Lutz Marten Explained

Lutz Marten is a German linguist and africanist. He is currently professor of general and African linguistics at SOAS University of London.[1] Between 2020 and 2024, he was the editor of the Transactions of the Philological Society.[2] As of June 2024, he serves as the president of the Philological Society.[3]

Academic career

After studying English language and literature, philosophy and African studies at the University of Hamburg, Marten joined SOAS for a Masters programme in linguistics in 1993, where, in 1995, he subsequently began his doctoral studies under the supervision of Ruth Kempson. In 1999, he completed his thesis entitled Syntactic and Semantic Underspecification in the Verb Phrase.[4]

Research

Between 2014 and 2018, Marten was the principal investigator of the research project Morphosyntactic variation in Bantu: Typology, contact and change, which was funded by the Leverhulme Trust.[5] [6] He is also involved in the development of the Dynamic Syntax framework project, which is supported by grants from the ESRC, EPSRC, the Leverhulme Trust and AHRC.[7]

Selected publications

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Professor Lutz Marten. 2021-02-23.
  2. Web site: Transactions – The Philological Society. 2021-02-23.
  3. Web site: Council - The Philological Society. 2024-06-23.
  4. Syntactic and Semantic Underspecification in the Verb Phrase. Marten. Lutz. 1999. Ph.D.. University of London, School of Oriental and African Studies.
  5. Web site: Research Project Grants 2014 – Leverhulme Trust. 2021-02-23.
  6. Web site: Morphosyntactic variation in Bantu: Typology, contact and change – SOAS University of London. 2021-02-23.
  7. Web site: Dynamic Syntax – Home. 2021-02-23.

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