Ewa Dabrowska

Ewa Dabrowska is an Honorary Professor in the Arts and Law school. She holds expertise in Cognitive Linguistics, Language Acquisition, and individual differences in linguistic knowledge. Her research focuses on formulaic language, linguistic generalizations, and disparities in grammatical competence across speakers. She has conducted studies on bilingual acquisition, second language learning challenges, and the role of education in linguistic proficiency.

Ewa has been affiliated with institutions including the University of Sheffield, Northumbria, and the Max Planck Institute in Leipzig. She currently serves as President of the UK Cognitive Linguistics Association and previously edited Cognitive Linguistics journal. Her work has been recognized with the Alexander von Humboldt Professorship (2017).

• Education: Poland, US, UK
• Key Research Themes:
  • Formulaic language in acquisition and adult speech
  • Psychological reality of linguistic generalizations
  • Individual differences linked to education and vocabulary
• Grants: AHRC-funded project on syntactic constructions

Her collaborative projects include studies on Spanish syntax comprehension and L2 grammar redundancy effects. She actively participates in academic conferences and guest lectures globally.