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Dr. Wout Van Praet is a researcher at the Department of English, KU Leuven. His work focuses on the intersection of linguistics, discourse analysis, and cognitive linguistics, particularly examining the structure and function of specificational and predicative clauses in English.
- Education: Doctor of Languages, Letters and Translation (2020) from KU Leuven.
Research Interests:
Van Praet's research explores the cognitive-functional aspects of English copular clauses, including their discourse functions, information structure, and referential accessibility. He investigates how these clauses organize textual content and their implications for linguistic theory.
Collaborations and Projects:
He co-led the project Rethinking English specificational sentences with indefinite variable and the surrounding copular system: a cognitive-functional account (2015-2019) alongside Kristin Davidse and Lieven Vandelanotte. His collaborations span international conferences and interdisciplinary workshops.
Publications:
His recent publications analyze topics such as modality in copular clauses and the role of intonation in focus assignment. These works emphasize the interplay between grammatical structure and discourse context.
