Research project financed by the German Science Foundation (DFG)
Prosodic prominence in non-assertive speech acts
CSC 1252 "Prominence in Language"
Principal investigator: Sophie Repp
Researcher: Heiko Seeliger, Post-Doc
November 2018- December 2020

Research project financed by the German Science Foundation (DFG)
Affirmative and rejecting responses to assertions and polar questions 2
DFG Priority Program "XPrag: New Pragmatic Theories"
Principal investigator: Sophie Repp
Researcher: Marlijn Meijer, M.A.
January 2018 - December 2020

Research project financed by the German Science Foundation (DFG)
Affirmative and rejecting responses to assertions and polar questions
DFG Priority Program "XPrag: New Pragmatic Theories"
Principal investigators: Manfred Krifka& Sophie Repp
Researchers: Dr. Berry Claus; Marlijn Meijer, M.A.
September 2014 - December 2017

Research project financed by the German Science Foundation (DFG)
Information structure in non-assertive speech acts
Project A2 of the Collaborative Research Centre SFB 632 Informations structure
Principal investigators: Manfred Krifka & Sophie Repp
Researchers: Dr. Andreas Haida; Tue Trinh, PhD (2011-2013); Imke Driemel M.A., (2013-2015)
July 2011 - June 2015

Research interests
In theoretical linguistics I am interested in syntax, semantics, pragmatics and their interfaces, more specifically:

• syntax: the C-T-system, sideward movement, locality

• syntax-semantics interface & semantics: coordinations and parallel structures, ellipsis (esp. gapping, right node raising), information structure (topicality, contrast, focus), negation, questions

• pragmatics: speech acts, common ground management, discourse particles

• phonology: accents and phrasing (in relation to information structure)

I am also interested in experimental investigations in some of the above areas. I have conducted empirical studies on:

• the acceptability of topic constructions

• memory effects of topic and focus marking

• the acceptability of question coordinations

• coordinations with and without ellipsis in speech production