Prof. Dr. Robert D. Van Valin Jr.

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietAllgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaften, Experimentelle Linguistik, Typologie, Außereuropäische Sprachen,Einzelsprachwissenschaften, Historische Linguistik
KeywordsNeurolinguistik, Grammatiktheorie, Typologie, Sprachverstehen, Indianersprachen

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandUSA
OrtBuffalo
Universität/InstitutionState University of New York at Buffalo
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Linguistics

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Ina Bornkessel-SchlesewskyNeurotypologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Kognitions- und Neurowissenschaften, Leipzig
Prof. Dr. Matthias SchlesewskyInstitut für Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft, Philipps-Universität Marburg, Marburg
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.01.2006

Programm(e)

2005Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

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.