Prof. Dr. Fred Landman

Profil

Derzeitige StellungProfessor W-3 und Äquivalente
FachgebietAllgemeine und Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaften, Experimentelle Linguistik, Typologie, Außereuropäische Sprachen
KeywordsBoolean semantics, Plurality, count and mass nouns, Verb aspect and aspectual operators, Semantics of relative clauses, Indefinite and numerical predicates

Aktuelle Kontaktadresse

LandIsrael
OrtTel Aviv
Universität/InstitutionTel Aviv University
Institut/AbteilungDepartment of Linguistics

Gastgeber*innen während der Förderung

Prof. Dr. Gerhard JägerSeminar für Sprachwissenschaft - Allgemeine und Theoretische Sprachwissenschaft, Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen, Tübingen
Beginn der ersten Förderung01.02.2015

Programm(e)

2014Humboldt-Forschungspreis-Programm für Geisteswissenschaftler*innen

Projektbeschreibung der*des Nominierenden

Professor Fred Landman of theTel Aviv University, Israel Professor Fred Landman is among the international leading scholars in formal semantics and the philosophy of language. He has made seminal contributions to several key areas of modern linguistic theory. In particular, his research on the algebraic structure of the nominal and verbal domain defined that area of our field to a considerable degree. This is also the topic of an ongoing book project that he intends to complete during his stay in Germany. Professor Landman is hosted by Professor Gerhard Jäger at Tübingen University.