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Associate Doctoral Students

Florent Perek

Verbs, Constructions, Alternations: Usage-based perspectives on argument realization

1. SupervisorPD Dr. Martin Hilpert
2. SupervisorProf. Dr. Maarten Lemmens (co-tutelle)
Abstract

The general goal of my thesis was to investigate to what extent the grammar of verbs, also called argument realization, can be based on linguistic usage. The usage-based approach is a recent paradigm shift in linguistics which takes the view that grammar is a dynamic inventory of symbolic ...


Christoph Wolk

Integrating Aggregational and Probabilistic Approaches to Dialectology and Language Variation

1. SupervisorDr. Benedikt Szmrecsanyi
2. SupervisorProf. Dr. Bernd Kortmann
Abstract

In my dissertation project, I aim for an integration of two hitherto disjunct research methodologies: the aggregational approach to language variation as exemplified by dialectometry, and the probabilistic modeling of language variation and usage frequencies customarily utilized by, e.g., ...