Pierre-Yves Modicom

Pierre-Yves Modicom is a University Professor of Germanic Linguistics at the Faculty of Languages, Jean Moulin University Lyon 3. He serves as Director of the Department of German Studies, Head of the LLCER and LEA German degrees, and Vice-President for Internationalization, Europe, and Support for Component Areas. He is also co-facilitator of the 'Description and Modeling' research axis at the Center for Linguistic Studies – Corpus, Discourse and Societies (CELESTES).

Research Interests: His primary research areas include Germanic and contrastive linguistics, with a focus on syntax, semantics, pragmatics, discourse markers, modal particles, information structure, and historical development of Germanic languages. He investigates the interplay between grammatical structure and discourse function, especially in older Germanic varieties and heritage language contexts.

Recent Publications: His recent scholarly output reflects a strong trend in theoretical and descriptive linguistics, particularly on adverbial categorization, subject properties in Germanic, construction grammar, and discourse particles. He frequently collaborates with scholars such as Olivier Duplâtre and Camille Noûs, and his work appears in leading linguistics series from De Gruyter, John Benjamins, and Peter Lang.

Scientific Contributions: He has contributed to interdisciplinary debates, including the impact of neoliberalism on science and the epistemology of linguistic knowledge. His publications span monographs, edited volumes, peer-reviewed journal articles, and book chapters in French, English, and German.

Advising and Leadership: While no specific advisees are listed, he holds significant academic leadership roles, including training management for international degrees and research coordination. He is actively involved in professional associations like the Association of Germanists in Higher Education, where he served as national treasurer from 2018 to 2021.

Laboratories and Teams: He is affiliated with CELESTES (Centre d'Études Linguistiques - Corpus, Discours et Sociétés) and the Cogitamus Laboratory, contributing to research on linguistic modeling, corpus-based analysis, and cognitive approaches to language.