A07
Pragmatic Functions and Effects of Register Variation and Switch: a Register approach to negation and polarity
Project A07 investigates three sets of related phenomena in varieties of English: negative concord, pleonastic negation, and register-sensitive use of negative polarity items. All of these phenomena involve clear alternations with links to social meanings, which make them a promising empirical domain for the CRC. The project will use a combination of theoretical, corpus, and experimental linguistic methods to investigate the grammatical and register-related factors in these alternations. The findings will make important contributions to the study of linguistic and register variants, and to an improved understanding of register and the relationship of register knowledge to grammatical knowledge.
Members
Project leader
Prof. Dr. Mingya Liu
Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Members
Stephanie Rotter
Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Student assistant
Małgorzata Mirella Kielak
Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Charlotte Sorg
Sprach- und literaturwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Cooperation Partner
Publications & Presentations
Schwab, Juliane; Liu, Mingya (2022) Processing Attenuating NPIs in Indicative and Counterfactual Conditionals In: Frontiers in Psychology [DOI] [ViVo] Liu, Mingya; Rotter, Stephanie; Giannakidou , Anastasia (2021) Bias and Modality in Conditionals: Experimental Evidence and Theoretical Implications In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research [DOI] [ViVo] Dudschig, Caroline; Kaup, Barbara; Liu, Mingya; Schwab, Juliane (2021) The Processing of Negation and Polarity: An Overview In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research [DOI] [ViVo] Schwab, Juliane; Liu, Mingya; Mueller, Jutta L. (2021) On the Acquisition of Polarity Items: 11- to 12-Year-Olds' Comprehension of German NPIs and PPIs In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research [DOI] [ViVo] Liu, Mingya; Rotter, Stephanie (2022) An experimental study of multiple modals and register effects in American and British English In: CLS, University of Chicago [ViVo] Liu, Mingya; Adli, Aria (2022) External Factors In: CRC 1412 – Spring Retreat 2022 [ViVo] Liu, Mingya; Adli, Aria; Szucsich, Luka (2022) Area A on modeling In: CRC 1412 – Spring Retreat 2022 [ViVo] Liu, Mingya; Rotter, Stephanie; Giannakidou , Anastasia (2022) Bias and modality in conditionals In: DGfS 2022, University of Tübingen [ViVo] Rotter, Stephanie; Liu, Mingya (2022) Register sensitivity of negative concord in American and British English In: HSP 2022, UC Santa Cruz [ViVo] Rotter, Stephanie; Liu, Mingya (2022) An experimental study of multiple modals and their register sensitivity in English In: HSP 2022, UC Santa Cruz [ViVo] Liu, Mingya; Beese, Caroline; Gruber, Thomas; Mueller, Jutta; Schwab, Juliane (2022) Testing predictive and integrative neural mechanisms in the processing of negative polarity items In: HSP 2022, UC Santa Cruz [ViVo] Rotter, Stephanie; Liu, Mingya (2022) Register sensitivity of negative concord in American and British English In: SLE Workshop on "A hundred years of negative concord", University of Bucharest [ViVo] Liu, Mingya; Rotter, Stephanie (2022) An experimental study of multiple modals and register effects in American and British English In: Workshop on "Variation, contact, and modal constructions in English", University of Paris [ViVo] Rotter, Stephanie; Wartenburger, Isabell; Liu, Mingya (2021) A comparative experimental study on counterfactual conditionals: counterfactual thoughts, perspectives, and emotions In: AMLaP 2021, Paris [ViVo] Schwab, Juliane; Liu, Mingya (2021) Lexical variation in the illusory licensing of negative polarity items in German In: AMLaP 2021, Paris [ViVo] Liu, Mingya; Schwab, Juliane (2021) Attenuating NPIs in indicative vs. counterfactual conditionals In: Sinn und Bedeutung 26, University of Cologne [ViVo]
Publications
2022
2021
Presentations
2022
2021
Contact
Prof. Dr. Mingya Liu
Department of English and American Studies(030) 2093-2277
mingya.liu@hu-berlin.de