Univ.-Prof. Kriszta Eszter Szendröi, B.A. PhD

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Professor of Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics

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"The subject matter of linguistics, i.e. the structure of grammar and the understanding of the human capacity to attain knowledge of language, does not know sub-discipline boundaries. This is especially true of information structure in language, as it lies at the cross-roads of syntax, prosody, semantics and pragmatics." (Kriszta Eszter Szendrői)

Research areas:

* Information structure in language, encompassing different subdisciplines of linguistics such as syntax and prosody
* Theoretical and experimental perspectives on language, including the study of both adult and child language
* Documentation and analysis of Contemporary Hasidic Yiddish grammar and development of pedagogical tools for the language

Curriculum Vitae:

1994-1998 MA in Theoretical Linguistics, Eötvös Lóránd University, Budapest
1998-2001 PhD in Linguistics, Department of Phonetics & Linguistics, University College London
2002-2004 Postdoctoral researcher, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, Utrecht University
2004-2006 VENI (NWO) postdoctoral research fellow, Utrecht Institute of Linguistics OTS, Utrecht University
2006 AHRC Postdoctoral research fellow, Department of Phonetics & Linguistics, University College London
2006 -2012 Lecturer in Linguistics/ Psycholinguistics, Department of Linguistics, Division of Psychology & Language Sciences, University College London
2007 Maternity leave
2010 Maternity leave
2012-2019 Senior Lecturer/ Associate Professor in Linguistics/ Psycholinguistics, Department of Linguistics, Division of Psychology & Language Sciences, University College London
2019-2022 Professor of Information Structure in Language, Department of Linguistics, Division of Psychology & Language Sciences, University College London
2021-2022 Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship
since September 2022 Professor of Theoretical and Experimental Linguistics at the Department of Linguistics at the University of Vienna.