1 Valenzklassen in den Sprachen der Welt: Eine Untersuchung der Argumentstrukturen von Verbklassen in lexikalisch- typologischer und areal-historischer Perspektive Fortsetzungsantrag auf Gewährung einer Sachbeihilfe im Rahmen der DFG- Forschergruppe “Grammatik und Verarbeitung verbaler Argumente” (Universität Leipzig, MPI-CBS, MPI-EVA) 1. General information Note: The present project proposal grew out of the project “Ditransitive Konstruktionen in den Sprachen der Welt”, which has been directed by Bernard Comrie and Martin Haspelmath since May 2006. Its topic is clearly related to the topic of the earlier project, but it is significantly different, and the composition of the project team is also somewhat different. Andrej Malchukov, who played a central role in the project “Ditransitive constructions in the world’s languages”, and Søren Wichmann, who was associated with the project “Marked absolutive and marked nominative case systems in synchronic and diachronic perspective”, are joining Comrie and Haspelmath as principal investigators, as all four have contributed in crucial ways to formulating the application and developing its conceptual base. Another reason for having four PI’s is the division of labor, which is detailed in section 3.2. Both Malchukov and Wichmann are applying for temporary positions as part of the proposal (Malchukov on a full-time basis, Wichmann on a half-time basis). Malchukov bears the main responsibility for overall coordination of the research activities within the project. 1.1.Applicants Bernard Comrie, Prof. Dr. Director Department of Linguistics Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Deutscher Platz 6 D-04103 Leipzig Tel.: 0341-3550 301 (secretary: 300); fax: 0341-3550 333 Email: comrie@eva.mpg.de http://email.eva.mpg.de/~comrie/ Martin Haspelmath, Prof. Dr. Research group leader (C3) Department of Linguistics Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology Deutscher Platz 6 D-04103 Leipzig Tel.: 0341-3550 307 (secretary: 300); fax: 0341-3550 333 Email: haspelmath@eva.mpg.de http://email.eva.mpg.de/~haspelmt/