Izabela Czerniak

historical linguistics, variationist sociolinguistics (incl. dialectology), contact linguistics, applied linguistics, corpus linguistics, clausal syntax, noun phrase modification, lexical/semantic changes

Modules created:

• History of the English Language - offered during 4 distinct academic years
• Perspectives on Contact-Induced Language Change [English linguistics]
• Linguistics of Language Learning (with elements of corpus linguistics) [applied linguistics] - offered during 4 distinct academic years
• Dealing with Dirty Data [methods in linguistics]
• Writing for Research in English - prep for BA/MA thesis writing [instruction in language proficiency]
• Pronunciation [instruction in language proficiency - Finnish users of English] - taught 3 years in a row
• Structures and Sounds of English 1 [PR lectures in linguistics; descriptive grammar - corpus-based/corpus-search grammar] - taught 2 years in a row

Modules co-created and co-taught:

• BA Seminar - Main supervisor [English linguistics]
• English as a World Language [variationist linguistics]
• Methods and Corpus Technology in Variationist Research [responsible for: historical corpora section] - taught 3 years in a row
• Intercultural Studies [translation studies]
  
• Perspectives on Language Education [applied linguistics with Irja Alho]
• Text and Discourse 1 [with Prof. Brita Wårvik]

Other modules taught in the past:

• Structures of English 2 [advanced descriptive grammar - advanced corpus-based/corpus-search grammar] - taught 3 years in a row
• Academic Essay Writing [instruction in language proficiency] - taught 3 years in a row
• Introduction to Academic Writing [instruction in language proficiency] - taught 3 years in a row
• Spoken Communication/Academic & Professional Communication [instruction in language proficiency] - taught 3 years in a row
• Styles, Genres and Registers [PEL1]
• English for Professional Purposes [PEL1]
• Text & discourse - Information packaging [PEL2]
• Organizational Communication
• Descriptive Grammar, with elements of Syntax [PEL1]
• English Phonology [CES1] - offered during 2 distinct academic years
• Varieties of English [CES 2-4 modules] 
• Sociolinguistics and social history [CES 2-4 and HS 2-4 modules]

From 1st Aug 2021 until 31 Oct 2022: affiliated researcher

From 1st Nov 2022 until 31 March 2023: lecturer in English

Project researcher 1st April 2023 - ongoing:

1. Coordination and international research within the ICLE project [with Prof. Brita Wårvik]
2. Joint research with Dr. Debopam Das, exploring syntactic, semantic, and discourse functions of relative clauses in L2 learner data. Find more information about this project HERE.