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Maria Teresa GuastiView profile

Professor

• Pragmatics
• Bilingual Acquisition
• Developmental Language Impairment
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Maria Teresa Guasti is a Professor of Linguistics and Psycholinguistics at the University of Milano-Bicocca. She has held academic positions since 1988, including Assistant Professor (2000-2005) and Researcher roles at institutions like the University of Siena and San Raffaele Hospital. Her research bridges theoretical linguistics, child language acquisition, and cognitive disorders like dyslexia and developmental language impairment (DLD). PhD in Linguistics, University of Geneva Guasti’s work focuses on syntax, semantics, and pragmatics in typical and atypical language development, with a special emphasis on bilingual acquisition, DLD, and dyslexia. She has contributed to understanding timing anticipation deficits in dyslexia and has expanded her research into musical cognition and motor control (handwriting). Recently, she collaborated with human-computer interaction scientists to develop language-based interactive technologies. Her publications span 160 works, including 80 peer-reviewed articles and 6 books, with over 7,000 citations and an H-index of 42. Key grants include the ERC Synergy (2019) and Multimind (2017-2022, €516,122). 2019 ERC Synergy Grant for Leibniz’s Dream (€10.2M) 2012-2018 Associate Investigator at ARC Centre of Excellence in Cognition and its Disorders 2005-2009 Italian Representative in European COST A33 Action Guasti has trained 14 PhD students, supervised 12 postdocs, and mentored 100+ master’s students. She has served as Associate Editor for Language Acquisition and Frontiers in Psychology , and on editorial boards including Journal of Child Language . She has delivered keynotes at international conferences and taught at summer schools.

Artemis AlexiadouView profile

Professor

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

Anagnostopoulou ElenaView profile

Professor

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

Pierluigi CuzzolinView profile

Professor

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

Laura DominguezView profile

Professor

• Formal Second Language Acquisition
• Bilingualism
• Native Language Attrition
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Professor Laura Dominguez holds a Professorship in Linguistics at the University of Southampton's Department of Modern Languages and Linguistics. She serves as Head of Department (2021-2025), REF Champion for Impact, and has held roles including Deputy Head of Department and Head of Research. Her research focuses on formal second language acquisition, bilingualism, native language attrition, and syntactic theory within a generative framework. Key projects include the ESRC-funded SPLLOC corpus initiative and an AHRC project on grammatical attrition. Her research investigates prosodic/syntactic constraints in Spanish word order, L2 acquisition of tense-aspect morphology, and L1 attrition mechanisms in bilinguals. She leads editorial boards for journals like Second Language Research and Spanish Heritage Journal , and holds roles in professional bodies including the ESRC Peer Review College and EuroSLA Executive Committee. Current research emphasizes syntax-theory integration with acquisition studies, leveraging experimental and corpus-based methods. She supervises multiple PhD students in Applied Linguistics and Modern Languages, and accepts new PhD applications. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with empirical studies of multilingual development.

Chengzhi ChuView profile

Associate Professor

• Chinese Linguistics
• Cognitive Semantics
• Second Language Acquisition
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Chengzhi Chu is an Associate Professor of Chinese and Senior Program Advisor (Chinese) at the University of California, Davis. He is affiliated with the Graduate Group in Linguistics and holds a Ph.D. from the University of Hawaii. His research focuses on Chinese linguistics, cognitive semantics, second language acquisition, and the application of technology in language instruction. He has authored/co-authored multiple textbooks, including the Chinese Breeze graded reader series, and developed the ChineseTA software for language teaching materials. His work integrates theoretical linguistics with practical pedagogy, emphasizing cognitive approaches to language structure and learning. Dr. Chu's research explores topics such as motion event semantics, figure-ground relationships in Chinese, and the design of effective language-teaching resources. He has published extensively on prepositions, reflexives, and mood particles in Mandarin, as well as the historical interplay between Chinese script and language. Notably, he co-developed the Corpus of Chinese Interlanguage (CCI 1.0), a foundational resource for studying learner language. His teaching spans advanced Chinese language courses, classical Chinese, and research methodologies. He has contributed to edited volumes on Chinese pedagogy and instructional materials. While no formal awards are listed, his impactful contributions to applied linguistics and language education are evident through his scholarly output and educational tools. As an advisor to graduate students, Dr. Chu supports research in linguistics and language education. His work bridges computational linguistics with traditional language studies, exemplified by software like ChineseTA and his corpus-based research. He is actively involved in the North American Conference on Chinese Linguistics and other academic networks.

Gregory ScontrasView profile

Associate Professor

• Linguistics
• Semantics
• Psycholinguistics
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Gregory Scontras is Associate Professor and Undergraduate Director in the Department of Language Science at UC Irvine's School of Social Sciences. His research examines mental representations of language through formal semantics, experimental psychology, and computational cognitive science approaches. Research focuses on quantification, measurement semantics, context in ambiguity resolution, and heritage language acquisition. Recent work (2023-2025) investigates adjective ordering preferences across languages, multi-generational heritage language complexity, and computational models of social inference. Collaborations include researchers at Stanford, MIT, and Osnabrück. Current projects explore subjectivity in pragmatic inference, cross-linguistic scope ambiguity, and Rational Speech Act frameworks.

• Phonetics
• Estonian Intonation
• Prosody
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Eva Liina Asu-Garcia is an Associate Professor of Phonetics at the University of Tartu's Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Institute of Estonian and General Linguistics (0.80 position), and an Associate Professor of Swedish Language at the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures (0.20 position). She has been affiliated with the University of Tartu since 1995, holding various academic positions including Lecturer, Research Fellow, Senior Research Fellow, and now Associate Professor. She also served as Head of Department at the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures from 2021 to 2024. Dr. Asu-Garcia earned her Doctoral degree in Linguistics from the University of Cambridge in 2004, with her dissertation titled 'The Phonetics and Phonology of Estonian Intonation,' supervised by Prof. Francis Nolan. Prior to this, she completed an M. Phil in English and Applied Linguistics (1996-1997) and a B.A. in English Language and Literature (1989-1995) from Tartu University. Her research primarily focuses on phonetics, with special emphasis on Estonian intonation, prosody, and speech production. She investigates the acoustic and articulatory properties of Estonian quantity distinctions, intonation patterns in various discourse contexts, and cross-linguistic aspects of phonetics, particularly in relation to Swedish and Spanish language learners. Her work often combines experimental methods with theoretical linguistics to understand how prosody functions in communication. She has published extensively in international journals and conference proceedings, with recent work examining multimodal aspects of speech, cross-cultural perception of vocalizations, and the documentation of endangered language varieties. Dr. Asu-Garcia has received numerous awards and scholarships throughout her career, including the Kordelin Foundation Scholarship (2016, 2006), Valter Niilus award (2010), and several Cambridge Overseas Trust scholarships. She is an active member of multiple professional organizations including the International Speech Communication Association (ISCA), International Phonetics Association (IPA), and the British Association of Academic Phoneticians (BAAP). She currently supervises PhD student Katrin Leppik (researching Estonian vowel categories and quantity degrees in Spanish L1 speakers) and Master's student Vootele Valter (studying Ruhnu Swedish language clusivity). She has successfully supervised several other students to completion of their degrees. Dr. Asu-Garcia also leads research projects funded by the Ministry of Education and Research and the Nordic Council of Ministers, focusing on multimodal analysis of spoken Estonian and documentation of Ruhnu Swedish dialect.

• Translation Studies
• Linguistics
• Philology
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Sirje Kupp-Sazonov is a faculty member at the University of Tartu, currently serving as Head of the Department of Translation and Interpretation Studies and Programme Director within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. She holds a Doctorate in Philology from the University of Tartu (2015) and a Master's in Russian and Slavic Philology (2007). Her primary affiliation is the Institute of Foreign Languages and Cultures, where she focuses on translation studies, Russian-Estonian linguistic comparisons, and historical text analysis. Education includes a PhD specialization in Russian language (2009–2015), MA in Russian and Slavic Philology (2005–2007), and a BA from the University of Tartu (2002–2005). She completed secondary studies at Lycée Descartes de Tartu. Research interests center on the role of grammar in translation, particularly between Russian and Estonian, with emphasis on temporal forms and comparative linguistics. She has led projects including the Estonian-Russian-Estonian Legal Terminology Base and contributed to initiatives like the Annotated Bibliography of Estonian Translation Studies. Key awards include two Silver Awards of Akadeemia (2020, 2018) for articles analyzing Ivan the Terrible’s diplomatic letters. Her administrative roles include leadership in terminology projects and membership in the European Society for Translation Studies and the Estonian Association of Applied Linguistics. Recent work examines historical narratives in Kremlin propaganda and the socio-political nuances of Russian influence activities. She actively participates in international conferences, delivering talks on topics ranging from Bulgakov’s literary symbolism to Putin’s rhetorical strategies.

Malathi ThothathiriView profile

Associate Professor

• Neuroscience of Language
• Cognitive Neuroscience
• Aphasia
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Malathi Thothathiri is an Associate Professor in the Speech and Hearing Science Department at George Washington University. She holds a Ph.D. in Psychology from Harvard University (2008). Her research focuses on the neural basis of language, cognitive processes, and aphasia, employing neuroimaging and behavioral methods. She is a Fellow of the Psychonomic Society and serves as an Associate Editor for Frontiers in Language Sciences. Her expertise includes the neural underpinnings of language, syntax, and cognitive control. She teaches courses such as Brain and Language and Language Acquisition and Development . Recent work explores sentence processing in aphasia, cognitive control mechanisms, and developmental language acquisition. Key findings include the role of executive function in language processing and the impact of experience on neural activity during sentence production. Education: Ph.D. in Psychology, Harvard University (2008) Labs: Neuroscience of Language Lab Professional Roles: Associate Editor, Frontiers in Language Sciences; Member, Cognitive Neuroscience Society Her articles span topics like aphasia, cognitive control, and syntax, with a focus on neuroimaging techniques. Awards include the Psychonomic Society Fellowship.

Viktor PekarView profile

Senior Lecturer

• Predictive Modelling
• Machine Learning
• Natural Language Processing
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Viktor Pekar is a Senior Lecturer in Operations and Service Management at Aston Business School, part of the College of Business and Social Sciences at Aston University. He holds a PhD in Computational Linguistics from Bashkir State University (Russia) and has extensive industry experience as a Chief NLP Engineer in startups and at Oxford University Press. His research focuses on predictive modeling, machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), computational social sciences, and social media analysis, with over 40 publications in top conferences/journals. He teaches modules like Machine Learning for Business Analytics and Programming for Data Analytics, and has led the MSc Business Analytics program since 2022. Key roles include Programme Director for MSc Business Analytics (full-time and online), and academic leadership in curriculum design and student supervision. He has supervised multiple DBA/PhD dissertations, including studies on machine learning in internal audit and plagiarism detection. Awards include the Maxwell Fry Fellowship (2016) and EU INTAS Young Scientists Scholarship (2002). He actively contributes to editorial boards of journals like Nature Communications and Natural Language Engineering , and serves on the ESRC Peer Review College. Research interests span social media analytics for disaster detection, consumer behavior prediction, and ESG firm performance. His work bridges academic and industry applications, with projects involving startups and organizations like Butlers Farmhouse Cheeses through Knowledge Transfer Partnerships.

Ramchand GillianView profile

Professor

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

• Grammar of non-standard varieties of English
• World Englishes
• European dialect syntax
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Bernd Kortmann is a Full Professor of English Language and Linguistics at the University of Freiburg , Germany. He has held visiting professorships at Portland State University (2000) and served as Substitute Full Professor at Free University of Berlin (1994-1995), with a long-standing career at University of Hannover and Free University of Berlin as Assistant Professor (1985-1994). Currently, he directs the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) for Humanities and Social Sciences (since 2013) and the Language Teaching Centre (since 2004). He co-edits the book series Topics in English Linguistics and Dialects of English , as well as the journal English Language and Linguistics . Co-editor: Topics in English Linguistics (since 1996) Co-editor: Dialects of English (since 2012) Co-editor: English Language and Linguistics (since 2012) Director: FRIAS Humanities and Social Sciences (2013-present) Director: Language Teaching Centre (2004-present) Research Interests focus on non-standard English varieties, World Englishes, areal typology, language complexity, grammaticalization, and semantic change. His work bridges theoretical and applied linguistics, with a strong emphasis on typological and geographical analysis of English dialects. Publication Trends (2009-2013) highlight cross-linguistic variation, typological universals, and historical evolution. Key themes include areal syntax, morphosyntactic complexity, and the role of geography in shaping linguistic patterns. Honours: Honorary doctorate from University of Eastern Finland (2014) Administrative Roles include Dean of the Philological Faculty (2010-2014), Director of the Master programme in European Linguistics (2004-2014), and Senior Research Fellow at FRIAS (2008-2009).

Jeff GoodView profile

Professor

• Morphosyntactic Typology
• Niger-Congo Languages
• Language Documentation
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Jeff Good is a Professor of Linguistics at the University at Buffalo (SUNY), affiliated with the College of Arts and Sciences. He specializes in morphosyntactic typology, Niger-Congo languages, and language documentation. His research focuses on Bantu languages, particularly the Bantoid sub-branch in Cameroon's Lower Fungom region, and involves collaboration through the KPAAM-CAM project. He also studies Saramaccan, an Atlantic creole, and explores multivariate methods in morphosyntactic analysis. Good is actively involved in developing documentation methods for multilingual societies, emphasizing digital tools and ethical practices. His work bridges theoretical linguistics with applied documentation, addressing challenges in sociolinguistic contexts and language revitalization. Key Projects: KPAAM-CAM, Bantu Final Vowel reconstruction, Cameroonian Grassfields language contact. Methodological Contributions: Digital documentation frameworks, metadata standards (e.g., SGML markup for Bantu dictionaries). Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Geographers, sociologists, and computer scientists in Lower Fungom studies. Good's research integrates historical linguistics, typological analysis, and sociolinguistic methodologies. His recent work examines language change in multilingual settings and the role of social semiosis in intentional language evolution. He advocates for inclusive documentation practices that respect community needs, particularly in public health contexts for minority languages.

Matthew StoneView profile

Professor

• Natural Language Generation
• Computational Semantics
• Knowledge Representation
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Matthew Stone is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Rutgers University, New Brunswick. His primary affiliations are within the School of Arts and Sciences, with cross-listed involvement in Cognitive Science and Perceptual Science. He focuses on designing conversational agents that integrate natural language understanding and generation with grounded, meaningful interactions. Key roles include teaching courses such as CS 440 (Introduction to AI) and CS 504 (Computational Modeling). His research emphasizes the computational foundations of meaning, integrating philosophy, linguistics, and AI to create systems that contextualize communication through environmental grounding, intentional reasoning, and collaborative dialogue. Notable projects include the SPUD system for natural language generation and work on multimodal interaction through gesture and facial signals. He has been funded for projects like 'Community-led Language Technology for NJ: A Design Justice Approach.' Education: PhD in Computer Science (assumed based on faculty role). Awards: Influential Paper Recognition (SIGGRAPH '94), RDI^2 Fellowship for Malihe Alikhani. Grants: Community-led Language Technology Project (2021). Stone collaborates with interdisciplinary teams and mentors students like Malihe Alikhani. His labs explore topics such as embodied conversational agents, computational pragmatics, and language grounding in robotics. Recent work emphasizes ethical and societal implications of AI, advocating for inclusive technology design.