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Project A01

A01: Creativity in (morpho)syntactic variation. The role of analogy

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A01: Creativity in (morpho)syntactic variation. The role of analogy

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PIs

Dr. András Bárány

Prof. Dr. Jutta M. Hartmann

Scientific Staff

Szilvia Daczó, M.Phil.

Fabian Zöfelt, M.A.

Project Member

Dr. Anke Himmelreich

Associated Researchers

PD. Dr. Lutz Gunkel

Prof. PhD. Radek Šimík

Dr. Daniel Aremu

Student Assistants

Ella L. Reimann

Selina Remmel

Project Description

A01 investigates the role of analogy in the formation of novel, creative morphological forms and syntactic structures both within and across languages. In particular, the project hypothesises that the existence of a grammatical structure can lead to novel, structurally similar expressions which are well-formed in a specific context, even though they are not accepted as grammatical by the speech community. We investigate this hypothesis experimentally for long-distance agreement in Hungarian, as well as embedded clauses in German and other languages.

Events

Bielefeld University

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Pre conference workshop to BieLeiCoS2025
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Invited guest: Prof. Ph.D. Radek Šimík (Charles University, Prague)

with a public talk by Radek Šimík (collaborative research with Daniela Kořánová; Charles University Prague): Restrictions on left branch extraction as a window argument to structure and basic word order

Bielefeld University

Invited guest: PD Dr. Lutz Gunkel (IDS Mannheim)

Bielfeld University

Scientific Output

Publications
  • Hartmann, Jutta M. & Lutz Gunkel. to appear. The Prepositional Domain in German and English. In Katharina Hartmann et al. (eds.), Handbook on the Syntax of Germanic Languages, 232–272.
  • Zöfelt, Fabian. 2025. Was zu beschreiben ist: Towards a taxonomy of german non-canonical passives. In Federica Longo et al. (eds.), ConSOLE XXXIII: Proceedings of the 33r d Conference of the Student Organization of Linguistics in Europe (29-31 January 2025, University of Göttingen), 155–179. Published by Leiden University Centre for Linguistics (LUCL).
  • Bárány, András & Jutta M. Hartmann. 2023. Creativity in (morpho)syntax: The role of analogy. Shortened project proposal. https://doi.org/10.4119/unibi/3003217.

  • Hartmann, Jutta M. & András Bárány. 2026. Linguistic Creativity in (Morpho) Syntax: Considering the role of Analogy. Talk given at PALC, Bielefeld, Germany. 2026-05-27.

  • Daczó, Szilvia. 2026. How not to measure analogy in morphosyntax. Talk given at PALC, Bielefeld, Germany. 2026-05-27.

  • Zöfelt, Fabian. 2026. Extraction from complement-like wenn-clauses: Evidence for reanalysis in Austrian German. Talk given at PALC, Bielefeld, Germany. 2026-05-27.

  • Hartmann, Jutta M. 2026. Linguistic Creativity and Analogy? Empirical and theoretical perspectives. Talk given at the Cambridge Syntax Lab.

  • Daczó, Szilvia. 2026. Is uncanonical object agreement in Hungarian really that uncanonical? Talk given in the Meaning and grammar research group, University of Edinburgh, UK. 2026-04-21.

  • Bárány, András. 2026. Analogy in morphosyntax: How one structure influences another — or does it? Talk given in the Meaning and grammar research group, University of Edinburgh, 2026-03-17.

  • Bárány, András. 2026. Analogy in morphosyntax: How one structure influences another — or does it? Invited Talk given at Newcastle University, UK. 2026-03-04.

  • Zöfelt, Fabian. 2026. Factive Islands in German: Do modal particles improve the acceptability of wh-extraction? Talk given at ConSOLE 34, Pavia, Italy. 2026-01-29.

  • Zöfelt, Fabian. 2025. Factive Islands in German. On Factors influencing the Acceptability of wh-Extraction. Online workshop talk given at New perspectives on long distance dependencies, Bucharest, Romania. 2025-11-22.

  • Daczó, Szilvia. 2025. Annual review on long-distance object-verb agreement with intransitive matrix verbs in Hungarian. Talk given at CCD, Bielefeld, Germany. 2025-10-29.

  • Gunkel, Lutz & Jutta M. Hartmann. 2025. Extraction from prepositional object clauses: cross-linguistic, empirical and theoretical insights. Talk given at CCD, Bielefeld, Germany. 2025-10-29.

  • Himmelreich, Anke. 2025. When long-distance dependencies are actually short: The case of Mabia languages. Talk given at CCD, Bielefeld, Germany. 2025-10-29.

  • Zöfelt, Fabian. 2025. Reanalysis by Analogy: The case of extraction from German wenn-clauses. Talk given at CCD, Bielefeld, Germany. 2025-10-29.

  • Daczó, Szilvia. 2025. Analogy in innovation: The intersection of psycho- and historical linguistics. Talk given at 58th Annual Meeting of the SLE, Bordeaux, Francey. 2025-08-26.

  • Daczó, Szilvia & Fabian Zöfelt. 2025. On Morphosyntactic Creativity by Analogy. Case Studies on Long-Distance Dependencies in Hungarian and German. Talk given at CRC Colloquium, Bielefeld, Germany. 2025-07-17.

  • Daczó, Szilvia. 2025. Long-distance agreement with intransitives in Hungarian. Talk given at ICSH17, Debrecen, Hungary. 2025-06-12.

  • Gunkel, Lutz & Jutta M. Hartmann. 2025. Prepositional object clauses and nouniness: Cross-linguistic, empirical and theoretical issues. Talk given at the Workshop on ‘Clausal Complementation Across Categories’, Leibniz-ZAS, Berlin, Germany, 2025-05-29.

  • Daczó, Szilvia. 2025. Long-distance agreement with intransitives in Hungarian. Talk given at LinCreGG, Bielefeld, Germany. 2025-05-21.

  • Zöfelt, Fabian. 2025. German wenn-clauses and Linguistic Creativity. Talk given at LinCreGG, Bielefeld, Germany. 2025-05-21.

  • Hartmann, Jutta M. & András Bárány. 2025. The Role of Analogy in Generative Grammar. Talk given at LinCreGG, Bielefeld, Germany. 2025-05-21.

  • Zöfelt, Fabian. 2025. Wenn wir es nur wüssten – Syntaktische Ambiguität von und Extraktion aus wenn-Sätzen. Talk given at GAKT-BI 9, Bielefeld, Germany. 2025-04-29.

  • Zöfelt, Fabian. 2025. Wenn wir es nur wüssten – Syntaktische Ambiguität von und Extraktion aus wenn-Sätzen. Online conference Talk given at StaPs22. 2025-04-23.

  • Zöfelt, Fabian. 2025. Towards a taxonomy of German non-canonical passive constructions. Talk given at ConSOLE 33, Göttingen, Germany. 2025-01-28.

  • Zöfelt, Fabian. 2025. Proportional Analogy & Extraction from complement-like wenn-clauses. Poster presented at 7th CRC Network Workshop, Bielefeld, Germany. 2025-11-26.

  • Zöfelt, Fabian. 2025. Reanalysis by Analogy: The case of extraction from German wenn-clauses. Poster presented at NELS 56, New York, NY. 2025-10-17.

  • Daczó, Szilvia & Fabian Zöfelt. 2025. Creativity in (morpho)syntactic variation. The role of analogy. Poster presented at 3rd CRC Day, Bielefeld, Germany. 2025-10-13.

  • Daczó, Szilvia & Fabian Zöfelt. 2025. Studies on Long-distance Dependencies. Poster presented at 2nd CRC Day, Bielefeld, Germany. 2025-04-03.

Zöfelt, Fabian, Eleonore Laubenstein, Robert Lange, Ralf Vogel & Sybilla Nikolow. 2025. Sprache und Kreativität. Wie passt das zusammen? Contribution presented at VHS Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany, March 10, 2025.

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