Projects
Scientific Research Community U+201CContrastive linguistics : constructional and functional approachesU+201D Ghent University
The Community is coordinated by the research team Contragram and brings together 12 research teams with expertise at the intersection of contrastive linguistics and language typology on the one hand, and construction grammar and/or functional linguistics on the other hand. Its aim is to develop a thorough theoretical and methodological reflection on the interaction between the mentioned disciplines and frameworks.
The concept of functional opposition in general linguistics, 1916-1966: methodological status and technicaldescriptive relevance. KU Leuven
Although “difference” as an undefined, almost intuitive concept has played a role in linguistic thought and practice from the early beginnings, it was only in the 20th century that a “technical”, operational concept of fundamental axiomatic importance for linguistic description was formulated and argued for in terms of “differential” and “oppositional” relationship. The Cours of F. de Saussure (1916) systematizes this concept, specifically in ...
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 ...
The reorganisation and recovery of linguistic functions in brain tumour patients: a neurolinguistic, fMRI and tDCS study Vrije Universiteit Brussel
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 ...