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Kateryna Iefremenko is a Researcher at Universität Potsdam, affiliated with the DFG-funded Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1412 'Register' (Project C03) and the DFG Research Unit 'Emerging Grammars in Language-Contact Situations.' Her work focuses on multilingualism, heritage languages, and language contact, particularly in Turkish, Kurdish, Ukrainian, Russian, German, and English contexts. She holds a PhD from Universität Potsdam (2024) and has extensive experience in postdoctoral and doctoral research roles.
Education:
- PhD in German Studies, Universität Potsdam (2018–2024), Dissertation: 'Word Order in Turkish and Kurmanji Kurdish in Language Contacts.'
- MA in Turkish Language and Literature, Gazi University, Ankara (2012–2016).
- MA and BA in English and Turkish Language Teaching, Skovoroda Kharkiv National Pedagogical University (2008–2012).
Research interests span multilingualism, heritage language acquisition, syntax in bilingual contexts, and discourse organization in language contact scenarios. Her recent work includes studies on narrative structures in Ukrainian-Russian bilinguals and post-verbal syntax in heritage Turkish.
She co-organized the DGfS-Workshop on heritage speakers' language learning and contributes to academic events like the International Congress of Linguists. She teaches courses on multilingualism and second language acquisition at Humboldt University of Berlin.
Labs/Teams: Active in CRC 1412 and the Research Unit P9 on discourse dynamics in language contact. Editorial Board member of Register Aspects of Language in Situation (REALIS).
