جست‌وجوی استاد و پژوهشگر

Hye Young Smithمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Korean linguistics
• interactional linguistics
• conversation analysis
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Hye Young Smith is an Instructor in the Department of East Asian Languages & Literatures at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her research focuses on Korean linguistics, interactional linguistics, conversation analysis, second language pedagogy, and pragmatics. She holds a PhD in East Asian Languages and Literatures (Korean) from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, an MA in Second Language Studies from the same institution, and a BEd in English Education and Korean Language Education from Korea National University of Education (KNUE). Education: PhD: East Asian Languages and Literatures (Korean), UHM (2018) MA: Second Language Studies, UHM (2015) BEd: English & Korean Education, KNUE (2008) Her research explores discourse particles in Korean conversation, pragmatic functions of linguistic markers, and pedagogical applications of interactional linguistics. Recent work analyzes the particle -kulssey in talk-in-interaction and the use of -ney in reporting past experiences. No awards or grants are listed, though her work contributes to applied linguistics and TESOL fields. She advises no listed students but focuses on curriculum development in Korean language education.

Elaine Lauمشاهده پروفایل

استادیار

• Psycholinguistics
• Language Acquisition (L1, L2, multilingual)
• Language Processing (comprehension vs. production)
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Elaine Lau is an Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Yew Chung College of Early Childhood Education (YCCECE) and Head of its Research Office. She holds adjunct roles as Adjunct Professor at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa and Honorary Assistant Professor at the University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on psycholinguistics, language acquisition (L1/L2/multilingual), syntax, and Chinese linguistics. She has conducted studies on classifier systems in Mandarin, Cantonese syntax, and L2 processing mechanisms. Recent work includes examining how theoretical linguistics informs early childhood education practices. Education: PhD in Linguistics, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa Advanced Graduate Certificate in Second Language Studies, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa MPhil in Linguistics, University of Hong Kong Bachelor of Cognitive Science, University of Hong Kong Research interests span psycholinguistics, syntax, and multilingual acquisition. Notable contributions include studies on relative clause processing asymmetries and L2 learners' reliance on semantic cues in classifier-based languages. Current projects involve child language development in Hong Kong's multilingual communities. Her publications analyze L2 processing strategies, Cantonese relative clauses, and the role of obligatory agents in passive constructions. She actively seeks research assistants for projects on monolingual syntactic development in Chinese and literacy resources in ethnic minority communities. Elaine has held postdoctoral positions at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), including in the Childhood Bilingualism Research Centre and the Jockey Club AI project.

Laura Armanمشاهده پروفایل

پژوهشگر

• Linguistics
• Syntax
• Typology
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Dr Laura Arman is a Researcher in Linguistics focusing on syntax, typology, and Welsh language studies at Cardiff University’s School of Social Sciences. She holds a PhD in Linguistics from the University of Manchester (2015), specializing in Welsh syntax and semantics. Her current role involves researching the sociolinguistics of the Welsh language within secondary education as part of the WISERD Education Multi-Cohort Study. Previously, she contributed to the CorCenCC project, developing the National Corpus of Contemporary Welsh, and held teaching roles at Bangor University and the University of Huddersfield. Her work bridges theoretical linguistics with applied language preservation efforts, emphasizing computational methods and corpus-based research. Education: PhD in Linguistics (University of Manchester, 2015). Key research interests include minority language dynamics, Welsh syntax/semantics interface, and corpus linguistics. She has authored/co-authored multiple publications on Welsh language technologies, pedagogical materials, and sociolinguistic studies. Active in interdisciplinary projects addressing Welsh language policy and education.

• Valency Grammar
• Construction Grammar
• Sentence Types
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Dr. Robert Külpmann is a Researcher in the Department of Descriptive Linguistics of German at the Johannes-Gutenberg-Universität Mainz under Prof. Rita Finkbeiner's chair. His roles include academic research and teaching in theoretical and empirical linguistics. He holds a PhD from Bergische Universität Wuppertal (2019) on sentence-type effects in complement omission. His research focuses on valency grammar, construction grammar, and German syntax, particularly sentence independence and discourse pragmatics. He co-organized major conferences like the 2020 workshop on sentence independence and the 2023 panel on commentative discourse. Teaching includes courses on descriptive linguistics, syntax, and language in social media. His work bridges empirical methods with theoretical frameworks, notably in analyzing German wh-headlines and particle verbs through historical and experimental approaches. Key research contributions include studies on argument omission mechanisms, the diachronic development of W-headlines, and the syntactic-pragmatic interface of commentative wenn-sentences. Collaborations include DFG-funded projects and international conferences. His publications span monographs, edited volumes, and peer-reviewed articles in linguistics and German studies.

David Pesetskyمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Syntax
• Linguistic Theory
• Syntax-Morphology Interface
• +۴ مورد دیگر

David Pesetsky is the Ferrari P. Ward Professor of Modern Languages and Linguistics and Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellow at MIT's Department of Linguistics and Philosophy. His research focuses on syntax, particularly its interfaces with morphology and semantics, and explores syntactic universals through music syntax. He has contributed significantly to theoretical syntax, including work on phrasal movement, case theory, and Russian morphology. His work challenges empirical and theoretical assumptions in linguistics, such as reassessments of linguistic exceptionalism claims in languages like Pirahã. Pesetsky has engaged in interdisciplinary studies linking language and music, proposing the Identity Thesis that syntactic principles unify both domains. His pedagogical contributions include writings on reading instruction informed by psychological science. Key awards include the Margaret MacVicar Faculty Fellowship recognizing excellence in undergraduate teaching. His publications span monographs, edited volumes, and over 50 peer-reviewed articles, with recent work addressing ellipsis, pied-piping, and recursive structures. Pesetsky actively participates in academic discourse through invited talks at institutions like the Linguistic Society of America and NELS conferences.

Maria Eugenia Sainz Gonzalezمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Hispanic Linguistics
• Pragmatics
• Spanish Language
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Maria Eugenia Sainz Gonzalez is an Associate Professor at Ca' Foscari University of Venice, affiliated with the Department of Linguistics and Comparative Cultural Studies. She holds roles as Delegate for the Third Mission and President of the Third Mission Committee - SLCC Department. Her academic work focuses on Hispanic Linguistics, Pragmatics, and Spanish Language Studies. Teaching activities include courses on Spanish language, translation, and comparative literature across undergraduate and graduate programs such as LINGUE E LETTERATURE EUROPEE, AMERICANE E POSTCOLONIALI (LM3) and LINGUE, CULTURE E SOCIETÀ MODERNE E SCIENZE DEL LINGUAGGIO (R352). Courses emphasize advanced language proficiency, dialectal variations, and translation techniques. Research interests span Pragmatics of Spanish, Discourse Markers, Inclusive Language, and didactics of Spanish as a foreign language. She leads projects on discourse markers’ syntactic/semantic roles, experimental processing studies, and sociolinguistic variation. Her work involves collaborations with researchers like Laura Nadal Sanchis and Florencio Del Barrio de la Rosa. Publications (2023-2024) include studies on inclusive language processing, discourse marker analysis, and Colombian Spanish variation. She contributes to editorial boards of journals like Biblioteca de Babel and Rassegna Iberistica , and peer-review for multiple linguistics publications. Research funding includes an ATENEO Ca' Foscari grant for a project on verbal serial constructions. She participates in the DICROM lab for Romance language comparative studies.

Kaori Takamineمشاهده پروفایل

دانشیار

• Theoretical Linguistics
• Syntax
• Norwegian Didactics
• +۷ مورد دیگر

Kaori Takamine is an Associate Professor at the UiT The Arctic University of Norway , affiliated with the Department of Automation and Process Engineering . Despite her departmental affiliation, her research group AcqVA-Nor focuses on Acquisition, Variation and Attrition of Norwegian . She teaches Communication, Norwegian, and English to engineering students. Research Interests : Theoretical/applied linguistics, Norwegian/English didactics, second language learning, intercultural communication, peer assessment systems, singing-based pronunciation methods. Projects : Internationalization in the Classroom (sustainable competence for engineers), Language Mentor program for pharmacy students with Norwegian as L2. Collaborations : Co-authorships with Gianina Iordachioaia, Isabelle Roy, Naoyuki Yamato, Peter Svenonius. Email : kaori.takamine@uit.no

Andrew McInnerneyمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Syntax
• Syntactic Theory
• Semantics
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Andrew McInnerney is a full-time Lecturer in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Michigan. He holds a PhD from the University of Michigan and conducts research at the intersection of syntax, semantics, and sentence processing. His primary research explores: Syntactic theory and grammatical structures Interfaces between syntax, semantics, and prosody Argument/adjunct distinction mechanisms Syntactic island constraints Analysis of parenthetical constructions His 2023 publication in Language establishes a theoretical framework analyzing 'extra be' sentences through coordination structures and ellipsis processes, contributing significantly to syntactic theory.

Kazuko Inoueمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Generative Linguistics
• Japanese Syntax
• Theoretical Linguistics
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Kazuko Inoue (1919-2017) was a pioneering linguist and academic leader in generative linguistics. She served as Professor Emerita and former President of Kanda University of International Studies, where she established linguistics graduate programs and secured major governmental research grants. Her academic career began later than most, earning her PhD from the University of Michigan in 1964 with a groundbreaking study of Japanese syntax under a generative framework. Education: PhD in Linguistics (University of Michigan, 1964). Notable roles include leadership in the Linguistic Society of Japan and Tokyo Institute for Advanced Studies of Language. She bridged Japanese linguistics with global scholarship through international collaborations and conferences. Research focused on Japanese syntax, discourse analysis, and generative grammar, addressing topics like case-marking, passives/ causatives, and sentence-final particles. Her work challenged theoretical boundaries, notably arguing against over-reliance on transformations in Japanese syntax during the 1970s. Awards include Honorary Membership in the Linguistic Society of America and COE Grant leadership. She mentored generations of linguists through teaching and administrative roles at International Christian University, Tsuda College, and Kanda University.

• Cognitive Sociolinguistics
• Language perception and attitudes
• Experimental research methods
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Gitte Kristiansen is an Associate Professor at the Complutense University of Madrid, affiliated with the Department of English Studies, Linguistics and Literature. Her research focuses on Cognitive Sociolinguistics, language perception, and experimental methods. She has extensive experience supervising 6 doctoral theses (with 4 currently in progress), including grants from FPUs, UCM-Harvard, and China's Research Council. She actively promotes linguistic diversity through educational projects like parent-oriented bilingualism programs. Her work emphasizes bridging cognitive and sociolinguistic frameworks, with notable contributions to language variation analysis and experimental methodologies. Supervised students include Dr. María Ángeles Jurado Bravo, Inés de la Villa Vecilla, Dr. Daniel Martín González, and Dr. Liqin Xiong. She is reachable at gkristia@ucm.es .

• Computational Linguistics
• Natural Language Processing
• Syntax-Pragmatics Interface
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Antoine Venant is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Linguistics and Translation at the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Arts and Sciences. He serves as Deputy Director of the OLST (Observatoire de Linguistique Sens-Texte). His expertise spans computational linguistics, syntax-pragmatics interface, and syntax-semantics interface. He teaches advanced courses in semantics, pragmatics, and natural language processing. Research interests include discourse analysis, game-theoretic pragmatics, and NLP applications. He leads or co-leads multiple research projects funded by agencies like FRQSC and SSHRC, focusing on lexical analysis, model evaluation, and Bayesian reasoning in discourse. Recent projects include assessing latent structure models using artificial datasets and measuring lexical aptitude of generative language models. Supervised Theses : Three Master's theses (2023-2024) addressing pragmatic models, discourse coherence, and danmaku comment classification. Grants : Over $1M in research funding from Canadian federal and provincial agencies. Affiliations : Deputy Director at OLST; collaborator in interdisciplinary projects bridging linguistics, computer science, and cognitive neuroscience. His work integrates formal linguistic theory with computational methods, producing tools for evaluating NLP systems and advancing discourse theory through Bayesian modeling frameworks.

Eloi Puig-Mayencoمشاهده پروفایل

مدرس

• Second/Third Language Acquisition
• Multilingualism
• Bilingualism
• +۳ مورد دیگر

Eloi Puig-Mayenco is a Lecturer in Applied Linguistics at King’s College London’s School of Education, Communication & Society, associated with the Centre for Language, Discourse & Communication. He holds a PhD in Psycholinguistics from the University of Reading and an ESRC postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Southampton (2019-20), specializing in third-language acquisition in childhood. His research focuses on multilingualism across the lifespan, particularly how prior languages influence sequential language learning. Education: PhD in Psycholinguistics (University of Reading), ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship (University of Southampton). Research interests include second/third language acquisition, early bilingualism, syntax-semantics interface, and methodological innovations in language acquisition research. He teaches courses on second language learning, quantitative research methods, and applied linguistics at both BA and MA levels. His recent work explores L3 development patterns, linguistic transfer in multilingual contexts, and methodological rigor in language studies. Key contributions include longitudinal studies on negative concord in L3 Spanish and theoretical frameworks for L3 acquisition. He is actively involved in organizing workshops like the Multilingual Language Acquisition conference and contributes to labs focusing on cognition, learning, and multilingual communities.

Ana Bravoمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Syntax-Semantics Interface
• Spanish Linguistics
• Tense and Aspect Systems
• +۵ مورد دیگر

Ana Bravo is a Professor at the University of Murcia, affiliated with the Department of Spanish Language and General Linguistics within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. She holds a Doctorate from Universidad Complutense de Madrid, with her thesis focusing on the periphrasis 'ir a + infinitivo' in Spanish temporal and aspectual systems (2008). Research Interests : Her work centers on the syntax-semantics interface, auxiliary verb structures, tense/aspect systems, and temporal prepositions. Key areas include the classification of auxiliary verbs (lexical vs. functional), modal verbs' syntactic behavior, and the grammaticalization of periphrastic constructions like 'ir a + infinitivo'. She also explores linguistic variation in Romance languages, particularly in American Spanish temporal prepositions like 'hasta' and 'desde'. Publications Trends : Recent work emphasizes auxiliary verb chains' syntactic relations, the reclassification of 'caber' as a modal auxiliary, and the modal reinterpretation of aspectual periphrases (e.g., 'estar a punto de'). Earlier research analyzed Spanish future tense expressions and dialectal variation in clitic clusters. Awards : No specific scientific awards mentioned. Collaborations : Co-authored works with prominent linguists like Luis García Fernández and Diego Gabriel Krivochen. Labs/Teams : Involved in research groups such as 'Language, Cognition and Translation' (mentioned in her profile).

Rizzi Luigiمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Generative Syntax
• Language Acquisition

Luigi Rizzi is a distinguished academic holding the position of Professor of General Linguistics at the University of Siena. He has held significant roles including Full Professor at the University of Geneva and Adjunct Professor at the École Normale Supérieure in Paris. His expertise spans Generative Syntax and Language Acquisition, with contributions to syntactic theory frameworks like Relativized Minimality and the Fine Structure of the Left Periphery. Current Affiliation: University of Siena (Professor) Past Roles: Full Professor at University of Geneva, Adjunct Professor at ENS Paris Research Interests: Rizzi’s work explores syntactic structures through generative approaches, focusing on null elements, movement constraints, and the interface between syntax and semantics. He has advanced theories on the Left Periphery hierarchy and relativized minimality principles. Publications Trends: His articles consistently address core syntax questions, with seminal works on null subjects (1986, 1994), locality conditions (2004), and syntactic cartography (1997, 2004). Themes include parameter setting, acquisition evidence, and formal syntactic representations. Awards: Honorary membership in Linguistic Society of America, British Academy fellowship, Academia Europaea membership Advising & Grants: While specific advisees are not listed, his influential publications suggest extensive mentorship in syntax research. No grant details provided in sources.

Maria Teresa Espinalمشاهده پروفایل

استاد

• Syntax/semantics interface
• Romance languages (Catalan, Spanish)
• Semantics/pragmatics interface
• +۶ مورد دیگر

Maria Teresa Espinal is a Full Professor of Linguistics at Autonomous University of Barcelona since 1999. She is affiliated with the Faculty of Arts and the Department of Catalan Philology, and a member of UAB’s Center for Theoretical Linguistics (CLT). She has held leadership roles including Vice Rector for Research (1994-98), CLT Secretary (2006-07), and CLT Director (2007-10). Her postdoctoral research includes stays at UC Berkeley, Stanford, Utrecht University, and Université Paris 7-CNRS, with invited professorships at UNAM (Mexico) and UNICAMP (Brazil). Bachelor’s in Hispanic Philology (UAB, 1978) MA in Linguistics (University College London, 1981) PhD in Theoretical Linguistics (UAB, 1985) Her research focuses on syntax/semantics and semantics/pragmatics interfaces, particularly in Romance languages (Catalan and Spanish). She explores phenomena like negation, negative concord, idiomatic constructions, bare nominals, and expletive elements. Her work combines formal linguistic theory with experimental methodologies. Her 15 most recent publications (2022-2025) span syntax-semantic interfaces, negation, Romance language comparison, and experimental linguistics. Key themes include Catalan/Spanish negation patterns, diachronic changes in discourse markers, and cross-linguistic analysis of definite/indefinite expressions. Narcís Monturiol medal (Catalan government, 2020) ICREA Academia Award (twice, 2016 and 2010) She has led nationally-funded Excellence Network on Meaning and Grammar and served on multiple national/international research evaluation panels. Her editorial work includes co-editing volumes on negation, linguistic interfaces, and experimental data's role in linguistic theory.