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27.02.2026

Talk at DGfS 2026 Trier

Maik Thalmann gave a talk at the DGfS Trier on Turning noise into signal: Detecting presupposition failure through variability in truth-value judgments.

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23.01.2026

New project: At-issueness as propositional prominence

The DFG-funded research project “At-issueness as propositional prominence” has begun its work.

Gutzmann Turgay The Oxford Handbook of Expressivity

19.01.2026

Out now: The Oxford Handbook of Expressivity

The Oxford Handbook of Expressivity, edited by Katharina Turgay and Daniel Gutzmann, was published at the end of 2025 by Oxford University Press.

31.10.2025

Talk on Multitables at Tübingen

On October 30, Daniel Gutzmann gave a talk on Multitables (and multiquestions): The common ground in multiagentive contexts at the Colloquium of the CRC Common Ground.

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25.09.2025

Meaning announced at Sinn and Bedeutung 30

Daniel Gutzmann presented the newly founded journal Meaning: a journal of linguistics and philosophy at the Sinn und Bedeutung 30 conference at the University of Frankfurt.

23.09.2025

Meaning – A new diamond open access journal

Katharina Turgay, Daniel Gutzmann, and Kristina Liefke have founded a new journal at the intersection of linguistic semantics/pragmatics and philosophy of language: Meaning: a journal of linguistics and philosophy.

Welcome to the website of the research group for German Linguistics, in particular the system of contemporary German—short: German Linguistics/Language System—at Ruhr University Bochum. Our team investigates the structure and meaning of the German language, with a focus on formal semantics, pragmatics, and grammar (in particular syntax). Our research addresses the interfaces of semantics with pragmatics and syntax and covers topics such as expressive language, context dependence and context theory, the common ground, and at-issueness/prominence. In teaching, we regularly offer courses on these topics in addition to introductory courses in the core areas of linguistics. Current news as well as information on our projects, publications, talks, and events can be found on this website.