معرفی
Prof. Dr. Uli Sauerland is Deputy Director at the Leibniz Centre for General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin and Adjunct Professor at the University of Potsdam since 2018. He leads Research Area 4 'Semantics & Pragmatics' and oversees key projects including the ERC-funded Realizing Leibniz’s Dream, DFG-ANR Boolean Connectors, and CRC 1412 projects A05 and B06.
- PhD in Linguistics (MIT, 1998)
- Habilitation (Tübingen, 2003)
- Rehabilitation (Potsdam, 2007)
His research focuses on semantic-pragmatic interfaces, register variation, language acquisition, and cognitive modeling of linguistic phenomena. Recent work includes LMBayes (Bayesian language modeling), DUAL (semantic-pragmatic interactions), and studies on quantifier scope in children. Publications span formal grammar, cognitive development, and language processing.
Notable scientific awards:
- CNRS Fellowship (2024)
- Academia Europea Membership (2019)
- ESF Community of Experts (2018)
He contributes to editorial boards of First Language, Journal of Semantics, and Language Acquisition, and co-founded the CRC 1412 Register research program.
