Welcome to the Department of General Linguistics at the University of Zürich
The Department of General Linguistics at the University of Zürich aims to explore and explain the diversity of human language and the limits of this diversity – mainly by using typological methods and linguistic fieldwork. Since its formation in 1976, the department has also focused on the documentation of endangered languages throughout the world.
We offer a BA-, MA- and PhD-programme. Applications are always welcome.
News
May 25, 2012 Talk by Miriam Butt at the Linguistisches Projektkolloquium
Miriam Butt from the University of Konstanz will be a guest speaker at the Linguistisches Projektkolloquium. Her talk has the title "From spatial to subject marker". Time: Friday, 25 May, 10:15–12:00. Place: KOL-H-321, Rämistrasse 71.
More...May 22, 2012 Talk by John Payne at the Linguistisches Projektkolloquium
John Payne from the University of Manchester is visiting the department. He will give a talk at the Linguistisches Projektkolloquium entitled "Towards a typology of noun phrase constituency". Time: Tuesday, 22 May, 10:15–12:00. Place: to be announced.
More...May 16, 2012 Paper by Giorgio Iemmolo on differential object marking in Chinese accepted for publication
The following paper by Giorgio Iemmolo together with Giorgio Francesco Arcodia (University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy) has been accepted for publication. Arcodia Giorgio & Giorgio Iemmolo "Differential object marking and identifiability of the referent: a study of Mandarin Chinese". To appear in a special issue of Linguistics on "Differential object marking: theoretical and empirical issues" guest-edited by Iemmolo Giorgio and Gerson Klumpp.
More...May 10, 2012 Giorgio Iemmolo awarded Postdoc grant
The department would like to congratulate Giorgio Iemmolo on receiving a postdoc grant from the Universiy of Zürich. He has been awarded the grant from the "Forschungskredit der Universität Zürich" for a project on "Case and agreement in comparison".
More...May 4, 2012 Talk by Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky at the Linguistisches Projektkolloquium
Ina Bornkessel-Schlesewsky (Universität Marburg) will give a talk on "Überlegungen zu einem neurobiologisch und sprachübergreifend plausiblen Modell des Sprachverstehens". Time: Friday, 4 May, 10:15–12:00. Place: KOL-H-321, Rämistrasse 71.
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