Research Laboratory: ATILF- Analyse et Traitement Informatique de la Langue Française (UMR 7118) - CNRS & Université de Lorraine

Research interests in German and Contrastive Linguistics

• • Syntax - Right periphery - Nachfeld
  • Text linguistics
  • Media linguistics
  • Theories of argumentation 
  • Lexical morphology
  • Corpus linguistics

2023-...: Member of the Scientific Advisory Board (Wissenschaftlicher Beirat  )   at the Leibniz-Institute of German Language (IDS), Mannheim, Germany

2018-2022: Member of the International Scientific Council (= Internationaler Wissenschaftlicher Rat) at the IDS 

2016. Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR = French post-doctoral degree to supervise PhD students). Linearization and Reference in contemporary German.

2009-2010: Post-Doc (Humboldt Fellowship for experienced researchers) - "Information structure, anaphoric reference and discourse organization"

2004: Doctoral dissertation in German Linguistics (University of Paris-Sorbonne – Paris IV). Title: "Postfield Constituents as a Result of a Right Projection or an Addition in Contemporary German" (« Réalisations ‘originales’ de l’après-dernière position en allemand contemporain – Projection à droite & Adjonction »). PhD Adviser: Prof. Martine Dalmas.

National and European research projects

2023: coordination of the ANR's project EuLaWa (ANR = French National Research Agency)
Programme : « Montage de Réseaux Scientifiques Européens ou Internationaux » - Edition 2023, Vague 1 (Plan d’action 2023 Construction de l’espace européen de la recherche et attractivité internationale)

2023/24-2026/27: cooperation with the Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache (IDS, Mannheim) 
Associated member in two projects : 
Grammatik des Deutschen im Europäischen Vergleich, Fragesätze (GDE-F)
Grammatische Strukturen im gesprochenen Deutsch 

2021-2022 : project leader of the European Network of German and Contrastive Linguistics (GerCoLiNet). A Research-Education Interface (methodology, teaching and in-field experience)
More details HERE.

2018-2021. Deutsch-Mittelmeerisches Forschungsnetzwerk im Bereich Sprachwissenschaft

(Prof Athina Sioupi, Thessaloniki (2017 Humboldt Alumni Award for Innovative Networking Initiatives)

The DeMiNeS („Deutsch-Mittelmeerisches Netzwerk Sprachwissenschaft”) is a research network funded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation (2017 Humboldt Alumni Award for Innovative Networking Initiatives to me) that supports the cooperation between Germany, Greece and other mediterranean countries in the fields of research and teaching. Activities: Workshop and Summer School

2007-2012: collaborator for the French part in the European grammatically project “EuroGr@mm” / ”ProGr@mm kontrastiv” with the IDS (Mannheim) and in cooperation with the universities of Genua (Italy), Oslo (Norway), Szeged (Hungary), Wroclaw (Poland).