cognitive linguistics
joint action in spoken dialogue, experimental semiotics, cultural evolution of grammar, motor semantics

variationist linguistics
perception & production of syntactic variation, spoken language-variety contact, variational pragmatics

syntax & morphology
relative clauses, complex verbs, word formation

PhD Project

"Varietätenkontakt grammatisch: Syntaktische Perzeptions-, Produktions- und Interaktionsprozesse bei deutschsprachigen Zuwanderern in Österreich." (working title)

Msc project

"Evolution of grammar in the “visual communication game” (VCG). Variation and convergence in the evolution of grammar and turn-taking strategies in three groups of human players"

Experiments & surveys 

Eye-tracking experiment: Variation of eye-hand coordination in action verbs.
Survey period: June 2016 (closed)
Team dialogues in computer games: "chicken challenge".
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Survey period: June 2015 (closed)
Variation in the motor-semantics of action verbs in Austria, Germany and Switzerland.
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Survey period: May - June 2015 (closed) 
Evolution of Grammar in Non-Verbal Communication. The Turtle Game.
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Survey period: June 2015 (closed)
Eye tracking: Visual behavior in relative-clause perception
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Survey period: October 2014 (closed)
Equipment: http://www.pupil-labs.com/pupil/
Online experiment: Syntactic saliency in Austrian dialects
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Survey period: March - June 2013 (closed)