Research
Theoretical and comparative syntax
The interface between information structure and the other grammatical components
Experimental approaches to grammar
My main expertise concerns theoretical and comparative syntax within the Chomskyan framework. I have long studied the interface between syntax and information structure. Recently, I have applied experimental methods to traditional and newly arising issues in syntax. One of the most controversial issues in generative grammar is Object Shift (weak pronoun shift in the Scandinavian languages). In my thesis, I discussed Object Shift from the perspective of the intonational properties of the Scandinavian languages by doing pitch analysis with PRAAT and presenting statistical data with SPSS. See the abstract of the thesis.
In a short-term work, I plan to conduct research on the interaction between syntax and the sound system, especially focusing on (multiple) wh-questions. In a longer-term work, I will undertake a modelling of a computational system in which information structure plays a crucial role in sentence construction.
The interface between information structure and the other grammatical components
Experimental approaches to grammar
My main expertise concerns theoretical and comparative syntax within the Chomskyan framework. I have long studied the interface between syntax and information structure. Recently, I have applied experimental methods to traditional and newly arising issues in syntax. One of the most controversial issues in generative grammar is Object Shift (weak pronoun shift in the Scandinavian languages). In my thesis, I discussed Object Shift from the perspective of the intonational properties of the Scandinavian languages by doing pitch analysis with PRAAT and presenting statistical data with SPSS. See the abstract of the thesis.
In a short-term work, I plan to conduct research on the interaction between syntax and the sound system, especially focusing on (multiple) wh-questions. In a longer-term work, I will undertake a modelling of a computational system in which information structure plays a crucial role in sentence construction.