Sergei Tatevosov is a Professor of Linguistics and Head of the Department of Theoretical and Applied Linguistics at the Faculty of Philology, Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU). His career spans decades, including roles as Visiting Fulbright Scholar at MIT (2010-2011), Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, and Senior Researcher at MSU. He focuses on theoretical semantics, linguistic typology, and the syntax-semantics interface, with expertise in Turkic, Mongolic, Uralic, and Nakh-Daghestanian languages. Education: Habilitation (Dr. of Sciences) in Philology (2010), dissertation: Actionality in lexicon and grammar , MSU. Ph.D. (Cand. of Sciences) in Philology (1997), dissertation: A typological perspective on quantification in natural language: universal quantifiers , MSU. Diploma in Linguistics with honors (1993), MSU. Research Interests: Formal Semantics, Syntax-Semantics Interface, Linguistic Typology, Theoretical Morphology, Tense & Aspect, Actionality, Evidentiality, Argument Structure, (Anti)causativization, Turkic Languages, Mongolic Languages, Nakh-Daghestanian Languages, Uralic Languages. His work bridges theoretical frameworks with fieldwork on lesser-studied languages, emphasizing cross-linguistic universals and typological variation. Scientific Awards and Honors: Lomonosov Moscow State University Award for Outstanding Scientific Schools (2019-2020). Professor of the Russian Academy of Sciences (2018). Fulbright Visiting Scholar Fellowship (2010). Lomonosov Moscow State University Award for Young Scholars (2007). Association for Linguistic Typology Greenberg Award for best Ph.D thesis (1999). Teaching and Supervision: He teaches graduate and undergraduate courses at MSU, including Theoretical Morphology, Formal Semantics, and Syntax and Semantics of Turkic languages. Over his career, he has supervised 3 Ph.D., 9 M.A., 10 B.A., and approximately 20 diploma papers. He has also taught at international summer schools like the Crete Summer School of Linguistics. Grants and Fieldwork: Tatevosov has led major research projects, including a 2019–2021 Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) grant on "Syntax and semantics of Uralic and Altaic languages: converging functional-typological and formal perspectives" and a 2016–2018 Russian Science Foundation grant on "Four Grammars of the Languages of Multilingual Russia." He has also received RFBR and Russian Foundation for the Humanities grants since 2002. As principal investigator (1999–present) for MSU's linguistic expeditions, he has conducted fieldwork on Caucasian, Turkic, and Uralic languages since 1990.









