The role of information structure in sentence formation and construal: A frame-based approach (D04)

• Subject Area: General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages ; Applied Linguistics, Computational Linguistics
• Term: from 2015 to 2020
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 192776181

D04 investigates the structure-building aspect of information structure as well as its effects on argument realization and constituent order in one discourse-configurational and two non-configurational languages. A central goal of D04 is to develop a frame-theoretic representation of those aspects of discourse structure, which have been found to be central for the disambiguation of IS-interpretation of marked constructions. Another goal is reference structure modeling to capture different types of definiteness and specificity marking and various refer-ence management tools in the target languages.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 991: The Structure of Representations in Language, Cognition and Science
• Applicant Institution: Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
• Project Heads: Dr. Anja Latrouite; Professor Dr. Robert D. van Valin