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Cristina Suárez GómezView profile

Professor

• World Englishes
• English Linguistics
• Historical Syntax
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Dr. Cristina Suárez Gómez is a Full Professor of English Linguistics at the Department of Spanish, Modern and Classical Languages, University of the Balearic Islands. She has held this position since October 2022, following her national accreditation in November 2021. Previously, she served as a tenured Senior Lecturer from October 2010. Her academic career spans over two decades with significant contributions to the field of World Englishes and historical linguistics. Her educational background includes: MA in English Language and Literature, University of Santiago de Compostela (1997) Master in Linguistics, University of York (2003) PhD in English Linguistics (European Doctorate), University of Santiago de Compostela (2004) Dr. Suárez Gómez's research focuses on World Englishes, historical syntax, and language variation . She has made significant contributions to understanding relativization processes, morphosyntactic variation, and the expression of perfect forms across different English varieties. Her work often employs corpus-based approaches to analyze linguistic phenomena in both historical and contemporary contexts, with particular attention to contact varieties like Gibraltar English and Bangladeshi English. Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on grammatical structures across diverse English varieties, examining patterns of variation through comparative and transnational perspectives. She frequently collaborates with Elena Seoane and Lucía Loureiro-Porto, contributing to major reference works like The New Cambridge History of the English Language and editing special issues on World Englishes for prominent journals. Dr. Suárez Gómez has received significant research funding from Spanish national agencies, including as Principal Investigator for the project "Morphosyntactic variation in New Englishes" (Spanish Ministry for Economy and Competitiveness, grant FFI2011-26693-C02-02) and co-Principal Investigator for a project on morphosyntactic variation in World Englishes (Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, PID2020-117030GB-I00, 2021-2024). She has supervised several PhD students to completion, including Laura García-Castro (2020), and currently supervises Pablo Vilas, Anastasia Beloborodova, and Victoria Rodríguez Lázaro. Dr. Suárez Gómez is an active member of the research community, having served as convenor of the Sociolinguistics and Dialectology panel at AEDEAN conferences (2012-2015) and as treasurer of the Spanish Association for English and American Studies since November 2016. She is also a member of the Consolidated R+D+I Group "Corpus-based Approaches to Language Variation (CAVA)" and co-leads the compilation of ICE Gibraltar within the International Corpus of English project.

Gheorghe MihaelaView profile

Professor

• Syntax
• Linguistics
• Pragmatics
• +4 more

Professor Mihaela Gheorghe is a distinguished faculty member at Transylvania University of Brașov, where she serves as Professor in the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics within the Faculty of Letters. With expertise in Romanian syntax and pragmatics, her work bridges historical linguistics with contemporary syntactic theory, focusing particularly on Old Romanian structures. Her research has significantly contributed to understanding the evolution of Romanian grammatical constructions across different historical periods. Professor Gheorghe's research interests span syntax , pragmatics , and historical linguistics , with specialized focus on relative clauses, cleft constructions, and imperative forms in Romanian. Her work demonstrates methodological sophistication, combining theoretical analysis with historical linguistic approaches. She has extensively documented syntactic structures across different periods of Romanian language development, examining how pragmatic factors influence grammatical constructions and how language change manifests in specific syntactic phenomena. Analysis of Professor Gheorghe's publication record reveals a sustained research trajectory focused on Romanian syntax, particularly examining relative clauses, cleft constructions, and imperative forms across historical periods. Her work shows progression from descriptive studies of specific constructions to more theoretical explorations within broader linguistic frameworks. Publications in journals like Diacronia and contributions to major reference works such as Oxford University Press's "The Grammar of Romanian" highlight her standing in the international linguistic community. Professor Gheorghe has made significant scholarly contributions through her extensive publication record, including the monograph "The Relative Clause" (2004) and chapters in authoritative works like "The Grammar of Romanian" (2013) and "The Syntax of Old Romanian" (2016). Her research on complex syntactic structures represents a major contribution to Romanian linguistic scholarship. While specific details about her advising activities aren't provided, Professor Gheorghe's extensive publication record suggests active engagement with graduate students. Her expertise in Romanian syntax and historical linguistics would provide fertile ground for mentoring students in theoretical linguistics and historical language studies. Her research likely involves corpus analysis, historical text examination, and theoretical modeling of syntactic phenomena within the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at Transylvania University of Brașov.

Hannah RohdeView profile

Professor

• Psycholinguistics
• Language Processing
• Discourse Coherence
• +3 more

Professor Hannah Rohde is a faculty member at the University of Edinburgh within the College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences . Her research focuses on psycholinguistics , language processing , and pragmatic considerations in discourse coherence and informativity. Research Interests : Discourse-level pragmatic influences on language processing Speaker-listener alignment in cooperative communication Contextual prediction and lexical anticipation Publications : Recent work includes studies on discourse markers, informativity expectations, and cognitive strategies in referential choice. Teaching & Supervision : No explicit details provided in the scraped text.

• Historical Linguistics
• Comparative Linguistics
• Language Typology
• +6 more

Agnes Korn is a linguist affiliated with the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) at the Center for Research on the Iranian World (CeRMI). Her work spans historical linguistics, comparative linguistics, and typology, with a focus on Iranian languages, particularly Baluchi and Bashkardi. PhD in Comparative Linguistics (Indo-European Studies), Frankfurt am Main (2003) HDR (Habilitation) in Comparative Linguistics, Frankfurt am Main (2010) Master’s in Indo-European Studies, University of Vienna (1996) Her research explores the historical grammar of Persian, dialectological variation in Western Iran, and the documentation of minority Iranian languages. She has supervised theses through INALCO and contributed to projects on Bashkardi and Balochi dialects. Recent publications examine word order in Bashkardi (2025), grammaticalization in Iranian (2020), and isoglosses in Iranian classification (2019). She has received awards for excellence in Iranian studies and research cooperation. European Award of Iranian Studies (2007) Award for Research Cooperation and High Excellence in Science (2008) Visiting Fellow at Clare Hall and Jesus College, Cambridge (2015)

• Linguistics
• Semantics
• Pragmatics
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E. Cameron Wilson is a researcher affiliated with Queen Mary University of London, focusing on Semantics & Pragmatics . They have collaborated extensively with Stephanie Solt on topics like degree modification , attenuation , and polarity sensitivity , presenting at institutions such as ZAS Berlin , University College London , and Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen . ORCID Research Interests include the analysis of gradable adjectives, non-conservative measure phrases, and the syntactic and semantic properties of superlatives in English and Dutch. Their work bridges theoretical linguistics with experimental approaches. Recent Trends in their publications (2019–2021) emphasize cross-linguistic comparisons, formal semantics of quantifiers, and interactions between degree modifiers and polarity sensitivity. Collaborative work with Stephanie Solt dominates their output. Conference Participation spans major events like Generative Grammatik des Südens , Sinn und Bedeutung , and The Linguist's Workshop , covering topics from Slovenian dialects to Dutch-English measure expressions.

Evan KiddView profile

Professor

• children's language acquisition
• language processing
• morphosyntax
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Evan Kidd is a Professor of Linguistics at The Australian National University. Trained as a psycholinguist at La Trobe University, he has established himself as a leading researcher in child language acquisition and processing. His educational background includes training as a psycholinguist at La Trobe University, which provided the foundation for his extensive research career focused on language development. Professor Kidd's research primarily focuses on children's language acquisition and language processing, with special emphasis on morphosyntax in both monolingual and bilingual contexts. He also investigates socio-cognitive processes underlying early language development, including symbolic play, joint attention, and gesture. A distinctive feature of his work is its explicit cross-linguistic and cross-cultural approach, examining how language development varies across different linguistic and cultural environments. His research has significant implications for understanding the universal and language-specific aspects of language acquisition. Professor Kidd's publications reveal a strong focus on individual differences in language acquisition, the relationship between play and language development, and cross-linguistic studies of language processing. His work spans multiple languages including Tagalog, Mandarin, and Australian English, demonstrating his commitment to understanding language acquisition in diverse linguistic contexts. Recent research has increasingly examined methodological diversity in the field and how to increase language coverage in acquisition research. ABC show Old People's Home for 4 Year Olds wins International Emmy, The Guardian, 24 Nov 2020 Language acquisition in crosslinguistic context: How can we increase language coverage?, ILARA Round-table, 6 May 2021 Professor Kidd has advised students including Francois-Xavier Faucounau, Annie Kwai, Alpheaus Graham, Zobule, and Anna Naupa. His work often involves interdisciplinary collaborations across psychology, cognitive science, and anthropology. While specific grant information isn't provided in the available text, his extensive publication record suggests significant research funding support for his investigations into language acquisition and processing. His research group appears to be part of a larger organization focused on cultural diversity, working alongside researchers including Nicholas (Nick) Evans, Kim Sterelny, Simon Haberle, Chris Ballard, Lindell Bromham, Bethwyn Evans, Catherine Frieman, and Carmel O'Shannessy, with research fellows Ben Shaw, Shimona Kealy, Stuart Bedford, Joao Teixeira, Ray Tobler, and Sam Passmore.

Amy Rose DealView profile

Associate Professor

• Syntax
• Semantics
• Linguistic Fieldwork
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Amy Rose Deal is an Associate Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at the University of California, Berkeley, within the College of Letters and Science. Her research lies at the intersection of syntax, semantics, and linguistic fieldwork, with a strong focus on understudied languages such as Nez Perce, Zapotec, and Tiwa. Her research interests include: Syntax-Semantics Interface Syntactic Ergativity and Case Systems Indexicality and Logophoricity Agreement and Morphosyntactic Variation Definiteness and Countability Linguistic Fieldwork and Language Documentation Her recent publications reveal a sustained engagement with formal theoretical frameworks combined with empirical data from endangered languages. Themes across her work include the nature of syntactic movement, the interpretation of pronouns and indexicals, and cross-linguistic variation in nominal and verbal morphology. She frequently investigates how syntactic structure influences semantic interpretation, especially in non-canonical alignment systems. Her scientific contributions are reflected in numerous high-quality publications in formal linguistics, though specific awards or fellowships are not mentioned in the provided text. Amy Rose Deal advises students in syntax, semantics, and fieldwork, though no specific names are listed. She has collaborated with researchers such as Vera Hohaus, Julia Nee, and Matthew Wolf. There is no mention of grants or lab affiliations in the provided material. She maintains an active research profile, with publications from 2013 through 2020, indicating ongoing scholarly productivity.

• Bilingualism
• Deaf Education
• Second Language Acquisition
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Pilar Pinar is a Professor in the Department of World Languages and Cultures at Gallaudet University, part of the Language, Education, and Culture school. She specializes in bilingualism, deaf education, and second language acquisition with a focus on Spanish and American Sign Language (ASL) bilingual populations. Her research explores cognitive aspects of bilingualism, including lexical access, cross-language activation, and reading comprehension in deaf readers. Serves as Spanish Program Coordinator and Academic Advisor Leads the International Studies Program Former Faculty Leader for LSE Study Abroad in Spain (2002) Editorial roles include Co-Editor of Sign Language Studies (2021–present) and Board Member of Gallaudet University Press Research interests emphasize bilingual processing in deaf populations, including studies on eye movement patterns during reading, syntactic parsing in ASL-English bilinguals, and cultural identity among DHH Latine students. She has secured grants from NIH and Gallaudet’s Research Institute to investigate deaf literacy and perceptual span dynamics. Teaching includes foundational Spanish courses (SPA-111/112), advanced language studies, and interdisciplinary courses like Comparing Multicultural Perspectives . Her advising spans over 30 undergraduate students annually, with active roles on doctoral committees in Linguistics and Educational Neuroscience. Publications bridge cognitive science and deaf education, with contributions to Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education and Bilingualism: Language and Cognition . Her work highlights unique challenges and strengths of bilingual deaf populations in language processing and education.

Aida TalicView profile

Assistant Professor

• Syntax
• Comparative Syntax
• Phonology
• +3 more

Aida Talic is an Assistant Professor at the School of Literatures, Cultures & Linguistics, Department of Slavic Languages & Literatures, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. She specializes in syntax, phonology, and their interfaces, with a focus on Slavic languages. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics and psycholinguistic analysis. PhD, University of Connecticut (2017) Level 1 Mental Health Ambassador, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Her research explores the interplay between syntax, prosody, and morphology in Slavic languages, particularly Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian (BCS). Key themes include clitic incorporation, accent assignment, and structural parallelism. Her publications reflect a commitment to resolving morphosyntactic and phonosyntactic puzzles. Recent work includes studies on cyclic spell-out, affixal articles, and phase-based prosodic domains. She has taught courses like Elements of Syntax , Semantics and Pragmatics , and advanced seminars on morphosyntax. Her 2016 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award underscores her pedagogical excellence. 2016 University of Connecticut Outstanding Graduate Teaching Award

Hae-Young KimView profile

Professor

• Bilingualism
• Translanguaging
• Heritage Language Development
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Hae-Young Kim is a Professor of the Practice in Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and Linguistics at Duke University. Her work bridges language education, sociolinguistics, and cultural studies with a focus on Korean as a heritage and second language. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii (2000), M.A. degrees from Victoria University of Wellington (1991) and Seoul National University (1985), and a B.A. from Seoul National University (1983). Her research emphasizes bilingualism, translanguaging, and culturally-engaged language instruction. She develops pedagogical frameworks integrating historical, literary, and cultural content into Korean language courses. Notable areas include heritage learner motivation, aspect morphology in L2 Korean, and socially-conscious writing pedagogy. Over 25 years of academic publications on Korean language education, SLA theory, and sociolinguistic discourse analysis Co-developed curricula emphasizing cultural connections in language learning Active contributor to professional development workshops for Korean language educators Her teaching portfolio includes courses on Korean sociolinguistics, heritage language issues, and Korean popular culture. She currently leads Duke's Korean Studies program and collaborates with interdisciplinary initiatives in Asian humanities.

Kazue KannoView profile

Associate Professor

• Japanese Second Language Acquisition (SLA)
• Pedagogical Grammar
• Japanese Syntax and Semantics
• +3 more

Kazue Kanno is an Associate Professor of Japanese Linguistics at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, holding a Cooperating Graduate Faculty appointment in the Department of Second Language Studies. Her research focuses on Japanese SLA, pedagogical grammar, and syntax/semantics analysis. She is based in Moore Hall 385 and can be reached at kanno@hawaii.edu . Education: PhD in Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa (1992) MA in Linguistics, California State University, Fresno (1983) BA in Linguistics, California State University, Fresno (1980) Her research interests span Japanese as a second/foreign language acquisition, pedagogical grammar design, and syntactic/semantic structures of Japanese. She explores topics like honorific systems, relative clause processing, and learner linguistic profiles. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics and practical language education. Dr. Kanno has contributed to interdisciplinary studies on bilingual learners and L2 syntactic development, challenging traditional acquisition models through empirical analysis. Her recent work (2020) examines honorific markers' sociolinguistic functions, while earlier studies (2007–2012) address relative clause comprehension and cross-linguistic influence in Japanese learners. Advising & Grants: No explicit student advising records or grants are listed, though her collaborative research (e.g., 2008 paper with Hasegawa et al.) suggests involvement in team-based projects. She contributes to Second Language Studies through her Cooperating Faculty role. Labs/Teams: No specific lab affiliations are mentioned, but her work aligns with the broader University of Hawaiʻi's expertise in heritage language education and SLA research.

Vrinda ChidambaramView profile

Assistant Professor

• Syntax
• Morphosyntax
• Slavic Languages
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Vrinda Chidambaram is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Comparative Literature/Slavic and Linguistics at the University of California, Riverside (UCR). She holds a Joint Ph.D. in Slavic and Theoretical Linguistics from Princeton University (2013). Currently on sabbatical during Fall 2022 and Winter 2023, her office is located in HMNSS 2608. Education: Joint Ph.D. in Slavic and Theoretical Linguistics, Princeton University, 2013 Research Interests: Her work focuses on syntax and morphosyntactic properties of Slavic languages, particularly South Slavic subgroup languages (Slovene, B/C/S, Macedonian). She investigates resumptive pronouns in relative clauses, object-doubling clitic pronouns, and anaphora processing. Her dissertation On Resumptive Pronouns: Toward a Generalized Theory of Pronominal Structure and Interpretation analyzes data from Slovene, B/C/S, Hebrew, Hungarian, Greek, and Slovak. She explores how syntactic ambiguity influences pronoun interpretation. Awards: No awards listed in the provided text. Advising/Grants: No specific advising or grant information mentioned. Her research emphasizes theoretical linguistics and cross-linguistic syntactic analysis. Labs/Teams: No affiliated labs or teams specified.

Brian W. DillonView profile

Professor

• Psycholinguistics
• Computational Linguistics
• Syntax
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Brian W. Dillon is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, directing the Computational Sentence Processing Lab. He specializes in psycholinguistics, focusing on real-time sentence processing, working memory, and cross-linguistic studies. Dillon holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland and a B.A. from SUNY Buffalo. Research : Investigates how cognitive resources like attention and memory influence language comprehension, with studies on languages such as English, Mandarin, Turkish, and Irish. Key projects include syntactic ambiguity resolution, neural network modeling of syntactic processing, and working memory dynamics in sentence interpretation. Recent Work : Published on eye-tracking methods, language model surprisal and garden path effects, and binding theory. Collaborates on NSF-funded projects exploring syntactic dependency formation and interference in agreement processing. Awards : Received the Distinguished Paper Award at CoNLL 2022 for contributions to syntactic surprisal modeling. Labs & Teams : Leads the Computational Sentence Processing Lab, focusing on experimental and computational methods. Current team includes PhD students like Özge Bakay and Satoru Ozaki, with alumni in academic and industry roles.

• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Experimental Linguistics
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Dr. Adina Camelia Bleotu is a Researcher at the Center for General Linguistics (ZAS Berlin) , focusing on Semantics & Pragmatics within the project Experimental Game Theory and Scalar Implicatures . Her work investigates variation in contextual and scalar phenomena, particularly in child Romanian. Research Themes : Disjunction interpretation, scalar implicatures, epistemic adverbs, and experimental pragmatics in child language acquisition. Collaborations : Anton Benz, Lyn Tieu, Mara Panaitescu, Andreea Nicolae, Gabriela Bîlbîie. Conference Participation : Regular presenter at venues like Sinn und Bedeutung, Amsterdam Colloquium, and XPRAG.it, with a focus on experimental methodologies and cross-linguistic analysis. Publications : 15+ articles (2020–2025) on disjunction strategies, context-driven implicatures, and Romanian language structures. Her research employs experimental designs (e.g., shadow-play paradigms, prosodic cues) to analyze how children acquire complex linguistic phenomena, challenging traditional views of disjunctions and necessity markers in formal linguistics.

Natalia BernitskaiaView profile

Professor

• Slavic languages
• Russian linguistics
• general linguistics
• +8 more

Natalia Bernitskaia is a University Professor specializing in Russian linguistics at the National Institute of Oriental Languages and Civilizations (INALCO) since September 2023. Previously, she served as a lecturer in Russian linguistics at Sorbonne University from 2009 to 2023. She holds significant administrative roles including President of the International Committee of Slavists and Full member of the CNU (section 13, college A). She also serves as Co-director of the second year of the Russian degree program at INALCO. Her educational background includes: Master's equivalent degree in French philology from Kemerovo State University (1995) Doctoral thesis on taxis (relative tense) in French and Russian from Kemerovo State University (1999) Second doctoral thesis titled 'Temporal Order in Contemporary Russian' under Professor Jean Breuillard at Sorbonne University (2008) Born in Kemerovo, Western Siberia, Russia, Bernitskaia has been based in France since 2000, initially working as a lecturer and teaching assistant in Russian at the University of Nancy. Her research expertise centers on Slavic languages with particular focus on Russian grammar and linguistics. She investigates complex linguistic phenomena including verbs of movement, verbal aspect, temporal reference, and determination/indeterminacy in language. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical applications in language teaching and understanding Slavic language structures. Her publication record demonstrates a consistent research trajectory from 2013 through 2024, with recent work focusing on Russian syntax, verbal aspect, and lexical semantics. Her articles appear in prominent Slavic studies journals including Voprosy Jazykoznanija, Review of Slavic Studies, and Revue des études slaves. The research shows evolution from foundational work on Russian grammar toward more specialized investigations of aspectual systems and syntactic constructions. Professor Bernitskaia maintains active research collaborations, particularly with Robert Roudet, Tatiana Bottineau, and Olga Artyushkina. She is affiliated with multiple research centers including the Europe-Eurasia Research Center (CREE EA 4513), Center for Linguistics at the Sorbonne (CeLiSo), and Structure and Dynamics of Languages (SeDyL). Her international standing is reflected in her presidency of the International Committee of Slavists, positioning her at the forefront of global Slavic linguistic scholarship.