Projects
Development of information flow policy enforcement techniques. KU Leuven
A semantic typology of present-tense constructions. University of Antwerp
The Mandarin Chinese Ba-construction: Diachronic, Synchronic and Constructional Perspectives KU Leuven
The proposed project provides a synchronic and diachronic study of the ba-construction in Mandarin Chinese. In essence, it is an SOV construction in which the marker ba precedes the object, which in turn is followed by the verb expressing the action affecting the object. Its structure can be represented as “subject + ba + object + verb (+ X)”. The construction is traditionally said to convey the notion of ‘disposal’, whereby ba functions as a ...
What can language variation tell us about insubordination? A comparative analysis of independent complement clauses in geographical and stylistic varieties of Spanish. University of Antwerp
How to catch the present? A typological study of present-tense marking University of Antwerp
Form, meaning and information structure. A systematic construction-based analysis of copular constructions in French. KU Leuven
Insurbordination in the deontic domain: a semantic and constructional typology. KU Leuven
Preverbal indefinite subjects in spoken and written French KU Leuven
1. Background and status quaestionis
Informal (mostly spoken) (henceforth IF) and formal (typically written) French (henceforth FF) are quite different. Some authors even speak of a diglossic situation and argue in favor of the co-existence of two different grammars in French (e.g. Klein 2012; Rowlett 2013). This opposition between IF and FF is particularly evident with the expression of the subject of the clause. Whereas in FF all ...