The Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) is dedicated to the description and explanation of the structure of natural language and the breadth of its variation. Within our projects, research is conducted by experts from all major areas of linguistics: phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics, as well as creole studies and child language acquisition. Worthy of special mention is the phonetics laboratory in which diverse studies investigating the physiology of language production are conducted in collaboration with Berlin's leading medical institute, the Charité. Such a concentration of active research in all sub-disciplines of linguistics within one single research centre is unique in Germany, and permits lively exchange on current research findings and methods.

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  1. Ancient connection

    When humans gesture, they activate an ancient connection between movement and breathing. The perspective suggests that there are striking connections between animal and human behavior.

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  2. ERC Synergy Grant for "Leibniz's Dream"

    A research team receives over ten million euros from the European Research Council to prove that our thinking determines language.

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Leibniz-Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft
Schützenstr. 18
10117 Berlin
T + 49 30 / 20192 - 401
sprach@leibniz-zas.de
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Management

Scientific Director:
Prof. Artemis Alexiadou

Managing Director a.i.:
Christiane Neumann

Public Relations:
Dr Fabienne Salfner