Linguistic Structures
Linguistic structures refer to grammar in a broad sense, i.e. phonology, lexicology and morphosyntax. The research area benefits from the Department鈥檚 collective language expertise and is home to research projects that deal with the Bantu, Cushitic, Germanic, Romance, and Semitic language families.
This research area gathers PhD students, teaching staff and researchers with a focus on linguistics and a research interest in linguistic structures.
Active researchers in the research area investigate key components of linguistic structure, including the morphosyntax of verb and noun phrases, the encoding of grammatical meanings in the verbal domain, and phenomena of phonology and intonation. Methodologically, our research revolves around two principal approaches: corpus linguistics, with a particular emphasis on quantitative modeling and statistical analysis of linguistic data, and field linguistics, oriented toward the documentation and analysis of endangered and under-described languages. Theoretically, our work is characterized by a broad and inclusive orientation, with a gravitation towards functional and cognitive models of language 鈥 such as construction grammar.
Grammar festival
Every year, we arrange the Grammar Festival 鈥 one whole day of exciting lectures on languages and grammar for anybody who works with or is interested in grammar. The Grammar Festival is part of the international Grammar day.
Grammar festival organizers:
- Department of Languages and Literatures
- Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Av性爱
- Department of Swedish, Multilingualism, Language Technology