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CV – Kleanthes K KLEANTHES K. GROHMANN Professor of Biolinguistics & Director of the CAT Lab — Theoretical Linguistics, Language Development, English Grammar — University of Cyprus, School of Humanities, Dept. of English Studies CURRICULUM VITAE 26 March 2019 Contact Private: Office: 3 Iakov University of Cyprus Victoria Apts. Department of English Studies House 2, Flat 401 75 Kallipoleos, P.O. Box 20537 CY–3020 Limassol, Cyprus CY–1678 Nicosia, Cyprus Mobile: +357 – 99 77 68 49 Phone: +357 – 22 89 51 94 Fax: +357 – 22 89 50 67 Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Web: http://www.kleanthes.biolinguistics.eu http://www.ucy.ac.cy/~kleanthi.aspx TABLE OF CONTENTS p. AREAS OF RESEARCH & TEACHING: Personal 2 1. Biolinguistics: theoretical & comparative Employment 2 syntax; linguistic theory; interface issues Education 2 Impact 2 2. Psycholinguistics: language acquisition in Grants & Projects 3 (a)typical & impaired development; first & Publications 5 second language acquisition; linguistic & Presentations 29 cognitive population profiles; multilingualism Teaching 51 3. Socio-Syntax: syntax in diglossia; minority Experience 54 languages & dialects; sociolinguistic factors Skills 62 in child–youth language development Memberships 62 CV – Kleanthes K. Grohmann (26 March 2019) Personal DOB: 5 June 1972 Gender: male Place of Birth: Herford (Germany); Nationality: German; Residence: Nicosia (Cyprus) Employment since 12/2015 University of Cyprus, Nicosia (Cyprus) Department of English Studies Professor of Biolinguistics 10/16–01/17 University of Adelaide (Australia), School of Psychology, Visiting Scholar 11/09–11/15 Associate Professor of Biolinguistics [with tenure] 07/04–10/09 Assistant Professor of Theoretical Linguistics [tenure-track] 09/03–06/04 University of Cyprus, Nicosia (Cyprus) Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures Visiting Lecturer (from January 2004: Visiting Assistant Professor) 10/02–09/03 Universität zu Köln (Germany) Englisches Seminar (English Department) Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, BAT-IIa 2/3 (Visiting Lecturer 2/3) 04/02–09/02 Universität Stuttgart (Germany) Institut für Anglistik: Linguistik (Institute for English Linguistics) Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter, BAT-IIa (Visiting Lecturer) 05/01–03/02 Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt/Main (Germany) Graduiertenkolleg/GK “Satzarten: Variation und Interpretation” Postdoktorand (Postdoc in Graduate Program “Sentence Types”) 02/01–04/01 ZAS, Berlin (Germany) (Center for General Linguistics, Typology and Universals) Forschungswissenschaftler (Research Fellow) [freelance: 12/01] Education 1996–2000 University of Maryland, College Park (USA) Ph.D. in Linguistics; December 2000 Summer 1999 International Summer School in Linguistics, Thermi (Greece) GLOW summer school; July 1999 May 1998 University of Maryland, College Park (USA) Ph.D. Candidacy (M.A. equivalent); May 1999 1993–1996 University of Wales, Bangor (Great Britain) B.A. Honours (First Class) in Linguistics; July 1996 Spring 1996 Université de Genève (Switzerland) ERASMUS-exchange program; February–May 1996 1982–1991 Friedrichsgymnasium Herford (Germany) Abitur in English, Math, Philosophy, Music; June 1991 Impact [Scopus Author ID: 18633873500; Google Scholar ID: wksW0ZgAAAAJ] Google Scholar profile (25 Mar 2019): 4165 citations for 137 papers [6x100+]; h-index: 31 (NB: This puts me safely in the Top 20 of most cited academics at the University of Cyprus; the second-highest within the two Schools of Humanities and Philosophy has an h-index 15.) number of citations: 4189 h-index: 31 (cites ≥ citation ranking, since 2014: 20) papers >1 citations: 190 i10-index: 62 (pub’s w/ 10+ citations; since 2014: 42) cites per year: 182.13 hI-norm: 23 (= h, corrected for number of authors) Harzing’s v6.40 PoP cites per paper: 12.50 g-index: 60 (cites squared ≥ citation ranking) 2 CV – Kleanthes K. Grohmann (26 March 2019) Grants & Projects RESEARCH GRANTS as of 06/2019 Internally Funded Research Project (University of Cyprus) PI for The Gradience of Lingualities (GoL): Language Acquisition in Minority Contexts, Incomplete Linguistic Competence and Theoretical Modeling in Heritage Speakers, and Vernacular Varieties — EUR 51,000 for 2 years plus researcher (Natalia Pavlou) — website: www.research.biolinguistics.eu/GoL (external collaborators: Artemis Alexiadou, Maria Kambanaros) 03/2017–02/19 Leventis Project (Leventis Foundation through University of Cyprus) PI for A Cross-Linguistic Investigation of Acceptability Judgment Variation (3411-61041) — EUR 15,000 [declined] Post-Doctoral Research Project (University of Cyprus) Project Coordinator of Language Development in Down Syndrome EUR 26,300 (Researcher: Christiana Christodoulou) 02/2014–02/16 Leventis Project (Leventis Foundation through University of Cyprus) Scientific coordinator of Adaptation of the MacArthur-Bates CDI for Cypriot Greek: Development in Toddlers (coordinator: George Floros) EUR 25,000 (Researcher: Loukia Taxitari) 08/2012–07/15 Marie Curie Career Integration Grant (FP 7 People 2012) Coordinator of The Development of Cypriot Greek in Individuals with Down Syndrome: Their Morphosyntactic Profile, and the Effects of Phonetics and Phonology (“CG-DS Morphosyntax”) EUR 75,000 (Fellow: C. Christodoulou) 07/2013–02/14 Young Researchers Grant (University of Cyprus) Coordinator of (A)typical Language Acquisition in Bi-X: Diglossia, Multilingualism, and Socio-Syntax of Development project preparations EUR 12,000 (Researcher: E. Papadopoulou) 07/2011–09/12 Industrial (Applied) Research Project (Cyprus RPF) Coordinator for Early Identification and Assessment of Preschool Children with Specific Language Impairment in Cyprus — EUR 119,540 for research & people (incl. several local partners) — website: www.research. biolinguistics.eu/CySLI (senior researcher: Maria Kambanaros) 09/2010–08/12 ΠΕΝΕΚ Young Researchers of Cyprus Research Project (Cyprus Research Promotion Foundation [RPF, Greek: ΙΠΕ]) Coordinator for L1 Acquisition of Cypriot Greek Pronominal Clitics EUR 68,000 for research & PhD student (YR: Theoni Neokleous) — website: www.research.biolinguistics.eu/L1ACGPC (external collaborator/YR’s supervisor: Teresa Parodi) 04/2010–03/12 Internally Funded Research Project (University of Cyprus) PI for Generative Childhood-Holistic Investigations of Language Development (Gen-CHILD): Context Domain-Specific Socio-Syntax of First Language Acquisition in Cypriot Greek — EUR 88,000 for research & assistants (Elena Papadopoulou, Natalia Pavlou) — website: www.research. biolinguistics.eu/Gen-CHILD (external collaborator: Maria Kambanaros) 02/2007–06/09 Small Size Research Project (University of Cyprus) PI for The Past, Present, and Future of Minimalist Investigations CY£ 22,000 for research & assistants (Michael Beys, Marina Iakovou, Christos Vlachos) — website: www.research.biolinguistics.eu/glossary (external collaborator: Cedric Boeckx, Harvard University) 06/2006–05/07 Research Grant (British Academy / Assoc. of Commonw. Univ.) Theoretical Perspectives on the Regulation of Agreement in English GB£ 4,800 for travel & research (with Richard Ingham, UCE B’ham) 06/2005–05/07 Junior Faculty Start-up Grant (University of Cyprus) CY£ 25,000 to set up UCY Phonetics Lab (with Photini Coutsougera) 3 CV – Kleanthes K. Grohmann (26 March 2019) PROJECT COLLABORATION 01/2017–12/18 Research Project Collaborator (CogLingDiv, Barcelona) Collaborator in Cognitive and Linguistic Diversity across Mental Disorders: Typology, Behavioural Analysis and Neuroimaging [PI: Wolfram Hinzen, ICREA & Universita Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona] 08/2015–07/17 Research Project Consultant (Passives, Tokyo) Project consultant for Acquisition and the Syntax–Semantics Interface in Passives [PI: Akemi Matsuya, Takachiho University] 05/2013–04/15 External Project Member (SyCoViSo, Nice) Research project Systèmes Cognitifs et Formes de Vie Sociale (esp. Groups 2 & 3) [PI: Tobias Scheer, Université de Nice] 06/2016–05/2017 Research Project Consultant (MCI, Adelaide) Collaborator in Going beyond Verbal Fluency Tasks to Improve Diagnosis and Therapeutic Interventions in MCI Patients: An Electrophysiological Pilot Study [PI: Simon De Deyne, U. Adelaide] 07/2013–06/2017 Management Committee Member (COST, Brussels) COST Action IS1208 Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (CATs) [PI: Marian Brady, Glasgow Caledonian University] 06/2013–05/15 External Project Member (DepCrossCross, Lisbon) Project consultant for Crosslinguistic and Crosspopulation Approaches to the Acquisition of Dependencies [PI: João Costa, Universidade Nova de Lisboa] 02/2012–01/13 Experimental Pragmatics Research Project (EURO X-PRAG) Collaborator in The Cognitive Foundations of Pragmatic Development [PI: Kyriakos Antoniou, University of Cambridge] 06/2009–05/13 Management Committee Member (COST, Brussels) COST Action IS0804 Language Impairment in a Multilingual Society: Linguistic Patterns and the Road to Assessment (esp. WG 1 & WG3) also Steering Group [PI: Sharon Armon-Lotem, Bar-Ilan University] 01/2006–01/10 Management Committee Member (COST, Brussels) COST Action A33 Cross-Linguistically Robust Stages of Children’s Linguistic Performance with Applications to the Diagnosis of Specific Language Impairment (WG 1: Pronouns, WG 3: Wh- & Relatives) [PI: Uli Sauerland, ZAS Berlin] PRIZES & AWARDS since 09/2004 ERASMUS Teaching Staff Mobility (University of Cyprus) various funded faculty exchange trips to partner institutions since 09/2003 Personal Research Budget (University of Cyprus) UCY-internal travel and research funding 03/2015 Profile
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