Project D02
Relatively (un)limited. The typology and comparative syntax of relative clauses revisited: Correatives, word order correlations and accessibility
PI(s): Prof. Dr. Martin Salzmann
Project D02 addresses prominent unsolved issues in relative clause typology where the limits of variability or their source remain to be determined. As a typological investigation informed by syntactic theory, it will study various factors that impose limits on variability such as grammar-internal constraints, economy, language contact, and phylogenetic factors. The main areas of investigation are the limits in the variability of relative clause strategies (focusing on correlatives), correlations between relative clause strategy and word order, and limits of variability in the distribution of relative clause strategies across grammatical functions.
Members
Francesca Ziegler francesca.ziegler@uni-potsdam.de
Papers
| Author(s) | Title | Year | Published in | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seržant, I. A., Say, S., Hölzl, A., Zakirova, A., Gao, X., & Pregla, A. | A typology of positional differential argument marking. | 2026 | Linguistic Typology 30(1). 1-31. | DOI: 10.1515/lingty-2024-0021 | |
| Gobena, W. O., & Hölzl, A. | A typology of relative and possessive constructions in Oromo: Syncretism, grammaticalization, and word order. | 2026 | Afrika Und Übersee, 99(1), 25-76. | DOI: 10.15460/auue.2026.99.1.425 |
Talks
| Author(s) | Title | Year | Published in | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hölzl, A. | Complex linguistic subsystems: Self-similarity, variation, and change. | 2026 | Keynote talk at the Emerging Topics in Typology Conference, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany. 16 July. | |
| Hölzl, A. | An areal typology of prenominal relative clauses in VO languages. | 2026 | Paper presented at the 59th Annual Meeting of the Societas Linguistica Europaea (SLE), Universität Osnabrück, Osnabrück, Germany. 26-28 August. | |
| Keskin, C., & Hölzl, A. | Blended subordinate clauses in Tungusic: The case of Evenki. | 2026 | Paper presented at the Workshop on Altaic Formal Linguistics (WAFL19), Leibniz-Center General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin, Germany. 30 June-02 July. |