Headedness and/or grammatical anarchy?
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Linking to the seminal discussions led in Zwicky (1985) and Corbett, Fraser, & Mc-Glashan (1993), this volume intends to look more closely upon phenomena that are considered problematic for an analysis in terms of grammatical heads. The aim of this book is to approach the concept of тАЬheadednessтАЭ from its margins. Thus, central questions of the volume relate to the nature of heads and the distinction between headed and non-headed structures, to the process of gaining and losing head status, and to the thought-provoking question as to whether grammar theory could do without heads at all.
The contributions in this volume provide new empirical findings bearing on phenomena that challenge the conception of grammatical heads and/or discuss the notion of head/headedness and its consequences for grammatical theory in a more abstract way. The collected papers view the topic from diverse theoretical perspectives (among others HPSG, Generative Syntax, Optimality Theory) and different empirical angles, covering typological and corpus-linguistic accounts, with a focus on data from German.
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Ulrike Freywald studied Music in Weimar, and German and Historical Linguistics as well as Public Relations and Communication Studies at Humboldt-Universit├дt zu Berlin, Freie Universit├дt Berlin, and in Vienna. While working at the University of Potsdam and in the Berlin-Potsdam Collaborative Research Centre on Information Structure, she did her doctorate in German Linguistics at Humboldt-Universit├дt zu Berlin. After her postdoc phase in Potsdam, where she also led a project in the Collaborative Research Centre on тАЬLimits of Variability in LanguageтАЬ, she took up a professorship in German Linguistics with a Special Focus on Grammar and Didactics at the TU Dortmund.
Her main research areas are morphology and syntax of German where she studies non-canonical and often under-researched structures. Another topic is language variation and change, with a focus on different varieties of German, including multilingual environments. A more recent interest concerns the application of modern linguistic theorising in teacher training contexts.
Horst J. Simon studied German and English Literature and Linguistics in Passau, Amsterdam and Glasgow. He obtained his doctorate in German Linguistics at Humboldt University Berlin, where he also worked as a postdoc. He was a Feodor-Lynen-Fellow of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Vienna and (Senior) Lecturer in German and General Linguistics at KingтАЩs College London before taking up his current position as Professor of Historical Linguistics at Freie Universit├дt Berlin. He has held various visiting posts, e.g. at Peking University.
His research interests range from historical grammar and pragmatics via theories of language change and variation to the history of ideas about language(s). He thinks a lot on methodological issues of linguistic research and on the diversity of the German language today. A particular interest lies in linguistic politeness.
Stefan M├╝ller studied Computer Science, Computational Linguistics and Linguistics at the Humboldt University at Berlin and in Edinburgh. He worked at the German Research Center of Artificial Intelligence (DFKI) in Saarbr├╝cken and for the company Interice. He worked as acting chair for German and Computational Linguistics in Jena and for Theoretical Computational Linguistics in Potsdam. He had an assistant professorship in Bremen for theoretical linguistics and computational linguistics, a full professorship for German and General Linguistics at the Freie Universit├дt Berlin and is now professor for German language with specialization in syntax at the Humboldt-Universit├дt zu Berlin.
His main re┬нsearch topic is Ger┬нman gram┬нmar. He works both em┬нpir┬нi┬нcal┬нly and the┬нo┬нret┬нi┬нcal┬нly. Top┬нics of in┬нter┬нest are mor┬нphol┬нo┬нgy, syn┬нtax, se┬нman┬нtics, and in┬нfor┬нma┬нtion struc┬нture. He pub┬нlished main┬нly about Ger┬нman, but he also works on other lan┬нguages as for in┬нstance Man┬нdarin Chi┬нnese, Dan┬нish, Maltese, and Per┬нsian. The the┬нo┬нret┬нi┬нcal work is car┬нried out in the framework of Head-тАЛDriv┬нen Phrase Struc┬нture Gram┬нmar (HPSG) and the theoret┬нi┬нcal anal┬нy┬нses are im┬нple┬нment┬нed in com┬нput┬нer-тАЛpro┬нcess┬нable gram┬нmar fragments. The gram┬нmar frag┬нments that are implemented in the CoreGram Project use a com┬нmon core. One goal of his re┬нsearch is to un┬нder┬нstand lan┬нguage and to find out what lan┬нguages in gen┬нer┬нal and cer┬нtain lan┬нguage class┬нes in par┬нtic┬нu┬нlar have in com┬нmon.
