Eric Engel, M.A.
My research interests lie in the relation between variation and grammar. Focussing on phenomena at the syntax-semantics interface, I investigate the influence of discourse and speaker-related variables on the structure of utterances in spontaneous speech. This work is integrated in the larger question of how such influences can be in accordance with a representation of grammar as a rule system.
Selected articles:
Caro Reina, Javier & Eric Engel. Accepted. Worttrennung am Zeilenende im Frühneuhochdeutschen auf der Grundlage der Hexenverhörprotokolle [Word hyphenation in Early New High German witch trial protocols]. In Renata Szczepaniak, Lisa Dücker & Stefan Hartmann (eds.), Hexenverhörprotokolle als sprachhistorisches Korpus (Germanistische Linguistik). Berlin: de Gruyter.