Andrej A. Kibrik

Andrej A. Kibrik is Professor at the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics of Lomonosov Moscow State University’s Philological Faculty, and concurrently serves as Director of the Institute of Linguistics and Head of the Department of Typology and Areal Linguistics at the Russian Academy of Sciences. A Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences and member of Academia Europaea, he has held visiting appointments at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Oregon, University of Arizona, and UC Santa Barbara.

Education

• 1979–1984: M.A. in Linguistics, Moscow State University, Philological Faculty
• 1984–1988: Ph.D. (Candidate of Science), Institute of Linguistics, Academy of Sciences of the USSR
• 2003: Doctor of Science dissertation, Institute of Linguistics, Russian Academy of Sciences

Research Interests

His work integrates linguistic diversity, field linguistics, and language & cognition through a functional-typological lens. Core themes include discourse structure, multimodality (prosody, gesture, sign language), corpus linguistics, and computational modeling. Empirically, he focuses on Athabaskan languages (especially Upper Kuskokwim), Caucasian, Turkic, West African, and Russian sign language, producing comprehensive grammatical descriptions and developing theoretical frameworks for non-discrete cognitive structures.

Publications Trend

Recent monographs and edited volumes (2009–2017) cluster around discourse analysis, corpus construction, and language documentation, with notable works on Ninilchik Russian and spoken-Russian corpora, reflecting an enduring commitment to combining empirical richness with cognitive-theoretical depth.

Scientific Awards & Honors

• Russian Science Support Foundation Award (2008–2010)
• Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Scholarships (2000, 2006)
• Fulbright Scholarships (1995, 1996–1997)
• President’s Scholarship for Outstanding Young Scholars (1994)
• IREX Scholarships (1991, 1991–1992)

Advising, Grants & Leadership

He has supervised numerous MA and PhD students, including Ekaterina Èl’bert and Natalia Molchanova, whose diploma theses advanced his multimodal discourse experiments. Since 2011 he coordinates linguistics projects for the Russian Foundation for Basic Research. He served as President of the Interregional Association for Cognitive Studies (2012–2014) and is Editor-in-Chief of the longitudinal Encyclopedia “Languages of the World”.

Laboratories & Teams

At Moscow State University he heads the Center for Cognitive Studies within the Philological Faculty, fostering interdisciplinary research combining linguistics, psychology, and computational modeling.