1. Areas of Teaching Competence and Research Interest

• Syntax, Pragmatics, Grammatical Variation in French Interrogatives

• French as a Second Language

• Corpus Linguistics: French Grammar in different modes of interaction (face-to-face conversations, writing, computer-mediated communication) 

• Linguistic Theory of Syntactic Variation (Variationist, Diglossic, Formal, Functionalist & Usage-Based Approaches)

• Connectives, Discourse Markers & Reformulation Phenomena

• Russian & Comparative Linguistics

• Pragma-Syntax, Discourse Processing & Brain Lateralization

2. Academic Background

From 2020: Postdoctoral researcher in French Linguistics, RUDN University, Russia

2016-2019: Postdoctoral researcher in Comparative Linguistics (French & Russian), University of Geneva, Switzerland

2017: PhD in Linguistics & French Language Studies, University of Neuchatel (Switzerland), Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle (France)

2015-16: Visiting Scholar in French Linguistics, Department of Modern Languages, University of Exeter, UK

2010: Master, Lettres Modernes, French linguistics, Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle, France

2009: Maîtrise, Lettres Modernes, French linguistics, Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France

2008: Diploma of Specialist in Teaching Languages (French & English). Chuvash State Pedagogical University, Russia

3. Research Projects

3.1. Funding obtained individually

Jan-Dec 2020  “Variation grammaticale en français contemporain : le cas des interrogatives et des marqueurs de reformulation”, 5-100 Russian Academic Excellence Project. Independent research project, Department of Modern Languages, RUDN University, Russia

2015-2016 “A corpus-driven study of French interrogative structures in Swiss SMS messages”, Swiss National Science Foundation. Under the dir. of Professor Aidan Coveney, University of Exeter, UK

2014-17 Swiss Fellowship “Joint Ph.D. Program”, CRUS (Rectors' Conference of the Swiss Universities), University of Neuchâtel & Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle

3.2. Funding obtained as a member of a research group

2016-2019 “Corpus based contrastive study of connectors in Russian”, Swiss National Science Foundation. Under the dir. of Dr. Olga Inkova Manzotti, University of Geneva, Switzerland  

2016-2017 “Marqueurs corrélatifs : entre syntaxe et analyse du discours”, Swiss National Science Foundation. Under the dir. of Professor Marie-José Béguelin, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland

2012-2015 “SMS communication in Switzerland: Facets of linguistic variation in a multilingual country”, Swiss National Science Foundation. Under the dir. of Professor Marie-José Béguelin and Professor Elisabeth Stark, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland. In collaboration with the Universities of Zurich, Bern and Leipzig

4. Teaching Activities & Invited Lectures

4.1. Regular Student Courses

2018: FSL course “Reading & Writing”, Volunteering classes for refugees “French for all”, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland  

2018: FSL specialization course “French and New Media”, 125th Summer School, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland 

2015: 3rd year course in French linguistics “French Syntax: subordinate clause”, Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France  

2014-15: 2nd year course in French linguistics “Syntax of Spoken French”, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland  

2013-14: 2nd year course in French linguistics “Syntax of Spoken French: Introduction", University of Neuchatel, Switzerland

2012-13: 2nd year course in French linguistics “Introduction to semantics and pragmatics”, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland

2011-12: 3rd year course in French linguistics “French Syntax”, Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France  

2011-12: 1st year course in French linguistics “Academic writing in French”, Paris 3 Sorbonne Nouvelle University, France

2012-15: Advising undergraduate students in writing B.A. theses, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland

4.2. Secondary School Teaching

2007: Internship as a teacher of French & English, Secondary School 59, Cheboksary, Russia

4.3. Invited Lectures

October 4, 2018: “Reformulation et ses marqueurs: aspects syntaxiques, sémantiques et pragmatiques. Sur quelques curieux parallélismes entre le français et le russe”. Research seminar, University of Bern, Switzerland. Invited by Prof. Sandrine Zufferey

December 11, 2018: “Reformulation markers in Russian & French”. Master course dir. by Olga Inkova, University of Geneva, Switzerland

October 15-19, 2018: Introduction to syntactic analysis of phrase structure in Modern French”. Undergraduate classes dir. by Dr. Liliya Metelkova “French language studies”, Chuvash State Pedagogical University, Russia

April 26, 2016: "A corpus-based study of French interrogatives in SMS messages". Research seminar, University of Manchester, UK. Invited by Prof. Maj-Britt M. Hansen

October 7, 2015: “Le langage SMS : la variation dans les structures interrogatives du français”. Research seminar, University of Exeter, UK. Invited by Prof. Aidan Coveney

December 3, 2015: “Analyse exploratoire des interrogatives dans les écrits SMS : des variables quantitatives aux explications qualitatives”. Master course taught by Prof. Emmanuelle Labeau “Sociolinguistic Variation in Modern French”, Aston University, UK

November 12, 2014: “La syntaxe du français parlé”. Undergraduate course taught by Prof. Corinne Rossari “Linguistique française”, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland

April 10, 2014: “Les constructions interrogatives en français non-standard”. Master course taught by Prof. Elisabeth Stark “Le français non-standard – mythes et réalité”, University of Zurich, Switzerland

March 14, 2013: “La variation syntaxique dans les interrogatives françaises”. 3rd year & Master course taught by Marie-José Béguelin “La question”, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland

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