Fen Huang (since 2024)
Does grammatical optionality interfere with language production and comprehension? An experimental study
KU Leuven PhD dissertation
Ruiming Ma (since 2024)
Does grammatical optionality complicate speech production and comprehension? The case of Mandarin Chinese
KU Leuven PhD dissertation
Sumin Guan (since 2022)
A multifactorial analysis of Chinese analytic passive constructions
KU Leuven PhD dissertation
Chiara Paolini (since 2021)
How much does meaning matter? A fresh look at grammatical alternations
KU Leuven PhD dissertation
Tanguy Dubois (defended 2023)
Particle placement and genitive alternations in EFL learner spoken syntax: core probabilistic grammar and/or L1-specific preferences?
UCL / KU Leuven PhD dissertation (co-tutelle, with Magali Paquot as 2nd supervisor)
Yi Li (defended 2023)
A probabilistic grammar analysis of the theme-recipient alternation in Mandarin, and of its sensitivity to lectal factors
KU Leuven PhD dissertation
Alexandra Engel (defended 2022)
The register-specificity of probabilistic grammars in English and Dutch: Combining corpus analysis and experimentation
KU Leuven PhD dissertation
Benedikt Heller (defended 2018)
Stability and fluidity in syntactic variation world-wide: the genitive alternation across varieties of English [.pdf]
KU Leuven PhD dissertation
Melanie Röthlisberger (defended 2018)
Regional variation in probabilistic grammars: A multifactorial study of the English dative alternation [.pdf]
KU Leuven PhD dissertation
Katharina Ehret (defended 2016)
An information-theoretic approach to language complexity: variation in naturalistic corpora [.pdf]
University of Freiburg PhD dissertation
Ulrike Schneider (defended 2014)
Frequency, chunks and hesitations: a usage-based analysis of chunking in English [.pdf]
University of Freiburg PhD dissertation
Christoph Wolk (defended 2014)
Integrating aggregational and probabilistic approaches to language variation [.pdf]
University of Freiburg PhD dissertation
Laetitia Van Driessche (defended 2024)
Verb-Dependent Prepositional Phrases in Varieties of Englishes: A Variationist Construction Grammar Perspective
University of Zürich PhD dissertation
Jorina Brysbaert (defended 2023)
Register variation in the expression of contrastive subjects in French: a corpus-based study
KU Leuven PhD dissertation
Robbert De Troij (defended 2023)
Natiolectal variation in Dutch grammar
KU Leuven PhD dissertation
Mariana Montes (defended 2021)
Cloudspotting: visual analytics for distributional semantics
KU Leuven PhD dissertation