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Lori Repettiمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Phonology
• Romance Languages Microvariation
• Linguistic Typology
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Lori Repetti is a Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Stony Brook University. She holds a Ph.D. from UCLA (1989). Her research focuses on phonology, microvariation in Romance languages, and linguistic typology, with a particular emphasis on Italian dialects. Her work has been funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) and the National Science Foundation (NSF). She co-created the Clitics of Romance Languages (CRL) database, a resource for studying clitic pronouns in endangered Romance varieties. Repetti also contributes to linguistics pedagogy, developing innovative courses like the asynchronous general-education course Language in the United States . Education: Ph.D. in Linguistics, UCLA, 1989 Funding: NEH and NSF grants supporting fieldwork and typological research Key Projects: CRL database, reduplication typology study, loanword phonology research Her research interests include the interaction between phonology and syntax, the documentation of endangered languages, and the teaching of linguistics through Latin. She has published extensively on clitic positioning, syllabification processes, and microvariation in Romance dialects. Repetti collaborates internationally, presenting at conferences such as the Linguistic Symposium on Romance Languages (LSRL) and contributing to edited volumes on Romance linguistics.

• Indo-European Linguistics
• Oceanic Linguistics
• Historical Phonology
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Mark Hale is a Professor in the Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics at Concordia University. His research spans Indo-European linguistics (syntax), Oceanic linguistics (Micronesian), and diachronic phonology/syntax. He holds a PhD from Harvard University (1987), an MA from Indiana University (1980), and a BA from the University of Michigan (1976). Research Interests His work focuses on: Exploiting Wackernagel’s Law to analyze archaic Indo-Iranian clause structures Historical phonology and syntax of Micronesian languages (Marshallese, Rotuman) and New Caledonian/Loyalty Islands languages Phonology-syntax interface in diachronic contexts Key Article Trends Mark Hale’s publications emphasize: Indo-Iranian and Oceanic syntactic-phonological phenomena Clitic sequencing and prosodic constraints Child language acquisition and constraint ranking Neogrammarian sound change and its theoretical implications Formal grammar frameworks (Optimality Theory, I-Language) Microvariation in phonology and syntax Education PhD Linguistics, Harvard University (1987) MA Linguistics, Indiana University (1980) BA Linguistics, University of Michigan (1976)

Sandra Paoliمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Grammaticalization
• Historical Pragmatics
• Interface Between Syntax and Pragmatics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Sandra Paoli is an Associate Professor in Linguistics (Romance Languages) at the University of Oxford, affiliated with the Faculty of Linguistics, Philology and Phonetics and the Centre for Linguistics and Philology . Her research focuses on grammaticalization, historical pragmatics, and the interplay between syntax and pragmatics in Romance languages. She specializes in Italo-Romance and lesser-known Romance varieties, exploring micro-variation and dialectology as markers of language change. Her work examines topics such as pronominal forms, the acquisition of functional categories, and the evolution of discourse particles. She is open to supervising graduate students in these areas. Affiliated research groups and facilities include the Phonetics Lab , Language & Brain Lab , and Romance Linguistics department at the University of Oxford.

Alexandra Fiéisمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Linguistics
• Second Language Acquisition
• Syntax
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Alexandra Fiéis is an Assistant Professor in the Language Sciences Department at the Faculty of Social Sciences and Humanities, Universidade Nova de Lisboa. She is affiliated with the Linguistics Research Centre of the university (CLUNL) and has held roles such as Invited Assistant Professor (2013–2015) and Researcher at CLUNL (2008–2012). Doctorate in Linguistics (2003), Universidade Nova de Lisboa. Her research focuses on syntax, second language acquisition (L2) of European Portuguese, and microvariation in anaphora resolution. She investigates connections between L2 acquisition and language change, with particular interest in clitic placement and null-subject languages. Fiéis has contributed to recent publications on topics such as anaphora resolution in L2 European Portuguese, sensitivity to microvariation in non-native speakers, and clitic positioning in Portuguese L2, though specific years for these works are not provided in the text. No scientific awards or honors are explicitly mentioned in the provided data.

Paul M. Noorlanderمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Linguistics
• Areal Linguistics
• Historical Linguistics
• +۲۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Paul M. Noorlander is a Researcher in Hebrew & Aramaic Studies at the University of Cambridge , affiliated with the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies and a Fellow of St Edmund's College . He specializes in endangered Neo-Aramaic languages, focusing on their documentation, typology, and historical-sociocultural context. His research spans Areal Linguistics , Historical Syntax , and Language Contact , particularly in regions where Semitic and Iranian languages intersect. He leads projects like the North Eastern Neo-Aramaic Database and the ERC-funded Echoes of Vanishing Voices initiative, which reconstructs the linguistic history of Aramaic-speaking communities in contact with Iranian. He teaches courses including Comparative Semitic Linguistics , Biblical Hebrew , and Linguistic Typology , emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches. His publications explore word order typology, ergativity, and corpus-based analyses of Neo-Aramaic dialects, with recent works focusing on VO/OV alternations and contact-induced syntactic shifts.

Steven Foleyمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار مهمان

• Linguistics
• Psycholinguistics
• Morphosyntax
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Steven Foley is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Georgia Athens, specializing in morphosyntax, psycholinguistics, and fieldwork. His research focuses on linking formal grammatical hypotheses to real-time language comprehension, particularly in understudied languages like Georgian and Zapotec. Key areas include incremental ambiguity resolution, morphosyntactic variation, and the sociolinguistic dimensions of linguistic innovation. His recent work examines the processing of singular they in English, exploring how comprehension strategies vary across social groups. Collaborative studies highlight clusters of comprehension behavior correlated with age and gender identity. Foley also investigates morphological reanalysis in Georgian placeholder verbs and verb-argument dependencies in Georgian syntax, emphasizing crosslinguistic insights for psycholinguistic theory. Publications include work on sociolinguistic-psycho linguistic interactions (2024), Georgian agreement systems (2024), and syntactic microvariation in Zapotec (2022). He presents findings at conferences such as HSP 2024 and publishes in journals like the Journal of Cultural Cognitive Science . Foley advocates for multi-methodological research and maintains active social media presence for linguistics outreach.

• Language-Grammar and Syntax
• Language Change
• Dialectology
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Alessandra Tomaselli is a Full Professor of German Linguistics at the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures , University of Verona. She has served as a Dean's Advisor on Educational Policy since 2013 and participates in various university governance bodies, including the Department Council and Internationalisation Committee. Her research focuses on Germanic Grammar and Syntax , Dialectology (particularly German dialects in Northern Italy), Language Change , and Acquisition of German as a second language for Romance speakers. She leads comparative studies on syntactic microvariation and language contact phenomena. She coordinates projects like VinKo: Varietäten im Kontakt/Varietà in Contatto/Varieties in Contact and Germanic-Romance language contact in the Southern-Central Alps . Her work intersects with Corpus Linguistics and Digital Humanities . She teaches courses including Comparative Germanic Syntax and German Language 1 for undergraduate and graduate programs, with a focus on integrating grammatical theory into foreign language pedagogy via methods like Felderanalyse .

Richard Stockwellمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Linguistics
• Syntax
• Semantics
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Richard Stockwell is a Lecturer in Linguistics at the School of Communication and Media, Ulster University. He holds academic qualifications from the University of Cambridge, University of California, Los Angeles, and the University of Oxford. His research focuses on syntax and semantics, particularly ellipsis, dialect syntax, free relative clauses, and Condition C reconstruction. Education: PhD in Linguistics, University of California, Los Angeles Doctor of Philosophy, University of Cambridge Postdoctoral Junior Research Fellow, Christ Church, University of Oxford Stockwell's research explores phenomena such as causative VP-omission, metalinguistic ellipsis in advertising, sprouting with except-phrases, and cross-dialectal syntactic differences. His work has been published in journals like Glossa and Natural Language Semantics , and presented at conferences including NELS and WCCFL. Scientific Awards: Student Abstract Award, 3rd place at LSA 2021

• Syntax
• French linguistics
• Syntactic microvariation
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Anne Dagnac is an Associate Professor of French and Romance Linguistics at the University of Toulouse - Jean Jaurès, where she is a member of the CLLE (Cognition, Languages, Language, Ergonomie) research laboratory. Since 2020, she has co-directed the "Langues et Langage" research team within CLLE, one of the three main research teams of the laboratory. Dr. Dagnac specializes in syntax, with particular expertise in French syntax, Picard syntax, and syntactic microvariation. Her research focuses on areas such as elliptical constructions in French, the complementizer domain in Romance languages, and negation in Picard. She has made significant contributions to understanding regional variations in French syntax, particularly in Southern French and Picard dialects. As principal investigator of the ANR-funded SyMiLa project (Syntactic Microvariation in the Romance Languages of France), Dr. Dagnac has developed important resources for studying Gallo-Romance syntax, including the SyMiLa database. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with empirical dialectology, creating innovative approaches to studying syntactic variation across Romance languages spoken in France. Dr. Dagnac's recent publications demonstrate a clear focus on syntactic microvariation across Gallo-Romance languages, with particular attention to complementizer systems, object marking, and pronoun usage. Her work combines theoretical syntax with experimental and corpus-based methodologies, contributing to our understanding of how syntax varies across regional varieties of French and related Romance languages. From 2014 to 2017, Dr. Dagnac served as head of the Department of Modern Literature, Cinema and Occitan at the University of Toulouse - Jean Jaurès. She was also co-responsible for the "Variation and Structure of Languages" research axis at CLLE from 2015 to 2018. Her leadership in the SyMiLa project has established her as a key figure in the study of Romance syntactic variation. Dr. Dagnac co-directs the "Langues et Langage" research team at CLLE, which focuses on linguistic structures, variation, and usage across Romance languages. The team conducts research on formal description of languages, linguistic resources development, and language teaching methodologies, with particular emphasis on regional languages of France including Occitan and Picard.

• Linguistics
• French Linguistics
• Occitan Linguistics
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Lidia Rabassa is a Lecturer at Toulouse - Jean Jaurès University, affiliated with the Cognition, Languages, Language, Ergonomics (CLLE) research center. She is a member of both the Department of Modern Literature, Cinema and Occitan and the CLLE team focusing on Languages and Languages (OCRE). Additionally, she serves as a corresponding member of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC). Her research focuses on linguistic phenomena across multiple Romance languages, with particular emphasis on Catalan linguistics in the Andorran context. Her work spans several key areas including verbal and nominal morphology, phonetics, lexicon, dialectology, geolinguistics, linguistic variation and microvariation, and toponymy. She also teaches French linguistics covering syntax, phonetics/phonology, orthography, world languages, and Romance language dialectology, as well as Occitan linguistics focusing on phonetics and dialectology. Dr. Rabassa's publication record demonstrates a consistent focus on Andorran Catalan linguistics and toponymy, particularly concerning the Vall d'Ordino region. Her scholarly output includes multiple volumes on Andorran toponymy published with the Comú d'Ordino, studies on Catalan morphology, and analyses of language identity in Andorra. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical geographical and sociolinguistic applications, creating a comprehensive documentation of linguistic features in this specific region. As a corresponding member of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans, she contributes to the preservation and study of Catalan language and culture. Her research has significantly contributed to the documentation of Andorran Catalan linguistic features, particularly in the domain of toponymy which serves as an important record of historical language use in the region. Dr. Rabassa has collaborated with other scholars such as Lucia Molinu on grammatical studies, demonstrating her engagement with broader linguistic communities beyond her specialized Andorran Catalan research. Her work appears in both book formats and academic journals, showing versatility in scholarly communication.

Marc van Oostendorpمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Phonology
• Dialectology
• Interlinguistics
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Marc van Oostendorp is a Professor of Dutch and Academic Communication at Radboud University Nijmegen, affiliated with the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures and the Centre for Language Studies. His academic work bridges theoretical linguistics with practical applications in language communication and education. His research interests span multiple areas of linguistics including phonology , dialectology , interlinguistics , and language variation . He has made significant contributions to understanding phonological microvariation and the structure of linguistic segments. His work extends beyond theoretical linguistics into science communication and journalism , where he actively engages with the public on language issues. Van Oostendorp serves as editor of the Journal of Linguistics and Neerlandistiek , and has been editor of the weekly language newsletter Taalpost since 2002. His publications demonstrate consistent engagement with both theoretical linguistics and practical language issues, showing particular interest in how linguistic theory connects with real-world language use and education. He holds numerous ancillary positions including membership on editorial boards of several linguistic journals ( Glossa , Phonology , Journal of Germanic Linguistics ) and board memberships with language-related organizations such as Onze Taal, Stichting Linguistics in Open Access, and Raad voor de Neerlandistiek. Since June 2022, he has served as chair of the board of Stichting Promotie Academische Neerlandistiek Nederland. Van Oostendorp's teaching portfolio includes courses on phonology, semantics and morphology, academic language proficiency (RADAr), and writing for non-specialist audiences. His educational approach emphasizes connecting linguistic theory with practical communication skills, reflecting his dual focus on academic research and public engagement with language issues.

Catrin Rhysمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس ارشد

• Conversation Analysis
• Healthcare Communication
• Linguistics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Dr. Catrin Rhys is Senior Lecturer and Head of the School of Communication and Media at Ulster University. She joined Ulster in 1995 after completing an ESRC-funded PhD in Chinese Syntax at the University of Edinburgh. Her research employs conversation analysis to study institutional interactions, particularly in healthcare complaint systems and multilingualism contexts. Research Focus: She leads interdisciplinary projects including NIHR-funded studies on NHS complaint language dynamics. Her work bridges linguistics with healthcare communication, examining epistemic positioning, resistance strategies, and institutional talk. Key initiatives include the Ulster Centre on Multilingualism and Language Made Fun project. Publications: Recent work (2023-2025) demonstrates strong emphasis on healthcare communication ethics, patient experience, and qualitative methodology. Her articles consistently apply conversation analysis to real-world institutional challenges. Advising: Currently supervises PhD researchers in discourse analysis, linguistics, and social policy.

Magdalena Kaufmannمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Formal Semantics
• +۱۰ مورد دیگر

Magdalena Kaufmann is an Associate Professor of Linguistics at the University of Connecticut, affiliated with the Philosophy Department. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of Frankfurt (Germany) and specializes in formal semantics, pragmatics, and syntax. Her research focuses on modality, clause types, conditionals, and cross-linguistic variation in languages such as Japanese, Serbian, Slovenian, and Hungarian. She has been awarded NSF grant #2116972 for research on conditional and modal language. Education: Ph.D. in Linguistics, University of Frankfurt (2006); M.A. in General Linguistics, University of Vienna (2002). Professional roles include Junior Professorship at Göttingen University (2008–2012) and Postdoctoral researcher in Frankfurt (2005–2008). Research interests span semantics/pragmatics interfaces, speech acts, intensional contexts, and grammaticalization. Notable works include Interpreting Imperatives (2012) and over 50 peer-reviewed articles on topics like Japanese modals, Serbian obviation, and conditional conjunctions. Grants: NSF grant (2021), SHARE undergrad grant (2022). Teaching includes advanced semantics courses, syntax-semantics interfaces, and summer schools on formal semantics.

Delia Bentleyمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Romance Linguistics
• Syntax
• Discourse-Syntax Interface
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Delia Bentley is a Professor of Romance Linguistics at the University of Manchester's Department of Linguistics and English Language, part of the School of Arts, Languages and Cultures. She specializes in the syntax-discourse interface, focusing on Romance languages like Sicilian and Sardinian. Her research explores how lexical and contextual meaning influences grammatical structures, with notable work on existential, locative, and causative constructions. She has led major AHRC-funded projects and contributed to linguistic documentation initiatives, such as the Existential Constructions project . Editor of Transactions of the Philological Society and Studies in Role and Reference Grammar . Former Head of multiple departments including Linguistics and English Language, and leader of MA Linguistics programs. Recipient of AHRC grants and School of Arts research awards (2024, 2015, 2014). Her research interests include syntactic microvariation, Italian and Romance dialectology, and the discourse-syntax interface. Key contributions include monographs on existential constructions and co-edited volumes like The Cambridge Handbook of Role and Reference Grammar . She actively promotes linguistic diversity through the Linguistic Diversity Collective. In teaching, she emphasizes rigorous analysis and transferable skills, offering courses on syntax, Romance linguistics, and research methods. Currently supervises doctoral projects on topics like Greek-Romance dialectal TAM systems and Catalan-Spanish syntax-discourse interfaces. Leadership roles: Programme Director (MA Linguistics), Head of multiple divisions, and peer reviewer for Italian research councils. Collaborations include the Atlante Linguistico della Sicilia and Atlante Sintattico dell’Italia Settentrionale . Her work aligns with UN SDG 4 (Quality Education) by preserving linguistic heritage and promoting education in diverse linguistic contexts.

Caroline Heycockمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Syntactic Theory
• Syntactic Variation and Change
• Copular Clauses
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Caroline Heycock is a Professor of Syntax at the University of Edinburgh , affiliated with the School of Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences and the Department of Linguistics and English Language . She is currently on research leave until January 2025. Her teaching includes courses on syntax at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. She actively supervises PhD students and has advised numerous scholars in syntactic theory and related fields. Her research focuses on syntactic theory , variation , and change , with particular attention to copular clauses, Faroese syntax, and Scots dialectal features. Key projects include investigations into nominal predication structures, verb movement in Faroese, and sociolinguistic aspects of Scots syntax. She has secured funding from major bodies like the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and the European Union. Recent work explores the theoretical and empirical dimensions of copular clauses, including appositional boundaries and cross-linguistic agreement patterns. Her research integrates formal syntax with sociolinguistic methodologies, as seen in studies on Scots dialectal variation and experimental analyses of Icelandic agreement phenomena. Caroline Heycock has supervised over 25 PhD students and has led or co-led 15 research projects, including major initiatives like the Scots Syntactic Atlas and the EU-funded AThEME project. Her contributions span theoretical syntax, language acquisition, and historical change, with a focus on under-researched languages like Faroese and Scots.