Linearization and Hierarchy

Word order, hierarchies, and referential density

What constrains the diachronic dynamics of word order and word order variation? How does it interact with referential density (aka pro-dropping)? What constrains phrasal hierarchies?

• Team: Jing Yingqi, Damián Blasi, Balthasar Bickel, Jeremy Hawbaker (external PhD student), NN

• Local Partners: Christian Ebert, Paul Widmer

Selected publications:

Widmer, M., S. Auderset, P. Widmer, J. Nichols & B. Bickel. 2017. NP recursion over time: evidence from Indo-European. Language 93. 1–36.