Meaning Constitution with Non-Finite Verb Forms: Variable Assignment and Meaning Enrichment with Non-Finite Constructions and Other Embedded Structures (A05)

During the first and the second funding phase, the main topic of our project was the meaning consti-tution with participle and infinitival structures, mostly in embedded positions. Our leading question was how the semantic correlates of the missing morphological features are filled in and how the em-bedded non-finite structure benefits from its host. As many of our insights require a comparison with finite structures, in the third phase we will extend our view to embedded structures in general. More precisely, we will investigate the specific properties of syntactic, semantic and pragmatic embedding.

DFG Programme Collaborative Research Centres

Subproject of SFB 833:  Emergence of Meaning: The Dynamics and Adaptivity of Linguistic Structures

Applicant Institution Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen

Project Head Professorin Dr. Irene Rapp