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Svitlana Antonyuk-YudinaView profile

Researcher

University of GrazAustria

Svitlana Antonyuk-Yudina serves as a Lise Meitner senior postdoctoral researcher at the University of Graz, Austria, within the Institute of German Studies under the Austrian Science Fund (FWF) project M 3361-G "Deriving Discourse Configurationality of (East) Slavic" led by Prof. Victor Edgar Onea Gaspar. Her research centers on syntax-semantics interfaces , argument structure , and information structure in East Slavic languages (Ukrainian and Russian), with specific expertise in quantification, Instrumental syntax, Object Shift phenomena, and the realization of Givenness/Focus. Current investigations explore aspect-argument structure relations in East Slavic and cross-linguistic scope freezing, while her interests increasingly extend to generative typology and contact-induced language change. Dr. Antonyuk-Yudina holds the prestigious Lise Meitner Fellowship from the Austrian Science Fund (FWF). She is actively engaged in the FWF project M 3361-G and co-edits two Special Collection volumes for Glossa: a journal of general linguistics , with experimental work mapping East Slavic syntactic structures to prosodic realization upcoming.

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Dalina KallulliView profile

Associate Professor

University of ViennaAustria

Dalina Kallulli is an Associate Professor at the University of Vienna , Department of Linguistics. Since 2012, she has been a leading figure in theoretical and comparative syntax, with a focus on Albanian and Balkan languages . Her work bridges syntax, semantics, and morphology, emphasizing interfaces and universals. Education: PhD in Theoretical Linguistics (University of Durham, 1999), Cand.Philol. in General Linguistics (University of Trondheim, 1995), MA in English (University of Tirana, 1991) Research Interests include grammar theory , comparative syntax , syntax-semantics interfaces , and language cognition . Her publications explore clitic doubling, voice systems, and cross-linguistic morphological phenomena. Notable fellowships include the Hertha Firnberg Fellowship (2004-2007) and APART Fellow (2008-2010). Recent Publications highlight diachronic aspects of voice systems, form copy in wh-dependencies, and the role of diminutives in suppressing root projections. She has been a visiting scholar at institutions like the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and New York University. Awards and Invitations: Hertha Firnberg Fellowship (FWF) APART Fellow (Austrian Academy of Sciences) W3 Professor (acting chair) at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich Invited talks at major international conferences (GLOW, DGfS, NELS) Teaching encompasses courses in Theory of Grammar , Introductory Linguistics , and seminars on syntactic typology.

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Miriam ButtView profile

Professor

Graz University of TechnologyAustria

Miriam Butt is a Professor (W3) for General and Computational Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics, University of Konstanz since 2019. Previously, she held a Professor (C3) position at the same department from 2003 to 2019. Earlier roles include a Lecturer at the Centre for Computational Linguistics, UMIST (2002-2003), and Research Scientist positions at the University of Konstanz, Universität Stuttgart, and Universität Tübingen. Education: PhD and MA in Linguistics from Stanford University (1988-1993), BA in Language Studies and Computer Science from Wellesley College (1984-1987). Her research focuses span Morphology, Lexical Semantics, Digital Humanities, Historical Linguistics, Computational Linguistics, and Syntax. She has contributed to projects such as SFB471 (Variation and Change in the Lexicon), ParGram (grammar development for German), and Verbmobil (tense analysis in German-English translation). She has served on advisory boards and consulted for projects including NSF's Hindi/Urdu treebank initiative and CRULP's Urdu machine translation system.

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Uli SauerlandView profile

Professor

Graz University of TechnologyAustria

Uli Sauerland is a Professor and Department Head of FB4 Semantics and Pragmatics at the Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin since 2017. He holds honorary professorships and research fellowships in Germany and Japan. His research focuses on syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and language acquisition. He has led numerous international research projects and serves on editorial boards of journals like Linguistic Inquiry and Semantics & Pragmatics . Education: 1993: Diploma (M.Sc.) in Mathematics, Universität Konstanz 1998: Ph.D. in Linguistics, MIT 2003: Habilitation in General Linguistics, Universität Tübingen 2018: außenplanmäßiger Professor, Universität Potsdam Research Interests: His work explores formal semantics, pragmatics, and syntax, with a focus on scalar implicatures, presuppositions, and experimental methods. He investigates cross-linguistic phenomena in languages like Japanese, German, and indigenous Brazilian languages. Recent topics include child language acquisition and computational modeling of pragmatic reasoning. Awards: 2018 Honorary Professorship at Universität Potsdam 2014 Humboldt Alumni Fellowship 2011 Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Bridge Fellowship Grants & Leadership: Coordinated DFG SPP 1727 (XPrag.de, 2014-2020) Principal Investigator in EU-funded projects like CHLaSC (2006-2009) and COSY (2016-2019) Organized international conferences including Experimental Pragmatics 2007 and Formal Approaches to Japanese Linguistics 6 Labs & Collaborations: Leads the Semantics and Pragmatics Department at ZAS, fostering interdisciplinary research. Collaborates globally through networks like Euro XPRAG and COST Action A33.

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Matti MiestamoView profile

Professor

Graz University of TechnologyAustria

Matti Miestamo is a Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Helsinki, affiliated with the Department of General Linguistics within the Faculty of Arts. He previously held a professorship at Stockholm University (2011–2018) and has held research positions at institutions including the Helsinki Collegium for Advanced Studies (2006–2011) and the University of Antwerp (2005–2006). His expertise spans language typology, documentation, and theoretical linguistics with a focus on negation, interrogatives, and language complexity. He has supervised 4 completed, 2 submitted, and 8 ongoing PhD students at the University of Helsinki. Education: PhD in General Linguistics from the University of Helsinki (2003). Awards include membership in the Academia Europaea (2019), Finnish Academy of Sciences and Letters (2019), and Societas Scientiarum Fennica (2017). Notable honors include the Joseph Greenberg Award (2005) and Burgen Scholar Award (2004). Research Interests: Language typology and documentation Negation structures across languages Uralic languages, particularly Skolt Saami Grammatical complexity theories Methodological approaches to linguistic sampling Professional Roles: Editor of the Nordic Journal of Linguistics (2012–present) Director of the Finnish doctoral training network Langnet (2016–2019) Vice Dean for Academic Affairs, Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki (2017) Teaching and Outreach: Extensive teaching experience in linguistics at multiple institutions, including summer schools in Tartu and Saari Manor. Active in academic assessment roles, including professorship and docent evaluations in universities across Europe.

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Németh T EnikőView profile

Professor

Graz University of TechnologyAustria

Overview Enikő Németh T. is a Full Professor and Head of the Department of General Linguistics at the University of Szeged's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences since 2017. She has held leadership roles including Head of the Doctoral School of Linguistics (2018–present), Head of the Hungarian Research Centre for Pragmatics (2012–present), and Chair of the Theoretical Linguistics PhD Program (2007–present). She earned her Candidate's degree (PhD equivalent) in 1992 and became a Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in 2017. Education 1987: MA in Russian Language and Literature and General/Applied Linguistics (University of Szeged) 1992: Candidate's degree (PhD equivalent) in Linguistics 2017: Doctor of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences in Linguistics Research Interests Her work focuses on pragmatics , discourse analysis , and the interaction between grammar and pragmatics . She explores implicit arguments in Hungarian, perspectives in language use , and cognitive pragmatics . Her research emphasizes empirical methodologies and theoretical frameworks to understand linguistic phenomena like pro-drop, anaphora, and lexical semantics. Awards & Honors 2020: Hungarian Academy of Sciences Publication Award 2013: Hajdú Péter Guest Researcher Fellowship 2004–2007: Bolyai János Research Fellowship 2000–2003: Széchenyi Professor Fellowship Academic Leadership & Grants She leads major initiatives like the MTA-DE-SZTE Research Group for Theoretical Linguistics (2006–present) and has directed national and international research projects. Her grants include long-term fellowships from the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Labs & Teams Directs the Hungarian Research Centre for Pragmatics and oversees the MTA-DE-SZTE Research Group for Theoretical Linguistics , fostering collaborative research in pragmatics and theoretical linguistics.

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Artemis AlexiadouView profile

Professor

Graz University of TechnologyAustria

Prof. Artemis Alexiadou is a leading linguist serving as Director of the Leibniz Zentrum Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft (ZAS) in Berlin and holds a Professorship in General Linguistics at Humboldt University of Berlin. Previously, she was Vice-Director of ZAS and Professor of English Linguistics at the University of Stuttgart. Her academic roles include Managing Directorships of key linguistic institutes and extensive administrative leadership across German universities. Education: 1999 Habilitation (General Linguistics), University of Potsdam 1994 PhD in Linguistics, University of Potsdam 1991 MA, University of Reading, UK 1990 Diploma in Philology (Linguistics), University of Athens Research focuses on syntax-morphology interfaces, diachronic syntax, and heritage languages. She pioneered studies on clitic phenomena and syntactic variation in Greek dialects. Awards include the prestigious Leibniz Prize (2014) and ERC Synergy Grant (2019). Institutional leadership includes current roles as Managing Director of the Institute of English and American Studies at HU Berlin, DFG Board member for Linguistics, and member of the Berlin Elsa-Neumann Scholarship Committee. She has held over 20 academic governance roles since 1992, including ethics committee memberships and international grant panel participation. Active in scholarly societies: served as GLOW Board Chair (2005-2009), German Linguistic Society Treasurer (2003-2004), and on advisory boards for Nordic research centers. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with language acquisition studies in multilingual contexts.

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Anagnostopoulou ElenaView profile

Professor

Graz University of TechnologyAustria

Elena Anagnostopoulou is a Professor of Theoretical Linguistics at the University of Crete since 2009, with prior roles as Associate Professor (2005-2009) and Assistant Professor (1998-2005). She has held visiting positions at MIT and a fellowship at the University of Stuttgart. Education : PhD in Linguistics, University of Salzburg (1994). Research Interests : Theoretical and comparative syntax, formal typology, argument structure, case/agreement theory, clitics, control/anaphora, and historical linguistics. Her work bridges syntax, morphology, and lexicology. Scientific Impact : Over 7,500 citations (Google Scholar), h-index 37. Recipient of the 2013 Humboldt Foundation's Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel Award for sustained research excellence. Grants & Projects : Co-Investigator in the AHRC-funded project on diachronic case variation (2017-2019), Principal Investigator for the UCrete project applying evolutionary biology to language relationships (2019-2021). Collaborated with German institutions via Humboldt funding.

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Pierluigi CuzzolinView profile

Professor

Graz University of TechnologyAustria

Pierluigi Cuzzolin is a Full Professor of General and Historical Linguistics at the University of Bergamo since 2005. He has held academic positions including Visiting Professor at Penn State University (2009), Associate Professor at the University of Bergamo (1999-2005), and Assistant Professor at the University of Pavia (1992-1999). Full Professor, University of Bergamo (2005-present) Visiting Professor, Penn State University (2009) His research spans multiple subfields of linguistics: Historical syntax in Latin Linguistic typology Evaluation of sociolinguistic models Translation studies Etymology and morphological analysis Scientific recognition includes: Membership in the prestigious Istituto Lombardo di Scienze, Lettere e Arti (2014) He has served on advisory boards for journals such as Rhesis and Kervan, and organized major international projects like the 'New Perspectives on Historical Latin Syntax' series.

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Ramchand GillianView profile

Professor

Graz University of TechnologyAustria

Ramchand Gillian is a Professor at the Institute for Language and Culture, University of Tromsoe. She has held academic roles including Senior Researcher at the Center for the Advanced Study of Theoretical Linguistics (CASTL) and Associate Professor at the University of Tromsoe. Previously, she was a University Lecturer in General Linguistics at Oxford University (1994–2004). Education: PhD in Linguistics (1993), MA in Linguistics (1992) from Stanford University; B.S. in Mathematics and Philosophy (1988) from MIT. Her research focuses on syntax, semantics, and their interfaces, with interests in comparative linguistics, aspect, modality, and cognitive science. She has led major grants, including a Research Council of Norway FRIHUM grant (2018–2022) on modal concepts and experimental semantics. Gillian has supervised numerous PhD and MPhil students, contributing to linguistic theory and empirical research. Awarded membership in the Academy of Europe (2018), she has organized workshops like the 2022 Foundations of Extended Projections conference and participated in international forums such as SALT and ELM. Her work bridges formal semantics, syntax, and experimental methods, emphasizing cross-linguistic diversity and theoretical innovation.

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Varvara ArztView profile

Researcher

Vienna University of TechnologyAustria

Varvara Arzt is a PreDoc Researcher in the Department of Data Science at TU Wien's Faculty of Informatics. She specializes in Natural Language Processing (NLP), Information Retrieval, and Computational Linguistics. She teaches courses such as Natural Language Processing and Information Extraction, Advanced Information Retrieval, and Innovation. Her research focuses on improving transparency in NLP benchmarks, analyzing biographical data through language models, and exploring digital humanities applications like automated analysis of music lyrics. She leads the project 'Designing an Annotation Framework for Creating a Health Dataset from Layperson Medical Forums in Bahasa Indonesia' funded by the Austrian Exchange Service (OeAD). Her recent publications address critical issues like hallucination detection in text generation models and the generalization limits of language models in relation extraction tasks. She advocates for methodological rigor in benchmark creation and leaderboards. Varvara has no listed scientific awards but actively contributes to academic discourse through peer-reviewed articles and teaching. She coordinates the mentioned projects and collaborates on interdisciplinary research spanning computational linguistics and cultural studies.

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Harald ClahsenView profile

Professor

Graz University of TechnologyAustria

Harald Clahsen is a Professor of Psycholinguistics at the University of Potsdam and Director of the Potsdam Research Institute for Multilingualism (PRIM). He has held visiting professorships at the University of Essex and visiting research positions at Max-Planck-Institut für Psycholinguistik and Max-Planck-Institut für Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences. 1974-1978: MA in German Philology, Sociology, Linguistics, and Mathematics at University of Wuppertal and Düsseldorf 1978-1981: PhD in Linguistics (summa cum laude), University of Wuppertal/Hamburg 1987: Habilitation in Linguistics, University of Düsseldorf Clahsen's research focuses on psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics , with emphasis on multilingualism , grammatical processing , and language disorders in children and adults . His work spans generative syntax, morphology, and cognitive aging effects on language acquisition and processing. His recent publications analyze morphological processing using ERP methods, heritage speaker linguistics , and digital language learning interventions for older adults . Awards include the Alexander-von-Humboldt International Award and Fellow of the British Academy (FBA). 2011-2016: Alexander-von-Humboldt Foundation International Award (€5Mio) 2010: Humboldt Professorship 2008: Fellow of the British Academy 2007: Honorary Professorship for Cognitive Science, University of Amsterdam 1989-1994: Gerhard-Hess Award (£350,000) Clahsen leads PRIM and collaborates with SFB 1287 projects on multilingualism and digital learning. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with applied cognitive science.

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Fred KarlssonView profile

Professor

Graz University of TechnologyAustria

Fred Karlsson is a Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Helsinki , where he has held a faculty position since 1980. His scholarly work spans syntactic theory, computational linguistics, phonology, and language complexity. As a pioneer in computational linguistics, he launched the Constraint Grammar framework in 1990. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in phonetics from the University of Turku (1974) Master of Arts in linguistics from the University of Chicago (1972) Extensive editorial and leadership roles in academic institutions In research, Karlsson has contributed to syntactic and morphological analysis, computational models of language, and corpus linguistics. His work in computational linguistics was recognized with the E. J. Nyström’s Prize in 1996. Key accolades include: Finnish Society of Information Technology Prize (1988) Oskar Öflund Foundation Prize of Honour (1988) Membership in Academia Europaea (1988) Karlsson also co-founded Lingsoft, Inc. (1987-2002) and served on boards of academic and business organizations, including the European Union's EROHS expert group (2003-2005).

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Heike WieseView profile

Professor

Graz University of TechnologyAustria

Heike Wiese is a Professor (W3) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin since 2019, holding the Chair for German in Multilingual Contexts within the Department of German Language and Linguistics. Previously, she held similar professorships at Universität Potsdam (2006-2019) and served as a Visiting Associate Professor at Yale University (2005-2006) through a Feodor-Lynen award. Her career began at Humboldt-Universität as a Lecturer (1993-1998) and Assistant Professor (1998-2005). She also worked as a Visiting Scholar at Brandeis University (1998-1999) via a DAAD postdoctoral stipend. Current research spans grammar-lexicon interactions, linguistic architecture, language variation/contact, and language ideologies. Her 2005 Susanne K. Langer Award recognized her foundational work on numerical cognition and language. Recent publications focus on multilingual communication, urban dialects, and emoji as discourse markers in digital German.

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Witkoś JacekView profile

Professor

Graz University of TechnologyAustria

Prof. Jacek Witkoś is a Professor and Chair of the Department of English-Polish Contrastive Linguistics at Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań (AMU). He holds full professorship since 2006 and has been active in linguistics research, administration, and international collaboration. His research focuses on generative syntax, comparative syntax of Slavic and Germanic languages, and TEFL. Administrative Roles: Deputy President of AMU for Research and International Cooperation (2008–2016) Deputy Dean, Faculty of Modern Languages and Literature (2005–2008) Deputy Head, School of English (1999–2005) International Experience: Visiting Scholar, University of Maryland (2001) Kościuszko Foundation Research Scholar, University of Maryland (2000–2001) Senior Lecturer, University of Vienna (1994–1997) Awards and Memberships: Member of Slavic Linguistics Society (SLS) Executive Committee Member of Societas Linguistica Europea (SLE) Member of Polish Association for the Study of English (PASE) President of Santander Group European Universities Network (since 2016) His research projects include funded studies on nominal expressions, dative structures in Polish, and infinitive subjects in English and Polish, totaling over €460,000 in grants.

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