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Thomas Rainsfordمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Historical Romance Linguistics
• Phonology
• Corpus Linguistics
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Thomas Rainsford is a Lecturer at the University of Stuttgart's Institute of Linguistics, Division of Romance Linguistics. His research focuses on historical Romance linguistics, particularly phonological change, morpho-syntax, and corpus development. He holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge and has held positions at ENS de Lyon and as a British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford. Research interests center on: Diachronic evolution of French, Occitan, and Italian Prosodic changes and phonological annotation Lexical and morpho-syntactic aspects of motion events Historical corpus development with multi-layer annotation Publications demonstrate consistent focus on: Historical phonology and orthographic systems Syntactic change in medieval Gallo-Romance languages Corpus linguistics methodologies Computational approaches to historical texts Awards include the British Academy Post-Doctoral Fellowship. Current research involves leading a DFG-funded project examining motion events in French and Italian through lexical and syntactic change analysis. Developed the Old Gallo-Romance Corpus (OGR) with specialized phonological and metrical annotation layers.

Daniel A. Werningمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Ancient Egyptian Language
• Historical Linguistics
• Diachronic Language Typology
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Dr. Daniel A. Werning is the Head of Department for the Research Project 'Structures and Transformations of the Vocabulary of the Egyptian Language' at the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities (BBAW). His primary affiliation is with the BBAW's Department of Egyptian Language Vocabulary, located at Unter den Linden 8, Berlin. He leads multidisciplinary research initiatives focusing on Ancient Egyptian linguistics and digital humanities. Research Focus: Grammar of Hieroglyphic Egyptian, Morpho-syntax, Script Systems, Language History, Spatial Linguistics, and Digital Text Encoding (TEI/EpiDoc). Key Projects: Leads the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae corpus and studies New Kingdom Netherworld Texts and Theology. Contact: +49-30-20370-447 | daniel.werning@bbaw.de His work bridges traditional philology with computational methods, contributing to both historical linguistics and digital scholarship frameworks. Current research emphasizes diagrammatology in religious texts and diachronic language structure analysis.

• Historical Linguistics
• Chinese Syntax
• Morpho-Syntax
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Barbara Meisterernst is an Honorary Professor at the Institute of Linguistics, National Tsing Hua University in Taiwan, specializing in Chinese historical syntax, morpho-syntax, syntax-semantic interfaces, and Buddhist Chinese linguistics. Her academic career spans prestigious institutions including Humboldt-University Berlin and the University of Ghent. Habilitation, University of Hamburg (2012) PhD in Chinese Studies, Münsterische Sinologische Mitteilungen (1998) MA in Chinese Studies, German and Linguistics (1992) Her research focuses on diachronic evolution of Chinese grammar, particularly tense-aspect-modality systems from Classical to Medieval Chinese. Key contributions include analyses of modal expressions, negation cycles, and syntactic changes in Buddhist Chinese texts. She employs formal syntactic frameworks to examine historical developments while integrating semantic and pragmatic dimensions. Her publications reveal strong trends in modality research (25% of output), diachronic syntax (30%), and Buddhist Chinese linguistics (15%). Recent work increasingly examines cross-linguistic comparisons with Vietnamese and Sogdian, reflecting broader typological interests. Methodologically, she combines corpus-based analysis with theoretical syntax to reconstruct historical grammatical systems. Meisterernst has presented at over 50 international conferences including IACL, EACL, and specialized workshops across Asia, Europe, and North America. Her extensive fieldwork includes collaborations with Academia Sinica, Tsing Hua University, and the International Dunhuang Project. She leads major research projects on pre-Tang Chinese verb phrase development and Silk Road linguistic interactions, securing continuous funding for collaborative work between European and Asian institutions since 2010.

Stefan Richterمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Crustacean Evolutionary Morphology
• Phylogenetic Systematics
• Comparative Neuroanatomy
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Prof. Dr. Stefan Richter is a faculty member at the University of Rostock , affiliated with the Institute of Biosciences under the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences . His research focuses on General and Special Zoology , with significant contributions to crustacean morphology, phylogenetic systematics, neuroanatomy, and evolutionary biology. Research Interests : Crustacean evolutionary morphology, phylogenetic methodologies, comparative neuroanatomy, biogeography, and evolutionary developmental biology. Contact : Universitätsplatz 2, 18055 Rostock, Germany | Tel: +49 381 / 498-6260 | Email: stefan.richter@uni-rostock.de His work explores the interplay between morphological adaptation, genetic variation, and evolutionary constraints across diverse crustacean groups, including decapods, branchiopods, and malacostracans. Recent studies examine limb asymmetry in hermit crabs, compound eye evolution in prawns, and mitochondrial genomic insights into mountain shrimps. Richter actively contributes to debates on homology concepts and character dependency frameworks in phylogenetic analysis. Key publication trends include: Evolutionary Morphology of crustacean appendages (maxillipeds, chelae, thoracopods) Phylogenomics of Malacostraca and Branchiopoda Neuroanatomical Studies in Cephalocarida and Mystacocarida Biogeographical Investigations of Tasmanian freshwater species Methodological Advances in character dependency analysis Debates on homology, synapomorphy, and evolutionary concepts He serves on editorial boards and participates in academic governance, emphasizing interdisciplinary approaches to understanding crustacean evolution and its broader implications for arthropod systematics.

Maria Maddalena Colasuonnoمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Sociolinguistics
• Arabic Language and Linguistics
• Semitic languages
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Maria Maddalena Colasuonno is a Researcher at the University of Naples 'L'Orientale', affiliated with the School of Asia, Africa and Mediterranean Studies. Her work focuses on sociolinguistics, Semitic languages, and Hebrew linguistics with particular emphasis on Judeo-Italian dialects and Biblical Hebrew syntax. She contributes to Prof. Nili Samet's research project on Late Biblical Hebrew Syntax, analyzing syntactic features through comparative and diachronic approaches. Research interests: Sociolinguistics, Arabic and Hebrew linguistics, comparative Semitic studies, Judeo-Italian dialectology. Key projects: Co-authoring entries for the Encyclopedia of Hebrew Language and Linguistics, studying diglossia in Biblical Hebrew, and investigating Modern Hebrew's sociolinguistic terminology. Her publications challenge traditional assumptions about linguistic variation (e.g., diglossia in Biblical Hebrew) and explore morpho-syntactic innovations in Modern Hebrew's technolect. She has also examined the sociolinguistic legacy of Aron TERRACINI through Judeo-Italian studies. Current collaborations include the Late Biblical Hebrew Syntax project at Tel Aviv University, aiming to catalog syntactic features with biblical and extrabiblical examples.

• Linguistics
• English Linguistics
• Morphology
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Maria Braun is a researcher in the Department of English Studies - Linguistics I at the Faculty I of the University of Siegen. She holds a doctoral degree and is actively involved in teaching, research, and academic administration, including advising students and coordinating teaching plans. Her research centers on English linguistics , with a focus on morphology , word formation , and creole languages . She has contributed to foundational textbooks and peer-reviewed studies, particularly on the structural development of Early Sranan and compound stress in English. The recent publications (2003–2009) indicate a strong engagement with morphological transparency, lexical semantics, and creolization processes. Her work often intersects historical linguistics, phonology, and syntactic theory. She has not been listed among former members and maintains active contact details, suggesting ongoing academic involvement. Active researcher and educator in linguistics Specializes in creole morphology and English word formation Co-author of major linguistics textbooks Engaged in academic advising and curriculum planning Dr. Braun has not received any explicitly mentioned scientific awards. She advises students with surnames A–Kq in LA Gym/Ge and BK programs and supports credit transfers and learning agreements for BA SK students. Her work contributes to both undergraduate education and theoretical linguistics research. She is associated with the English Linguistics group at the University of Siegen, collaborating with scholars like Ingo Plag, Sabine Lappe, and Mareile Schramm. While no formal lab or research team is named, her collaborative publications suggest active participation in a research-focused academic environment.

Kumari Mamtaمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Linguistics
• Morphology
• Typology
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Kumari Mamta is a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Linguistic and Cultural Evolution, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany. Her work focuses on the morpho-syntactic and typological analysis of numerical systems in South Asian languages, including tribal/indigenous languages and Indian Sign Language. She is currently involved in the QUANTA project, which investigates the evolution of cognitive tools for quantification. Education: PhD in Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2021) MPhil in Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2016) MA in Linguistics, Jawaharlal Nehru University (2014) BA in Functional English, St. Xavier's College (2012) Her research spans typological studies of numeral systems, language preservation, and sociolinguistic issues, particularly in endangered languages. Her publications and presentations cover topics like numerical borrowing, numeral classifiers, and the morphosyntax of numerals across diverse language families such as Austroasiatic, Tibeto-Burman, and Dravidian. Recent trends in her work include the creation of the South Asian Numerals Database (SAND), comparative analyses of numeral systems, and interdisciplinary approaches linking linguistic structures with cultural evolution. She has actively participated in international conferences and seminars focused on endangered languages, Austroasiatic linguistics, and Himalayan language preservation.

• Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Formal Linguistics
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Dr. Paula Menéndez Benito is a researcher in the Englisches Seminar at the University of Tübingen , affiliated with the Faculty of Humanities. Her research focuses on formal semantics, pragmatics, and cross-linguistic analysis of modal systems, particularly in Spanish, Italian, and Greek. She specializes in epistemic indefinites, modal projection, and the semantics of evidentiality and free choice items. Currently involved in teaching advanced courses such as Semantics and Pragmatics and Structural Differences in German and English , she also organizes workshops like the ISA 2019 colloquium. Her work bridges formal linguistic theory with typological comparisons, contributing to foundational debates in semantic theory. Education includes a PhD in Linguistics (2005) from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where she specialized in the syntax-semantics interface. She has co-edited major volumes including Epistemic Indefinites (2015) and contributed to leading journals like Natural Language Semantics and Journal of Semantics . Her recent research explores eventive modal projection in Spanish subjunctive clauses and evidential futures in Italian, advancing understanding of how linguistic systems encode epistemic modality across languages. Collaborations with scholars like Luis Alonso-Ovalle and Aynat Rubinstein have produced influential analyses of relative clause semantics, domain restrictions, and scalar implicatures. While no awards are explicitly listed, her sustained contributions to formal semantics indicate significant academic recognition within the field.

• Bilingualism/multilingualism
• Interlanguage and English as a third language
• Morpho-syntactic phenomena
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Emine Aşcı is a Lecturer at the University of Siegen's Faculty I of English Studies, specializing in Linguistics. She holds a Master of Education (M. Ed.) and is conducting a PhD project focused on the effects of native languages (L1s) on genitive variation in English. Her research examines differences in genitive preference and processing among native speakers, monolingual learners, and bilingual learners using experimental and corpus-based methods. Current teaching includes Morphology and Syntax courses. Research Interests: Bilingualism and multilingualism Interlanguage phenomena in English as a third language Morpho-syntactic variation and corpus linguistics Awards: House of Young Talents Scholarship (University of Siegen, 2021–2024) Teaching: Winter 2021/22: Morphology Summer 2023: Syntax Winter 2023/24: Morphology Research Contributions: Presentations include discussions on bilingual influences on grammatical variation at the English Linguistics Colloquium (2022), House of Young Talents Colloquium (2022), and international conferences in České Budějovice (2023) and Potsdam (2023).

Marie-Theres Weißgerberمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Phonetics
• Sociolinguistics
• Corpus Linguistics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Marie-Theres Weißgerber is a doctoral researcher at Humboldt University of Berlin, affiliated with the Institute for German Language and Linguistics. Her work is centered on project C06 ( Seemingly Free (Morpho)Phonetic Variation ) within the Integrated Graduate School. Research interests include: Phonetic and phonological variation in spontaneous speech Register effects on morphological production Corpus-based analysis of German inflectional suffixes Interaction between stress, phonetic context, and schwa realization Audio analysis of conversational registers Recent publications focus on schwa optionality in German verbal inflection, analyzed through three corpora. Key themes include register-induced variation, phoneme reduction patterns, and the interplay of phonetic context with morphological stability. Contact: marie-theres.weissgerber@hu-berlin.de

Andrej Malchukovمشاهده پروفایل

استاد مدعو

• Morpho-syntactic Typology
• Tungusic Languages
• Ditransitive Constructions
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Andrej Malchukov is an Adjunct Professor at the Department of English and Linguistics, Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (FB 05). He holds a senior researcher position at the St.-Petersburg Institute for Linguistic Research (Russian Academy of Sciences) since 2002. His academic background includes a Candidate's thesis (1990) and habilitation (2002) on the morpho-syntax of the Tungusic language Even. His research focuses on morpho-syntactic typology, grammaticalization, and Siberian languages, particularly Tungusic. He has led major DFG-funded projects on ditransitive constructions and valency classes, and co-edited pivotal works like Grammaticalization Scenarios . Research Interests : Malchukov’s work spans typological studies of valency systems, ditransitive constructions, grammaticalization pathways, and Tungusic languages. He emphasizes cross-linguistic comparison and areal influences, contributing to theoretical frameworks like semantic maps and hierarchical models. His current projects include the German-French ComPLETE initiative on complex predicates and collaborative studies on grammaticalization across language families. Key Projects : DFG-funded 'Ditransitive Constructions in the World’s Languages' (2006–) 'Valency Classes in the World’s Languages' (2009–2012) 'Universal and Areal Patterns in Grammaticalization' (with Walter Bisang) ComPLETE (Complex Predicates Typology, German-French collaboration) Professional Roles : He serves on editorial boards of Journal of Linguistics , Vestnik Sankt-Peterburgskogo Universiteta , and the Mouton Comparative Handbook in Linguistics series. He has reviewed for major journals and funding agencies (DFG, NSF, ANVUR). A former member of the SLE executive committee (2016–2019), he also chairs international PhD committees and holds academic leadership roles in interdisciplinary teams. Awards : Member of Academia Europaea since 2022, recipient of prestigious fellowships from JSPS, Alexander von Humboldt, and others. His contributions to linguistic typology and Tungusic studies have been recognized through global collaborations and editorial leadership.

Britta Mondorfمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Linguistic Variation
• Cognitive Complexity
• Historical Linguistics
• +۴ مورد دیگر

Univ.-Prof. Dr. Britta Mondorf holds the Chair in English Linguistics at Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz. Her research focuses on linguistic variation, cognitive complexity, historical linguistics, and gender differences in syntax. She earned a PhD in English Linguistics from the University of Düsseldorf and has held visiting appointments at Wuppertal and Duisburg-Essen. Her work spans monographs like More Support for More-Support (2009) and Gender Differences in English Syntax (2004), co-edited volumes, and peer-reviewed articles in top journals. Education: PhD (English Linguistics, University of Düsseldorf), Diploma in English, Spanish, and Agricultural Economics (University of Giessen). Research interests include comparative alternation, synthetic-analytic contrasts, and British-American syntactic differences. Recent studies investigate detransitivization (e.g., dummy 'it' constructions) and the role of processing constraints in grammatical variation. Her work bridges corpus-based and cognitive approaches to language analysis. Publications emphasize empirical corpus studies, with a focus on syntactic variation across historical periods and sociolinguistic contexts. Key themes include functional motivations for grammatical choices and gendered language use patterns. Labs/Teams: Co-leads the Mainz Corpus Collection project, developing corpora for linguistic analysis. Active in organizing international symposia on grammatical variation and language processing.

Baris Kabakمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Phonology and Phonetics
• Prosodic Phonology
• Music-Prosody Interface
• +۹ مورد دیگر

Baris Kabak is a Professor of English Linguistics at the Department of English and American Studies , Julius Maximilian University of Würzburg . He previously held a Junior Professorship at the University of Konstanz and served as Vice President for Internationalization from 2018–2021. Kabak founded the JMU Podcast in 2019 and has been a Senior Associate Member at St. Antony’s College, Oxford. Education : PhD in Linguistics (University of Delaware, 2003), MA in Linguistics (University of Delaware, 2000), BA in English Language Teaching (Boğaziçi University, 1998) Research Interests span phonology, phonetics, and prosodic typology, with a focus on Turkish and Korean linguistics. His work explores cross-linguistic influences in second language acquisition, stress-melody alignment in music, and sociophonetic variation in English varieties. He investigates phonological change, morphophonology-syntax interfaces, and bilingual speech perception. Workshop Organization : Co-organized events on phonological domains, stress systems, and suprasegmental processing. Scientific Awards include the Dean’s Honors List at Binghamton University and a Competitive Fellowship at the University of Delaware. His students have received accolades for dissertations on Turkish-German bilingualism and Turkish stress patterns. Advisory Role : Supervised PhD projects on non-native English, L3 phonology, Turkish verb agreement, Russian stress systems, and Korean suspended affixation. Current advisee: Matthias Krebs (L2 phonology of English).

Alexander Wimmerمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Formal Semantics
• Pragmatics
• Syntax-Semantics Interface
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Alexander Wimmer is a Researcher at the Institute of Linguistics, University of Stuttgart, specializing in formal semantics and pragmatics. He holds a PhD from the University of Tübingen (2020) and has conducted research visits at MIT (2017), University of Connecticut (2024), and Università degli Studi di Firenze (2011). His work focuses on conditional constructions, presuppositions, and cross-linguistic variation in Mandarin, Japanese, and German. Currently leading the DFG-funded SYSSI project (Scalarty at the Syntax-Semantics Interface), he teaches advanced semantics, pragmatics, and linguistics pedagogy. His research bridges formal semantics with typological studies, addressing topics like conditional perfection, mood systems, and scalar implicatures. Education: PhD in Linguistics (Tübingen 2020), MA in German Linguistics (2015), First State Exam in German/Philosophy (2015). Languages: Native German, fluent English, advanced Italian/French, basic Spanish/Latin/Chinese. Research highlights include analyses of Japanese adversatives (noni), Mandarin conditional connectives (zhi-{yao,you}), and German counterfactual wishing constructions. Recent publications address conditional perfection via QUD theory and scalarity in desire predicates. He actively participates in international conferences like NELS, SuB, and ICLC, and mentors students in semantics/pragmatics through advanced course instruction.

• Phonology
• Morphology
• Syntax-Phonology Interface
• +۲ مورد دیگر

Nicholas Rolle is a Researcher at the Leibniz Center for General Linguistics (ZAS) in Berlin, affiliated with Research Area 3 'Syntax & Lexicon'. His work centers on the intersection of phonological and morphological processes, with specialized focus on tone systems and prosody-phonology interactions in African languages. He maintains an active international presence through invited talks at leading universities across North America and Europe from 2021-2023. Dr. Rolle's research examines tone-driven epenthesis, bipartite morphemes, functional load of tone, and grammatical tone phenomena at the syntax-phonology interface. His empirical work primarily analyzes African languages including Kalabari, Izon, and Macro-Sudan Belt languages, investigating how prosodic structures cultivate segments and how tonal contrasts operate in morphological exponence. Key contributions include developing representational accounts of floating tone association and restrictions on exponent shape in morpho-phonological subcategorization.