PhD students
As main supervisor:
Chiara Paolini (since 2021)
How much does meaning matter? A fresh look at grammatical alternations
KU Leuven PhD dissertationYi Li (since 2019)
A probabilistic grammar analysis of the theme-recipient alternation in Mandarin, and of its sensitivity to lectal factors
KU Leuven PhD dissertationTanguy Dubois (since 2018)
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)Alexandra Engel (since 2018)
The register-specificity of probabilistic grammatical knowledge in English and Dutch
KU Leuven PhD dissertationBenedikt Heller (defended 2018)
Stability and fluidity in syntactic variation world-wide: the genitive alternation across varieties of English [.pdf]
KU Leuven PhD dissertationMelanie Röthlisberger (defended 2018)
Regional variation in probabilistic grammars: A multifactorial study of the English dative alternation [.pdf]
KU Leuven PhD dissertationKatharina Ehret (defended 2016)
An information-theoretic approach to language complexity: variation in naturalistic corpora [.pdf]
University of Freiburg PhD dissertationUlrike Schneider (defended 2014)
Frequency, chunks and hesitations: a usage-based analysis of chunking in English [.pdf]
University of Freiburg PhD dissertationChristoph Wolk (defended 2014)
Integrating aggregational and probabilistic approaches to language variation [.pdf]
University of Freiburg PhD dissertation
As co-supervisor:
Jorina Brysbaert (since 2018)
Contrastive subjects in French: a quantitative corpus analysis
KU Leuven PhD dissertationRobbert De Troij (since 2017)
North and South, bottom to top: using big data to model syntactic variation in Belgian and Netherlandic Dutch
KU Leuven PhD dissertationMariana Montes (defended 2021)
Cloudspotting: visual analytics for distributional semantics
KU Leuven PhD dissertation