Jens Hopperdietzel

Dr. Jens Hopperdietzel is an Assistant Professor (Akademischer Rat a.Z.) at the Department of German Language and Literature I, University of Cologne, under the chair of Klaus von Heusinger. He coordinates the DFG-Scientific Network 'Applicative alternations across languages (AAAL)' and is affiliated with the University of Manchester’s Department of Linguistics and the CRC1252 'Prominence in Language' at Cologne. His research focuses on syntax-morphology-semantics interfaces, typology, and fieldwork in under-documented languages like Daakaka (Vanuatu) and Samoan.

Academic career highlights include roles as a Research Associate in ERC and DFG-funded projects at the University of Manchester and Humboldt University Berlin, and postdoctoral research stays at the University of Hawai’i and National University of Samoa. His doctoral work (summa cum laude, 2020) examined resultatives in Oceanic languages, advised by Artemis Alexiadou, Malte Zimmermann, and Enoch Aboh.

Key research areas include argument/event structure, applicative constructions, and root meaning. He actively participates in collaborative networks like the AAAL initiative and has published in Glossa on cross-linguistic verbal category dynamics.

Awards include his summa cum laude distinction, and he holds grants from ERC and DFG. His fieldwork spans the Pacific, with stays in Vanuatu and Samoa. Consultation hours are by appointment outside semester periods.