Profile
I am a “language acquisitionist” with an interest in both theoretical
and applied aspects of linguistics:
First language
acquisition, including monolingual and bi-/multi-lingual as well as
typical and impaired acquisition
Second language
learning and teaching, especially L2 writing, TESOL, and English for
academic and professional purposes
Syntax, in
particular syntax of aspect and the verb phrase and their
acquisition
Languages
Germanic:
English and German, also Low German
Slavic:
primarily Russian, but also Ukrainian and Belorussian
Caucasian: Chechen