C08

Consequences of head argument order for syntax

PI(s): Prof. Dr. Martin Salzmann

The project tests the hypothesis that there are systematic syntactic differences between (S)VO and (S)OV languages that go beyond further laws of linearization for heads and their arguments. For this purpose, comparable data is collected systematically in a sample of the world’s languages that is as representative as possible. The aim is also to determine whether pertinent typological generalizations are best captured via the ordering of verb and object or via the structural position of the subject.

A description of the methodology as well as the complete questionnaire can be found on the project’s OSF-page.

Members

Fanselow
Prof. Dr. Gisbert Fanselow (✝)
Hölzl
Dr. phil. Andreas Hölzl
Campus GolmHaus 14, Raum 3.20
(+49) 331 977-2051 E-Mail Link | Link | Link
Salzmann
Prof. Dr. Martin Salzmann
Campus GolmHaus 14, Raum 3.31
(+49) 331 977-256152 E-Mail Link

Associated

Adam
Dr. Nina Adam
Campus GolmHaus 14, Raum 3.29
(+49) 331 977-2734 E-Mail Link
Schmidt-Pregla
Andreas Schmidt-Pregla
Campus GolmHaus 14, Raum 3.29
(+49) 331 977-2734 E-Mail Link

Publications

  • Peer-Reviewed: Papers, Journals, Books, Articles of the CRC
  • Talk or Presentation: Talks, Presentations, Posters of the CRC
  • SFB-Related: not produced in connection with the CRC, but are thematically appropriate
  • Other: Papers, Journals, Books, Articles of the CRC, but not peer-reviewed
Author(s)TitleYearPublished inLinksType
Fanselow, G., Zimmermann, M., & Philipp, M.Accessing the availability of inverse scope in German in the covered box paradigm.2022Glossa: A journal of general linguistics 7(1), 1-24. DOI: 10.16995/glossa.5766Paper Peer-Reviewed
Adam, N., Hölzl, A., & Schmidt, A.Aspects of the OV/VO alternation.2022Paper presented at "Alternatives, Contexts, and Variation". Workshop of the linguistic CRCs (Berlin). 04 - 05 July.Talk or Presentation
Hölzl, A.Word order change and mixed directionality in Sino-Tibetan: RelN & VO in Caijia and Longjia.2022Paper presented at the 25th International Conference on Historical Linguistics, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. 01 - 05 August.Talk or Presentation
Asztalos, E., Borise, L., Gugán, K., Mus, N., Schmidt, A., & Surányi, B.Towards more flexible verb-finality via a reanalysis of prosodic structure.2022Paper presented at the Third AMC Symposium “Change in syntax and phonology: the same or different?”, The University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, UK. 05 - 07 December. Talk or Presentation
Asztalos, E., Borise, L., Gugán, K., Mus, N., Schmidt, A., & Surányi, B.From rigid to flexible verb-finality. A prosodically motivated information-structural account of word order change.2022Paper presented at the Twenty-Fifth International Conference on Historical Linguistics (ICHL 25) University of Oxford, Oxford, UK. 01 - 05 August.Talk or Presentation
Schmidt, A., Asztalos, E., Borise, L., Gugán, K., Mus, N., & Surányi, B.From rigid to flexible verb-finality. A prosodically motivated information-structural account of word order change.2022Paper presented at the Syntax/Semantik-Kolloquium, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany. 21 June.Talk or Presentation
Borise, L., Schmidt, A., & Surányi, B.A unified account of preverbal foci in the languages of the Caucasus and beyond.2022Paper presented at the Theoretical Linguistics and Languages of the Caucasus (TLLC), Istanbul Bilgi University, Istanbul, Turky. 18 - 19 June. Talk or Presentation
Schmidt, A.South Sámi in the typology of SAuxOV languages.2022Paper presented at the Syntax of Uralic Languages 4, Online, 14 – 16 June.Talk or Presentation
Asztalos, E., Borise, L., Gugán, K., Mus, N., Schmidt, A., & Surányi, B.From rigid to flexible verb-finality. A prosodically motivated information-structural account of word order change.2022Paper presented at the Syntax of Uralic Languages 4, Online. 14 – 16 June.Talk or Presentation
Borise, L., Schmidt, A., & Surányi, B.Raised and in-situ preverbal foci. A unified account.2022Paper presented at the 3rd International Conference Prominence in Language, Universität zu Köln, SFB 1252, Cologne, Germany. 02 - 03 June.Talk or Presentation
Borise, L., Schmidt, A., & Surányi, B.Raised and in-situ preverbal foci. A unified prosodic account.2022Paper presented at the General Linguistic Colloquium, Georg-August-University Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany. 04 May.Talk or Presentation
Borise, L., Schmidt, A., & Surányi, B.Raised and in-situ preverbal foci. A unified prosodic account.2022Poster presented at the 45th Generative Linguistics in the Old World (GLOW 45) Colloquium, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK. 27 – 29 April. Talk or Presentation
Hölzl, A.The Etymology of “Manchu”: A Critical Evaluation of the Riverside Hypothesis.2023International Journal of Eurasian Linguistics, 4(2), 160-208. DOI: 10.1163/25898833-00420028SFB-Related
Fanselow, G., Barbiers, L.C.J., Brown, J., Delbar, N., Nauta, S., & Rothert, J.On the asymmetry of wh-doubling in varieties of German and Dutch.2024Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, 43(1).PrePrint Peer-Reviewed

Contact:

University of Potsdam
Department Linguistics
Prof. Dr. Doreen Georgi
Karl-Liebknecht-Strasse 24-25
House 14, Room 3.33
14476 Potsdam

(+49) 331 977-2968
doreen.georgi@uni-potsdam.de
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