MORPHOLOGY

Morphological Complexity: Typology as a Tool for Delineating Cognitive Organization

Coordinatore	UNIVERSITY OF SURREY    more Spiacenti, non ci sono informazioni su questo coordinatore. Contattare Fabio per maggiori infomrazioni, grazie.
Nazionalità Coordinatore	United Kingdom [UK]
Totale costo	1˙712˙538 €
EC contributo	1˙712˙538 €
Programma	FP7-IDEAS-ERC Specific programme: "Ideas" implementing the Seventh Framework Programme of the European Community for research, technological development and demonstration activities (2007 to 2013)
Code Call	ERC-2008-AdG
Funding Scheme	ERC-AG
Anno di inizio	2009
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2009-02-01   -   2015-01-31

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	UNIVERSITY OF YORK  Organization address address: HESLINGTON city: YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE postcode: YO10 5DD contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: David Cognome: Lauder Email: send email Telefono: +44 1904 322946 Fax: +44 1904 324119	UK (YORK NORTH YORKSHIRE)	beneficiary	104˙399.51
2	UNIVERSITY OF SURREY  Organization address address: Stag Hill city: GUILDFORD postcode: GU2 7XH contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Sue Cognome: Angulatta Email: send email Telefono: +44 1483 682687 Fax: +44 1483 683791	UK (GUILDFORD)	hostInstitution	1˙608˙138.50
3	UNIVERSITY OF SURREY  Organization address address: Stag Hill city: GUILDFORD postcode: GU2 7XH contact info Titolo: Prof. Nome: Greville Cognome: Corbett Email: send email Telefono: +44 1483 682849 Fax: +44 1483 686231	UK (GUILDFORD)	hostInstitution	1˙608˙138.50

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'Charting the limits of linguistic complexity will open up new perspectives for researching both language and the human mind. We focus on inflectional morphology, which is the systematic manipulation of word forms to express grammatical meaning. As a uniquely linguistic and uniquely human component of communication, morphology stands to reveal otherwise inaccessible aspects of cognition. Morphological systems introduce an extra layer of structure in between meaning and its expression. This layer may operate at cross purposes to functional distinctions, attaining in some languages an astonishing degree of complexity. Such apparently arbitrary distinctions in form (inflection classes, irregularity and similar phenomena) are the particular focus of this project. They are a key resource for understanding mental processes as they represent an unconscious and yet highly structured autonomous system. The project core is a comprehensive typological and historical investigation of morphological complexity (surveying 200 languages), with input from psycholinguistic and computational methodology. Such an interdisciplinary approach has not been attempted before. A deeper understanding of morphological complexity, a component of language which is free of the functional, physiological and sociological constraints that normally shape other linguistic structures, promises to advance both linguistic theory in particular, and the cognitive sciences as a whole.'