Our subprojects

P01 – Theoretical Task Force

This subproject coordinates the activities of the SFB and hosts two affiliated PhD projects funded by the University of Graz.

P02 – Grammatical Gender in Discourse and Grammar

Subproject 2 is interested in an analysis of gender features and their discourse structural interpretation. Empirical focus lies on mismatches and interactions arising from…

P03 – Mismatches in Binding and Coreference

Project P03 investigates two empirical domains: fake indexicals and other bound pronouns, and unbound pronouns exhibiting covariance. It examines their morphological…

P05 – The Role of Self in Pronominal Coreference

This subproject investigates why intensified pronouns (IntPros) tend cross-linguistically to grammaticalize into reflexive anaphors. It proposes that binding operates…

P06 - The (Non-)Deficiency and (Non-)Redundancy of Clitic Pronouns

Focusing on clitic doubling (CD), this project investigates the relationship between agreement, clitics, and weak and strong pronouns. It hypothesizes that these forms…

P07 — Deficiency and Redundancy in Iberoromance Pronominal Systems

Subproject P07 examines variation in accusative clitic doubling (ACD) and null direct objects (NDOs) within and across Spanish and Portuguese varieties. Although these…

P08 – Fading Reference – The Pragmaticalization of Pronoun + Verb

This project investigates pronoun–verb combinations (prVCs), primarily in spoken Catalan, Italian, and Spanish. It examines their development from content-rich predicates…

P09 – Animacy Features and the Flexibility of Pronouns

This subproject investigates the mapping between morphosyntactic and semantic features of French and Spanish personal pronouns from the perspective of redundancy and…

P10 – Deficiency and Redundancy in Expressing Temporal Relations

This subproject develops a formal semantic theory of temporal pronouns and integrates it into a broader model of temporal expressions, including temporal and quantifying…