Projects
Functional and Cognitive Linguistics (grammar and typology). University of Antwerp
Exploiting linguistic diversity in the classroom: A functional multilingual learning (FML) workshop for teachers Ghent University
The Centre for Diversity & Learning (CDL) is a unique research group at Ghent University dedicated to the theme of 'dealing with diversity' in all kinds of learning contexts. CDL's mission is to focus not only on scientific research but also on providing scientifically based support. This threefold approach translates research insights as clearly as possible for the professional field. In this way, CDL wants to create maximum learning ...
Contributions to formal and computational linguistics Abstract KU Leuven
Syntax and semantics have always taken center stage in linguistics. The accumulated knowledge was stored and transmitted in the form of grammars, dictionaries and specialized publications. With the advent of computational linguistics in the second half of the twentieth century there was a growing interest for the application of that knowledge in systems for automatic speech and language processing, such as machine translation, question-answer ...
A Synchronic and Diachronic Systemic Functional 'Three-Dimensional' Approach to Tense and Aspect in the Writings of Caesar and Gregory of Tours. Ghent University
This project investigates the nature of the Latin verb stems, based on the analysis of a corpus consisting of Classical and Late Latin historiographical texts. It examines their basic value: an aspectual opposition (perfectivity-imperfectivity) or a difference in relative tense (anteriority-simultaneity). The framework is a Systemic-Functional model with three semantic dimensions: ideational (propositional content), textual ...
A Constructionist Micro-Typology of Concessive Conditionals in Present-Day German: Patterns of Formal and Functional Variation Ghent University
This project is the first large-scale investigation of concessive conditionals (CCs) within usage-based CxG. German ‘universal’ and ‘alternative’ CCs are connected by intersective gradience to predicates embedding interrogatives. Using extensive corpus data, the project will create a constructionist micro-typology of German CCs, document the cline linking CC protases to predicates and provide a formalised account of the cline’s discourse ...
Understanding the causes of functional selectivity in the human brain through a study of sign language and visual Braille reading. KU Leuven
Past research has developed the tools to investigate information processing in the human brain, and has used these methods to elucidate the complex hierarchical system involved in the processing of visual stimuli. In particular, a large part of human cortex is organized in terms of the category a visual stimulus belongs to, such as faces, bodies, and visual word forms. However, as reviewed in Op de Beeck et al. (2019, Trends in Cognitive ...