Grammar
The grammar research area brings together researchers who are interested in various aspects of language structure.
The department's grammar research aims to expand knowledge about language as a system, often based on corpus data and fieldwork.
Syntax, semantics, information structure and variation between the Nordic languages are central research areas for the group. Research area members have recently conducted externally funded projects on topics such as construction grammar, syntax of negation, grammar acquisition and the language structure of Estonian Swedish.
We hold a regular Language Structure Seminar as a joint discussion forum. In addition, in collaboration with the Department of Philosophy, Linguistics and Theory of Science and the Department of Languages and Literatures, we organise an annual grammar festival, which is aimed at both linguists and the general public and is held on the Friday of week 12 each year.
Seminar
The Language Structure Seminar is the joint discussion forum for grammar researchers at the department. We meet at irregular intervals, but usually on Thursdays at 15:15
Ongoing projects
The Swedish contructicon
The Swedish contructicon is a freely accessible database of constructions.
To the project (spraakbanken.gu.se)
Swedish in America
The project Swedish in America is a study of the Swedish language in the United States today and aims to reveal how today's American Swedish differs from the varieties spoken 50 years ago.
To the project (sites.google.com)
SweNeg - the syntax of negations in Swedish
The SweNeg project studies the syntax of negations in Swedish from both diachronic and synchronic perspectives