GRK 609:  Linguistic Representations and their Interpretation

• Subject Area: Linguistics
• Term: from 2000 to 2009
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273025

Many current theories of human language hold that linguistic knowledge and its application in production and perception involve a number of distinct, but inter-linked levels of representation. Thereby it is usually assumed that the core areas of theoretical linguistics - Phonetics, Phonology, Syntax and Semantics - are different levels of representation. The projects carried out within the frame of the research training group all refer to questions of representation: how is the representation of words, phrases, sentences and discourse structured? What is the meaning of these representations? - a theoretical language appropriate for the description of representations should be semantically well-defined and explicate the contents of the proposed representations';' how do representations relate to one another and how do they interface with one another via linguistic processing mechanisms?

• DFG Programme: International Research Training Groups
• International Connection: France
• Applicant Institution: Universität Stuttgart
• IRTG-Partner Institution: Université Paris 8
• Participating Researchers: Professorin Dr. Artemis Alexiadou; Professor Dr. Rainer Bäuerle; Professor Dr. Grzegorz Dogil (†); Professor Dr. Ulrich Heid; Professor Dr. Klaus von Heusinger; Professor Dr. Hans Kamp; Professor Dr. Bernd Möbius; Professor Dr. Christian Rohrer (†); Professor Dr. Hinrich Schütze; Professor Dr. Achim Stein
• Cooperation Partners: Professor Dr. Mario Barra-Jover; Privatdozentin Dr. Patricia Cabredo-Hofherr; Professor Dr. Pierre Cadiot; Professorin Dr. Brenda Laca; Professorin Dr. Léa Nash; Professor Dr. Clive Perdue; Professorin Dr. Anne Zribi-Hertz
• Spokesperson: Professor Dr. Jürgen Pafel, since 3/2006