Perspectives on Universals: from data to theory

• Grant number: 10/08611-0
• Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Visiting Researcher Grant - International
• Start date: July 11, 2010
• End date: August 15, 2010
• Field of knowledge: Linguistics, Literature and Arts - Linguistics - Linguistic Theory and Analysis
• Principal Investigator: Marize Mattos Dall'Aglio Hattnher
• Grantee: Marize Mattos Dall'Aglio Hattnher
• Visiting researcher: Kees Hengeveld
• Visiting researcher institution: University of Amsterdam (UvA), Netherlands
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biociências, Letras e Ciências Exatas (IBILCE). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de São José do Rio Preto. São José do Rio Preto , SP, Brazil

Abstract

In order to improve the research projects developed within the research line "Functional Description of Oral and Written Languages" and within the Research Group on Functional Grammar, two activities are planned: the discussion of individual and collective research projects and a workshop on linguistic typology. New activities to be developed in the next three years within the research agreement established between UNESP and UvA will also be discussed and planned. (AU)