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Frank Brisard University of Antwerp
Walter Schaeken KU Leuven
Romanian Studies University of Antwerp
In general theoretic pluralism is aimed for. This involves that the research group doesn't want to be restricted to a specific theoretical plan, but on the contrary wants to create room for scientific discussion between several theoretical scopes (traditional linguistics, generative linguistics, cognitive linguistics, discourse-analysis and logic of reasoning, formal pragmatics) and linguistic disciplines (phonology, morphology, syntax, ...
Functional and Cognitive Linguistics: Grammar and Typology (FunC), Leuven KU Leuven
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The research group FunC consists of researchers conducting research in the field of cognitive-functional linguistics. Over the last decade the research group FunC has mainly been concerned with the semantics and pragmatics of different types of verbal and (pro)nominal constructions, both synchronically and diachronically.