André Meinunger

Dr. André Meinunger serves as Vice Director of the Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) and leads Research Area 3 'Syntax & Lexicon'. He is a Principal Investigator for the DFG project 'Congruence Mismatches in Relative Clauses and Related Structures'. His research focuses on German syntax, clause linkage, and the interplay between semantics, syntax, and phonology. He actively engages in public linguistics discussions on language norms, gendering, and verbal aggression.

• Education:
• PhD (1995) from University of Potsdam
• Habilitation (2003) from University of Leipzig
• Studies at Universities of Leipzig, Geneva, and Potsdam

Research interests include grammar theory, sentence structure, and sociolinguistic topics like language norming. He has organized workshops on syntax, semantics, and public linguistics. Recent work explores factive predicates, relative clauses, and German verb placement. His contributions span formal syntax, dialectology, and applied linguistics.

Recent Activities:

• Co-edited volumes on gender linguistics (2024)
• 2025: Keynote speaker at Jena University on Thuringian dialect syntax
• 2024: Presented on punctuation diagnostics at Padua University