The collaborative research centre 282 departs from the assumption that the lexicon of a language is not merely an inventory of classified units but rather a very complex and hierarchically structured network that determines the potential for the creation of linguistic forms. The collaborative research centre investigates the typical structures of lexical units and their interrelations, using modern methods of phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, linguistic typology and psycho- and neurolinguistics. The lexical elements (roots, stems, affixes, as well as phrasal units) connect several types of phonological, grammatical, and semantic-conceptual information. - What information is necessarily encoded in the lexical elements, and what information is implied on the basis of general principles? We investigate the various types of structures, the way in which the information is most economically stored, and the ways in which the formation of complex words and phrases is lexically driven, constrained only by very general principles. Particularly relevant for the architecture of the lexicon are the possibilities of derivation and inflexion. The collaborative research centre is developing theories in several areas of lexicon-based grammar, such as dynamic event semantics, multidimensional valency, lexical decomposition, constraint-based minimalist morphology, and lexical phonology. The present topics include the lexical categories of polysynthetic languages (A), the argument structure of verbs and nominalized verbs in both typological and diachronic perspective (B), inflectional and derivational morphology in their phonological, paradigmatic and psycho-/neurolinguistic aspects (C), and the semantic structuring of the lexicon (D).
DFG Programme
Collaborative Research Centres
Completed projects
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A2 - Grammatische Eigenschaften englischer Präpositionen und Adverbien im Lexikon
(Project Head
Rauh, Gisa
)
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A3 - Das Nomen im Lexikon
(Project Head
Sasse, Hans-Jürgen
)
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A4 - Struktur und Genese des mentalen Lexikons bei Fremdsprachenlernern
(Project Head
Scherfer, Peter
)
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A6 - Syntaktische Prinzipien in der Wortbildung
(Project Head
Lenerz, Jürgen
)
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A8 - Schnittstelle Lexikon/Syntax: Prädikative Nominalphrasen
(Project Head
Jacobs, Joachim
)
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A9 - Lexikalische Kategorien und Argumentlinking in polysynthetichen Sprachen
(Project Heads
Drossard, Werner
;
Sasse, Hans-Jürgen
)
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B2 - Valenz im Lexikon: Nominalisierte Infinitive
(Project Head
Jacobs, Joachim
)
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B3 - Dynamische Erweiterung des Lexikons
(Project Head
Kilbury, James
)
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B4 - Lexikalische Fundierung der Kongruenz
(Project Head
Wunderlich, Dieter
)
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B5 - Struktur und Genese des mentalen Lexikons bei Fremdsprachenlernern
(Project Head
Scherfer, Peter
)
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B7 - Die Verarbeitung und Repräsentation von Flexionselementen im Deutschen und Türkischen
(Project Head
Clahsen, Harald
)
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B9 - Verbstrukturen - Komplexe Prädikate und Argumentlinking
(Project Heads
Stiebels, Barbara
;
Wunderlich, Dieter
)
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B10 - Synchrone und diachrone Konstruktionsvariation bei psychischen Verben
(Project Head
Primus, Beatrice
)
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C1 - Derivation und lexikalische Semantik
(Project Head
Lenerz, Jürgen
)
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C4 - Lexikalische Phonologie: Zur Theorie phonologischer Regeln
(Project Head
Wiese, Richard
)
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C5 - Verbstrukturen
(Project Head
Wunderlich, Dieter
)
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C6 - Prosodische Morphologie
(Project Head
Vater, Heinz
)
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C7 - Der Erwerb und die Verarbeitung von Flexions- und Derivationselementen des Deutschen
(Project Heads
Clahsen, Harald
;
Wunderlich, Dieter
)
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C8 - Neurolinguistische Untersuchungen zur Flexions- und Derivationsmorphologie
(Project Head
Penke, Martina
)
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C9 - Kategorien und Systeme der Flexion
(Project Head
Wunderlich, Dieter
)
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C10 - Lexikalische Phänomene in der OT-Korrespondenztheorie
(Project Head
Grijzenhout, Janet
)
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C11 - Graphematische Repräsentation im Lexikon
(Project Head
Primus, Beatrice
)
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C12 - Nichtkonkatenative Morphologie
(Project Heads
Grijzenhout, Janet
;
Wunderlich, Dieter
)
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D1 - Feldstrukturen im Lexikon
(Project Head
Beeh, Volker
)
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D2 - Duale Operatoren
(Project Head
Lang, Ewald
)
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D3 - Verbbedeutungen
(Project Head
Löbner, Sebastian
)
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D5 - Modellierung von Subregularität im Lexikon
(Project Head
Kilbury, James
)
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Z - Allgemeine Aufgaben für den SFB
(Project Head
Wunderlich, Dieter
)
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Z1 - Allgemeine Aufgaben für den SFB
(Project Head
Wunderlich, Dieter
)
