This project investigates the structural complexity of human language and its significance for human nature. In particular, we look at possible relations between the ability to generate embedded structures and the cognitive ability of ascribing beliefs to others, which is called Theory of Mind. The project is funded by the European Commission and conducted by an multinational team from Britain (Tecumseh Fitch), The Netherlands (Angeliek van Hout), and Germany (Barbara Höhle, Manfred Krifka). The ZAS is the coordinating institution and conducts the semantic subproject. The project is completed, but publications from the project are still coming out.
Researchers at University Groningen, Netherlands
Bart Hollebrandse
Postdoc WP2
Angeliek van Hout
Local Manager WP2
Researchers at University of Manchester, UK
Eugenie Stapert
Ph.D. Student WP3, -01/2008
Jeanette Sakel
Postdoc WP3, -08/2007
Daniel Everett
Local Manager WP3, -2006
Researchers at University of St. Andrews, UK
Stephanie Braccini
Researcher, 03-06/2009
Tecumseh Fitch
Local Manager WP5
Shilpa Mody
Ph.D. Student WP5, 03-07/2009
Miguel Oliveira Jr.
Postdoc WP5, 12/2006-06/2009
Karen Stillman
Researcher, 10/2008-06/2009
Gesche Westphal-Fitch
Researcher WP5, 07/2007-06/2009
Researchers at University of Potsdam, Germany
Frauke Berger
Ph.D. Student WP4, -04/2007
Oda-Christina Brandt
Ph.D. Student WP4, 01/2007-09/2008
Tom Fritzsche
Ph.D. Student WP4
Barbara Höhle
Local Manager WP4
Silvana Poltrock
Ph.D. Student WP4, -09/2008