Collaborative Research: LangDiv: The relationship between information structure and syntax — NSF Award to Northwestern University
This project examines how people understand and organize information when they speak, especially how sentence structure changes to highlight either shared knowledge or new information in conversation. While past research has focused on languages with fixed word order, this study looks at languages where the grammar of
| Award title | Collaborative Research: LangDiv: The relationship between information structure and syntax |
|---|---|
| Award ID | 2518581 |
| Awardee | Northwestern University at Chicago |
| City | EVANSTON |
| State | IL |
| Amount obligated | $228,000 |
| Principal investigator | Eszter Ronai |
| Program | Linguistics |
| Start date | 09/01/2025 |
| Abstract | This project examines how people understand and organize information when they speak, especially how sentence structure changes to highlight either shared knowledge or new information in conversation. While past research has focused on languages with fixed word order, this study looks at languages where the grammar of sentences (especially word order) is much more dependent on conversational context and other information. It also examines how grammar, word meanings, and context work together and |
| Source | NSF Awards |
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