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Aude RebotierView profile

Lecturer

• Linguistics
• Contrastive Linguistics
• Time and Temporality
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Aude Rebotier is a Lecturer at the UFR Letters and Human Sciences of the University of Reims Champagne-Ardenne, where she also serves as Director of the Department of German Studies. She holds a Doctorate in Germanic Studies from Grenoble Alpes University (2005) and a Master's in automatic language processing from the same institution (2006). Her research focuses on linguistic aspects of time and temporality, aspectuality, and contrastive studies between German, French, and Italian. Her academic roles include heading the English-German course for the LEA degree and overseeing the LEA degree model. She teaches German language grammar, translation, and specialized computing applications in linguistics and digital humanities. Her publications emphasize cross-linguistic analysis of tense systems, grammaticalization processes, and temporal metaphors. Recent work explores narrative tense usage in French and Italian, participle agreement in French, and comparative studies of German and French perfect constructions. She contributes extensively to Romance languages research through studies in Revue de Sémantique et de Pragmatique , Textes et Contextes , and international linguistics collections. Rebotier has supervised numerous doctoral students within the CIRLEP research team, which includes 39 main researchers, 7 associate researchers, and 35 PhD candidates. Her work intersects cognitive linguistics, historical syntax, and computational language processing.

• Hispanic Linguistics
• Verbal and Lexical Aspect
• Spanish Syntax
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Elena Gaspar Garcia is an Associate Professor in Hispanic Linguistics at the University of Rouen Normandy, affiliated with the UFR Letters and Human Sciences and the ERIAC research unit (UR 4705). Her research focuses on Spanish syntax, verbal and lexical aspect, prepositions, and the interaction between aspectual systems and discourse markers. She coordinates Erasmus exchange programs and has led teaching missions in Spain and Mexico. Dr. Gaspar Garcia is a member of the editorial board for the journal Epilogos and organized the 2015 Colloquium on Ibero-Romance Linguistics. Her work bridges historical linguistics with contemporary language analysis, particularly examining diachronic changes in Spanish syntax and pragmatic constraints in verbal periphrasis. Doctor of Hispanic Linguistics (qualified for MCF position) Erasmus coordinator for Romance Studies and LEA departments (2016–2020) Head of L3 Spanish program (2016–2020) Her research group participates in projects like the Rouen Ethnolinguistics Project and the Eulalia Latin linguistic assessment initiative. Notable contributions include editing the 2017 volume Time, Mode and Aspect in Spanish and analyzing the polysemy of lexical items like cojones in sociolinguistic contexts. She has been a certified CLES evaluator since 2018 and has contributed to DELE preparation materials for advanced learners.

• Syntax
• Mandarin Chinese Linguistics
• Diachronic Syntax
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Waltraud Paul is a Research Director at the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), affiliated with the Center for Linguistic Research on East Asia (CRLAO) since 1994. She is a member of Research Team II focusing on Formal Syntax and Semantics of Contemporary East Asian Languages: Chinese, Korean, Japanese and Vietnamese. Her work is centered at the Condorcet Campus in Aubervilliers, France. Dr. Paul's primary research focuses on the syntax of modern Mandarin Chinese, with additional work in diachronic syntax of Chinese. Her specific interests include the structure of the extended VP in Mandarin, the ba-construction, focus cleft constructions (shi...de), left periphery and low IP areas including topic markers and sentence-final particles, adjective vs verb distinctions, adjectival modification, double object constructions, syntax/semantics mismatches, and serial verb constructions. She has made significant contributions to understanding the formal structure of Chinese syntax within broader linguistic theory. Her recent publications demonstrate continued engagement with fundamental questions in Chinese syntax, particularly regarding sentence-final particles, aspect marking, small clauses, and topic prominence. Her work consistently bridges theoretical linguistics with detailed empirical analysis of Chinese language phenomena. Dr. Paul serves on the editorial boards of several prestigious linguistics journals, including Glossa (associate editor since 2016, interim co-editor-in-chief in 2015), Linguistic Inquiry (associate editorial board since 2018), and previously Lingua (2010-2015) and Linguistics Notebooks – Asia - Oriental (co-editor-in-chief 1992-2000). She has authored two influential books: "New Perspectives on Chinese Syntax" (2015) and "The Syntax of Verb-Object Phrases in Chinese: Constraints and Reanalysis" (1988), both contributing significantly to the field of Chinese linguistics and theoretical syntax more broadly.

Mardale AlexandruView profile

Professor

• Heritage Languages
• Syntax-Semantics-Discourse Interface
• Differential Object Marking
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Mardale Alexandru is a University Professor at Inalco , affiliated with the Europe Department and the SeDyL research center. His work focuses on the syntax–semantics–discourse interface, particularly in heritage Romanian contexts, differential object marking, and the grammaticalization of prepositions in Romance languages. Research Interests: His expertise spans heritage language acquisition, linguistic expression of displacement, and modality in Romanian. He examines how language contact and reduced input affect syntactic structures, with a strong emphasis on grammaticalization processes and case-preposition interactions. 2024-2023 publications highlight his work on heritage Romanian in France, differential object marking, and clitic doubling. 2022-2003 contributions explore complex prepositions, animacy effects, and diachronic changes in Romanian syntax. Administrative Roles: He serves as Head of Romanian Studies and Educational Manager of the cross-disciplinary Linguistics course (LGE) at Inalco. He holds key positions in institutional governance, including membership in the Scientific Council and Research Commission.

Agnès CelleView profile

Professor

• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Contrastive Linguistics
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Agnès Celle is a Professor of Linguistics at the University of Paris since 2004. She holds a prominent position in the field of linguistic research, particularly focusing on the intersection of semantics and pragmatics with cross-linguistic perspectives between English and French. Her research interests span across multiple dimensions of linguistic theory and application. Specializing in Time, Aspect, Modality, and Evidentiality , Professor Celle has made significant contributions to understanding how surprise is linguistically expressed and the phenomenon of mirativity. Her recent work has expanded to examine non-canonical questions and the intricate relationship between modality and speech acts, revealing how grammatical structures shape communicative functions in everyday discourse. Professor Celle's publications demonstrate a clear trajectory toward understanding questioning patterns in digital discourse, particularly through analysis of TED Talks. Her recent work explores how question sequences function in knowledge transmission, how epistemic conditionals operate as argumentative tools in polar questions, and how modal verbs contribute to the pragmatic force of questions in public speaking contexts. This research reveals important connections between grammatical structures and their pragmatic functions in real-world communication. Award: Best paper award for Post-Doc researcher at SLE Conference, Helsinki 2024 Professor Celle has supervised 11 PhD students to completion across diverse topics including political discourse, temporal deixis, documentary discourse, and question sequences, with two additional students currently working under her supervision. She has secured significant research funding including a Marie Curie Prestige Project (2017-2018) on surprise-induced questions conducted at the University of Colorado at Boulder, and has been the Principal Investigator for the TransQuest project (2022-2024) on knowledge transmission in questions. Currently leading multiple collaborative research initiatives including TransQuest (2022-2024) and previously directing studies on surprise questions from a comparative perspective (2019-2022), Professor Celle works within a robust research network involving scholars from institutions across Europe including the University of Tartu and University of Constance.

• Formal Semantics of Natural Languages
• Temporal Logic
• Modal Logic
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Fabio Del Prete is a Research Officer at the Cognition, Languages, Language, Ergonomics (CLLE) laboratory, affiliated with the University of Toulouse Jean Jaurès . His work bridges formal semantics, modal logic, and linguistic theory through rigorous analysis of natural language phenomena. Research Themes : Formal Semantics of Tense, Aspect, and Modality; Temporal Connectives; Scalar Approximation Adverbials; Modal Logic; Discourse Semantics; Event Concatenation Key Collaborations : Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Barcelona), Oxford University Press, Walter de Gruyter, CNRS Research Trends in his recent work include: Event concatenation in Sicilian verbal constructions Modal logic foundations for natural language semantics Cross-linguistic studies of temporal connectives Sign language temporal processing Italian polysemous adverbials Counterfactual conditionals in Romance languages Scientific Contributions include: Formal analysis of Sicilian Doubly Inflected Constructions Modal logic frameworks for temporal semantics Discourse presupposition models Experimental studies on temporal connectives Academic Activities span lectures at Universitat Pompeu Fabra, contributions to Genericity (Oxford University Press), and collaborative studies with leading institutions like ILLC Amsterdam and Institut Jean-Nicod.

Jan DvorakView profile

Lecturer

• Referential Semantics
• Syntax
• Comparative Linguistics
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Dr. Jan Dvorak is a Lecturer in French Linguistics at the Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès , affiliated with the Cognition, Languages, Ergonomics (CLLE) laboratory. He teaches Introduction to French Syntax and Phonetics/Phonology to undergraduate students, while preparing candidates for the 18th-century French language test in modern literature certification. PhD in Linguistics (2021) from ENS de Lyon - Université de Lyon Supervised by Céline Guillot-Barbance and Olga Nádvorníková Research Focus His research operates within Löbner’s Concept Types and Determination Theory , investigating: Grammaticalization of Czech ten into definite articles Deictic semantics in spoken French demonstratives Contrastive referential strategies between Czech and French Pragmatic effects in emotional demonstrative uses Emergent grammatical structures in informal registers Publication Trends Recent work spans 2019–2024 with a focus on: Comparative analysis of Czech-French demonstrative systems Grammaticalization processes in Slavic and Romance languages Corpus-driven studies of spoken language Definiteness markers in superlative constructions Deixis and reference chain dynamics Scientific Recognition Recipient of Prix Gallica for best dissertation in language sciences (2022) Published in Discours , Travaux de Linguistique , Scolia , and conference proceedings Technical Expertise TXM textometric software proficiency Corpus annotation and analysis Functional linguistic theory application Cross-linguistic typology

Celine VaguerView profile

Lecturer

• French Syntax
• Lexical & Grammatical Semantics
• Discourse Analysis
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Céline Vaguer is a Lecturer at Université Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, affiliated with the Cognition, Languages, Ergonomics (CLLE) school. Her academic work focuses on French syntax, lexical & grammatical semantics, and discourse analysis. Syntactic Constructions Lexical Semantics Discourse Markers Phraseology Translation Studies Her research explores how linguistic forms interface with meaning, particularly through prepositions, adverbial phrases, and discourse markers. She has extensively analyzed expressions like en même temps and genre in spoken French, revealing their enunciative and argumentative roles. Recent publications (2022-2024) highlight her work on synonymy (vélo/bicyclette), discursive categorization (genre), and syntactic constructions. She serves as an editorial manager for journals like Langages and Langue française , contributing to academic discourse through Varia issues.

Marta DONAZZANView profile

Associate Professor

• Natural language semantics
• Syntax
• Pragmatics
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Marta Donazzan is a tenured Associate Professor at the University of Nantes, where she works in the Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures (FLCE). She is a researcher at LLING (Linguistic Laboratory of Nantes, UMR 6310), a joint research unit of the University of Nantes and CNRS. Since January 2022, she has served as Deputy Director of LLING, having previously served as interim Director from September to December 2021. Her academic affiliations include: University of Nantes, Faculty of Foreign Languages and Cultures LLING (Linguistic Laboratory of Nantes), UMR 6310 CNRS (Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique) IRL 2034 Worlds in Transition/Mundos em transição, CNRS-Universidade de São Paulo Dr. Donazzan specializes in formal linguistics with a focus on the interface between semantics, syntax, and pragmatics. Her research aims to connect specific language phenomena to general linguistic laws through comparative analysis. She is particularly interested in understanding the ontology of natural language and how languages express definiteness, countability, and reference in both nominal and verbal domains. Her studies employ both qualitative analysis of elicited data and quantitative analysis of language corpora. Her research spans multiple languages including Romance varieties, Mandarin Chinese, and Karitiana, examining language variation at both macro and micro levels. This comparative approach helps shed light on the relationship between functional categories and semantic interpretation across different linguistic systems. Dr. Donazzan has received research funding for several projects including: TAME-INTER: New approaches to the syntax and semantics of TAME across languages (2023-2025), funded by CNRS Nominal and verbal events in Romance causative constructions (2018-2021), funded by DFG Delimiting and identifying events (DelimitEvent) (2014-2018), funded by Fédération Typologie et Universaux du Langage Semantic variation. Event plurality in Chinese and Karitiana (2012), funded by CNPq, Brazil As an educator, Dr. Donazzan teaches general linguistics and English linguistics courses focusing on syntax and semantics. She serves as co-responsible for L2 English LLCeR and represents the English department on the FLCE's commission for transfer and validation of acquired knowledge. She also participates in doctoral thesis grant award juries through the ECLIS Doctoral School Council. Dr. Donazzan is actively involved in the academic community, serving as a member of the Scientific Council of the Faculty of Arts and Languages and participating in international collaborations, particularly with the University of São Paulo.

• Linguistics
• Discourse Analysis
• Translation Studies
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Valérie Bourdier is a Senior Lecturer in English Linguistics at Université Paris-Est Créteil Val de Marne's Department of English. She holds significant administrative roles including Head of L1 Primary School Pathway and membership on the CAPES exam jury. Her research explores the dynamics of meaning construction through modals, discourse markers, and enunciative operations, with cross-linguistic analyses of English and French corpora. Research interests center on: Theoretical frameworks: Theory of Enunciative Operations Core themes: Discourse linking, adjectival complementation, anaphora, and nominal determination Methodologies: Corpus-based analysis of contemporary language She maintains active membership in research societies (SAES, ALAES) and collaborates with the IMAGER laboratory's IDEAL team. Her publications since 2018 demonstrate consistent focus on linguistic theory applications to translation challenges and discourse phenomena, with recent work examining interlingual variation and metalinguistic discourse. Teaching responsibilities include undergraduate courses in Grammar, Syntax, and Linguistics. Administrative duties encompass academic pathway coordination and national teaching certification evaluation.