Dr. Alexander Andrason

1. GENERAL INFORMATION Nationality:

Icelandic

Affiliation:

Department of Ancient Studies University of Stellenbosch (South Africa) Department of African Languages, University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)

Research interests: Linguistics and biological anthropology Linguistics Linguistic frameworks:

Cognitive linguistics, grammaticalization theory and fuzzy grammar

Types of linguistics:

Typology, dynamic synchrony, diachronic-comparative linguistics, language complexity, language contact, sociolinguistics, endangered/minority languages

Language sections:

Verbal system, case system, semantics, morphosyntax

Language families:

Indo-European (Germanic, Romance, Slavic, Greek), Afro-Asiatic (Semitic) and Niger-Congo (Manding, Bantu)

Modeling

Evolutionary-biological adaptive models, complexity theory, chaos theory, game theory, thermodynamics and fuzziology

Biological anthropology

Cognitive development of Hominidae Proto-language of Hominini Development of language by Homo

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2. EDUCATION Currently: Doctorates

PhD studies in African Languages (Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

Completed: Doctorates

PhD in Hebrew and Arabic Languages (University Complutense of Madrid, Spain, December 2010)

Masters (3x)

MA (DEA) Semitic Languages MA Icelandic Grammar MA Romance Philology

Bachelor (3x)

BA General Linguistics BA Icelandic Philology BA Romance Philology

Diplomas (3x)

Diploma in Afrikaans Diploma in Arabic Diploma in Swedish

Other courses

60 ETCS in Scandinavian (Swedish and Norwegian) Philology 10 ETCS in Formal Logic ERASMUS scholarship in Arabic, Turkish, Persian and Proto-Indo-European (University Autónoma of Madrid, Spain, 2002-2003)

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3. QUALIFICATIONS 3.1 Language skills: Modern languages: - fluent

Germanic (Icelandic, English, Swedish, Vilamovicean), Slavic (Polish,

Russian), Romance

(Spanish, French, Catalan), Niger-Congo (Mandinka, Lingala) - good

Germanic (Afrikaans, German, Dutch, Afrikaans, Yiddish, Faroese, Bokmål, Nynorsk), Romance (Aranés, Portuguese, Galician, Aragonés), Slavic (Kashubian, Macedonian), Indo-Aryan (Persian, Nepali), Afro-Asiatic (Standard Modern Arabic, Egyptian and Moroccan Arabic dialects, Modern Hebrew, Hausa, Tamazight, Somali), Bantu (Kikongo, Xhosa, Zulu, Lari, Swahili, Chichewa), Mande (Bambara) and Turkic (Turkish)

Classical languages: - very good

Afro-Asiatic (Biblical Hebrew, Classical Arabic), Indo-European (Old Norse, Gothic, Old Polish, Latin and Classical Greek)

- good

Afro-Asiatic (Akkadian, Canaano-Akkadian, “Amorite”, Middle Egyptian, Coptic), IndoEuropean (Old Church Slavonic, Old French, Sanskrit, Tocharian)

Constructed languages and inter-languages

:

Esperanto, Mingaña, Pidgin Icelandic, Fanakalo

3.2 Other skills: Good computational skills, including statistics, probabilistic calculus, deferential and integral calculus, limits, logarithms, set theory and formal logic

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4. WORK EXPERIENCE 4.1 University work experience: Currently Since 2015

Postdoctoral fellowship (Department of African Languages, Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

Since 2015

Teacher of the Biblical Hebrew language (Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

Since 2013

Extraordinary researcher (Department of Hebrew and Aramaic Studies, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain)

Since 2012

Postdoctoral fellowship (Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

Previously 2012-2013

Teacher of the Spanish and Akkadian languages (Department of Ancient Studies and Department of Modern Languages, Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

2010-2012

Extraordinary researcher (Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

2010

Teacher of the Biblical Hebrew language (Department of Ancient Studies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa)

2007-2011

PhD research fellowship (Department of Hebrew and Aramaic Studies, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain)

2007

ERASMUS-teacher (Department of Germanic Philology, University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain)

2006

Teacher of linguistics (Department of Linguistics, University of Iceland, Iceland)

2006

Teacher of linguistics (Department of Social Sciences, University in Akureyri, Iceland)

2006

Research and teaching assistant (Department of Hebrew and Aramaic Studies, University Complutense of Madrid, Spain)

2005-2006

Research and teaching assistant (Department of Classics, University Autónoma of Madrid, Spain)

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4.2 Visiting lecturer and researcher: 2014

Visiting teacher in the Department of Hebrew Studies at the University of Warsaw (Poland)

2014

Visiting researcher at the Faculty of Artes Liberales, the Institute of Western and Southern Slavic Studies and the Department of Intercultural Studies in Central-Eastern Europe at the University of Warsaw (Poland)

2014

Visiting researcher at the Institute of Mediterranean and Middle East Languages and Cultures, at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid (Spain)

2013

Visiting researcher at the Polish Academy of Science (Cracow, Poland) and the Department of Oriental Studies at the Jagiellonian University (Cracow, Poland)

2013

Visiting researcher at the Institute of Mediterranean and Middle East Languages and Cultures, at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid (Spain)

2011

Visiting researcher at the Institute of Mediterranean and Middle East Languages and Cultures, at the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC) in Madrid (Spain)

2010

Visiting teacher in the department of Languages at the University of Gambia (Brikama, Gambia)

2009

Visiting researcher in the Department of Ancient Studies at the University of Stellenbosch (South Africa)

2009

Visiting teacher in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Navarra (Pamplona, Spain)

2009

Visiting teacher and researcher at the Faculty of Languages, Cultures and Communications at the South East European University (Tetovä, Macedonia)

2008

Visiting teacher and researcher in the Department of English at the University of Novi Sad (Serbia)

2008

Visiting teacher and researcher in the Department of Modern Languages at the University of Istanbul (Turkey)

2008

Visiting teacher and researcher in the department of English Language at the University of Montenegro (Niksic, Montenegro)

2008

Visiting teacher in the Department of Classical Languages at the University Autónoma of Madrid (Spain)

2007

Visiting teacher in the Department of Germanic Philology at the University of Mikolaj Kopernik in Toruń (Poland)

2007

Visiting teacher in the Department of Nordic Languages at the University of Adam Mickiewicz in Poznań (Poland)

2007

Visiting teacher and researcher in the Department of Spanish Studies and in the Department of English Language at the University Ibn Zohr in Agadir (Morocco)

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4.3 Courses taught (including intensive courses at non-home universities): General linguistics Cognitive linguistics Historical linguistics Linguistic typology Language contact phenomenon Indo-European comparative grammar Germanic comparative grammar Semitic comparative grammar Biblical Hebrew Akkadian Spanish Vilamovicean

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5. RESEARCH ACTIVITIES 5.1 Participation in international research groups: Current: Since 2015

Comparative morphosyntax of Khoisan and Xhosa (funded by the Department of African Languages, University of Stellenbosch)

Since 2015

Open Data Intermediaries, directed by F. Van Schalkwyk and M. Canares (TEP Consulting, Bohol, Philippines)

Since 2014

Documentation of the linguistic and cultural heritage of Wilamowice, directed by B. Chromik (University of Warsaw, Poland) and funded by the Polish Ministry of Science (NPRH grant)

Since 2013

A unified digital analysis of Hebrew texts AUTHOR II, directed by prof. Luis Vegas Montaner (University Complutense of Madrid, Spain) and funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (HUM FFI2012-37226)

Since 2010

Biblical Hebrew Reference Grammar – revised and extended version, directed by prof. C.H.J. Van der Merwe (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) and financed by the National Research Foundation (NRF) of South Africa

Concluded: 2012-2015

Native languages, linguae francae, and graphic traditions in Late Bronze Age in Syria and Palestine: three case studies (Canaan, Ugarit, Emar, directed by prof. Juan Pablo Vita (The Spanish National Research Council, Madrid, Spain) and funded by the Spanish Ministry for Economic Affairs and Competitiveness (FFI 2011-25065)

2014-2015

Reference grammar of the Vilamovicean language, directed by A. Andrason and developed within the project Reference Grammar Network of Central and Eastern European Languages conducted by SEELRC (Slavic and Eurasian Language Resource Centre) at Duke University (USA)

2008-2012

A unified digital analysis of Hebrew texts AUTHOR, directed by prof. Luis Vegas Montaner (University Complutense of Madrid, Spain) and funded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation (HUM 2008-01120)

2010-2012

Basse Mandinka Grammar, directed by A. Andrason. Participating institutions: CREN (Basse, Gambia) and NSF (Barcelona, Spain)

2008-2011

Morphology and Syntax of Modern Vilamovicean, directed by A. Andrason. Participating institution: City Council of the town of Wilamowice (Wilamowice, Poland)

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5.2 Field trip and research: Agadir, Morocco (2007) – research on the Arabic language Wilamowice, Poland (2008, 2009, 2011 and 2014) – research on the Vilamovicean language Tetovä, Macedonia (2009) – research on the Macedonian language Basse, Gambia (2010, 2011 and 2012) – research on the Mandinka language

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6. PUBLICATIONS 6.1

Articles in peer-reviewed journals or edited books: 2016

[74] (forthcoming 2016) Where Germanic and Slavic meet – a note on new Polish-based tenses in the Vilamovicean language. Germanoslavica 2015 [73] (forthcoming 2015) Toward the ocean of the Biblical Hebrew verbal system. Folia Orientalia 52. [72] (with M. Visser) Affordances perspective and grammaticalization – incorporation of language,

environment and users in the model of semantic paths. Studies in Second Language Learning and Teaching 5/4. [71] (forthcoming 2015) The complexity demon of verbal semantics – an intricate relationship between QATAL and WAYYIQTOL (Part 2). Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 15. [70] (forthcoming 2015) The complexity demon of verbal semantics – an intricate relationship between QATAL and WAYYIQTOL (Part 1). Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 15. [69] (forthcoming 2015) Vilamovicean – a Germanic-Slavic mixed language? Studies in Polish Linguistics. [68] (forthcoming 2015) (with JP Vita) Contact Languages of the Ancient Near East - Three more Case Studies (Ugaritic-Hurrian, Hurro-Akkadian and Canaano-Akkadian). Journal of Language Contact. [67] (forthcoming 2015) (with S. Masters) (Un)Identifying Helen and Paris in late fifth century BCE Athenian vasepainting: how context is crucial. In: Greek Art in Context, ed. D. Rodríguez Perez. Surrey: Ashgate. [66] (forthcoming 2015) Slavic-Germanic hybridization in the Vilamovicean language. In: Words and Dictionaries. Festschrift in Honour of Stanisław Stachowski, ed. E. Mańczak Wohlfeld. [65] (forthcoming 2015) “Semantic maps, waves and streams – A pilot model of grammaticalization approach to BH verbal semantics with the inclusion of quantitative data and maps’ interaction” In: Biblical Hebrew Verbal System, ed. C. Miller-Naudé & J. Naudé. Winona Lake: Eisenbrauns. [64] (forthcoming 2015) (with CHJ van der Merwe) The semantic potential of verbal conjugations as a polysemous set of senses. Hebrew Studies. [63] (forthcoming 2015) (with A. Żak) Vilamovicean and language contact. In: Handbook of Wymysoris, ed. by C. Ritchie. [62] (forthcoming 2015) Morphosyntax – Nominal system. In: Handbook of Wymysoris, ed. by C. Ritchie. [61] (forthcoming 2015) Morphosyntax – Verbal system. In: Handbook of Wymysoris, ed. by C. Ritchie. [60] (forthcoming 2015) (with K. Lyle) Taxonomical eccentricity of the Biblical Hebrew bli and its cognitive modeling (Part 2). Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 41/2. [59] (forthcoming 2015) (with K. Lyle) Taxonomical eccentricity of the Biblical Hebrew bli and its cognitive modeling (Part 1). Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 41/1: 1-35.

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[58] (forthcoming 2015) (with T. Król) A note on the morphology of the Vilamovicean verb – principal parts. Language Documentation and Description 13. 2014 [57] 2014

(with T. Król) A contribution to the documentation of a nearly extinct language – Present Tense morphology in Modern Vilamovicean. Studia Linguistica 33.

[56] 2014

Nominal KAŊ form in Basse Mandinka – its cognitive mapping and taxonomical status (PART 2). Lingua Posnaniensis 56/2: 7-18.

[55] 2014

(with T. Król) A fuzzy model of the Vilamovicean language. Sorbian Revue 48: 265-292.

[54] 2014

(with JP Vita) From glosses to the linguistic nature of Canaano-Akkadian. Folia Orientalia 51: 155175.

[53] 2014

Qotel and its dynamics. Part 2. Folia Orientalia 51: 139-153.

[52] 2014

Szkic gramatyczny języka wilamowskigo u progu jego wyginięcia. Małopolska 16: 119-135.

[51] 2014

(with T. Król) Pronominal system of Modern Vilamovicean. Brünner Beiträge zur Germanistik und Nordistik 28: 93-122.

[50] 2014

(with CHJ van der Merwe) Finite Infinite? “Finite” uses of the BH Infinitive Absolute and their Rationale. Journal of Semitic Studies 59/2: 255-296.

[49] 2014

Morphological case systems of the Vilamovicean noun – from the 20th to the 21st century. Studies in Polish Linguistics 9/1:1-19.

[48] 2014

A contribution to the Mandinka dialectology – Basse Mandinka versus Standard Gambian Mandinka. Asian and African Studies 23/1: 110-139.

[47] 2014

The Polish component in the Vilamovicean language. GLOSSOS 12:1-38.

[46] 2014

From resultatives to present tenses – simultaneous path of resultative constructions. Italian Journal of Linguistics 26/1:1-58.

[45] 2014

(with JP Vita) The present-future in Amorite. Journal for Semitics 23/1:21-36.

[44] 2014

Language complexity – an insight from complex system theory. International Journal of Language and Linguistics 2/2:74-89.

[43] 2014

The semantics of the Vilamovicean verbal system – Part 2 (explanation and modeling). Studia Linguisticae Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis 131:1-20.

2013 [42] 2013

A cognitive-grammaticalization model of the BE NAA…LA construction in Basse Mandinka. Linguistica Copernicana 9: 67-118.

[41] 2013

Mapping the meaning of the be riŋ formation in Basse Mandinka. Journal of West African Languages 40/2: 101-133.

[40] 2013

(with T. Król) Materials for the Vilamovicean Dictionary – the letter Z. Annales Neophilologiarum 7.

[39] 2013

The case system of the Vilamovicean adjective – from description to explanation. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics 42: 37-54.

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[38] 2013

Nominal KAŊ form in Basse Mandinka – its cognitive mapping and taxonomical status (PART 1). Lingua Posnaniensis 55/1: 7-19.

[37] 2013

Qotel and its dynamics. Part 1. Folia Orientalia 50: 81-112.

[36] 2013

The semantics of the Vilamovicean verbal system – Part 1 (empirical study). Studia Linguisticae Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis 130: 7-39

[35] 2013

Future values of the qatal are “logical” – How to chain future senses of the qatal to the core of its semantic network? Hebrew Studies 54: 7-38.

[34] 2013

Against floccinaucinihilipilification of the counterfactual sense of the BH suffix conjugation – or an explanation of why the “indicative” qatal expresses conditions, hypotheses and wishes. Old Testament Essays 26/1: 20-56.

[33] 2013

Semantic network of the Basse Mandinka BANTA form. Linguistics (Jezikoslovlje) 14/1:1-31.

[32] 2013

An optative indicative? A real factual past? A cognitive-typological approach to the precative qatal. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 13/4: 1-41.

2012 [31] 2012

A non-unidirectional movement in the verbal system? International Journal of Basque Linguistics and Philology 46/1:55-71.

[30] 2012

Thermodynamic model of the Biblical Hebrew verbal system. In: Grammaticalisation in Semitic. Journal of Semitic Studies Supplement Series 29, ed. D. Eades. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 146163.

[29] 2012

The gnomic qatal. Orientalia Suecana 61: 5-53.

[28] 2012

The meaning of the YE constructions in Basse Mandinka. Philologia 10: 21-38.

[27] 2012

The Basse Mandinka “Future”. Studies in African Linguistics 41/1:1-33.

[26] 2012

Description of the semantic potential of the si-construction in Basse Mandinka. Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics 41: 1-15.

[25] 2012

The dynamic short yiqtol. Journal for Semitics 21/2: 308-339.

[24] 2012

The meaning of the (BU)KA- form in Basse Mandinka. Folia Linguistica et Litteraria 6: 79-84.

[23] 2012

The structure and meaning of the Nominal BE…LA “tense” in Basse Mandinka. The Annals of Ovidius University Constanta 23/1: 21-38.

[22] 2012

The KAŊ verbal form in Basse Mandinka – structure and meaning. Studia Linguisticae Universitatis Iagellonicae Cracoviensis 129: 1-14.

[21] 2012

The meaning of the NAATA + infinitive construction in Basse Mandinka. Lingua Posnaniensis 40: 7-19.

[20] 2012

Making it sound – Performative qatal and its explanation. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 12/8: 1-58.

[19] 2012

When imam perfect ‘becomes’ a past. Balkanistika 25: 75-103.

[18] 2012

The BH weqatal. A homogenous form with no haphazard functions. Part 2. Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 38/1: 1-30.

[17] 2012

Cognitive foundations of the Old Babylonian iparras. Journal of Semitic Studies 57/1: 1-24.

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2011 [16] 2011

Semantics of the ta construction in Basse Mandinka. Linguistica Copernicana 6: 221-244.

[15] 2011

The BH weqatal. A homogenous form with no haphazard functions. Part 1. Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 37/2: 1-25.

[14] 2011

The Vilamovicean Passive. Linguistica Copernicana 5: 221-242.

[13] 2011

The Biblical Hebrew Wayyiqtol – a dynamic definition. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 11/7: 1-50.

[12] 2011

The Biblical Hebrew verbal system in light of grammaticalization – the second generation. Hebrew Studies 52: 19-53.

2010 [11] 2010

The “guessing” QATAL – the BH suffix conjugation as a manifestation of the evidential trajectory. Journal for Semitics 19/2: 603-627.

[10] 2010

Expressions of futurity in the Vilamovicean language. SPIL Plus 40: 1-11.

[9] 2010

The panchronic yiqtol. Functionally consistent and cognitively plausible. Journal of Hebrew Scriptures 10/10: 1-63.

[8] 2010

Iparras – two diachronies in a single morphology. Journal for Semitics 19/1: 160-192.

[7] 2010

The Akkadian Iprus from the unidirectional perspective. Journal of Semitic Studies 55/2: 325-345.

[6] 2010

Vilamovicean verbal system – Do the Preterite and the Perfect mean the same? Linguistica Copernicana 3: 271-285.

[5] 2010

Resultative predicative adjunct constructions in the Gothic Bible. Interlingüística XX: 1-12. 2009 and earlier

[4] 2009

Pretértio germánico como un resultativo – la situación en el gótico. Interlingüística XIX: 452-465.

[3] 2009

Comparando diacronías. El resultativo en las lenguas románicas y germánicas. Tendencias actuales en la investigación diacrónica de la lengua. Actas del VIII Congres Nacional de AJIHLE, 183-195.

[2] 2008

The BÚNA construction in Pidgin Icelandic. Íslenskt mál 30: 121-140.

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6.2

Books:

[5] (forthcoming 2015) A complex system of complex predicates: Tense, Taxis, Aspect and Mood in Basse Mandinka from a grammaticalization and cognitive perspective. PhD Dissertation. Stellenbosch University. (pp. 380) [4] (forthcoming 2015) (with T. Król) Vilamovicean Grammar. Durham: Duke University, SEELRC (pp. 120) [3] 2013

Introducción a la gramática descriptiva del mandinka de la región de Basse. Albacete: QVE, Uno Editorial. ISBN: 978-84-15788-65-2 (pp. 279)

[2] 2013

El sistema verbal hebreo en su contexto semítico: una visión dinámica. Estella: Verbo divino. ISBN: 978-849945-615-7 (pp. 382)

[1] 2011

Qatal, yiqtol, weqatal y wayyiqtol. Modelo pancrónico del sistema verbal de la lengua hebrea bíblica con el análisis adicional de los sistemas verbales de las lenguas acadia y árabe. Madrid: Publicaciones de Universidad Complutense. ISBN: 978-84-694-8603-0 (pp. 468)

6.3 [3] 2015

Reviews: (with CHJ van der Merwe) Review of J. Joosten’s The Verbal System of Biblical Hebrew. Journal of Semitic Studies 60/2: 482-484.

[2] 2014

Review of N. Wasserman’s Most Probably: Epistemic Modality in Old Babylonian. Journal of Semitic Studies 59/2: 435-437.

[1] 2011

Review of Korchin’s Markedness in Canaanite and Hebrew Verbs. Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages 37/2: 97-101.

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6.4

Publications to appear:

Articles – submitted: Path theory and chaos – determinism and unpredictability of the semantic development of verbal constructions Revisiting Barnes – complexity, fuzziness, and statistical prototypicality in the rise of the Old Icelandic supine. The vacant niche in Gothic – the stage from which the Germanic Perfect emerged Chaos and order – grammaticalization of the supine in the Old Icelandic Skaldic poetry Modern Vilamovicean – a complex decay of a morphological case system (with C. Locatell) The perfect wave - a cognitive approach to the Greek verbal system (with JP Vita) Amorite as a Northwest Semitic language Articles – in writing: The Biblical Hebrew TTAM system in Psalm – grammaticalization-complexity approach. Books – in writing: The Compound hafa Perfect in Icelandic (300 pp) Gramatyka Wilamowska (with T. Król) (120 pp)

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7. SUPERVISION OR EXAMINER OF POST-GRADUATE THESES [1] 2015

Examiner of a Master thesis “Obligatory reflexivity in Tripolitanian Libyan Arabic” (Department of Linguistics, Stellenbosch University)

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8. CONFERENCES AND TALKS [35] 2015.05.27

(with F. Van Schalkwyk, M. Canares, S. Chattapadhyay) “Open Data Intermediaries in Developing Countries”. Talk at the Open Data Research Symposium at the University of Ottawa (Canada).

[34] 2015.05.27

“Dynamic semantic maps and anti-teleportation grammars. Tense-Aspect-Mood in cognitive linguistics”. Talk at the seminar series at the Department of Linguistics, Stellenbosch University (South Africa).

[33] 2015.03.03

“From Iceland to Congo - navigating with MAPS through the WAVES and STREAMS of Biblical Hebrew verbal semantics”. Talk at the seminar series Oberseminar at the Department of Ancient Languages at Stellenbosch University (South Africa).

[32] 2014.11.14

“A complex language in a complex environment – Wymysiöeryś or a Germanic-Slavic mixed language”. Open talk at the Department of Intercultural Studies in Central-Eastern Europe at the University of Warsaw (Poland).

[31] 2014.11.13

“Jak bardzo jezyk wilamowski jest jezykiem germanskim? Elementy polskie w etnolekcie wilamowskim”. Talk at a research seminar Seminarium Mniejszościowe organized by the PolishSorbian Association and the Slavic Foundation at the Institute of Western and Southern Slavic Studies at the University of Warsaw (Poland).

[30] 2014.11.12

“From language description to language revitalization – A fuzzy model of the Vilamovicean language”. Talk at a research seminar Seminarium Rewitalizacyjne at the Faculty of Artes Liberales at the University of Warsaw (Poland).

[29] 2014.11.12

“Qatal in Genesis – Cognitive linguistics and the Biblical Hebrew verbal system”. Open talk at the Department of Hebrew at the University of Warsaw (Poland).

[28] 2014.04.07

(with S. Masters) (Un)Identifying Helen and Paris in late fifth century BCE Athenian vasepainting: how context is crucial. Talk at the international conference Greek Art in Context at the University of Edinburgh (United Kingdom).

[27] 2014.03.11

“Language complexity: an insight from complex-system theory”. Talk at the seminar series Oberseminar at the Department of Ancient Languages at Stellenbosch University (South Africa).

[26] 2013.06.12

“The semantic network of the BH qatal and its place in the BH verbal ocean”. Talk at a session of the Polish Academy of Science in Cracow (Poland).

[25] 2013.04.09

“The meaning of the qatal form in the book of Genesis – from empirical observations to a holistic map”. Talk at the seminar series Oberseminar at the Department of Ancient Languages at Stellenbosch University (South Africa).

[24] 2013.03.25

“Language and thermodynamics. Dynamic molecules or principiae of a thermodynamic approach to verbal semantics”. Talk at a Graduate Colloquium at the Department of Ancient Studies at Stellenbosch University (South Africa)

[23] 2012.06.19

“The dynamic yiqtol”. Talk at the SANSES Conference at the University Kwazulu-Natal in Durban (South Africa).

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[22] 2012.06.08

“Against floccinaucinihilipilification of the counterfactual sense of the BH suffix conjugation – or an explanation of why the “indicative” qatal expresses conditions, hypotheses and wishes”. Talk at the Expert Seminar Biblical Hebrew and digital data-bases” at Complutense University of Madrid (Spain).

[21] 2011.05.06

“The Biblical Hebrew verbal system in light of grammaticalisation: The second – thermodynamic – generation”. Talk at the workshop Grammaticalisation in Semitic at the University of Salford (United Kingdom).

[20] 2011.04.30

“Qatal – una definición dinámica”. Talk at the conference El qatala hebreo en su contexto semítico organized at the Department of Hebrew and Aramaic at the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain).

[19] 2010.07.30

“Cognitive foundations of the Old Babylonian iparras”. Talk at the 56th RAI Congress in Assyriology at the University of Barcelona (Spain).

[18] 2010.04.28

“Panchrony – a new tool in describing ancient languages?” Talk at the seminar series Oberseminar at the Department of Ancient Languages, at Stellenbosch University (South Africa).

[17] 2009.10.21

“Expressions of futurity in the Vilamovicean language”. Talk at the Seminar Series HREPL at the School of Oriental and African Studies, at the University of London (United Kingdom).

[16] 2009.06.23

“Iparras – two diachronies in a single morphology”. Talk at the SASNES Conference at the Stellenbosch University (South Africa).

[15] 2009.05.07

“El gótico y el perfecto – construcciones resultativas predicativas en la Biblia Gótica de Wulfila”. Talk at the 24rd AJL Conference at the University Autónoma of Barcelona (Spain).

[14] 2008.12.03

“Do the Preterit and the Perfect mean the same? Some remarks on the Vilamovicean verbal system from the grammaticalization perspective.” Talk at the Indo-European Seminar Series in the Department of Classics at the University of Cambridge (United Kingdom).

[13] 2008.05.06

“Vilamovicean and the language contact phenomenon – the influence of Polish on the smallest Germanic language”. Talk at the Institute of Linguistics at the University of Manchester (United Kingdom).

[12] 2008.04.02

“Comparando diacronías. El resultativo en las lenguas románicas y germánicas“. Talk at the 8th AJIHLE Conference at the University of Barcelona (Spain).

[11] 2008.03.26

“Pretérito germánico como un resultativo – la situación en el gótico“. Talk at the 23rd AJL Conference at the University of Gerona (Spain).

[10] 2008.02.20

“Wymysieöryś (Vilamovicés) – la más pequeña lengua germánica”. Talk at an interdisciplinary conference on Language contact phenomenon at the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain).

[9] 2007.10.26

“El perfecto en las lenguas germánicas y románicas. ¿De dónde viene y a dónde va?” Talk at the Department of German Philology at the University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain).

[8] 2007.10.16

“Czy na Islandii mówi się po islandzku? Języki pidgin, koine i islandzka rzeczywistość lingwistyczna”. Talk at the Department of Germanic Philology at the University of Mikołaj Kopernik in Toruń (Poland).

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[7] 2007.10.15

“Ha? Nei! Buin. Zmiany w jezyku polskim u emigrantów na Islandii”. Talk at the Department of Polish Language at the University of Mikołaj Kopernik in Toruń (Poland)

[6] 2007.10.04

“Verbos estativos. Formación del aspecto perfectivo y progresivo en islandés y polaco”. Talk at the 1st AJIF Conference at the University Complutense of Madrid (Spain).

[5] 2007.07.13

“Some non-unidirectional movements in the verb system”. Talk at the BIDE Conference in Linguistics at the University of Deusto in Bilbao (Spain).

[4] 2007.05.11

“Why Hebrew and Arabic do not have any true resultative while Polish and Spanish have plenty of them? Linguistic relativity and verb system.” Talk at the 2nd AFLICo Conference at the Lille III University (France).

[3] 2006.11.03

“Is Syriac a performative language?” Talk at the conference Hugvísindaþing at the University of Iceland (Iceland).

[2] 2005.01.22

“Þrjú ný líkön fyrir kerfi íslenskra lokhljóða”. Talk at the 19th Rask-conference in Reykjavík (Iceland).

[1] 2004.04.30

“Blástur og eðli hans”. Talk at the seminar series Málfræðingafundur at the University of Iceland in Reykjavík (Iceland).

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9. OTHER Journal reviewer: Journal of Northwest Semitic Languages Journal of Semitic Studies Journal of Hebrew Scriptures Stellenbosch Papers in Linguistics Digital Humanities Quarterly

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