ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Center for Language and Cognition Groningen
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ANNUAL REPORT 2016 Center for Language and Cognition Groningen CLCG Annual Report 2016 Foreword On behalf of the Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG), we are pleased to present the 2016 Annual Report. The research institute CLCG is home to all the linguistic research carried out within the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen. The CLCG is a research institute within the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen. The CLCG continued its research into 2016 and this report summarizes the institute’s activities during the year. A substantial appendix, including a full list of publications of all CLCG staff members in 2016, their lectures and other academic and professional activities, may be found on the institute’s website, http://www.UG.nl/research/clcg/ (see the section on “Annual Reports”). This is the last annual report under my directorship. I wish my successor as of 2017, Prof. Gertjan van Noord, good luck as the new director of CLCG. Petra Hendriks Prof. Petra Hendriks, Director CLCG Index 2 About CLCG 2 Mission 32 Research integrity and governance 3 Organization of the institute 3 CLCG staff 4 PhD program me 5 Externally funded projects/ grants 5 CLCG research output – overview 2 Research within CLCG 6 Computational Linguistics 9 Discourse and Communicaton 12 Neurolinguistics and Language Development 17 Theoretical and Empirical Linguistics 3 CLCG in society 20 CLCG Societal Impact activities 2016 - overview 20 Computational Linguistics 21 Discourse and Communicaton 22 Neurolinguistics and Language Development 24 Theoretical and Empirical Linguistics 25 Narrative – Lost in Translation Found in Meaning 1 CLCG Annual Report 2016 1 ABOUT CLCG Research integrity & governance The quality of research conducted at the Mission University of Groningen (UG) is assessed The mission of CLCG is to conduct and against the highest international standards. In support high-quality linguistic research and addition, the University complies with the disseminate the results of this research to the behavioural rules drawn up by the Association international scientific community and to of Universities in the Netherlands society at large. Research in CLCG focuses on (VSNU:Vereniging van Universiteiten), which the dynamics of language. From a variety of can be found in the Dutch Code of Conduct for monodisciplinary and multidisciplinary Scientific Practice. Important values in this perspectives, CLCG studies computational code of conduct include care, reliability, processing of language, processes in discourse verifiability and independence. The University and communication, neurolinguistic of Groningen also has its own regulations for processing and language development across the protection of academic integrity, the lifespan, and variation and change in describing which actions must be taken in the linguistic structure and meaning. The aim is to event that academic norms are violated. uncover the processes that underlie the use of language in individuals and society. Shared responsibility All those involved in teaching and research at CLCG aims to realise these goals by setting the the University of Groningen are jointly following priorities: responsible for preventing and identifying • CLCG actively contributes to the University academic misbehaviour. Upon being of Groningen’s societal themes (Energy, appointed, researchers declare that they are Healthy Ageing and Sustainable Society). In familiar with the Dutch Code of Conduct for particular, CLCG contributes to the theme of Academic Practice and will obey it. Research Healthy Ageing with its research on typical integrity is a regular part of the assessment and atypical language development and use interviews with PhD’s especially in the first across the lifespan and health communication, year progress assessment interview. and to the theme of Sustainable Society with its research on multilingualism, mutual Ethical Committee understandability between languages, literacy Linguistic research involving human development and language teaching. participants is reviewed by the Ethical Review • CLCG fosters interdisciplinary approaches Committee (Commissie Ethische Toetsing to the study of language. The contribution of Onderzoek, or CETO) of the Faculty of Arts, CLCG to the cognitive neurosciences is the Faculty of Philosophy and the Faculty of reflected in the affiliation of several CLCG Theology and Religious Studies. The Ethical members with the Research School of Review Committee was appointed in 2015 to Behavioural and Cognitive Neurosciences ensure that the ethical rules governing the (BCN). conduct of research with human participants • Linguistic research in CLCG is closely are adhered to. Linguistic research that is connected to the instructional needs of the medical in nature (e.g., involving patients) or faculty, e.g., in the languages spoken in uses an invasive research method (such as modern Europe. fMRI or TMS) is subject to approval by the • CLCG has a special responsibility for the Medical Ethical Committee of the UMCG Dutch languages and dialects, especially those (Medisch Ethische Toetsingsingscommissie, spoken in the northern Netherlands (Dutch, or METc). All other linguistic research Frisian and Lower Saxon, including (including research involving EEG Grunnings). methodology, adults with aphasia or children 2 CLCG Annual Report 2016 with autism) can be assessed by the Ethical Organisation of the institute Review Committee. Currently, only research Director grant proposals which raise potential ethical Prof. P. Hendriks issues and intended studies that require approval of the local ethics committee by CLCG consists of four Research Groups, editorial boards of journals are assessed by the organized by subdiscipline: Ethical Review Committee. In the future, • Computational Linguistics given sufficient financial resources, the scope • Discourse and Communication of the Ethical Review Committee could be • Neurolinguistics and Language broadened to include all research of staff and Development PhD candidates involving human participants. • Theoretical and Empirical Linguistics Research data management Coordinators of the Research Groups Data management is high on the agenda of the Prof. G.J. van Noord (Computational University of Groningen. The University Linguistics) Board has requested all SEP institutes to Prof. J.C.J. Hoeks (Discourse and prepare a Research Data Management Plan Communication) (RDMP) for their institute. Within the Faculty Prof. B.A.M. Maassen (Neurolinguistics and of Arts, a Research Data Management Language Development) Committee has been installed in 2015 to look Dr. M. de Vries (Theoretical and Empirical into current practices, advise the Faculty Linguistics) Board on a policy regarding the storage and management of research data, and advise the Advisory Board directors of the research institutes in their Prof. Roelien Bastiaanse, Prof. Johan Bos, task to develop and implement a RDMP. In Prof. Kees de Glopper (chair), Prof. Jack addition, data management is discussed by the Hoeksema, Prof. John Hoeks, Prof. Carel director of CLCG in the first-year interviews Jansen, Prof. Tom Koole, Dr. Wander Lowie, with PhD candidates and their supervisors. Prof. Ben Maassen, Prof. John Nerbonne, Prof. Gertjan van Noord, Joëlle Ooms (PhD- Council representative), Prof. Gisela Redeker, Prof. Siemon Reker, Prof. Marjolein Verspoor, Dr. Mark de Vries, Prof. Gerry Wakker, Prof. Jan-Wouter Zwart Staff Staff composition - position Staff composition – position/gender 160 144 90 81 140 80 70 63 120 52 100 80 60 50 80 40 28 60 30 40 29 11 1316 17 11 7 20 6 8 20 10 3 3 4 0 0 male female 3 CLCG Annual Report 2016 Staff composition research groups 71 70 Full professor Associate professor 60 Assistant professor 50 Postdoc 50 PhD student 40 Total 29 30 23 21 20 15 10 9 10 7 6 7 6 4 4 4 4 4 5 3 2 2 1 1 0 0 Computational Discourse and Neurolinguistics and Theoretical and Linguistics Communication Language Empirical Linguistics Development PhD programme Within the UG, CLCG participates in the students choose to participate in the national Graduate school for Humanities (GSH). graduate school in linguistics, LOT Formally the GSH is responsible for (Landelijke Onderzoeksschool recruiting and selecting graduate students, Taalwetenschap). One of the major tasks of for assigning them to supervisors, and for BCN and LOT is offering training courses to monitoring their progress toward the PhD PhD students. Various PhD students attend degree. Nevertheless, CLCG members are courses that are organized by BCN and LOT, involved in all of these processes. The while some senior CLCG researchers teach director of CLCG carries out the first year such courses. assessment interviews on behalf of the GSH. We hope to continue to serve as an CLCG is also affiliated with various excellent training center for students research schools. Many CLCG PhD students interested in research careers. In 2016, participate in Groningen’s Research School of thirteen PhD projects were defended. A list of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences CLCG PhD students, together with the source (BCN), a local interdisciplinary research of funding for their project and the title of school that brings together research from five their project can be found on the CLCG different faculties of the University of website. Groningen. Likewise, many of CLCG PhD 4 CLCG Annual Report 2016 Externally funded projects/ grants 8 ongoing externally funded projects continued, 6 projects were completed, and 5 projects were