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Ann HenshallView profile

Visiting Associate Professor

• Linguistics
• Language Policies
• Multimodal Literacy
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Ann Henshall is a Visiting Associate Professor at ISEG - Lisbon School of Economics & Management, University of Lisbon. Her work focuses on linguistics, language policies in academic contexts, and multimodal literacy. She holds a Doctorat in Linguistics and Discourse Analysis from the University of Lisbon (2015), a Master's in Didactics of Modern Places and Cultures from the University of Algarve (2003), and earlier degrees in Asian Studies, Languages, and Linguistics from institutions in Australia. Her research interests include the role of English in scientific communication, particularly in economics journals, and the application of multimodal strategies in education. She has also explored shell nouns and their functions in academic writing. Recent work includes studies on data commentary tasks and interdisciplinary approaches to literacy. Teaching responsibilities span multiple programs at ISEG, including Business English and English language courses for economics, management, and finance students. She frequently coordinates courses and has been actively involved in curriculum development. No scientific awards are listed, but her contributions to academic discourse analysis and pedagogy are evident in her publications. She is affiliated with research initiatives at ISEG, including the Data Lab and Futures Lab, though specific projects are not detailed. Her work reflects a commitment to bridging linguistic theory with practical educational applications.

Ben DaviesView profile

Research Fellow

• Child Language Acquisition
• Inflectional Morphology
• Hearing Loss
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Ben Davies is an Honorary Postdoctoral Fellow at Macquarie University's Department of Linguistics, affiliated with the Hearing CRC Centre for Language Sciences (CLaS) and the Macquarie University Child Language Lab. His research focuses on children's acquisition of inflectional morphology, particularly the influence of hearing loss and Developmental Language Disorder (DLD). He completed his PhD on 'Children's Gradual Acquisition of Singular and Plural,' examining how children understand plural forms in English. Research interests include cross-linguistic morphosyntactic variation, bilingual language development, and the role of phonology in morphological processing. His work spans experimental methodologies in speech research and digital tool validation for language studies. Recent publications highlight bilingual acquisition dynamics, predictors of language comprehension in hearing-impaired children, and public awareness of DLD. His articles explore morphosyntactic variation in Sesotho and English, as well as the application of smartphone tools for speech data collection. No scientific awards are listed in the provided texts. Research outputs include collaborations on topics like predictive processing in hearing-impaired children and the validity of remote language assessments. Davies' work integrates experimental psychology, linguistic theory, and applied methodology to advance understanding of child language development challenges.

Jeremy Claude BarnesView profile

Researcher

• Natural Language Processing
• Sentiment Analysis
• Cross-lingual Learning
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Jeremy Claude Barnes is a postdoctoral researcher in the Department of Informatics at the University of Oslo, affiliated with the Language Technology Group. His work is centered on advancing natural language processing, particularly in sentiment analysis, cross-lingual transfer, and low-resource settings. Research Interests: Sentiment Analysis and Structured Sentiment Cross-lingual and Transfer Learning Negation and Speculation Detection Weak Supervision and Data Programming (e.g., skweak) Dialectal and Social Media NLP Norwegian Language Technology His recent publications show a strong focus on leveraging multi-task learning, graph-based parsing, and weak supervision to improve sentiment systems in both high- and low-resource languages. He has contributed significantly to Norwegian NLP through datasets and models. Scientific Contributions: Development of skweak , a weak supervision framework for NLP Creation of annotated datasets for Norwegian negation and dialects Advancements in structured sentiment analysis via dependency graphs Studies on emotion and sentiment transfer across languages Jeremy Barnes collaborates extensively with researchers at the University of Oslo, including Lilja Øvrelid, Erik Velldal, and Pierre Lison. He has not been mentioned as advising students or receiving awards in the available text. He is actively publishing and contributing to major NLP venues, indicating an ongoing and impactful research career.

Anna de KosterView profile

Researcher

• Linguistics
• Cognitive Modelling
• Language Acquisition/Development
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Dr. Anna de Koster serves as an Academic Advisor in the Department of Physics and Applied Physics at the University of Groningen's Faculty of Science and Engineering. Her role includes academic advising for students and program management within the Physics cluster. She holds a PhD and has conducted extensive research at the intersection of Linguistics, Cognitive Modelling, and Artificial Intelligence. Her research focuses on language acquisition and distributivity in sentence interpretation, particularly in children and adults. She employs experimental methods to investigate how cognitive processes like working memory influence semantic interpretations. Her work combines empirical studies with computational modeling, bridging linguistics, psychology, and computer science. Anna collaborates within the Physics cluster team, contributing to programme coordination and academic support alongside colleagues like Prof. Diederik Roest and MSc Bo Slot. She has been affiliated with the Optical Condensed Matter Physics group and has held past research roles in language acquisition. Her publications (2015-2022) explore distributivity in language processing, collective interpretations, and the cognitive mechanisms behind syntactic-semantic interactions. Though no scientific awards are noted, her interdisciplinary research reflects significant contributions to understanding language development and cognitive modeling.

Caroline AndrewsView profile

Research Fellow

• Psycholinguistics
• Syntax
• Language Processing
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Caroline Andrews is a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Research Fellow at the University of Oxford's Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics. Previously, she held a postdoctoral position at the University of Zurich's Department of Comparative Language Science. She completed her doctorate in Linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a BA in Linguistics at the University of California, Santa Cruz. Her research focuses on understudied languages, particularly in South America and Europe, with a specialization in psycholinguistics, syntax, and cognitive processes. She has been supported by grants including the Fulbright Scholar Award (2023–2024) and an Early Career Research grant from the Leading House for the Latin America region. Her work examines ergative case processing in Shipibo-Konibo, syntactic memory in sentence processing (via priming and interference paradigms), and switch reference constructions in Peruvian languages. She has also contributed to cross-linguistic studies of Basque and investigated primate cognition's role in event comprehension. Recent publications explore neural correlates of case processing in children and adults, animacy effects in Basque, and comparative visual tracking of event roles in humans and apes. Key awards include the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowship and grants enabling fieldwork in Peru. She has advised on postdoctoral hiring initiatives and collaborates with teams at Oxford and international institutions. Current projects include studies on intergroup relations, linguistic diversity in academic conferences, and multilingual eye-tracking research.

Hannah GibsonView profile

Professor

• Linguistic Variation
• Bantu Languages
• African Languages
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Professor Hannah Gibson holds a Professorship in the Department of Language and Linguistics at the University of Essex. Her research focuses on linguistic variation, Bantu languages, and the intersection of multilingualism with education and conflict resolution. She has held roles including Lecturer (2018–2020), Senior Lecturer (2020–2023), and currently serves as a Professor. She earned her PhD, MA, and BA in Linguistics from SOAS, University of London. Her educational background includes advanced studies in Swahili and Law, complementing her linguistic research. Key research areas include syntax-semantics interfaces, Bantu language morphology, and sociolinguistic aspects of multilingualism. She has led major grants such as the Leverhulme Trust-funded 'Grammatical variation in Swahili' (2021–2025) and ESRC's 'Multilingualism, Conflict and Conflict Resolution in Africa' (2023–2027). Publications highlight her work on Sheng (Kenyan youth language), Swahili variation, and Bantu syntax. Awards include the British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship and JSPS postdoctoral research positions. Her teaching spans undergraduate and postgraduate modules on syntax, semantics, and linguistic research methods. Supervises doctoral students in areas like language contact, African linguistics, and sociolinguistics. Collaborates internationally with institutions in Kenya, Tanzania, and Botswana. Current projects address translanguaging in education and language policy in multilingual contexts.

Nino GrilloView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Syntax
• Psycholinguistics
• Sentence Processing
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Nino Grillo is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York, where he has been a faculty member since 2016. He holds dual PhDs in Linguistics (Utrecht University) and Cognitive Science (University of Siena). His academic journey includes research and teaching roles at Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Universität Stuttgart, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (Madrid), McGill University, and Utrecht University. He has held honorary positions at University College London and McGill University. Education: PhD in Linguistics, Utrecht University, 2008 PhD in Cognitive Science, University of Siena, 2008 Laurea in Communication Sciences, University of Siena, 2003 Research Interests: Nino Grillo's research centers on the interface between syntax and psycholinguistics, particularly the interaction between grammatical representations and sentence processing mechanisms. He investigates how syntactic structures such as passives, relative clauses, and pseudo-relatives are processed in real time, with a focus on event structure, prosody, and locality constraints. His work spans first and second language acquisition, language impairment (especially agrammatism), and cross-linguistic variation. He employs experimental methods including eye-tracking, self-paced reading, and prosodic analysis. Recent Research Trends: His recent publications (2022–2024) emphasize prosodic disambiguation in syntactic structures, processing of filler-gap dependencies in L2 learners, and the role of event structure in passive comprehension. There is a clear trend toward integrating prosody with syntax in parsing models and extending findings to multilingual contexts. Scientific Awards: Italian Psychology Society Young Scholar Award (2006) Advising and Grants: Dr. Grillo is actively involved in PhD supervision and accepts PhD students interested in sentence processing and syntax. He has led and collaborated on multiple funded research projects, including a British Academy Visiting Fellowship (2023) and a project on cross-linguistic passive processing (2018–2020). He has also contributed to projects on cross-linguistic dependency acquisition (2013–2016). Labs and Research Groups: He is a member of the Syntax and Semantics research group at the University of York. His work is highly collaborative, involving researchers from UCL, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, CNRS Paris, Simon Fraser University, and Universidade Nova de Lisboa.

• Bilingualism
• Multilingualism
• Heritage Language Acquisition
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Brechje van Osch is a Research Fellow at the Department of Language and Culture, UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Her work focuses on bilingual/multilingual populations, particularly heritage language acquisition. She investigates cross-linguistic influence, language input quality, and societal impacts of multilingualism. She is affiliated with the AcqVA Aurora and C-LaBL research groups, and leads the MSCA-funded HeLA project (2022–2024). Her research emphasizes Spanish in contact with other languages, exploring how languages interact in the mind and society. Key topics include grammatical gender, code-switching, and L3 acquisition. She employs experimental methods combining offline/online measures to study language processing. Notable contributions include studies on heritage Spanish in the Netherlands, Papiamento-Dutch code-switching, and Norwegian-English bilingual L3 learning. Her work critiques monolingual normativity in bilingual research and advocates for inclusive methodologies. Current projects examine cross-linguistic influence in trilingual learners and the role of sociolinguistic variables in multilingual development. She collaborates internationally with institutions like John Benjamins Publishing and Frontiers in Psychology.

• Linguistics
• Psycholinguistics
• Multilingualism
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Pouran Seifi is an MSCA Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Language and Culture at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Their research focuses on multilingual sentence processing, cross-linguistic influences in third language (L3) acquisition, and psycholinguistic mechanisms in bilingual/multilingual contexts. Current projects include the TomRis MSCA-funded study (2023-2025) examining sentence processing by child heritage bilinguals. Seifi is affiliated with research groups AcqVA Aurora and C-LaBL, contributing to interdisciplinary work on child language acquisition and bilingualism. Research employs eye-tracking and behavioral methods to investigate how prior linguistic knowledge impacts L3 learning. Key themes include syntactic processing differences across languages, heritage language maintenance, and cognitive factors influencing multilingual sentence comprehension. Findings bridge theoretical linguistics and applied psycholinguistics, with implications for language education and cognitive science. Current projects involve collaboration with institutions in Norway and internationally, focusing on Farsi, Turkish, and English in multilingual populations. Professional activities include peer-reviewed publication in journals like Acta Psychologica and active participation in academic networks such as AcqVA-Nor and C-LaBL consortia.

• English Philology
• Syntax
• Corpus Linguistics
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Dr. Yolanda Fernández-Peña is a postdoctoral researcher affiliated with the Faculty of Philology at Universidade de Vigo , Spain. She holds a PhD in English Philology and specializes in syntactic phenomena, particularly verb number agreement with collective nouns in English. Her research combines corpus linguistics and computational linguistics approaches to analyze structural patterns in English syntax. Education : PhD in English Philology (2018) from Universidade de Vigo Research Focus : Verb agreement with collective nouns, syntactic complexity, and quantification mechanisms Grants : Funded by Spanish Ministry of Science and European Regional Development Fund Collaborations : Works with researchers like Javier Pérez Guerra and teams at Dependency Bank interface Her publications reveal a consistent interest in collective nouns , of-constructions , and quantifier evolution , with comparative studies across World Englishes . She contributes to linguistic theory through empirical analysis of agreement patterns and syntactic fixation processes.

Nina KlekotView profile

Assistant Professor

• Language Policy
• Linguistic Economics
• Political Discourse Analysis
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Nina Klekot serves as Assistant Professor in the Department of Romance Linguistics at the Faculty of Humanities, John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin, specializing in the intersection of linguistic structures and socio-political contexts. Her academic foundation combines Romance Linguistics and European Studies from KUL. Her educational background includes: Master of Arts in Romance Linguistics (2015-2017), John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Master of Arts in European Studies (2011-2013), John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin Klekot's research centers on language policy and linguistic economics , with particular expertise in political discourse analysis . She investigates how nominal encapsulation constrains interpretation in political communication, examines gender-neutral language implementation across European frameworks, and analyzes lexical innovation during crises like the COVID-19 pandemic. Her methodology emphasizes comparative analysis between Polish, Spanish, and French linguistic systems. Her publication trajectory (2018-2024) reveals consistent focus on socio-linguistic interfaces, evolving from syntactic economy studies toward contemporary political discourse mechanisms. Recent works demonstrate increasing attention to policy implementation challenges and cross-linguistic patterns in crisis communication. Academic recognition includes: NAWA PROM scholarship for international research exchange (2022) Erasmus+ staff mobility grant for training at Universidad de Salamanca (2022) Erasmus student mobility grant (2011) As an educator, Klekot enforces structured assessment protocols requiring 70% attendance minimum, timely homework submission, and mandatory test participation. She actively organizes national Hispanist conferences and coordinates Lublin Science Festival projects exploring Mediterranean linguistic landscapes. Her professional engagement extends to international collaborations through Expertos ELE networks and conference participation across Europe.

• Linguistics
• Medical Terminology
• Italian Language Teaching
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Katarzyna Maria Maniowska is an Adjunct Professor at the Faculty of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (UMCS). With a PhD in Italian Studies from Jagiellonian University (2014), her academic career spans teaching, translation research, and international collaborations. PhD in Italian Studies (2014, Jagiellonian University) MA in Italian Philology (2008, Jagiellonian University) BA in Italian Philology (2006, University of Silesia) Postgraduate translator training (2019, UMCS) Postgraduate Master in Italian L2 (2016, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore) Her research focuses on linguistic interfaces between Italian and Polish, particularly in medical terminology and literary translation . Key interests include phraseology, specialized language teaching (Italian as third language), and metaphor analysis in medical contexts. Recent publications examine: historical disease narratives , Umberto Eco's theory of stupidity , medical term synonymy , and prepositional semantics in clinical reports . These works demonstrate her expertise in cross-linguistic medical communication. Rector's award for outstanding scientific work (2023) Scuola Dante Alighieri scholarship (2023) Università per Stranieri di Perugia scholarships (2021, 2015) Dote Unica Lavoro grant (2016) She has conducted 15+ teaching workshops on Italian L2 pedagogy, including: Dante's pedagogical interpretation , medical terminology teaching , and literature instruction for Generation Z . Active in professional associations since 2013, she collaborates on European translation initiatives.

• Indigenous Sign Languages
• Creole Languages
• Australian Indigenous Studies
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Prof. Dr. Dany Adone serves as Chair of Applied English Linguistics at the University of Cologne and Co-Director of the Center for Australian Studies. Their academic work spans multiple disciplines including linguistics, Indigenous studies, and ecocritical research. Chair of Applied English Linguistics Co-Director, Center for Australian Studies Specializes in Indigenous sign languages and creole languages Research interests focus on Indigenous Australian languages and cultures, particularly through the lenses of sign language studies, creole language acquisition, and ecological knowledge systems. Current projects examine Yolngu ethnoecology and two-way tools for environmental management. Recent publications reveal a strong focus on comparative linguistic analysis, with particular emphasis on creole languages and Indigenous sign systems. Their work bridges linguistic theory with cultural studies and environmental humanities. Academic collaborations include partnerships with Indigenous researchers and institutions in Australia, with notable projects involving sign language documentation in Arnhem Land. Their research frequently intersects with decolonization methodologies and Indigenous knowledge preservation.

• Morphology
• Nominalizations
• Grammatical Aspect
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Maria Jadwiga Bloch-Trojnar is an Associate Professor at the Department of Celtic Studies , Faculty of Humanities , John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin . Her academic career spans over two decades, with a focus on morphology , nominalizations , and aspectual theory in Celtic and Slavic languages. Education : MA (1999), Ph.D. (2004), D. Litt. (2014) in Linguistics, all from John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin. Research Interests : Morphology, aspect–valency interactions, verbal nouns, derivational networks, and corpus-based analysis of Celtic and Slavic languages. Her 15 most recent articles (2025–2006) explore: Polish compounding and adjective formation Irish nominalizations and aspectual constraints Celtic-Slavic morphological comparisons Constructionist and distributed morphology frameworks Productivity limits and syntactic interfaces Corpus-driven derivation analysis Scientific Awards : Medal of the Commission of National Education (2017) Visegrad Fellowship (2025) Multiple team awards for organizational excellence (2016, 2006, 2015) Academic Leadership : Head of Department of Celtic Studies (since 2014) Editor-in-chief of Lublin Studies in Celtic Languages and LingBaw Organizer of Lublin Celtic Colloquium (2015–2019) and LingBaw conferences

• Syntax
• Text Linguistics
• Discourse Analysis
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Angela Vasiljevic is an Assistant Professor at the Faculty of Philosophy, University of Novi Sad, specializing in Romance Studies with a focus on French language courses. She holds a Master of Arts in Language and Literature from the University of Belgrade and is currently completing her doctoral dissertation on Discourse markers with prepositional components in French and Serbian at the same institution. University of Belgrade: Undergraduate (2016), Master of Arts (2017), PhD (in progress) Her research centers on the intersection of syntax, text linguistics, and pragmatics, particularly in discourse markers, contrastive French-Serbian analysis, and lexicography. She has contributed to projects like the Dynamics of the Structures of the Modern Serbian Language and is affiliated with the Department of Standard Language at the Institute of Serbian Language, SASA. Recent publications highlight her work in bilingual dictionaries, pragmatic adverbs, and textual connectors. She received the MPNTR scholarship (2018–2022) and is a member of Matica Srpska, DSJKS, and JeRTeh societies. Teaching roles include French language courses at the Faculty of Philosophy.