Projects
The Hierarchical lexicon: a contrastive study of productivitiy and schematicity in Nominal Compounds in German, Dutch and Swedish Ghent University
The project investigates the productivity and schematicity of nominal the compounds in German, Ductch and Swedish. Lexicological and Corpus-linguistic data are used to document convergences and divergences and to draw conclusions with regard to morphologica! theory (with special reference to the theory of the 'hierarchiecal lexicon' in construction morphology), the Germanic languages, and contrastive linguistics.
From mass noun to count noun in French and Dutch. A contrastive corpus-based study on the nature and productivity of coercion Ghent University
This project proposes a detailed corpusbased contrastive analysis (French vs.Dutch) of a case of coercion, viz. the occasional use of mass nouns in constructions typical of count nouns, including also a limited experimental psycholinguistic verification. Besides the descriptive question (frequency, semantic effetcs, conditions/restrictions), the project addresses the question of the nature and relevance of coercion as a theoretical ...
Contrastive research involving Spanish, English, French and Dutch: descriptive, computational and theoretical aspects. Ghent University
Addition of the Spanish component to the current Contragram research on verb structures in English, French and Dutch. More specifically: testing of a hypothesis regarding the difference between 'satellite framing' and 'verb framing' languages. Joint research is also envisaged on the limits of corpus-driven research, both imposed by the available software and by the nature of certain research questions.
Contrastive linguistics: applied and theoretical (CLAT). KU Leuven
Autumn dynamic of starch formation under contrasting environmental conditions for European beech and Silver birch. University of Antwerp
Impact of muscle carnosine loading on exercise capacity and muscle contractile characteristics in Experimental Autoimmune Encephalomyelitis (EAE) and Multiple Sclerosis. Hasselt University
Understanding causes and conseguences of increases levels of biodiversity. A case study based on nematodes from different bathhyal habytats under contrasting productuvuty regimes Ghent University
In this research we aim to understand why nematode biodiversity increases in the deep-sea, and for that we will investigate the importance of increased habitat heterogeneity and how nematode biodiversity is related to increased levels of thropic diversity. We are going to use fields, lab and experimental work to try to identity potential variables which influence in the nematode community strucyure.