Principal investigator

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Verhoeven

Research assistants

Julian A. Rott

Paola A. Fritz-Huechante

Student assistant

Jette Fortmann

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Staff


Principal investigator:

Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Verhoeven

Email: elisabeth.verhoeven(at)hu-berlin.de

Website

  • syntax of German
  • language typology
  • empirical methods in syntactic research
  • interfaces between syntax - semantic, syntax – pragmatic, syntax – phonology
  • typology and description: Yucatec Maya, Cabécar (Chibcha), Urum (Caucasus)

Research Assistant:

Julian A. Rott, M.A.

Email: julian.rott(at)hu-berlin.de

Website

2008-2011: BA Language Sciences and Dutch Philology at the University of Bremen and the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
2011-2015: MA Language Sciences at the University of Bremen and the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg
2015-2016: Research assistant at the University of Bremen (collection, digitalization and analysis of Icelandic corpus data for possessive structures)
since May 2016: PhD student at the Humboldt University Berlin

  • typology and language comparison
  • language processing
  • psych predicates and non-canonical sentence structures
  • morpho((pho)no)logy
  • phonesthemes
  • language change
  • interaction of language levels
  • extralinguistic language influences

Research Assistant:

Paola A. Fritz-Huechante

Email: paola.fritz(at)hu-berlin.de

Website

2005-2008: BA English Education at Universidad Austral de Chile, Chile
2009-2010: English teacher at Universidad Austral de Chile, Language Center, Chile
2010-2012: Non-degree Research student at Tsukuba University, Japan. Research topic: Improving teaching and learning strategies of second languages through Lesson Study in Chile.
2014-2016: MA Linguistics and Cognitive Science at Hankuk University of Foreign Studies, South Korea.
since Oct 2016: PhD student at the Humboldt University Berlin

  • typology and language comparison
  • syntax-semantic interface
  • psych predicates and their(non-)canonical sentence structures
  • inchoative state psych predicates
  • language acquisition
  • psycholinguistics
  • Spanish, Korean

Student assistant:

Jette Fortmann, B.A.

Email: jette.fortmann(at)hu-berlin.de

since 2017: MA Linguistik at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

  • typology und language comparison
  • semantics
  • syntax
  • roman linguistics

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About

In the current project stage, the role of the morphological root of psych verbs and the syntactic and semantic properties of the morphological processes that occur in cases of psych-alternation (for instance causativization and decausativization, conversion, double derivation) will be investigated empirically via typologically adequate and methodologically variegated data collection and analyses.

Recent

Belgian Journal of Linguistics
Features or scales in verb meaning? Verb classes as predictors of syntactic behaviour

Linguistic Evidence Online Proceedings
Word order acceptability and word order choice

Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft
Backward binding as a psych effect: A binding illusion?

Experiencers

Experiencers and the predicates that select for them (e.g. fascinate, please) are a major focus in theoretical linguistics, as they show effects that differ markedly from the regular behavior of canonical verb structures (as in e.g. hit), making them a touchstone for models of language of various persuasions.