CRC 1412/2: Doubling and register variation (SP A10)

At a glance

Project duration
01/2024  – 12/2027
DFG classification of subject areas

Linguistics

Funded by

DFG Collaborative Research Centre DFG Collaborative Research Centre

Project description

In some cases, a logical expression can be signaled by one or more overt morphemes, apparently without a change in meaning.  This project investigates the hypothesis that optional morphological doubling is cross-linguistically correlated with a particular situational-functional property of discourse -- namely, to what extent a unique Question Under Discussion is retrievable -- and thus to register.

Cooperation partners

  • Cooperation partner
    Non-university research institutionGermany

    Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft