- Honorary Member of the Linguistic Society of America LSA (seit 2024)
- Berlin Science Award 2023 (Berliner Wissenschaftspreis 2023)
- Full Member of the BBAW (since 2022)
- Honorary Member of Academia Europea, Section of Linguistic Studies (since 2020)
- Honorary doctorate awarded by the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, March 2016
- Honorary Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, November 2014
- Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize of the DFG, 2014
- Science Council 'The German Council of Science and Humanities' Evaluation 2012: Rating "excellent"
- Honorary Member of AcademiaNet (since 2010)
- Heisenberg-Scholarship of the German Research Foundation, Research Project: Facets of Unaccusativity (2000 - 2002)
- Stanley J. Seeger Research Fellowship for Hellenic Studies, Princeton University (November to December 2000)
- Greek Ministry of Development, Collaborative Research Fellowship for Greek Scientists Abroad (1998 - 2000)