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Donghyun KimView profile

Assistant Professor

• Psycholinguistics
• Speech Perception
• Phonetics
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Donghyun Kim is an Assistant Professor at Kyungpook National University's Department of English Language and Literature. He holds a PhD in Linguistics from McGill University and conducted postdoctoral research in Cognitive Psychology at the University of Exeter with Nicolas Dumay and Arthur Samuel. His research focuses on psycholinguistics, speech perception, phonetics, applied linguistics, and second language acquisition, with particular emphasis on individual differences in speech perception under cognitive load, perceptual adaptation to variability, and the perception-production link in language learning. Education: PhD in Linguistics, McGill University Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Cognitive Psychology, University of Exeter Research Projects: Plasticity in Speech Perception under Cognitive Load Time Course of Novel Word Integration Longitudinal Acquisition of Novel Vowel Contrasts Perception-Production Link in Phonetic Imitation Courses Taught: Psycholinguistics 1 & 2 Language and Cognition Applied English Linguistics Workshops Conducted: Data Visualization for Linguistics with R Introduction to Data Analysis Using R Data Analysis in Linguistic Research His publications demonstrate trends in individual differences in phonetic adaptation, cognitive load effects on perception, and longitudinal studies of L2 vowel learning. Current teaching includes workshops on R-based data analysis methods for linguistics research.

Lotta AunioView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Bantu Languages
• Phonology
• Tonology
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Lotta Aunio is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Languages, University of Helsinki, specializing in Bantu languages. She holds a Docentship in African Studies and is affiliated with the Helsinki Inequality Initiative (INEQ), Institute of Sustainability Science (HELSUS), and the Teachers' Academy. She supervises doctoral programs in Gender, Culture and Society Studies, and Linguistics. PhD in Linguistics, University of Helsinki Docent in African Studies, University of Helsinki Her research focuses on Bantu languages, particularly phonology, tonology, and language contact in Tanzanian and South African contexts. She has published extensively on Mara Bantu languages, isiNdebele phonology, and relative agreement cycles in Bantu. Recent collaborations include the project Enhancing Linguistic Scholarship in Eastern Africa (2024–2025) and leadership in the Mara Bantu Comparative Grammar project (2016–2019). She actively participates in international conferences and media outreach, including podcasts and YouTube channels on language studies. Member of the Teachers' Academy (2013) Aunio teaches Swahili, African studies, and linguistics courses. Her projects often involve fieldwork, historical analysis, and documenting endangered linguistic features.

• Linguistics
• Syntax
• Information Structure
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Angel Luis Jimenez Fernandez is a Professor of English Philology at the University of Seville's Faculty of Philology, where he teaches courses in Generative Grammar, Contrastive Analysis of Spanish as L2 for English Speakers, and Mental Categories and Linguistic Structures. His research focuses on the syntax-discourse interface, particularly examining how information structure influences syntactic phenomena across languages. His research spans multiple areas of theoretical linguistics, with particular emphasis on information structure in the sentential, verbal, and nominal peripheries. He investigates how discourse features interact with syntactic structures in Romance and Germanic languages, specializing in English-Spanish comparative analysis. His work addresses phenomena such as negative preposing, focus fronting, dative constructions, and subject islands, exploring how these constructions vary across languages and dialects. His extensive publication record demonstrates consistent research productivity, with recent work examining Puerto Rican Spanish code-switching, inferential interrogatives in Spanish, and the relationship between verbal alternations and information structure. His research shows a clear trajectory from theoretical syntax to the syntax-discourse interface, with increasing attention to language acquisition and pedagogical applications. Professor Jimenez Fernandez actively supervises doctoral students and collaborates with international researchers across Europe and the Americas. His recent conference presentations indicate ongoing engagement with cutting-edge theoretical issues in generative linguistics, particularly regarding microvariation at the syntax-discourse interface and cross-linguistic comparisons of information structure phenomena.

• Assyriology
• Sumerian Language
• Cuneiform Studies
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Gábor Zólyomi is a Professor at Eötvös Loránd University's Faculty of Humanities, where he leads both the Department of Assyriology and Hebrew Studies and directs the Institute of Ancient and Classical Studies. His academic career spans decades of research into Sumerian language and Mesopotamian literature. Roles: Professor, Head of Department, Director of Institute Professional Links: Academia Profile , Oxford ETCSL , Penn ETCŚRI His research focuses on Sumerian grammar, historical linguistics, and cuneiform textual analysis. Key interests include: Sumerian syntactic structures Akkadian-Sumerian language contact Royal inscription studies Mesopotamian legal texts Cuneiform corpus development Ancient oath rituals Research trends from his publications show sustained focus on Sumerian language evolution and Mesopotamian literary traditions. His work often combines philological analysis with historical contextualization across cuneiform corpora dating back to the third millennium BCE. Contact details: Email: zolyomi.gabor@btk.elte.hu Phone: 5049 Address: 1088 Budapest, Múzeum körút 4/F Office: Room II. em. 236

Avery AndrewsView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Syntactic Theory
• Syntax-Semantics Interface
• Natural Semantic Metalanguage
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Dr. Avery Andrews is a retired Senior Lecturer in the Linguistics Program at the School of Literature, Languages & Linguistics, The Australian National University (ANU). He remains actively engaged in research, focusing on syntactic theory, syntax-semantics interfaces, and the integration of Natural Semantic Metalanguage with formal frameworks like Lexical-Functional Grammar (LFG) and Chomsky's Minimalist Program. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with computational applications, particularly in analyzing languages like Icelandic and Indonesian. Research interests include quirky case structures, information spreading in LFG, and reconciling NSM with formal semantics. He contributed to projects such as 'Understanding Indonesian: Developing a Machine-Usable Grammar, Dictionary, and Corpus' (2008–2012), advancing computational linguistics. His publications span syntactic theory, case analysis, and morphosyntactic phenomena, emphasizing cross-linguistic comparison and theoretical coherence. Key Projects: 'Understanding Indonesian' (2008–2012) Labs/Teams: Collaborations within ANU's Linguistics Program and international LFG research networks.

Alexandra GottardoView profile

Professor

• Reading in Second Language Learners
• Word Reading
• Reading Comprehension
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Alexandra Gottardo is a Professor in the Department of Psychology at Wilfrid Laurier University. Her research focuses on reading development in second language learners, with particular expertise in word reading, reading comprehension, and vocabulary acquisition. She investigates language processing across diverse populations including English language learners and refugee children. Her primary research examines cognitive and linguistic factors influencing reading skills in bilingual populations. Current projects explore cross-linguistic transfer of literacy skills, the impact of socioemotional factors on language acquisition in refugee populations, and effectiveness of teacher training programs for literacy instruction in multilingual contexts. Research publications demonstrate strong emphasis on applied educational interventions, particularly in teacher professional development programs in Kenya. Recent work examines blended learning approaches for literacy instruction and the impact of technology on teacher training. Dr. Gottardo's research employs longitudinal and cross-cultural methodologies to examine language development across different writing systems and cultural contexts, with significant work on Arabic-speaking populations. She maintains active collaborations with international researchers and institutions, particularly in literacy program development and evaluation. Her work contributes significantly to understanding literacy acquisition in multilingual and marginalized populations.

Lewis C. LawyerView profile

Assistant Professor

• Language Documentation
• Language Revitalization
• Indigenous Languages of California
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Dr. Lewis C. Lawyer is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Native American Language Center at the University of California, Davis. He specializes in linguistics with a focus on Indigenous languages of California, particularly Patwin (Wintun). His work bridges language documentation, revitalization, and technology. He holds a Ph.D. in Linguistics (UC Davis, 2015), an M.A. (UC Davis, 2012), an M.Phil. in English and Applied Linguistics (University of Cambridge, 2006), and a B.A. in Linguistics and Music (University of Southern California, 2005). Research interests include collaborative language revitalization, dictionary development, and language typology. He has led language programs for Indigenous communities like the Cachil Dehe Band of Wintun Indians and developed tools for accessing Patwin archival materials. His award-winning Ph.D. dissertation formed the basis of his 2021 book A Grammar of Patwin , and he co-authored the Cambridge English Thesaurus . Awards: NEH and NSF grants for Patwin/Konkow documentation, UC Davis Research Award. Service: Steering Committee member for Cambridge Dictionary website, DSNA Awards Committee. Teaching includes courses on Native American language learning and advanced language studies. His work emphasizes community collaboration and technological innovation in preserving endangered languages.

• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Formal Linguistics
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Dr. Paula Menéndez Benito is a researcher in the Englisches Seminar at the University of Tübingen , affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities. Her research focuses on formal semantics, pragmatics, and cross-linguistic analysis of modal systems, particularly in Spanish, Italian, and Greek. She specializes in epistemic indefinites, modal projection, and the semantics of evidentiality and free choice items. Currently involved in teaching advanced courses such as Semantics and Pragmatics and Structural Differences in German and English , she also organizes workshops like the ISA 2019 colloquium. Her work bridges formal linguistic theory with typological comparisons, contributing to foundational debates in semantic theory. Education includes a PhD in Linguistics (2005) from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she specialized in the syntax-semantics interface. She has co-edited major volumes including Epistemic Indefinites (2015) and contributed to leading journals like Natural Language Semantics and Journal of Semantics . Her recent research explores eventive modal projection in Spanish subjunctive clauses and evidential futures in Italian, advancing understanding of how linguistic systems encode epistemic modality across languages. Collaborations with scholars like Luis Alonso-Ovalle and Aynat Rubinstein have produced influential analyses of relative clause semantics, domain restrictions, and scalar implicatures. While no awards are explicitly listed, her sustained contributions to formal semantics indicate significant academic recognition within the field.

Thomas BeverView profile

Professor

• Linguistics
• Cognitive Science
• Psycholinguistics
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Thomas Bever is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Arizona. His work bridges linguistics, cognitive science, and psycholinguistics, with a focus on syntax, language universals, and cognitive development. He is affiliated with the Department of Linguistics and maintains an active laboratory. Research interests include the biological foundations of language, neural network limitations in modeling language, comparative cognition between humans and animals, and the psychological reality of syntactic structures. Bever has explored how language processing interacts with motor systems and social perception. His recent articles analyze neural network deficiencies in language modeling, the evolutionary basis of human language capacity, and the cognitive mechanisms underlying syntactic processing. Key themes include language universals irreducible to processing constraints and the role of regression in developmental learning. Notable contributions include theories on visuomotor development stages, the role of event structure in comprehension, and the biolinguistic perspective on syntax. Bever's interdisciplinary work integrates experimental psycholinguistics with computational modeling and evolutionary theory.

Joe BlytheView profile

Associate Professor

• Australian Aboriginal Languages
• Conversation Analysis and Interactional Linguistics
• Gesture
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Joe Blythe is an Associate Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Macquarie University. He specializes in Interactional Linguistics with a focus on Australian Indigenous languages such as Murrinhpatha, Gija, and Jaru. As co-leader of the Macquarie Linguistics Conversation Analysis Lab, he explores the interplay between linguistic structure and social action, emphasizing how conversational dynamics shape language evolution. Current projects include the ARC-funded CIARA (investigating Aboriginal conversational norms) and OzSpace (examining spatial language and cognition in Indigenous communities). Research Interests: Aboriginal Languages, Conversation Analysis, Kinship Systems, Child Language Acquisition, Language Evolution Teaching: Convenes courses on Indigenous Languages, Morphosyntax, and Language Evidence Leadership: Vice-President (Conferences) of the Australian Linguistic Society His work bridges ethnographic fieldwork with theoretical linguistics, analyzing how social interaction influences linguistic structures. Recent studies focus on multiparty conversation dynamics in endangered languages and the role of environment in shaping spatial semantics.

Gosse BoumaView profile

Associate Professor

• Computational Linguistics
• Natural Language Processing
• Dependency Parsing
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Dr. Gosse Bouma is an Associate Professor in Computational Linguistics at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Arts. He specializes in parsing technologies, dependency structures, and semantic analysis. His work focuses on multilingual NLP, Universal Dependencies, and computational methods for linguistic resources. Research interests include dependency parsing, semantic parsing, and corpus linguistics. He leads projects like the Lassy corpus and Universal Dependencies, contributing to open-source linguistic tools. Recent work emphasizes neural semantic parsing and typology-based multilingual models. He co-organizes workshops on parsing and multiword expressions, and his activities include editorial roles for IWPT and MWE-UD conferences. Collaborations span computational linguistics, syntax, and NLP applications.

Jon SprouseView profile

Professor

• Experimental Syntax
• Syntactic Combinatorics
• Neurolinguistics
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Jon Sprouse is a Professor of Psychology at New York University Abu Dhabi. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Maryland and an A.B. from Princeton University. His research focuses on experimental syntax, exploring the combinatorial nature of language syntax and its implementation in the brain. He employs methods like acceptability judgments, EEG, fMRI, and computational modeling to investigate syntactic hypotheses. Recent work includes studies on cliticization in Italian, island effects in multiple languages, and neuroimaging of syntactic dependencies. He has led projects on sustained anterior negativity responses and published extensively in journals like Language and Natural Language and Linguistic Theory . His research integrates theoretical syntax with experimental evidence, emphasizing data-driven approaches to linguistic inquiry. He has edited the Oxford Handbook of Experimental Syntax and contributed to foundational debates on acceptability judgments' validity. His lab members collaborate on projects combining behavioral experiments with neuroimaging techniques.

• English Syntax
• Variationist Linguistics
• Historical Linguistics
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Cristina Suárez Gómez is a Professor in the Department of Spanish, Modern and Classical Philology at the University of the Balearic Islands. She previously taught Spanish at Brown University in the United States. Her educational background includes: Germanic Philology (English subsection) from the University of Santiago de Compostela Specialization in Linguistics from the Department of Linguistics at the University of York PhD in English Philology from the University of Santiago de Compostela (2004) with thesis "Relativization in early English (with special reference to the distribution of relativizers and the position of relative clauses)" Professor Suárez Gómez's research focuses on the syntax of the English language from a variationist perspective, examining both diachronic and synchronic linguistic phenomena. Her work particularly emphasizes morphosyntactic variation in emerging varieties of English. Since 2011, she has conducted continuous research in this area, participating in numerous national and international conferences and publications. A significant aspect of her recent work involves compiling the linguistic corpus of Gibraltar's English language variety as part of the International Corpus of English (ICE-GBR) project since 2016. She is an active member of the "Enfoques basados en corpus para el estudio de la variación lingüística (CAVA)" research group, which focuses on corpus-based approaches to linguistic variation. Professor Suárez Gómez's teaching portfolio is extensive and diverse. For the 2025-26 academic year, she teaches "English for Science" for Biochemistry students, "Understanding English Grammar II" for English Studies students, and supervises Master's Theses in Modern Languages and Literature. Her previous teaching includes specialized English courses for various disciplines including Health and Behavioral Sciences, History, Art and Geography, Legal Purposes, and Business. She has also taught core linguistics courses such as "Applications of English Linguistics and ICT" and "Origins and Development of the English Language." Her postgraduate teaching includes doctoral courses and master's subjects on "Diachronic Linguistics and Linguistic Change" and "Methods and Mechanisms of Research in Linguistic Variation."

• Theoretical Linguistics
• Syntax
• Semantics
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Rafel Cufi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Philology and Communication at the University of Girona, Spain, specializing in English Philology. He is a member of the Research Group on Languages, Grammar, Discourse, and Linguistic Variation. His academic foundation includes a PhD in Theoretical Grammar and a degree in Hispanic Philology from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Licentiate in Hispanic Philology, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (1994) Doctorate in Theoretical Grammar, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (2000) His research spans theoretical and applied linguistics, with a focus on syntax, semantics, and their interface, particularly in Romance languages like Spanish and Catalan. He investigates diachronic changes, language variation across regions and social contexts, and the morphosyntactic challenges faced by immigrant communities learning Catalan and Spanish. His work often explores complex syntactic structures such as small clauses, complementizers, predication, and grammaticalization processes. The analysis of his publications reveals a consistent trajectory in formal syntactic theory, especially concerning clausal architecture and functional categories. His work bridges theoretical insights with empirical data from Romance languages and cross-linguistic comparisons, including studies on Hindi-Urdu. Key themes include the evolution of complementizers into prepositions, the structure of complex predicates, and the syntactic behavior of semi-lexical elements. He has participated in significant research projects funded by national bodies such as DGI and DGES, focusing on linguistic typology and immigrant language acquisition. His international research experience includes affiliations with City University of New York (CUNY) and the University of California, Irvine (UCI). While no formal awards are listed, his editorial role in diachronic linguistics highlights academic recognition. Rafel Cufi is actively involved in research through his participation in the Research Group on Languages, Grammar, Discourse, and Linguistic Variation at the University of Girona. He has presented his work at numerous international conferences across Europe and North America, contributing to the global discourse in generative grammar and Romance linguistics.

Ivy SichelView profile

Professor

• Syntax
• Linguistic Variation
• Pronouns
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Ivy Sichel is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, with research focusing on syntactic theory and language variation. Her office is located in Stevenson 233, and she maintains regular office hours as evidenced by her Spring 2017 schedule (Tuesdays 11am-12pm & Wednesdays 9am-10am). Professor Sichel's research spans two primary domains: theoretical syntax and historical sociolinguistics. In syntax, she investigates pronouns and their competitive relationships with gaps, anaphors, and demonstratives across different linguistic contexts. Her work on Negative Concord examines cross-linguistic variation patterns through collaborations with linguists at Hebrew University and University of Göttingen. In historical sociolinguistics, she specializes in the revival of Hebrew as a spoken language, with particular attention to women's contributions during early immigration waves and the standardization of vernacular Hebrew after Israel's establishment. Her recent scholarly output shows a clear trend toward interdisciplinary work connecting formal linguistic theory with sociocultural contexts, particularly in documenting how ideological and identity factors shaped Hebrew's revival. The publications demonstrate expertise spanning syntactic theory, historical linguistics, and sociolinguistics with emphasis on language contact and standardization processes. Scientific recognition includes: Stevenson Distinguished Faculty Lecture (2017) on 'Ideology and Identity in the Revival of Spoken Hebrew' Professor Sichel maintains active research collaborations, particularly with Miri Bar-Ziv Levy on women's role in Hebrew language communities and with Uri Mor on Hebrew standardization processes. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with historical sociolinguistics, examining how multiple social forces shape language emergence and standardization. Her research team includes international collaborators across Hebrew University, University of Göttingen, and UC Santa Cruz, focusing on both theoretical syntax projects and historical documentation of Hebrew's revival as a unique case of successful language revitalization.