I am a Heisenberg professor for German linguistics at the Ruhr-University of Bochum (RUB).
My research interests are in semantics, pragmatics, syntax and their interfaces. I am working on various expressions contributing non- truth-conditional meaning, including expressives, modal particles, sentence mood and verum focus.
More broadly, I am interested in multidimensional semantics, projective meaning, contextual influences on interpretation, the syntax-semantics interface and the question of where to draw the boundary between semantics and pragmatics and how to differentiate between various kinds of meaning.
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Gutzmann, Daniel. 2019. The Grammar of Expressivity. (Oxford Studies in Theoretical Linguistics 72) Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gutzmann, Daniel & Katharina Turgay. Irrtum und Heuchelei der Pflanzenesser. Zur Wahl sprachlicher Mittel in tierrechtsthematischen Beiträgen. In: Hayer, Björn & Klarissa Schröder (eds.): Tierethik transdisziplinär. Literatur - Kultur - Didaktik. Bielefeld: Transcript. 169–190.
Gutzmann, Daniel & Petra B. Schumacher. 2018. Schnittstelle Semantik-Pragmatik. In: Wöllstein, Angelika & Peter Gallmann & Mechthild Habermann & Manfred Krifka (eds.), Grammatiktheorie und Empirie in der germanistischen Linguistik. (Germanistische Sprachwissenschaft um 2020 1). Berlin: de Gruyter. 471–510.
(with Katharina Turgay) Climbing up the context – From temporal adverb to discourse particle: The case of German jetzt. Adverbs and adverbials at the form-meaning interface: diachronic and synchronic perspectives. University of Göttingen. May 18-20, 2022.
Give me one, give me two, give me MULTIcontexts! Institutskolloquium Philosophie. Ruhr-Universität Bochum. April 27, 2022.
2022. (with Katharina Turgay) Expressive Punctuation!?!! Punctuation between grammar(?) and pragmatics! Workshop »The graphematics/pragmatics interface«. 44th Annual Meeting of the German Linguistics Society (DGfS). University of Tübingen. Online. February 23, 2022.
2021. (with Katharina Turgay) Phrasal compounds are quotational compounds. Colloque de Syntaxe et Sémantique à Paris 2021 (CSSP). Université de Paris. Online. December 10, 2021.
2021. Nicht ein, nicht zwei, nicht drei Kontexte: Multikontexte! Bewerbungsvortrag W3-Professur für Germanistische Linguistik. Ruhr-Universität Bochum. October 22, 2021.
2021. You linguist! On vocatives and expressivity. Maryland Linguistics Colloquium. University of Maryland. Online. November 12, 2021.
During the winter semester 2018/119 I’m teaching the following courses at Frankfurt.
Semantik 1 (Wednesday 12-14)
The Semantics and Pragmatics of Mood (Thursday 10-12)
Semantics 3 (Thursday 14-16)
Semantics colloquium (Thursday 16-18)
2018 – Habilitation. German Linguistics. University of Cologne. Thesis: The Grammar of Expressivity.
2013 – PhD. General Linguistics. University of Frankfurt. Thesis: Use-conditional meaning. Studies in multidimensional semantics. Committee: Ede Zimmermann, Elin McCready, Hans-Martin Gärtner.
2008 – MA. German Studies, Philosophy, Indology. University of Mainz. Thesis: On the interaction between modal particles and sentence mood in German. Committee: Jörg Meibauer, Jochen Geilfuß-Wolfgang.
since 02/2022. Full Professsor (Heisenberg-Professor) for German Linguistics. Germamistisches Institut.
10/2020–01/2022. Senior Lecturer (Akademischer Oberrat auf Zeit). Institute of German Language and Literature.
04/2019–09/2020. Lecturer (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit). Institute of German Language and Literature.
10/2018–03/2019. Visiting/Stand-in Professor (Vertretungsprofessor). Institute of Linguistics.
03/2017–09/2018. Lecturer (Akademischer Rat auf Zeit). Institute of German Language and Literature.
04/2015–03/2017. Visiting/Stand-in Professor. (Vertretungsprofessor). Institute of German Language and Literature.
05/2013–03/2015. Postdoc. Institute of Linguistics.
10/2009–03/2013. Research Fellow. Institute of Linguistics.
04/2010–02/2013. Lecturer. Institute of German Studies.
04/2009–07/2009. Lecturer. German Institute.
04/2006–05/2010. Student Project Member. Interdisciplinary Research Project Quotation and Meaning.
11/2019. Offermann-Hergarten Prize. Faculty of Philsophy, University of Cologne & Offermann.Hergarten Found.
03/2016. Heinz Maier-Leibnitz Prize. Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Science Foundation).
03/2014. Wilhelm von Humboldt Award. Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (German Linguistic Society).
04/2010–10/2010. PhD Fellowship. Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation).
12/2008–04/2010. PhD Fellowship Research Training Group Sentence Types: Variation and Interpretation, University of Frankfurt.
07/2007. Student Fellowship Linguistic Society of America, Linguistics Institute 2007.
09/2006–12/2008. Student Fellowship. Studienstiftung des deutschen Volkes (German National Academic Foundation).