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Profile
| Academic position | Full Professor |
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| Research fields | General and Comparative Linguistics, Experimental Linguistics, Typology, Non-European Languages,Individual Linguistics, Historical Linguistics |
| Keywords | Neurolinguistik, Grammatiktheorie, Typologie, Sprachverstehen, Indianersprachen |
Current contact address
| Country | United States of America |
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| City | Buffalo |
| Institution | State University of New York at Buffalo |
| Institute | Department of Linguistics |
Host during sponsorship
| Prof. Dr. Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky | Neurotypologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, Leipzig |
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| Prof. Dr. Matthias Schlesewsky | Institut für Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg |
| Start of initial sponsorship | 01/01/2006 |
Programme(s)
| 2005 | Humboldt Research Award Programme |
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Nominator's project description
| Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. is one of the world¿s leading functional linguists. He is the founder and primary developer of Role and Reference Grammar, a typologically oriented grammar formalism. Prof. Van Valin¿s current research focuses on integrating insights from grammatical theory and the neurocognition of language. During his stay in Germany, he is seeking to intensify this integrative line of research by comparing German and Mandarin Chinese in collaboration with the Research Groups Neurolinguistics at the University of Marburg and Neurotypology at the MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. Robert D. Van Valin, Jr. is one of the world¿s leading functional linguists. He is the founder and primary developer of Role and Reference Grammar, a typologically oriented grammar formalism. Prof. Van Valin¿s current research focuses on integrating insights from grammatical theory and the neurocognition of language. During his stay in Germany, he is seeking to intensify this integrative line of research by comparing German and Mandarin Chinese in collaboration with the Research Groups Neurolinguistics at the University of Marburg and Neurotypology at the MPI for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. |