225 Düsseldorf
Phone: +49 211 81-152 95
Email: petersewuni-duesseldorfde

Staff

Dr. Wilhelm Geuder
Phone: +49 211 81-12925
Email: geuderphil.uni-duesseldorfde

Ekaterina Gabrovska
Phone: +49 211 81-12454
Email: egabrovskaphil.uni-duesseldorfde