- I am a professor of linguistics at Heinrich-Heine-Universität in Düsseldorf. My work bridges several subdisciplines in linguistics, including language documentation, typology, formal semantics, morpho-syntax and corpus linguistics.
- Since a lot of people have been wondering about my name, here is a page with instructions for pronunciation.
- Supervision requests: I take on few PhD students, and only if they’re fully funded and their thesis contributes substantially to the documentation of less-described languages. If you don’t have a PhD position with me, you’ll need a project proposal for a scholarship application before I talk to you. I post all openings for PhD positions publicly.
My handle on bluesky is @kilinguistics.
- Vielfaltslinguistik in Kiel
Vielfaltslinguistik is one of my favourite conferences. It’s a fairly small event, although it has been growing in recent years. With a focus on less-described languages, you can get insights from all over the human world in just two days. I spoke about verb stem alternations in Vanuatu and what they might tell us about … Continue reading “Vielfaltslinguistik in Kiel” - False Beliefs
I was very happy to join a recent workshop on mistaken beliefs, organized by Simon Wimmer. I learned about intriguing new research by colleagues, and took the opportunity to present some ideas that relate contrafactivity to counterfactuality as expressed in natural languages. You can find my slides here. - Counterfactuality and mood
In my new paper, I take stock of cross-linguistically common functions and expressions of counterfactuality. It also includes a discussion about whether expressions such as should encode counterfactuality or some kind of “weak” necessity. You can download it here, or contact me.