The Department of Linguistics, which is based in Fachbereich 10 (Modern Languages), has special expertise in the fields of language structure (syntax and phonology), semantics and pragmatics, psycholinguistics (language acquisition, language processing) and historical linguistics represent known researchers. In addition, there are close contacts and cooperation with the linguists in the Department of English and Romance Studies, with philosophy (Fachbereich 8), and the Institute for Empirical Linguistics (Fachbereich 9 Linguistics and Cultural Studies).
Current externally funded projects:
- Nominal Modification (DFG Graduiertenkolleg)
- Propositionalismus (Reinhard Kosselleck Projekt: Zimmermann)
- A General Theory of Multivaluation (DFG-Sachbeihilfe: Smith, Hartmann)
- Interactions between dynamic effects and alternative-based inferences (AHRC-DFG research grant: Ebert)
- The Pragmatic Status of Iconic Meaning in Spoken Communication (Part of XPrag.de: Ebert)
- App-based vocabulary learning: combination effects of prior knowledge activating and gesture-based learning strategies (Initial funding by IDeA: Ebert)
- Visual Communication (DFG Priority Programme: Ebert; starts 2022)
Previous externally funded projects:
- Graduiertenkolleg Satzarten (DFG-Graduiertenkolleg)
- Relativsätze (DFG-Forschergruppe)
- Syntax hessischer Dialekte (SyHD: Weiß)