Klaus von Heusinger#
| Membership Number: | 3775 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LINGUISTIC STUDIES |
| Elected: | 2014 |
| Main Country of Residence: | GERMANY |
| Homepage(s): | http://idsl1.phil-fak.uni-koeln.de/vonheusinger.html |
Present and Previous Positions
- Since 2012 Full Professor (W3), German Linguistics, University of Cologne
- 2010, 1-6 Fellowship, Senior Fellow, Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz
- 2009 – 2010 Director of the interdisciplinary Research Center for Linguistics and Cognition, Universität of Stuttgart
- 2003 – 2012 Full Professor (C4), General and German Linguistics, University of Stuttgart
- 2000 – 2003 Heisenberg Grant, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- 1999 – 2000 Replacement of the Chair of German Linguistics, University of Konstanz
- 1997 – 1999 Habilitation Grant, Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Foundation
- 1997, 1-12 Research Fellow, Linguistics Research Center, University of California, Santa Cruz
- 1990 – 1996 Research Associate, DFG-Project ‘Interaction of Lexicon and Semantics’, University of Konstanz
Fields of Scholarship
- Semantics
- Pragmatics
- General linguistics
- Comparative linguistics
- Reference
- Specificity
- Definiteness
- Differential object marking
- Experimental semantics and pragmatics
Honours and Awards
- 2010 Award and Senior Fellow, Zukunftskolleg, University of Konstanz
- 2008 Opus Magnum Research Professorship Award, Fritz Thyssen Stiftung and Volkswagenstiftung
- 2000 Heisenberg Grant, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- 1997 Habilitation Grant, Dr. Meyer-Struckmann-Foundation
- 1997 Offer of a Habilitation Grant, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
- 1989 - 1990 Study grant, Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes
- 1987 - 1988 Grant for studying at the University of Edinburg, Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst (DAAD)
